milling

To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.

“to mill flour”

To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.

To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).

(followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.

“I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.”

To cause to mill, or circle around.

“to mill cattle”

(of air-breathing creatures) To swim underwater.

(of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.

To beat; to pound.

To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.

To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.

To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.

To undergo hulling.

“This maize mills well.”

To take part in a fistfight; to box.

To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.

(thieves' cant) To commit burglary.

(trading card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.

(Hearthstone) To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.

A grinding process using a mill.

The series of notches around the edge of a coin, placed there during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. Removing metal from a coin was common practice during earlier times when coins made of precious metals circulated.

A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.