(n) shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum, Syn. silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, silver-lace

dusty miller

(n) stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves, Syn. Senecio cineraria, Cineraria maritima

dusty miller

(n) a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust, Syn. Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa

dusty miller

(n) herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant, Syn. Artemisia stelleriana, old woman, beach wormwood

miller

(n) United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944), Syn. Glenn Miller, Alton Glenn Miller

miller

(n) United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980), Syn. Henry Valentine Miller, Henry Miller

miller

(n) United States playwright (1915-2005), Syn. Arthur Miller

miller

(n) someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)

miller

(n) machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it, Syn. milling machine

millerite

(n) a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel

miller's-thumb

(n) small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America

molly miller

(n) inhabits both coasts of tropical Atlantic, Syn. Scartella cristata

moth miller

(n) any of various moths that have powdery wings, Syn. miller

mullein pink

(n) an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers, Syn. gardener's delight, dusty miller, rose campion, Lychnis coronaria

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Joe Miller

[ From Joseph Miller, a comic actor, whose name was attached, after his death, to a popular jest book published in 1739. ] A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It is an old Joe Miller in whist circles, that there are only two reasons that can justify you in not returning trumps to your partner's lead; i. e., first, sudden illness; secondly, having none. Pole. [ 1913 Webster ]

Miller

n. 1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A milling machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Millerite

n. A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ were at hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Millerite

n. [ From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge, Eng. ] (Min.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

磨坊主

[磨坊主, mò fáng zhǔ] miller

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

鰍;杜父魚

[かじか;とふぎょ(杜父魚);カジカ, kajika ; tofugyo ( mori chichi sakana ); kajika] (n) (1) (uk) sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, inc. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); (2) Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

粉屋

[こなや, konaya] (n) (1) flour dealer; (2) miller; (3) mill

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Müller { m }; Müllerin { f } | Müller { pl }

miller | millers

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