▪ I. † mill-doll, n. Obs. slang.
[f. mill v.1 + doll n.1]
The bridewell. Cf. mill v.1 11 b.
| 1781 Messink Choice of Harlequin (Farmer), ‘Keeper of Bridewell's Song’, I'm Jigger Dubber here, and you are welcome to mill doll. 1823 ‘Jon Bee’ Dict. Turf. 1812 J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Mill-doll, an obsolete name for Bridewell house of correction in Bridge-Street, Blackfriars. |
▪ II. ˈmill-doll, v. Whaling.
[Prob. in some way connected with the phr. in mill v.1 11 b. (Cf. dolly n. 4 b.)]
(See quot.)
| 1820 Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. I. 310 note, Mill-dolling, consists in breaking a passage through thin ice..by a sort of ram, let fall from the bowsprit. |