Definition of "pepper-mill" [pepper-mill]

• A utensil in which peppercorns are put and ground by turning a handle. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Pepper and salt were freely used, and the former must have been ground as it was wanted, for a pepper-mill is named as a requisite."
• "The school became instantly quiet, until the pepper-mill began to go again and they read aloud each in his book; the trebles struck up in a high key, the deeper voices got sharper and sharper to keep in the ascendant, and now and then one or another gave a great whoop."
• "We dined pleasantly -- two good courses, that was all; a dinner without pretence, where we served ourselves with the pepper-mill."