Mill(noun) a building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling mill. Mill(noun) a hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper.
The Greek goddess of the hearth and home was Hestia. She was formerly one of the twelve Olympians until she stepped down and gave Dionysus her throne so she could tend to Olymâ¦pus's hearth. Her Roman name was Vesta.
A symbol of good luck and health. A cricket on the hearth has been a sign of household luck for millennia and in many cultures. Crickets were widely considered to bring good fortune as well as a kind of companionship. Representations of a cricket have long been included as a fireplace decoration. The expression âto find a cricket on the hearth is the luckiest thing of allâ comes from Charles Dickens's novella, Cricket on the Hearth.