Sentence:  Ortheris said nothing for a while. Then he unslung his belt, heavy with the badges of half a dozen regiments that his own had lain with, and handed it over to Mulvaney./ "I'm too little for to <WSD>mill</WSD> you, Mulvaney," said he, "an' you've strook me before; but you can take an' cut me in two with this 'ere if you like." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To beat; to pound.