Mill"wright` (?), n. A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or
to set up their machinery.
Mil"reis` (?), n. [Pg. mil reis, i. e., one thousand reis; mil a
thousand + reis, pl. of real a rei.] A Portuguese money of account
rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and
eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four
cents and six mills.
Milt (?), n. [AS. milte; akin to D. milt, G. milz, OHG. milzi, Icel.
milti, Dan. milt, Sw. mjälte, and prob. to E. malt, melt. √108.
See Malt the grain.] (Anat.) The spleen.
Milt, n. [Akin to Dan. melk, Sw. mjölke, G. milch, and E. milk. See
Milk.] (Zoöl.) (a) The spermatic fluid of fishes. (b) The testes, or
spermaries, of fishes when filled with spermatozoa.
Milt, v. t. To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.
Milt"er (?), n. [Cf. D. milter, G. milcher, milchner. See 2d Milt.]
(Zoöl.) A male fish.
Mil*to"ni*an (?), a. Miltonic. Lowell.
Mil*ton"ic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his
writings; as, Miltonic prose.
Milt"waste` (?), [1st milt + waste.] (Bot.) A small European fern
(Asplenium Ceterach) formerly used in medicine.
Mil"vine (?), a. [L. milvus kite.] (Zoöl.) Of or resembling birds of
the kite kind.
Mil"vine, n. (Zoöl.) A bird related to the kite.
||Mil"vus (?), n. [L., a kite.] (Zoöl.) A genus of raptorial birds,
||including the European kite.
Mime (?), n. [L. mimus, Gr. &?;, akin to &?; to imitate, to mimic: cf.
F. mime. Cf. Mimosa.]
1. A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally
represented in a ridiculous manner.