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A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard. J. S. Mill.

Generous; liberal; munificent. -- O"pen-hand`ed*ness, n. J. S. Mill.

A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.

That which jets out or projects from anything. [R.] H. Miller.

nes, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time.

Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. J. S. Mill.

One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.

An excessive supply. A general oversupply or excess of all commodities. J. S. Mill.

A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. Dryden. The paps which thou hast sucked. Luke xi. 27.

Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform.

One who simply repeats what he has heard. [R.] J. S. Mill.

es resembling parsley (Cryptogramme crispa). -- Parsley piert (Bot.), a small herb (Alchemilla arvensis) formerly used as a remedy for calculus.

rl eye, cataract. [R.] -- Pearl gray, a very pale and delicate blue-gray color. -- Pearl millet, Egyptian millet (Penicillaria spicata). -- Pearl moss. See Carrageen. -- Pearl moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Margaritia; -- so called on account of its pearly color. -- Pearl oyster (Zoöl.), any one of several spe…

The sway of pedants. [R.] J. S. Mill.

man. Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in putting objects in motion. J. S. Mill. A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force. Macaulay.

middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.

One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in woolen mills.

A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.

The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery.

ut not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad.