milling

noun7

1. •
   Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill.
2. •
   Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
3. •
   Such cutting to produce millwork (finely finished lumber).
4. •
   A type of machining in which a rotary cutter is moved through a toolpath to cut away material.
5. •
   A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.
6. •
   The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
7. •
   The series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed.