MILLREA
MILLRE'AMILLREE', noun A coin of Portugal of the value of $1.24 cents.
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MILLREE
MILLREE', n. A coin of Portugal of the value of $1.24 cents.
MILLSTONE
MILL'STONE, noun A stone used for grinding grain.MILL'-TOOTH, nounplural mill-teeth. A grinder, dens molaris.
MILTER
MILT'ER, noun A male fish.
MILTWORT
MILT'WORT, noun A plant of the genus Asplenium.
MIME
MIME, noun A buffoon. [See Mimic.]1. A kind of dramatic farce.MIME, verb intransitive To mimic, or play the buffoon. [See Mimic.]
MIMER
MI'MER, noun A mimic. [See Mimic.]
MIMESIS
MIME'SIS, noun [Gr.] In rhetoric, imitation of the voice or gestures of another.
MIMETIC
MIMET'IC, adjective [Gr.] Apt to imitate; given to aping or mimicry.
MIMIC
MIM'ICMIM'ICAL, adjective [Latin mimus, mimicus; Gr. to imitate.]1. Imitative; inclined to imitate or to ape; having the practice or habit of imitating.Man is of all creatures t...
MIMICK
MIM'ICK, verb transitive To 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 word...
MIMICRY
MIM'ICRY, noun Ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule.
MIMOGRAPHER
MIMOG'RAPHER, noun [Gr.] A writer of farces.
MINA
MI'NA, noun [Latin mina] A weight or denomination of money. The mina of the Old Testament was valued at sixty shekels. The Greek or Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas, ...
MINACIOUS
MINA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin minax, from minor, to threaten.]Threatening; menacing.
MINACITY
MINAC'ITY, noun [Latin minax.] Disposition to threaten. [Little used.]
MINARET
MIN'ARET, noun A small spire or steeple, or spire-like ornament in Saracen architecture.
MINATORY
MIN'ATORY, adjective Threatening; menacing.
MINCE
MINCE, verb transitive mins. [Latin minuo, to diminish; Latin minor, smaller; minuo, to diminish; Gr. small, slender; to diminish; Latin minutus, minute.1. To cut or chop into v...
MINCE-PIE
MINCE-PIEMIN'CED, participle passive Cut or chopped into very small pieces.
MINCED
MIN'CED, pp. Cut or chopped into very small pieces.
MINCED-PIE
MINCED-PIE, noun A pie made with minced meat and other ingredients, baked in paste.
MINCING
MIN'CING, participle present tense Cutting into small pieces; speaking or walking affectedly.
MINCINGLY
MIN'CINGLY, adverb In small parts; not fully.
MIND
MIND, noun [Latin reminiscor; Latin mens; Gr. memory, mention, to remember, mind ardor of mind vehemence; anger. mind signifies properly intention, a reaching or inclining forwa...
MIND-STRICKEN
MIND-STRICKEN, adjective Moved; affected in mind. [Not used.]
MINDED
MINDED, adjective Disposed; inclined.If men were minded to live virtuously.Joseph was minded to put her away privily. Matthew 1:19.MINDED is much used in composition; as high-mi...