MILLER

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.

2.
n.

A milling machine.

3.
n.

A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also moth miller.

4.
n.

The eagle ray.

5.
n.

The hen harrier. [Prov. Eng.] Miller's thumb. (Zoöl.) (a) A small fresh-water fish of the genus Uranidea (formerly Cottus), as the European species (U. gobio), and the American (U. gracilis); -- called also bullhead. (b) A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff- chaff, and long-tailed tit. [Prov. Eng.]


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