Webster's Dictionary 1828

1351

MILLCOG

MILL'COG, n. The cog of a mill wheel.

1352

MILLDAM

MILL'DAM, noun A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to an altitude sufficient to turn a mill wheel.

1353

MILLENARIAN

MILLENA'RIAN, adjective Consisting of a thousand years; pertaining to the millenium.MILLENA'RIAN, noun A chiliast; one who believes in the millenium, and that Christ will reign ...

1354

MILLENARY

MIL'LENARY, adjective Consisting of a thousand.

1355

MILLENIAL

MILLEN'IAL, adjective Pertaining to the millenium, or to a thousand years; as millenial period; millenial happiness.

1356

MILLENIST

MIL'LENIST, noun One who holds to the millenium. [Not used.]

1357

MILLENIUM

MILLEN'IUM, noun [Latin mille, a thousand, and annus, year.]A thousand years; a word used to denote the thousand years mentioned in Revelations 20. during which period Satan sha...

1358

MILLEPED

MIL'LEPED, noun [Latin mille, a thousand, and pes, foot.] The wood-louse, an insect having many feet, a species of Oniscus.

1359

MILLEPORE

MIL'LEPORE, noun [Latin mille, a thousand, and porus, a pore.]A genus of lithophytes or polypiers of various forms, which have the surface perforated with little holes or pores,...

1360

MILLEPORITE

MIL'LEPORITE, noun Fossil millepores.

1361

MILLER

MIL'LER, noun [from mill.] One whose occupation is to attend a grist-mill.1. An insect whose wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes.

1362

MILLERS-THUMB

MIL'LER'S-THUMB, noun A small fish found in small streams.

1363

MILLESIMAL

MILLES'IMAL, adjective [Latin millesimus, from mille, a thousand.]Thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts; as millesimal fractions.

1364

MILLET

MIL'LET, noun [Latin milium.] A plant of the genus Milium, of several species, one of which is cultivated as an esculent grain.The Indian millet is of the genus Holcus.

1365

MILLHORSE

MILL'HORSE, noun A horse that turns a mill.

1366

MILLIARY

MIL'LIARY, adjective [Latin milliarium, a milestone.]Pertaining to a mile; denoting a mile; as a milliary column.

1367

MILLIGRAM

MIL'LIGRAM, noun [Latin mille, a thousand, and Gr. a gram.]In the system of French weights and measures, the thousandth part of a gram, equal to a cubic millimeter of water.The ...

1368

MILLILITER

MIL'LILITER, noun [Latin mille, a thousand, and liter.]A French measure of capacity containing the thousandth part of a liter or cubic decimeter, equal to.06103 decimals of a cu...

1369

MILLIMETER

MILLIM'ETER, noun [Latin mille, a thousand, and metrum, a measure.]A French lineal measure containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to.03937 decimals of an inch. It is t...

1370

MILLINER

MIL'LINER, noun [Johnson supposes this word to be Milaner, form Milan, in Italy.] A woman who makes and sells head-dresses, hats or bonnets, etc. for females.

1371

MILLINERY

MIL'LINERY, noun The articles made or sold by milliners, as head-dresses, hats or bonnets, laces, ribbons and the like.

1372

MILLION

MILLION, noun mil'yun. [Latin mille, a thousand.]1. The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand. It is used as a noun or an adjective; as a million of men, or a m...

1373

MILLIONARY

MILL'IONARY, adjective Pertaining to millions; consisting of millions; as the millionary chronology of the Pundits.

1374

MILLIONED

MILL'IONED, adjective Multiplied by millions. [Not used.]

1375

MILLIONTH

MILL'IONTH, adjective The ten hundred thousandth.

1376

MILLPOND

MILL'POND, noun A pond or reservoir of water raised for driving a mill wheel.

1377

MILLRACE

MILL'RACE, noun The current of water that drives a mill wheel, or the canal in which it is conveyed.MILL'-SIXPENCE, noun An old English coin first milled in 1561.