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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mi-lē'sian, n. p. 837(Anc. Geog.) A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Miletus in Asia Minor. 2. A native or inhabitant of Ireland, descended, according to the legendary history of the country, from King…Mi-lē'sian, a. p. 838(Anc. Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Miletus or its inhabitants. 2. (Irish Legendary Hist.) Descended from King Milesius; relating to the descendants of King Milesius.Mĭl'foil, n. p. 838(Bot.) An herb of the genus Achillea; yarrow.Mīl'i-ā'ri-ā, n. p. 838(Med.) A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.Mil'ia-ry, a. p. 838Resembling millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption. 2. Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliary fever. Miliary glands, the sebaceous glands of the skin.Mi-līce′, n. p. 838Militia. [Obs.]Mīl'i-ō'lā, n. p. 838(Paleon.) An extinct genus of microscopic, univalve shells.Mīl’i-o-līte, n. p. 838(Palæon.) A fossil shell of the genus Miliola.Mil'i-o-lit'ic, a. p. 838Of, pertaining to, or containing, miliolites.Mĭl'i-tan-cy, n. p. 838Warfare. [Obs.]Mĭl'i-tant, a. p. 838Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. At which command the powers militant Moved on in silence. Milton. Church militant, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to…Mĭl'i-tant-ly, adv. p. 838In a militant manner. [Rare.]Mīl'i-tar, a. p. 838Military. [Obs.] “A prince in militar virtue approved.” Bacon.Mil'i-ta-ri-ly, adv. p. 838In a military or soldierly manner.Mĭl'i-ta-rist, n. p. 838One devoted to military pursuits; a military man. [Obs.] “Gallant militarist.” Shak.Mil'i-ta-ry, a. p. 838Pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; having to do with the affairs of war; as, a military parade or appearance; military discipline. 2. Engaged in the service of soldiers or arms; as, a…Mĭl'i-ta-ry, n. p. 838The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; the army.Mil'i-tāte, v. i. p. 838To stand opposed; to be hostile or inconsistent; to contend; to fight; — used with against and with. These are great questions, where great names militate against each other. Burke.Mī-lĭ'tiă, n. p. 838The body of soldiers in a state enrolled for discipline, but engaged in actual service only in emergencies, as distinguished from regular troops, whose sole occupation is war or military service. 2.…Mī-lĭ'tĭă-man, n. p. 838One who belongs to the militia.Milk, n. p. 838A white fluid secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young. It consists of a solution of caseine and various salts, with minute globular cells of fat. 2. Hence, the white juice of…Milk, v. t. p. 838To draw or press milk from, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of. I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me. Shak. 2. To draw from the breasts or udder; to…Milk'en, a. p. 838Consisting of milk. [Obs.]Milk'er, n. p. 838One who milks; also, one who gives milk.Milk'-fē'ver, n. p. 838(Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory.Milk'-hĕdge, n. p. 838(Bot.) A shrub growing on the Coromandel coast, containing a milky juice.Milk'-i-ly, adv. p. 838After the manner of milk; lacteally.Milk'-ness, n. p. 838Qualities like those of milk; softness.Milk'-liv'ered, a. p. 838White livered; cowardly; timorous. Shak.Milk'māid, n. p. 838A woman that milks, or is employed in the dairy.Milk'-mō'lar, n. p. 838One of the molar teeth that are shed in the young mammal, and which are succeeded by the pre-molars.Milk'-mō'lar, a. p. 838Of, or pertaining to, the molar teeth in young mammals, which are early shed, and give way to others. R. Owen.Milk'-pärs'ley, n. p. 838(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Selinum.Milk'-sick'ness, n. p. 838A peculiar and most malignant disease, occurring in some localities of the Western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock, and persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of…Milk'-snāke, n. p. 838(Zoöl.) A harmless snake (Ophibolus eximius), of a grayish ash color, with three rows of dark spots along the back and sides. It is found in the Northern and Middle United States.Milk'sŏp, n. p. 838A piece of bread sopped in milk; hence, more usually, a soft, effeminate, feeble-minded man.Milk'-thĭs'tle, n. p. 838(Bot.) An esculent European plant of the thistle kind, having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness; Carduus marianus.Milk'-thrŭsh, n. p. 838(Med.) A disease in which appear roundish, pearl-colored vesicles, confined to the lips, mouth, and intestinal canal, and generally terminating in curd-like sloughs. Dunglison.Milk'-tooth, n. p. 838(Far.) The fore tooth of a foal, which comes at the age of about three months, and is cast within two or three years. 2. One of the deciduous or first set of teeth, of a child.Milk'-tree, n. p. 838(Bot.) A tree yielding a milky juice; especially, one in which this juice is fit for food, as the cow-tree of South America.Milk'-tre/foil, n. p. 838(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cytisus.Milk'-vĕs'sel, n. p. 838(Bot.) A cavity between the cells of a plant, forming a sort of canal, in which the milky juice is contained.Milk'-vĕtch, n. p. 838(Bot.) A plant of the genus Astragalus, sometimes cultivated as an ornamental plant.Milk'-weed, n. p. 838(Bot.) A plant of several species, of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seeds attached to a long, silky down: silkweed. Gray.Milk'-wort, n. p. 838(Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Polygala.Milk'y, a. p. 838Relating to milk; made of milk. 2. Resembling milk; as, milky sap or juice. 3. Yielding milk; as, milky mothers. Roscommon. 4. Soft; mild; gentle; timorous. Has friendship such a faint and milky…Milky way p. 838a broad, irregular, luminous zone in the heavens, supposed to be the blended light of innumerable fixed stars, which are not distinguishable with ordinary telescopes; the galaxy.Mill, n. p. 838An imaginary money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.Mill, n. p. 838An engine or machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing or crushing it between two hard, indented surfaces, generally of stone or metal;—usually having a word prefixed…Mill, v. t. p. 838To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces; to grind; to comminute. 2. To pass through a machine or engine; to shape or finish by passing through a machine;—used chiefly in reference to metal…Mill, n. p. 838A set-to; a pugilistic encounter. [Cant.]Mill'-bōard, n. p. 838A kind of stout pasteboard.Mill'-cāke, n. p. 838The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of a dense mass or cake, ready to be subjected to the process of granulation.Mill'-cŏg, n. p. 838The cog of a mill-wheel.Mill'-dām, n. p. 838A dam or mound to obstruct a water-course, and raise the water to an altitude sufficient to turn a mill-wheel.Mill'-hēad, n. p. 838The head of water necessary, or employed, to turn the wheel of a mill.Mil'le-nā'ri-an, a. p. 838Consisting of a thousand years; pertaining to the millennium.Mil'le-nā'ri-an, n. p. 838One who believes that Christ will personally reign on earth a thousand years; a chiliast.Mil'le-nā'ri-an-īsm or Mil'le-na-rĭsm, n. p. 838The doctrine of millenarians.Mil'le-na-ry, a. p. 838Consisting of a thousand.