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Webster 1913 Edition
Miller
Mill′er
(mĭl′ẽr)
, Noun.
1.
One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.
2.
A milling machine.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
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
. (b)
The eagle ray.
(c)
The hen harrier.
[Prov. Eng.]
Miller's thumb
. (Zool.)
(a)
A small fresh-water fish of the genus
Uranidea
(formerly Cottus
), as the European species (Uranidea gobio
), and the American (Uranidea gracilis
); – called also bullhead
. (b)
A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and long-tailed tit.
[Prov. Eng.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Miller
MIL'LER
,Noun.
1.
An insect whose wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes.