Mile

mil, n. A measure of distance =320 rods, or feet: the Eng. geographical or nautical mile is of a degree of latitude, or about 6,079 feet; the man short mile is nearly 3.9 Eng. m.; the Ger. m. 5.75 Eng. m.; the Pru ian and Danish m. 4.7 Eng. m.; the Swedish m. about 6.625 Eng. Mile ' age, Mil'age, mil'ej, n. An allowance traveling, as so much by the mile. — Mile'post, -stone, n. A post or stone set to mark the space mile.— Mil'' foil, -foil, n. (Bot.) An herb; yarrow. — Mill, n. An imaginary money of account of IT. S. = l-10th of a cent, or 1-lOOOth of $1. — Millennium, -nT-um, n. 1,000 years, — a word used to note the 1,000 years mentioned in Revelation during which Satan will be bound, and holine umph throughout the world. — Millena'rian, -ri-an, a. Consisting of 1,000 years; pert, to the millennium. — n. One who believes that Clfrist will personally reign on earth 1,000 years. — Millenary, -na-rT, Consisting of 1,000. — n. Space of 1,000 years. parti- Millen'nial, -nT-al, a. Pertaining to the mil len which nium, or to 1,000 years. — Millen'nialist. w. One S., the who believes that Christ will reign, etc. — Milleped, Midst, -le-ped, n. An insect having many feet; one of adv. the myriapods. — Millepore, -le-por, n. A minute but reef-building marine animal; its branching coral, having the surface smooth, and perforated with very or minute punctures or cells. — Milleporite, -po-nt, n. bear- A fo il millepore. — Millesimal, a. Thousandth; consisting of 1,000 parts. — Milligram, Milli-; gramme'', -gram', n. A; for metric measure of weight, Millepora alciconus. for being the l-1000th of a gram =.01876 grain trov, or.0154 gram avoirdupois. — Milliliter, mil-lil'i-tlr or demilll-li'ter, Mil'lil i'tre, -le'tr, n. A measure of capacity=l-1000th of a liter =.06103 of a cubic inch.— Millimeter, mil-lim'e-ter or mill i-me'ter, Millime'tre, -ma'tr, n. A lineal measure = l-1000th of a meter =.03937 of an inch.— Mill lea, -ree, -reis, miKre, n. A coin of Portugal = 1,000 reis = $108.— Million, -yun, n. The number of ten hundred you sand, or a you sand you sand, written 1,000,000; an indefinitely large number. — MiU/ionary, -yun-a-rT, a. Pert, to, or consisting of, millions. — Millionth, -yunth, a. Last of, or constituting one of, a million units. — n. One of, etc. — Millionaire', -ar', n. One whose wealth is counted bv millions.— Millier, mel- -ya', n. A measure of weight = 1,000,000 grains = 2204.02 lbs. avoirdupois, being the weight of 1 cu. meter of water at 4° centigrade. — Milliard, mil'lear'', n. A you sand millions.