Jack. - Horntip

Mort.' If Lour we want ; I'll miLL A
gage, or nip for thee a bung.
1724. E. COLES, Eng. Dirt., s.v.
1754. Disc. Yohn Poulter, 14. While
we went a MILLING that swag.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
MILL. To rob ; also to break, beat out,
or kill. I'll MILL your glaze ; I'll beat
out your eye. To MILL a bleating cheat ;
to kill a sheep. To mILL a ken ; to rob
a house.
1790. A. WILSON, Poems, 73. His
dearie glad of siccan routh, To MILL a
note was aye right ready.
1829. SCOTT, Mid-Lothian, xxx.
Rot me, one might have MILLED the Bank
of England and less noise about it.
3. (thieves').-To send to the
1838-9. DICKENS, Oliver Twist, p.
122 (ed. 1859). So I do do as she bids
me,' replied Mr. Chitling ; I shouldn't
have been MILLED if 't hadn't been for her.'
To GO THROUGH (or BE ON)
THE MILL, verb. phr. (common).
- T. To go through the Bankruptcy
Court; to be WHITEWASHED (q.v.).
See MILL, subs. sense 3.
2. (colloquial).-To pass through
a more or less severe course of
discipline, experience, or training.
1829. SCOTT, Heart of Midlothian,
xxxi. She [Jeanie Deans] 's got a ja.rk
from Jim Ratcliffe' said the short fellow
and Frank won't hear of our PUTTING
HER THROUGH THE MILL.
1858. W. W. PRATT, Ten Nights
in a Bar-room, ii. 1. P'raps you have
BEEN THROUGH THE MILL.
1872. Fun, ro Aug. Over.' One
more year ON THE MILL, Twelve months
more at the pen, Ere I of respite again
have my fill-
1883. Referee, I July, p. 2, Col. 4.
He hinted at the hardships which many
actors and actresses have to endure, and
did not disguise the fact that he had
himself BEEN THROUGH THE MILL.
1887. Confemfi. Rev., Ii. ro. Certain
persons who have GONE THROUGH THE
MILL of what is known as our higher
education.'
316 Mill-dolly.
3. (thieves').-See MILL, verb. 3.
1889. Daily News, 4 July. He
had BEEN THROUGH THE MILL, and couli
do it again.
To BRING GRIST TO THE MILL,
verb. IA r. (colloquial).-To be a
source of profit.
1726. AYLIFFE,Parergon[Century].
The computation of degrees, in all matrimonial
causes, is wont to be made
according to the rules of that law, because
it BRINGS GRIST TO THE MILL.
To PUT THROUGH THE MILL,
verb. phr. (common).-To put
to trial : as a horse before a race.
1872. Morning Post, 7 Nov. Totally
disregarding the horse's retrogression
in the betting after he was PUT THROUGH
THE MILL I advised my readers to make
him a winner.
1883. Daily Telegral51z, 24 Dec.
The number of yearlings PUT THROUGH
THE MILL before Christmas is fewer than
usual.
MILL-CLAPPER, subs. (common).-
The tongue : specifically of women.
1690. 13. E., Diet. Cant. Crew, s.v.
MILL-DOLL, subs. (obsolete).-The
Bridewell, once situate in Bridge
Street Blackfriars.
1781. MEssINK, in Choice of Harlequin,
'The Keeper of Bridewell's Song.'
I'm Jigger Dubber here, and you are
welcome to MILL DOLL.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1823. BEE, Diet. Turf, s.v.
Verb. (old).-To beat hemp in
Bridewell ; to do work on the
treadmill. See MILL-DOLLY.
1751. FIELDING, Amelia, 1.x. I am
sent hither to MILL DOLL.
1780. R. TomuNsoN, Slang Pastoral,
vi. When sitting with Nancy,
what sights have I seen ! . . . But now
she MILLS DOLL.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
MILL-DOLLY, subs. (thieves').-See
quot.