Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Miller"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Miller \Mill"er\ (m[i^]l"[~e]r), n.
1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.

2. A milling machine.

3. (Zo["o]l.)
(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}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small fresh-water fish of the genus {Uranidea}
(formerly {Cottus}), as the European species ({U.
gobio}), and the American ({U. gracilis}); -- called
also {bullhead}.
(b) A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and
long-tailed tit. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
Rai[ae], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
(b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
{Skate}.

{Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
({Stoasodon n[`a]rinari}) of the Southern United States
and the West Indies.

{Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray
({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins.


{Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}.

{Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[ae]}, or
{[AE]tobatid[ae]}. The common European species
({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and
{miller}.

{Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo.

{Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}).

{Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the
family {Trygonid[ae]} having one or more large, sharp,
barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
{stingaree}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Miller
n 1: United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
[syn: {Miller}, {Glenn Miller}, {Alton Glenn Miller}]
2: United States novelist (1891-1980) [syn: {Miller}, {Henry
Miller}, {Henry Valentine Miller}]
3: United States playwright (born 1915) [syn: {Miller}, {Arthur
Miller}]
4: someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)
5: machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is
fed against rotating cutters that shape it [syn: {milling
machine}]
6: any of various moths that have powdery wings [syn: {moth
miller}]


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