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Delicate fondling. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

See 3d Minion.

s fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. Mignonette pepper, coarse pepper.

Same as Megrim. -- Mi*grain"ous, a.

Migratory. Sir T. Browne. -- n.

ith a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West.

The act of migrating.

Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds.

The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan.

Same as Micmacs.

Lit., my lady; hence (as used on the Continent), an English noblewoman or gentlewoman.

Same as Mileage.

Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

Giving milk; -- now applied only to beasts. "Milch camels." Gen. xxxii. "Milch kine." Shak.

severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity. The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon. Waller. Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. Rogers. Mild, or Low, steel, steel that has…

To make mild, or milder. Lowell.

A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

In a mild manner.

The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.

A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.