rice mill

plural rice mills · alternative rice-mill

1. A rice huller, a device for removing the outer husks of raw grains of rice.

   They are put to in turning of Corne-Mills, Paper-Mills, Gins, Powder-Mills, Rice-Mills,... and such other Machines.

   1661, Thomas Salusbury translating B. Castellus as "Mensuration of Running Waters" (Ch. 2, p. 61) in Mathematical Collections and Translations, Vol. I

   Synonyms: rice husker, rice pounder, cog mill, pecker mill

2. A building housing and powering such a device.

   Rice mills, called pecker, cog, and water mills...

   1802, J. Drayton, A view of South Carolina, as respects her natural and civil concerns, page 121