MILICE
MILICE, for militia, is not in use.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MILIOLITE
MIL'IOLITE, noun Fossil remains of the Miliola, a genus of univalve shells.
MILITANCY
MIL'ITANCY, noun Warfare. [Little used.]
MILITANT
MIL'ITANT, adjective [Latin militans, milito, to fight.]1. Fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.2. The church militant is the christian church on earth, which is supposed t...
MILITARILY
MIL'ITARILY, adverb In a soldierly manner.
MILITARY
MIL'ITARY, adjective [Latin militaris, from miles, a soldier; milito, to fight.]1. Pertaining to soldiers or to arms; as a military parade or appearance; military discipline.2. ...
MILITATE
MIL'ITATE, verb intransitive [Latin milito.] To militate against, is to oppose; to be or to act in opposition.Paley writes, to militate with; but in America, against is generall...
MILITIA
MILI'TIA, noun [Latin from miles, a soldier; Gr. war, to fight, combat, contention. The primary sense of fighting is to strive, struggle, drive, or to strike, to beat, Eng. moil...
MILK
MILK, noun1. A white fluid or liquor, secreted by certain glands in female animals, and drawn from the breasts for the nourishment of their young.2. The white juice of certain p...
MILK-TREFOIL
MILK-TRE'FOIL, noun A plant, the cytisus.MILK'-VETCH, noun A plant of the genus Astragalus.MILK'-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Euphorbia; spurge.MILK'-WEED, noun A plant, the ...
MILKEN
MILK'EN, adjective Consisting of milk. [Not used.]
MILKER
MILK'ER, noun One that milks.MILK'-FEVER, noun A fever which accompanies the first flowing of milk in females after childbirth.MILK'-HEDGE, noun A shrub growing on the Coromande...
MILKINESS
MILK'INESS, noun Qualities like those of milk; softness.MILK'-LIVERED, adjective Cowardly; timorous.
MILKMAID
MILK'MAID, noun A woman that milks or is employed in the dairy.
MILKMAN
MILK'MAN, noun A man that sells milk or carries milk to market.
MILKPAIL
MILK'PAIL, noun A pail which receives the milk drawn from cows.
MILKPAN
MILK'PAN, noun A pan in which milk is set.
MILKPORRIDGE
MILK'PORRIDGEMILK'POTTAGE, noun A species of food composed of milk or milk and water, boiled with meal or flour.
MILKPOTTAGE
MILK'POTTAGE, n. A species of food composed of milk or milk and water, boiled with meal or flour.
MILKSCORE
MILK'SCORE, noun An account of milk sold or purchased in small quantities, scored or marked.
MILKSOP
MILK'SOP, noun A soft, effeminate, feeble-minded man.MILK'-THISTLE, noun A plant of the genus Carduus.
MILKTOOTH
MILK'TOOTH, noun The fore tooth of a foal, which is cast within two or three years.
MILKWHITE
MILK'WHITE, adjective White as milk.
MILKWOMAN
MILK'WOMAN, noun A woman that sells milk.
MILKY
MILK'Y, adjective Made of milk.1. Resembling milk; as milky sap or juice.2. Yielding milk; as milky mothers.3. Soft; mild; gentle; timorous; as a milky heart.
MILKY-WAY
MILK'Y-WAY, noun The galaxy; a broad luminous path or circle in the heavens, supposed to be the blended light of innumerable fixed stars, which are not distinguishable with ordi...
MILL
MILL, noun [Latin mille, a thousand.] A money of account of the United States, value the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.MILL, noun [Latin mola, molo, mel, honey,...