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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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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.Mill'-work, n. p. 839The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills, as of grist-mills, cotton-mills, &c.Mill'-wright, n. p. 839A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills.Milt, n. p. 839(Anat.) The spleen; an organ situated in the left hypochondrium, under the diaphragm. 2. (Ichth.) [Ger. milch. See MILK.] The soft roe of fishes, or the spermatic part of the males.Milt, v. t. p. 839To impregnate, as the roe or spawn of the female fish.Milt'er, n. p. 839A male fish.Mil-tōn'ic, a. p. 839Pertaining to, or like, Milton, or his poetry.Mil'-wort, n. p. 839(Bot.) An herb of the genus Asplenium; spleenwort.Mĭl′vine or Mīl′vine, a. p. 839(Ornith.) Pertaining to, or resembling, birds of the kite family.Mil’vĭne or Mil’vīne, n. p. 839(Ornith.) A bird belonging to the family of the kites.Mīl'vus, n. p. 839(Ornith.) A genus of raptorial birds, including the kite.Mime, n. p. 839A kind of farce or dramatic representation in which real characters were depicted. 2. An actor in such representations.Mime, v. i. p. 839To mimic, or play the buffoon. [Obs.] See Mimic.Mim'er, n. p. 839A mimic. [Obs.] See MIMIC.Mī-mē'sis, n. p. 839(Rhet.) Imitation of the voice or gestures of another; mimicry.Mim'e-tēne, n. p. 839(Min.) The mineral arseniate of lead, occurring in pale yellow or brownish hexagonal crystals. Dana.Mī-mēt'ic or Mī-mēt'ic-al, a. p. 839Apt to imitate; giving to aping or mimicry; imitative.Mīm'ic, a. p. 839[Gr. μιμικός, from μιμεῖσθαι, to imi-Mim'ic-al p. 839tate; Lat. mimicus, It. & Sp. mimico, Fr. mimique. See MIME. 1. Inclined to imitate or to ape; having the practice or habit of imitating; imitative. Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes To imitate…Mim'ic, n. p. 839One who imitates or mimics; a buffoon who attempts to excite laughter or derision by acting or speaking in the manner of another. 2. A mean or servile imitator. When full grown, it [vanity] is the…Mim'ic, v. t. p. 839To imitate or ape for sport; to attempt to excite laughter or derision by acting or speaking like another; to ridicule by imitation. The walk, the words, the gesture could supply, The habit mimic…Mim'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 839In an imitative or aping manner.Mim'ick-er, n. p. 839One who mimics; a mimic.Mim'ic-ry, n. p. 839The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.