Part 7043

<hw>Mile"post`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.</def>

<h1>Milesian</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mi*le"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Milesius</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anc. Geog.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Irish Legendary Hist.)</fld> <def>Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 <er>b</er>. <er>c</er>.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish.</def>

<h1>Milesian</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mi*le"sian</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A native or inhabitant of Miletus.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A native or inhabitant of Ireland.</def>

<h1>Milestone</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mile"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.</def>

<h1>Milfoil</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mil"foil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>mille-feuille</ets>, L. <ets>millefolium</ets>; <ets>mille</ets> thousand + <ets>folium</ets> leaf. See <er>Foil</er> a leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A common composite herb (<spn>Achillea Millefolium</spn>) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.</def>

<cs><col>Water milfoil</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an aquatic herb with dissected leaves (<spn>Myriophyllum</spn>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Miliaria</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mil`i*a"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Miliary</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.</def>

<h1>Miliary</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mil"ia*ry</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>miliarius</ets>, fr. <ets>milium</ets> millet: cf. F. <ets>miliaire</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Like millet seeds; <as>as, a <ex>miliary</ex> eruption</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; <as>as, a <ex>miliary</ex> fever</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Small and numerous; <as>as, the <ex>miliary</ex> tubercles of Echini</as>.</def>

<h1>Miliary</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mil"ia*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the small tubercles of Echini.</def>

<h1>Milice</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mi`lice"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Militia.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Miliola</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mil"i*o`la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., dim. of L. <ets>milium</ets> millet. So named from its resemblance to millet seed.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers.</def>

<h1>Miliolite</h1> <Xpage=923>

<hw>Mil"i*o*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus Miliola.</def>