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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Mil'le-na-ry, n. p. 838The space of a thousand years. It is true human nature was not at a stand-still during that millenary. Hare. 2. A millenarist.Mil-lĕn'ni-al, a. p. 838Pertaining to the millennium, or to a thousand years; as, millennial period; millennial happiness.Mil-lĕn'nī-al-īst, n. p. 838One who believes that Christ will reign personally on earth a thousand years; a chiliast; also, a believer in the universal prevalence of Christianity for a long period.Mil-lĕn’ni-an-ism or Mil-lĕn’ni-a-rism, n. p. 838Belief in, or expectation of, the millennium; millenarianism.Mil'len-nist, n. p. 838One who holds to the millennium. [Obs.] Johnson.Mil-lĕn'nĭ-ŭm, n. p. 838A thousand years;—a word used to denote the thousand years mentioned in the the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during which period Satan will be bound, and holiness become triumphant throughout the…Mil'le-pēd, n. p. 838An insect having many feet; one of the myriapods. [Written also millipede.]Mil'le-pōre, n. p. 838(Zool.) A species of coral, having the surface smooth, and perforated with very minute punctures or cells, which have transverse partitions. The animal is an acaleph, related to Coryne, and not a…Mil'le-po-rite, n. p. 839(Palæon.) A fossil millepore.Mill'er, n. p. 839One whose occupation is to attend a grist-mill. 2. (Entom.) A moth or winged insect; — so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes. 3. (Ichth.)…Miller-ite, n. p. 839A believer in the doctrine of William Miller, who taught the speedy end of the world and the coming of Christ to reign on earth.Mill'er’s-thŭmb, n. p. 839(Ichth.) A small fish found in small streams in Europe; the river bull-head; the Cottus gobio.Mil-lĕs'i-mal, a. p. 839Thousandth; consisting of a thousand parts; as, millesimal fractions.Millet, n. p. 839(Bot.) (a.) An endogenous plant (Panicum miliaceum), and its grain. It is a native of the East Indies, where it is largely used for food. (b.) A hardy grass of several species of the genus Milium; —…Milliard, n. p. 839A thousand millions.Mil'li-a-ry, a. p. 839Pertaining to a mile; denoting a mile. “A milliary column, from which they used to compute the distance of all the cities and places of note.” Evelyn.Mil'li-a-ry, n. p. 839A mile-stone.Mil'li-grăm or Mil'li-grămme, n. p. 839A French measure of weight, being the thousandth part of a gramme, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .0154 English grains, Troy weight.Mil-lī'lĭ-ter or Mil'lĭ-lī'ter, n. p. 839A French measure of capacity, containing the thousandth part of a liter or cubic decimeter, equal to .06103 of an English cubic inch.Millilitre, n. p. 839The same as MILLI-LITER.Mil-lĭm’e-ter or Mil’li-mē’ter, n. p. 839A French lineal measure, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch.Millimètre, n. p. 839The same as MILLIMETER.Mil'li-ner, n. p. 839A person, usually a woman, who makes and sells head-dresses, hats or bonnets, &c., for women. No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. Shak. To conceal such real ornaments as these . . . as…Mĭl'li-nĕr'y, n. p. 839The articles made or sold by milliners, as head-dresses, hats or bonnets, laces, ribbons, and the like.Mĭll'ing, n. p. 839The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling cloth; the act or process of making a raised or indented edge upon coin, &c. Milling-machine, a machine tool for…Mill'ion, n. p. 839The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, written 1,000,000. [See Note under NUMERATION.] 2. A very great number; an indefinitely large number. There are millions of truths that men…Mil'ion-âire', n. p. 839One whose wealth is counted by millions; a very rich person. [Written also millionnaire.]Mill'ion-a-ry, a. p. 839Pertaining to millions; consisting of millions; as, the millionary chronology of the Pundits. Pinkerton.Mill'ioned, a. p. 839Multiplied by millions. [Obs.] Shak.Millionnaire, n. p. 839See MILLIONAIRE.Mill'ionth, a. p. 839Being the last one of a million units or objects counted in regular order from the first of a series or succession; constituting one of a million.Mill'ionth, n. p. 839The quotient of a unit divided by one million; one of a million equal parts.Mill'-rāce, n. p. 839The current of water that drives a mill-wheel, or the canal in which it is conveyed.Mill'rēis or Mill'rēe, n. p. 839[Pg. mil reis, i. e., one thousand reis, from mil, thousand, and reis, pl.Mill'reis p. 839A coin of Portugal, commonly estimated at 5s. sterling, or about 108 cents; though a small gold millrea, of 1755, was worth only 3s. 2d. sterling. P. Cyc.Mill'-six'pençe, n. p. 839An old English coin, first milled in 1561, being one of the earliest that was milled.Mill'stône, n. p. 839A stone used for grinding grain. To see into or through a millstone, to see with acuteness; to penetrate into abstruse subjects; to be sharp-sighted.Mill'stōne-grĭt', n. p. 839(Geol.) A hard and coarse, gritty sandstone, dividing the carboniferous from the subcarboniferous strata. [See Illust. of Geology.]Mill'-tāil, n. p. 839The current of water flowing from a water-wheel, and which has been used in turning it.Mill'-tôoth, n. p. 839A grinder or molar tooth.