MILD, m[=i]ld, _adj._ gentle in temper and disposition: not sharp or
bitter: acting gently: gently and pleasantly affecting the senses: soft:
calm.--_v.t._ MILD'EN, to render mild.--_v.i._ to become mild.--_adv._
MILD'LY.--_n._ MILD'NESS.--_adj._ MILD'-SPOK'EN, having a mild manner of
speech.--MILD ALE, ale newly brewed, which has not got the taste that comes
from keeping. [A.S. _milde_, mild; cf. Ger. _mild_, Ice. _mildr_, gracious,
&c.]
MILDEW, mil'd[=u], _n._ a disease on plants, caused by the growth of minute
fungi.--_v.t._ to taint with mildew.--_v.i._ to become so tainted. [A.S.
_meledeáw_, _mele_, honey, _deáw_, dew.]
MILE, m[=i]l, _n._ 1760 yards.--_ns._ MILE'AGE, length in miles: (_U.S._)
compensation for expense of travel reckoned by the mile; MIL'ER, something
the length of a mile; MILE'STONE, a stone set up to mark the distance of a
mile. [A.S. _mil_; Fr. _mille_; both a contr. of L. _mille passuum_, a
thousand paces.]
MILESIAN, mi-l[=e]'zhan, _adj._ of or pertaining to Ireland or to the Irish
race.--_n._ an Irishman. [_Milesius_, a fabulous king of Spain, whose sons
seized Ireland.]
MILFOIL, mil'foil, _n._ the herb yarrow, remarkable for the numerous
divisions of its leaf. [L. _millefolium_--_mille_, thousand, _folium_, a
leaf.]
MILIARY, mil'yar-i, _adj._ like a millet-seed: having formations of the
size of millet-seeds, as miliary glands. [L. _milium_, millet.]
MILITANT, mil'i-tant, _adj._ fighting: engaged in warfare.--_n._
MIL'ITANCY, the state of being militant.--_adv._ MIL'ITANTLY.--_ns._
MIL'ITARISM, an excess of the military spirit; MIL'ITARIST (_Shak._), a
military man.--_adj._ MIL'ITARY, pertaining to soldiers or to warfare:
warlike: becoming a soldier: engaged in the profession of arms: derived
from service as a soldier--(_obs._) MIL'ITAR.--_n._ soldiery: the
army.--_v.i._ MIL'ITATE, to contend: to stand opposed: to have force for or
against.--CHURCH MILITANT (see Church). [L. _militans_, -_antis_, pr.p. of
_milit[=a]re_.]
MILITIA, mi-lish'a, _n._ a body of men enrolled and drilled as soldiers,
but only liable to home service: (_U.S._) the whole body of citizens
capable of bearing arms.--_n._ MILIT'IAMAN, a man or soldier in the militia
force. [L. _militia_--_miles_, _militis_.]
MILK, milk, _v.t._ to squeeze or draw milk from: to supply with milk.--_n._
a white liquid secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their
young: a milk-like juice of certain plants.--_adj._ MILK'EN, consisting of
milk, or like milk.--_ns._ MILK'EN-WAY (_Bacon_), the milky-way, the
galaxy; MILK'ER, one who milks: a machine for milking cows: a cow that
gives milk; MILK'-F[=E]'VER, a fever accompanying the secretion of milk
shortly after childbirth.--_adv._ MILK'ILY.--_ns._ MILK'INESS; MILK'ING,
the amount of milk drawn at one time; MILK'ING-STOOL, a stool on which the
milker sits while milking; MILK'ING-TIME; MILK'ING-TUBE, a perforated tube
inserted in a cow's teat to let the milk flow without pressing the udder;
MILK'-KIN'SHIP, the kinship arising from fostering.--_adj._ MILK'-LIV'ERED
(_Shak._), white-livered: cowardly.--_ns._ MILK'MAID, a woman who milks: a
dairymaid; MILK'MAN, a man who sells milk, esp. from door to door;
MILK'-M[=O]'LAR, one of the grinders or back teeth in young animals, early
shed and replaced by another; MILK'-PORR'IDGE, porridge made with milk
instead of water; MILK'-PUNCH, an excellent but very heady drink made of
milk, rum or whisky, sugar, and nutmeg; MILK'-SICK'NESS (_U.S._), a kind of
malignant fever affecting cattle, also men; MILK'SOP, a piece of bread
sopped or soaked in milk: an effeminate, silly fellow; MILK'-THIS'TLE, the
lady's thistle; MILK'-TOOTH, one of the first fore-teeth of a foal: one of
the first teeth of a child; MILK'-TREE, a tree yielding a milk-like,
nourishing juice, as the cow-tree of South America; MILK'-VETCH, a plant
sometimes cultivated as food for cattle; MILK'-WALK, a milkman's
route.--_adj._ MILK'-WARM, warm as new milk.--_ns._ MILK'-WEED, a general
name for plants of the genus Asclepias, from their milky juice; MILK'-WORT,
a genus of handsome flowering plants, containing a milk-like juice.--_adj._
MILK'Y, made of, full of, like, or yielding milk: soft: gentle.--_n._
MILK'Y-WAY (_astron._), the galaxy, a broad, luminous zone in the sky,
caused by the light of innumerable fixed stars. [A.S. _meolc_, milk; Ger.
