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  • 101Milling tool — Milling Mill ing, n. The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See …

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  • 102Randan — Ran dan (r[a^]n d[a^]n), n. The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 103Sassanage — Sas sa*nage, n. [See {Sarse} a sieve.] Stones left after sifting. Smart. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 104To bolt to the bran — Bolt Bolt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bolted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bolting}.] [OE. bolten, boulten, OF. buleter, F. bluter, fr. Ll. buletare, buratare, cf. F. bure coarse woolen stuff; fr. L. burrus red. See {Borrel}, and cf. {Bultel}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… …

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  • 105Ventilation — Ven ti*la tion, n. [L. ventilatio: cf. F. ventilation.] 1. The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a house, a church, a mine, etc.; free… …

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  • 106bran — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French bren, bran Date: 14th century the edible broken seed coats of cereal grain separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting …

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  • 107cut in — verb Date: 1612 intransitive verb 1. to thrust oneself into a position between others or belonging to another 2. to join in something suddenly < cut in on the conversation > 3. to …

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  • 108detritus — noun (plural detritus) Etymology: French détritus, from Latin detritus, past participle of deterere Date: 1802 1. loose material (as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration 2. a. a …

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  • 109discuss — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French discusser, Latin discussus, past participle of discutere to disperse, from dis apart + quatere to shake more at dis , quash Date: 14th century 1. obsolete dispel 2 …

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  • 110sift — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English siftan; akin to Old English sife sieve Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to put through a sieve < sift flour > b. to separate or separate out by or as if by putting through a sieve 2 …

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