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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'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.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.