_milch_, milk.]
MILL, mil, _n._ a machine for grinding any substance, as grain, by crushing
it between two hard, rough surfaces: a place where corn is ground, or
manufacture of some kind is carried on: a contest at boxing.--_v.t._ to
grind: to press or stamp in a mill: to stamp or turn up the edge of coin,
and put ridges and furrows on the rim: to put furrows and ridges on any
edge: to clean, as cloth: to beat severely with the fists.--_ns._
MILL'-BOARD, stout pasteboard, used esp. in binding books; MILL'COG, a cog
of a mill-wheel; MILL'DAM, MILL'POND, a dam or pond to hold water for
driving a mill.--_adj._ MILLED, prepared by a grinding-mill or a
coining-press: transversely grooved: treated by machinery, esp. smoothed by
calendering rollers in a paper-mill.--_ns._ MILL'-HORSE, a horse that turns
a mill; MILL'ING, the act of passing anything through a mill: the act of
fulling cloth: the process of turning up the edge of coin and of putting
the rows of ridges and furrows on it: indenting coin on the edge;
MILL'RACE, the current of water that turns a mill-wheel, or the channel in
which it runs; MILL-SIX'PENCE (_Shak._), a milled sixpence; MILL'STONE, one
of the two stones used in a mill for grinding corn; MILL'STONE-GRIT
(_geol._), a hard gritty variety of sandstone suitable for millstones;
MILL'-TOOTH, a molar; MILL'-WHEEL, the water-wheel used for driving a mill;
MILL'-WORK, the machinery of a mill: the planning and putting up of
machinery in mills; MILL'WRIGHT, a wright or mechanic who builds and
repairs mills.--GO THROUGH THE MILL, to undergo suffering or experience
sufficient to fit one for certain duties or privileges; SEE THROUGH A
MILLSTONE, to see far into or through difficult questions. [A.S. _miln_--L.
_mola_, a mill--_mol[=a]re_, to grind.]
MILL, mil, _n._ (_U.S._) the thousandth part of a dollar. [L. _mille_, a
thousand.]
MILLENNIUM, mil-len'i-um, _n._ a thousand years: the thousand years during
which, as some believe, Christ will personally reign on the earth.--_adj._
MILLEN[=A]'RIAN, lasting a thousand years: pertaining to the
millennium.--_n._ one believing in the millennium.--_ns._
MILLEN[=A]'RIANISM, MIL'LENARISM, the doctrine of millenarians.--_adj._
MILL'ENARY, consisting of a thousand.--_n._ a thousand years.--_adj._
MILLENN'IAL, pertaining to a thousand years, or to the millennium.--_ns._
MILLENN'IALIST, a believer in the millennium; MILLENN'IANISM,
MILLENN'IARISM, belief in the millennium. [L. _mille_, 1000, _annus_, a
year.]
MILLEPED. See MILLIPED.
MILLEPORE, mil'e-p[=o]r, _n._ a species of branching coral, having a smooth
surface with numerous minute, distinct pores or cells.--_n._ MILL'EPORITE,
a fossil millepore. [Fr.; L. _mille_, 1000, _porus_, a pore.]
MILLER, mil'[.e]r, _n._ one who has, or who attends to, a corn-mill.--_ns._
MILL'ER'S-THUMB, a small fresh-water fish with a large, broad, and rounded
head like a miller's thumb, the river bull-head.
MILLESIMAL, mil-les'im-al, _adj._ thousandth: consisting of thousandth
parts.--_adv._ MILLES'IMALLY. [L. _millesimus_--_mille_, a thousand.]
MILLET, mil'et, _n._ a grass yielding grain which is used for food. [Fr.
_millet_--L. _milium_.]
MILLIARD, mil'yard, _n._ a thousand millions. [Fr.,--L. _mille_, a
thousand.]
MILLIARE, mil'yar, _n._ the one-thousandth part of an are.
MILLIARY, mil'i-[=a]-ri, _adj._ pertaining to a Roman mile.--_n._ a Roman
milestone.
