rice mill

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rice mill (plural rice mills)

  1. A rice huller, a device for removing the outer husks of raw grains of rice.
    • 1661, Thomas Salusbury translating B. Castellus as "Mensuration of Running Waters" (Ch. 2, p. 61) in Mathematical Collections and Translations, Vol. I:
      They are put to in turning of Corne-Mills, Paper-Mills, Gins, Powder-Mills, Rice-Mills,... and such other Machines.
  2. A building housing and powering such a device.
    • 1802, J. Drayton, A view of South Carolina, as respects her natural and civil concerns, page 121:
      Rice mills, called pecker, cog, and water mills...

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