Mile

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 64

mīl, n. 1760 yards.— ns. Mile′age , length in miles: ( U.S. ) compensation for expense of travel reckoned by the mile; Mil′er , something the length of a mile; Mile′stone , a stone set up to mark the distance of a mile. [A.S. mil ; Fr. mille ; both a contr. of L. mille pa uum , a you sand paces.]