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<hw>Mil"lionth</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quotient of a unit divided by one million; one of a million equal parts.</def>

<h1>Milliped</h1> <Xpage=924>

<hw>Mil"li*ped</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The same <er>Milleped</er>.</def>

<h1>Millistere</h1> <Xpage=924>

<hw>Mil"li*stere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>millist\'8are</ets>, from <ets>milli-</ets> milli- + <ets>st\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <def>A liter, or cubic decimeter.</def>

<h1>Milliweber</h1> <Xpage=924>

<hw>Mil`li*we"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Milli-</ets> + <ets>weber</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The thousandth part of one weber.</def>

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<h1>Millrea, Millree, Millreis</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw><hw>Mill"rea`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mill"ree`</hw>, <hw>Mill"reis`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Milreis</er>.</def>

<h1>Millrind, Millrynd</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw><hw>Mill"rind`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mill"rynd`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mill</ets> + <ets>rynd</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.</def>

<h1>Mill-sixpence</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mill"-sixpence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A milled sixpence; -- the sixpence being one of the first English coins milled (1561).</def>

<h1>Millstone</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mill"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.</def>

<blockquote>No man shall take the nether or the upper <b>millstone</b> to pledge. <i>Deut. xxiv. 6.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The cellular siliceous rock called buhrstone is usually employed for millstones; also, some kinds of lava, as that Niedermendig, or other firm rock with rough texture. The surface of a millstone has usually a series of radial grooves in which the powdered material collects.</note>

<cs><col>Millstone girt</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>a hard and coarse, gritty sandstone, dividing the Carboniferous from the Subcarboniferous strata. See <cref>Farewell rock</cref>, under <er>Farewell</er>, <tt>a.<tt>, and <i>Chart<i> of <er>Geology</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To see</col> <col>into, &or; through,</col> <col>a millstone</col></mcol>, <cd>to see into or through a difficult matter.</cd> <mark>(Colloq.)</mark></cs>

<h1>Millwork</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mill"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mils.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The business of setting up or of operating mill machinery.</def>

<h1>Millwright</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mill"wright`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to set up their machinery.</def>

<h1>Milreis</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mil"reis`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg. <ets>mil reis</ets>, i. e., one thousand reis; <ets>mil</ets> a thousand + <ets>reis</ets>, pl. of <ets>real</ets> a rei.]</ety> <def>A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills.</def>

<h1>Milt</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Milt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>milte</ets>; akin to D. <ets>milt</ets>, G. <ets>milz</ets>, OHG. <ets>milzi</ets>, Icel. <ets>milti</ets>, Dan. <ets>milt</ets>, Sw. <ets>mj\'84lte</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>malt</ets>, <ets>melt</ets>. &root;108. See <er>Malt</er> the grain.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The spleen.</def>