MILLIER, m[=e]l-y[=a]', _n._ a weight of 1000 kilogrammes.
MILLIGRAM, mil'i-gram, _n._ the 1/1000th part of a gramme.
MILLILITRE, mil'i-l[=e]-t[.e]r, _n._ the thousandth part of a litre.
MILLIMETER, MILLIMETRE, mil'i-m[=e]-t[.e]r, _n._ the thousandth part of a
metre.
MILLINER, mil'in-[.e]r, _n._ one who makes head-dresses, bonnets, &c. for
women.--_n._ MILL'INERY, the articles made or sold by milliners: the
industry of making these. [Prob. orig. _Milaner_, a trader in Milan wares,
esp. silks and ribbons.]
MILLION, mil'yun, _n._ a thousand thousands (1,000,000): a very great
number.--_n._ MILL'IONAIRE, a man worth a million of money or more.--_adj._
MILL'IONARY, pertaining to, or consisting of, millions.--_adj._ and _n._
MILL'IONTH, the ten hundred thousandth.--THE MILLION, the great body of the
people generally. [Fr.,--Low L. _millio_--L. _mille_, 1000.]
MILLIPED, MILLEPED, mil'e-ped, _n._ a small worm-like animal, with a great
number of legs.--Also MILL'IPEDE, MILL'EPEDE. [L. _millepeda_--_mille_, a
thousand, _pes, pedis_, a foot.]
MILLOCRAT, mil'[=o]-krat, _n._ a wealthy mill-owner.--_n._ MILL'OCRATISM.
MILORD, mi-lord', _n._ my lord: a rich Englishman on the Continent.
MILREIS, mil'r[=e]s, _n._ a thousand reals: a Portuguese coin worth about
4s. 5d.
MILSEY, mil'si, _n._ (_prov._) a milk-strainer.
MILT, milt, _n._ the soft roe of male fishes: (_anat._) the spleen.--_v.t._
to impregnate, as the spawn of the female fish.--_n._ MILT'ER, a male fish.
[A corr. of _milk_, as in Sw. _mjölke_, milt of fishes.]
MILTONIC, mil-ton'ik, _adj._ relating to _Milton_ (1608-74), or to his
poetry.
MILVINE, mil'vin, _adj._ pertaining to, or like, birds of the kite family.
[L. _milvinus_--_milvus_, a kite.]
MIM, mim, _adj._ (_prov._) demure, precise.
MIMBAR, mim'bar, _n._ the pulpit in a mosque.
MIME, m[=i]m, _n._ a farce in which scenes from actual life were
represented by gesture: an actor in such a farce.--_n._ MIM'ESIS, a
mimicking of the speech, gestures, &c. of a person or a people: (_biol._)
mimicry.--_adjs._ MIMET'IC, -AL, apt to imitate.--_v.t._ MIM'IC, to
imitate: simulate:--_pr.p._ mim'icking; _pa.p._ mim'icked.--_n._ one who
mimics: a buffoon: a servile imitator.--_adjs._ MIM'IC, -AL, imitative:
mock: miniature.--_ns._ MIM'ICKER; MIM'ICRY, act of mimicking: an imitative
resemblance in one animal to another or to some inanimate object. [Gr.
_mimos_.]
MIMEOGRAPH, mim'[=e]-[=o]-graf, _n._ an apparatus in which a thin fibrous
paper coated with paraffin is used as a stencil for reproducing copies of
written or printed matter.--_v.t._ to reproduce such by this means. [Gr.
_mimeisthai_, to imitate, _graphein_, to write.]
MIMOGRAPHY, mim-og'ra-fi, _n._ the art of writing gesture-languages by
means of pictorial symbols constituting ideographs.--_n._ MIMOG'RAPHER.
MIMOSA, m[=i]-m[=o]'za, _n._ a genus of leguminous plants, including the
sensitive plant. [Gr. _mimos_.]
MIMULUS, mim'[=u]-lus, _n._ a genus of figworts.
MINA, m[=i]'na, _n._ a weight in silver at Athens=100 drachmas: (_B._) a
weight of money valued at fifty shekels. [L. _mina_--Gr. _mna_.]
MINA, m[=i]'na, _n._ one of several different sturnoid passerine birds of
India.
MINARET, min'a-ret, _n._ a turret on a Mohammedan mosque, from which the
people are summoned to prayers. [Sp. _minarete_--Ar. _manarat_,
lighthouse--_nar_, fire.]
MINATORY, min'a-tor-i, _adj._ threatening, menacing.--Also MIN[=A]'CIOUS.
[L. _min[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_, to threaten.]