Part 7042

<blockquote>The rosy morn resigns her light And <b>milder</b> glory to the noon. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Adore him as a <b>mild</b> and merciful Being. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Mild</col>, &or; <col>Low</col>, <col>steel</col></mcol>, <cd>steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See <er>Gentle</er>.</syn>

<h1>Milden</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mild"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make mild, or milder.</def>

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Mildew</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mil"dew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>melede\'a0w</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>militou</ets>, G. <ets>mehlthau</ets>, <ets>mehltau</ets>; prob. orig. meaning, honeydew; cf. Goth. <ets>milip</ets> honey. See <er>Mellifluous</er>, and <er>Dew</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.</def>

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<hw>Mil"dew</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mildewed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mildewing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To taint with mildew.</def>

<blockquote>He... <b>mildews</b> the white wheat. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Mil"dew</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become tainted with mildew.</def>

<h1>Mildly</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mild"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a mild manner.</def>

<h1>Mildness</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mild"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being mild; <as>as, <ex>mildness</ex> of temper; the <ex>mildness</ex> of the winter.</as></def>

<h1>Mile</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>m\'c6l</ets>, fr. L. <ets>millia</ets>, <ets>milia</ets>; pl. of <ets>mille</ets> a thousand, i. e., <ets>milia passuum</ets> a thousand paces. Cf. <er>Mill</er> the tenth of a cent, <er>Million</er>.]</ety> <def>A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.</def>

<note>&hand; The distance called a <i>mile</i> varies greatly in different countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182; in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary, 9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552; in the Netherlands, 1,094.</note>

<cs><mcol><col>Geographical</col>, &or; <col>Nautical mile</col></mcol>, <cd>one sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.</cd> -- <col>Mile run</col>. <cd>Same as <cref>Train mile</cref>. See under <er>Train</er>.</cd> -- <col>Roman mile</col>, <cd>a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English measure.</cd> -- <col>Statute mile</col>, <cd>a mile conforming to statute, that is, in England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as distinguished from any other mile.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mileage</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mile"age</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>milage</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Constructive mileage</col>, <cd>a mileage allowed for journeys supposed to be made, but not actually made.</cd></cs>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Milepost</h1> <Xpage=923>