rice mill
noun1
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
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:
- Synonyms
- rice huller, rice husker, rice pounder, pecker mill, cog mill