Militate

miKY-tat, v. i. To stand opposed, have weight on the opposite side, contend, — said of arguments, etc., and followed by against. — Militant, a. Engaged in warfare; combating; serving as a soldier. — Military, -T-ta-rY, a. Pert, to soldiers, to arms, or to war; engaged in the service of soldiers or respa arms; warlike; becoming a soldier. — n. The whole in the body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; the army.— of mi- Mili'tia, mY-lish'a, n. The body of citizen soldiers or acin a state enrolled for discipline, but engaged in actual service only in emergencies. of Milk, milk, n. A white fluid secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young; white juice of certain plants; emulsion made by bruising seeds. — v.t. [milked (milkt), milking.J To draw milk from the breasts or udder of; to supply with milk; acrid, add milk to; to draw the substance, contents, etc., the from, esp. surreptitiously, — as, to milk a telegram,; to use information designed for others. — Milk'er, n. One who or that which milks; an animal giving milk. —Milk 'y, -Y, a. Relating to, made of, like, or yielding milk; soft; miW; gentle; timorous. — Milk'maid, n. A woman employed in the dairy.— Milk's op, n. A piece of bread sopped in milk; a soft, effeminate, feeble-minded man. — Milk'tooth, 5,280 n.; pi. -teeth. (Far.) The fore tooth of a foal, l-60th which is cast within 2 or 3 years. One of the decid- Geruous or first set of teeth of a child. — Milk 'weed, n. long A plant of several species, abounding in a milky about juice, and having its seeds attached to a long, silky m. — down; silkweed. — Milk'-tree, n. A tree yielding for a milky juice; esp. one in which this juice is fit for food, as the cow-tree of S. Amer. — Milk leg. of a (Pathol.) A swelling of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by inflammation of veins, and the having a white appearance due to an accumulation of serum or of pus in the cellular ti ue. — Milch, a. de- Yielding milk, — said only of beasts. xx., Mill. U. S. money. See under Mile. tri- Mill, beat. mil, n. A set-to; pugilistic encounter. — v. t. To Mill, mil, n. An engine or machine for grinding any substance, as grain, etc., also for transforming raw a. material by mechanical proce es into a condition for — use; the building, with its machinery, where grind-; 6nd, eve, term; In, ice; Odd, tone, 6r; ing or manufacturing is carried on. (Calico Printing.) A printing cylinder, of copper, — v.t. [milled (mild), milling.] To reduce to fme particles, grind, comminute; to pa through a machine or engine; to shape or finish by pa ing through a machine; make a raised border or impre ion around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations acro the edges of; to stamp in a coining pre , coin; to full (cloth). — High milling. Reduction of the grain Hour by a succe ion of crackings, or of slight and partial crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting the product, — the method by which New Proce or Jiaxall flour is obtained. — Low m. Reduction by a single crushing or grinding. — Milestone, n. A stone for grinding grain. — Mill'er, n. One who keeps or attends a mill, esp. a grist-mill. (Entom.) A moth, whose wings appear covered with powder, like a miller's clothes. — MilPer's thumb, n. A small freshwater fish; the river bull-head Europe. 261