| mil | (n) a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound | | mil | (n) a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire) | | mil | (n) an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution | | milady | (n) an English noblewoman | | milan | (n) the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages, Syn. Milano | | milanese | (n) a native or inhabitant of Milan | | milanese | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of Milan or its people | | milch | (adj) giving milk; bred or suitable primarily for milk production, Example: milch goats, milch camels | | mild | (adj) moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme, Ant. intense, Example: a mild winter storm; a mild fever; fortunately the pain was mild; a mild rebuke; mild criticism | | mildew | (n) the process of becoming mildewed, Syn. mold, mould |
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| mil | n. 1. an obsolete monetary unit of Cyprus equal in value to 1/1000 of a pound. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. a unit of length equal to 1/1000 inch, used especially in measuring the thickness of sheets of materials. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 3. one milliliter; -- used mostly in informal speech. [ laboratory slang ]
Syn. -- milliliter, millilitre, ml, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 4. a unit of angular size equal to 1/6400 of 360 degrees; -- it is used especially in artillery ranging.
Syn. -- mil. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | mil | n. [ by contraction from million. ] One million dollars; as, his new house cost over a mil. [ slang ] [ PJC ] | | Milady | n. [ F., fr. English. ] Lit., my lady; hence (as used on the Continent), an English noblewoman or gentlewoman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Milage | n. Same as Mileage. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Milanese | prop. a. Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Milan; people of Milan. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Milch | a. [ OE. milche; akin to G. melk, Icel. milkr, mjōlkr, and to E. milk. See Milk. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Giving milk; -- now applied only to beasts. “Milch camels.” Gen. xxxii. “Milch kine.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Tender; pitiful; weeping. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | | 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. &unr_; gladdening gifts. ] Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity. [ 1913 Webster ] The rosy morn resigns her light
And milder glory to the noon. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ] Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mild steel, or
Low steel, steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See Gentle. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Milden | v. t. To make mild, or milder. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Mildew | 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 minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances. [ 1913 Webster ]
powdery mildew a fungal disease of plants caused by an ascomycete of the order Erysiphales, characterized by a powdery white film on the surface of the affected plants. It is damaging to, e.g., roses and lilacs. Also, a fungus that causes such a disease. [ PJC ]
| | Mildew | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mildewed p. pr. & vb. n. Mildewing. ] To taint with mildew; as, mildewed clothing. [ 1913 Webster ] He . . . mildews the white wheat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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