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ts, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison. A good swift simile, but something currish. Shak.

of the face; to laugh silently. He doth nothing but frown . . . He hears merry tales and smiles not. Shak. She led to see the doughty hero slain. Pope. When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled. Byron.

Not having a smile.

One who smiles. Tennyson.

A little smile. [R.] Those happy smilets That played on her ripe lip. Shak.

Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt (the three-mile belt or zone) of three miles included in territorial waters (which see) of a state.

ng the aggregate weight of each shipment in tons during the given period by the number of miles for which it is carried.

Ton miles collectively; esp., the total ton miles performed by a railroad in a given period.

Any unit of the total obtained by adding the passenger miles and ton miles in a railroad's transportation for a given period; -- a term and practice of restricted or erroneous usage.

, void of sense, to fill up the meter A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a. Shak.

In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.

al; as, beauty is an accident. This accident, as I call it, of Athens being situated some miles from the sea. J. P. Mahaffy.

ivity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged. The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. Macaulay.

the circumstances to be considered. "This example is on all fours with the other." "No simile can go on all fours." Macaulay.

Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.

Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.

arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly. Archly the maiden smiled. Longfellow.

the thermometer at 80º; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.

A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph. Knight.

A facsimile.