Webster's Dictionary 1913

3214

Mikmaks

Mik″maks (?), n. Same as Micmacs.

3215

Milady

Mi‐la″dy (?), n. Lit., my lady; hence (as used on the Continent), an English noblewoman or gentlewoman.

3216

Milage

Mil″age (?; 48), n. Same as Mileage.

3217

Milanese

Mil′an‐ese″ (?), a. Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants. — n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Milan; people of Milan.

3218

Milch

Milch (?), a. [OE. milche; akin to G. melk, Icel. milkr, mjōlkr, and to E. milk. See Milk.]1. Giving milk; — now applied only to beasts. “Milch camels.” Gen. xxxii. “Milch kine....

3219

Mild

Mild (?), a. [Compar.Milder (?); superl.Mildest.] [AS. milde; akin to OS. mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG. milti, Icel. mildr, Sw. & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf. Lith. melas dear, Gr. �...

3220

Milden

Mild″en (?), v. t. To make mild, or milder. Lowell.

3221

Mildew

Mil″dew (?), n. [AS. meledeáw; akin to OHG. militou, G. mehlthau, mehltau; prob. orig. meaning, honeydew; cf. Goth. milip honey. See Mellifluous, and Dew.] (Bot.) A growth of mi...

3222

Mildew (2)

Mil″dew, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mildewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mildewing.] To taint with mildew.He... mildews the white wheat. Shak.

3223

Mildew (3)

Mil″dew, v. i. To become tainted with mildew.

3224

Mildly

Mild″ly (?), adv. In a mild manner.

3225

Mildness

Mild″ness, n. The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.

3226

Mile

Mile (?), n. [AS. mīl, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille a thousand, i.e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. Mill the tenth of a cent, Million.] A certain measure of distance...

3227

Mileage

Mile″age (mīl″ā̍j; 48), n. 1. An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.2. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wire...

3228

Milepost

Mile″post′ (?), n. A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.

3229

Milesian

Mi‐le″sian (?), a. [L. Milesius, Gr. �.]1. (Anc. Geog.) Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants.2. (Irish Legendary Hist.) Descended from King M...

3230

Milesian (2)

Mi‐le″sian, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Miletus.2. A native or inhabitant of Ireland.

3231

Milestone

Mile″stone′ (?), n. A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.

3232

Milfoil

Mil″foil (?), n. [F. mille-feuille, L. millefolium; mille thousand + folium leaf. See Foil a leaf.] (Bot.) A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with white flowers and ...

3233

Miliaria

‖Mil′i‐a″ri‐a (?), n. [NL. See Miliary.] (Med.) A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.

3234

Miliary

Mil″ia‐ry (?; 277), a. [L. miliarius, fr. milium millet: cf. F. miliaire.]1. Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption.2. (Med.) Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; ...

3235

Miliary (2)

Mil″ia‐ry, n.(Zoöl.) One of the small tubercles of Echini.

3236

Milice

‖Mi′lice″ (?), n. Militia.

3237

Milieu

‖Mi′lieu″ (?), n. [F., fr. mi middle (L. medius) + lieu place. See Demi-, Lieu.] Environment.The intellectual and moral milieu created by multitudes of self-centered, cultivated...

3238

Miliola

‖Mil″i‐o′la (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. milium millet. So named from its resemblance to millet seed.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longi...

3239

Miliolite

Mil″i‐o‐lite (?), n.(Paleon.) A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus Miliola.

3240

Miliolite (2)

Mil″i‐o‐lite, a. The same Miliolitic.Miliolite limestone(Geol.), a building stone, one of the group of the Paris basin, almost entirely made up of many-chambered microscopic she...