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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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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.Mi-mŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 839A writer of farces or mimes.Mī-mō'să or Mī-mō'sā, n. p. 839(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and including the sensitive plant (M. sensitiva, or M. pudica);—so called from its imitating the sensibility of animal life, or from the…Mĭmŭ'lus, n. p. 839(Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants, remarkable for the beauty of their flowers, which are often of brilliant colors. Baird.Mī'na, n. p. 839A weight or denomination of money. The mina of the Old Testament was valued at fifty shekels. The Greek or Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas, more than £3 sterling, or $14. McCulloch.Mi-nā’ciōŭs, a. p. 839Threatening; menacing. [Obs.]Mi-năç'i-ty, n. p. 839Disposition to threaten. [Obs.]Min'a-ret, n. p. 839(Arch.) A slender, lofty turret on the mosques of Mohammedan countries, rising by different stages or stories, and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the people are summoned…Min'a-tō'ri-al-ly or Min'a-to-ri-ly, adv. p. 839In a minatory manner; with threats.Min'a-to-ry, a. p. 839Threatening; menacing. Bacon.Mĭnce, v. t. p. 839To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat. 2. To diminish in speaking; to retrench, cut off, or omit; to extenuate; to clip, as words, or expressions; to utter half and…Mīnçe, v. i. p. 839To walk with short steps; to walk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner. The daughters of Zion are haughty, ... walking and mincing as they go. Is. iii. 16. I'll turn two mincing steps…Mĭnçed'-mēat, n. p. 839Meat chopped very fine.Mĭnçed'-pīe, n. p. 839A pie made with minced-meat and other ingredients baked in paste.Mīnce'-mēat, n. p. 839Minced-meat.Mīnce'-pīe, n. p. 839Minced-pie.Mīn'çing-ly, adv. p. 839In a mincing manner; not fully; with affected delicacy.Mic-tu'ri-en-cy, n. p. 839Micturition. [Obs.]Mind, n. p. 839The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul. By the mind of man we understand that in him…Mind, v. t. p. 840To attend to; to fix the thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as a thing of consequence; to heed; to mark; to note. Mind not high things. Rom. xii. 16. He set himself wholly to mind the…Mīnd, v. i. p. 840To be inclined, or disposed to incline. One of them mindeth to go into rebellion. Spenser. I mind to tell him plainly what I think. Shak.Mīnd'ed, a. p. 840Disposed; inclined. “If men were minded to live virtuously.” Tillotson. Joseph . . . was minded to put her away privily. Matt. i. 19. ☞ Minded is much used in composition; as, high-minded…