rice mill

See also: rice-mill

English

Alternative forms

• rice-mill

Noun

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...

Synonyms

• (machine) rice huller, rice husker, rice pounder
• (US, both senses) pecker mill, cog mill