273 / 868
M
L
24
6
M
L
Geometric.1 patrs.
M ilc of G ermany
4 000
of D enmarlt
5000
of H lln¡;ary
6000
MILFORD H .·l VEN, the mo(l commodiol1s harbollr in
G reílt Britain, fi[uated in (he fOUlh
\Vd!
part of Pem–
brokelhire in Wales, at the north entrance of the Bri–
(101 ch.nnel.
MILI ARY, in general, fomething rcfembling millet–
fceds.
M,L ,ARY FEVER. See MEDI CINE, p. 73.
MILITANT, or CH URC H MILITANT, denotes the
body of ChriClians while here on earth.
MILlTARY, fome,hing belonging ' o ,he foldiery Dr
militia.
MILITIA, in geDeral, deno'e, ,he body of foldie", or
thore who make
proreffion
of
arms.
In a more rettr"ined rCDre, miiitia denotes th e trained
bands of a town or country, who arm theru felves, up –
OD
a {hon
warning,
for their
own defence.
So
lhal,
ID
thi. feofe, mili,ia i, oppofed to regular or ltated
troops.
Far the direétion and commaod of the mililia, the:
king conílitutes lords· lieutenants of each county .
MILIUM, in botany, a genu, of . he "i.ndria digynia
c1af.. The corolla coofi(l, of ' wo valves ineluding one
flower.
There are five fpecies, ooly ene of which.
viz .
[he effufum, ar
millet-grafs, is
a
native of Britain.
MILK, a well known ani:nal Auid, which
n~'ure
pre·
pares in the breaHs of
wom~n,
and the udd:rs of other
aDimals, for the nouriOlment
oC
thei r yonne:. Milk is
a Jiquor prepared from the aliment chewed in the
mou,h, digelled in . he lIomach, porfe{\ed by the force
and juices of the ¡ntenines, and elaborated
by
means
of
lhe
mefcDtcl y and its gland and jllices, and the jui–
l.·es of the thoracic duél:.
It
has undergone
fome
ac·
lions of the veios , arreries, heart, lungs, and juices,
and began
10
be allimil.ted; yet may (lill be had fepa–
ra.e and difcharged out of .he body. Alld .•hus by
thei r own milk, prepared from lhe proFc:r matter of
the chyle, all the koown Iaéliferous animals are nou –
,iChed, bo.h male and fem. le . For mil
k
is .1\Vay.
prepared from c.hyle
<lS
welJ in men as in \Vomen, in
virgins aad barren \Vomen, in mothcrs aDd nurCes.
1vlilk approaches Dearer ta an animal nature than
eh )'le.
If
milk b. good, and fuff<red to re(l in a e1e.n H f·
rd ,
it 6rfl
~ppearf
uniformly white: then throws up
a white, lhick, unéluous crc:am to its furface, and re–
mains fomewha( bluiCh bel ow. T he milks of all the
known animals h"ve thefe properties alike. The hu –
man imlk. is vtry Cweet :lnd thin, the next is thu of
atT.s, .hen ,ha, of mares, ,hen of gous, and I. flly of
co\ys: ",hence
it
is prc:fcribcrl in this ordtr to con–
fumptive perCons
oC
weak viCcera. T he rennct pre·
pared of the juices of Cuch cre;atures as chew the cud
bei ng mixcd with milk, coagulatts it ioto ao uniform
mars, which may be cut with a knife.
ano
it thus
fpontancouOy Cepuatcs into whey and curds; if long
boiled over the IÍ re, it lores its more fluid piUU, and
condenfe. iplO a bu.yr.teOUi anú chcefx mafs.
M ilk i. an elli c. ciou. remedy in diforners of tITe
brean . But it i! to be obierved, that all milks are not
of ,he fame klnd, and 'of .he fame eflicacy for all pur–
paCes
j
finee, accordlng to the
di
\'Crfit"y
of animals and
their rerpeaive foods, they are ponc fl"ed of different
and peculiar llu.\lities which are to be confidered
apan.
Firlt,
then, acres
mil k,
conlain!
a
great
deal
of fwect
rerum. but
a
very Cmal! qUclntity of eanhy, caCeous,
and pinguious Cubnance ; for which reaCon it·
is:
not ea·
fil y coagul;l.tcd,
~nd,
confequcntly, but very unfit for
bulter and dn:efe.
l iS
whey is anringent, l<txative,
moiHening,
and
proper for correéting the acrimony
of
the humours . Goats milk cloes not conta¡ n
Co
large
a
quantil Y of whey
OIS
that of ;a{fes. nor is il of
(o
laxa·
ti
ve
and aCl ringent
a
nature. but of a thickc:r confi{lence;
aod , as goats eat the Jeaves
o.f
trees which contaia
fomc,hing of
a
rtGnoos quali ty, their nülk. is very ef·
fi caciou, fo r ,he confolid uion of
fuppurat~d
parts.
Cows-milk is more pinguiou!, contains
a
li rge qU;lcti.
.y of eu,h, bu. Icfs whey, fo r which reafon it gene–
rally yields a grea. de. 1 of bUller and cheef. . Thi.
fpecies of mil k is ·of a temperating, nutritive and con·
Colidiuing
vil
tue. \Vomens milk, for medicinal purpofes,
i6
preferable to
all
others ; fo r it is the ['Recten of them
alJ,
aod its nl:ltritive quality is fufficier.t1y obfervable
in
infanu . The vinues of milk are alCo different, accord·
ing '0 the diverfi,y of herbs and pafiurage which ani–
mals eal. Hence milk in ,he fpring is highly falutary,
becaufe at that time tbe vegctab-Ies abouod with
tem·
perate juices; whcreas
milk
in lhe wintcr
ii
accounted
lef. :falu.ary, becaufe tbe
a~im.:.
feta
OD
hay and
Ilraw.
Dr. C heyne recommends a milk and feed die., wi.h
water for drink, as the Curell: prcCervative aRai nn dif–
diCeaCes, and cure of them .
MILK FEVER.
See
!vIIDWIF"!RY,
p. '2 44·
MILL,
a machioe or engine for griDdiog
coen,
6t~
of
whiclrl there are feveral kiods, according lOlhe various
methods of applying the moving power ; as water·
- mili., wind·mills, mili. worked by horfes,
&c.
See
M ECIIAN I CS.
MILLENARIANS, or CHtLtAS1's, a name given 'o
tho(e, who, iD the primiti,e ages,
bdi~ved
that the
fain.. will one day reign on eanh wi.h J ofus Chrill a
thou(and years.
MILLEP ES. See ONISCUS.
MILLERIA, a genu, of ,h e fyngenefia polygamia nc–
ceeraria claC,.
lt
has neither receptacle nor pappus;
lhe calix
conGOs
of three vafves
j
aoJ the nldius of the
corolla
i~
di Olidiated. There are t\Vo frc:cies, both
natives of America.
MILLET, in bo,.ny.
S..
MtLIlIM.
MILLING Melo,b . S<eFULLt"G .
MILLION, in ari,hme.ick, ,he number
01
ten hund rcJ
thou(and, or a tboufand times a thoufaod. See A·
~ITHMJi:T I CK.
MILLREE , a Portuguefe gold coin, value
5
I
7';'
d.
M ILO, or M ELo , one of ,he ifi.nds of the rlrchipel•.
go, fixty miles north of Candla.
MI LT, or MSCT, is a dcnomin. tion by whieh fome e.n
,he row¡ of filh es .
MILTON,