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   Maillol
         n 1: French sculptor of monumental female nudes (1861-1944)
               [syn: {Maillol}, {Aristide Maillol}]

English Dictionary: May lily by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
May lily
n
  1. low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
    Synonym(s): lily of the valley, May lily, Convallaria majalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mellowly
adv
  1. (obsolete) in a mellow manner
    Synonym(s): mellowly, mellow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mill wheel
n
  1. water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill [syn: millwheel, mill wheel]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
millwheel
n
  1. water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill [syn: millwheel, mill wheel]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
molal
adj
  1. designating a solution containing one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
molehill
n
  1. a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maleyl \Ma*le"yl\, n. [Maleic + -yl.] (Chem.)
      A hypothetical radical derived from maleic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Malleal \Mal"le*al\, a. (Anat.)
      Pertaining to the malleus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Malleolus \[d8]Mal*le"*o*lus\, n.; pl. {Malleoli}. [L., dim.
      of malleus hammer.]
      1. (Anat.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the
            leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the
            internal projection, that of the fibula the external.
  
      2. [bd] A layer, [b8] a shoot partly buried in the ground,
            and there cut halfway through.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the
      goddess Maia (Gr. [?]), daughter of Atlas and mother of
      Mercury by Jupiter.]
      1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
            --Chaucer.
  
      2. The early part or springtime of life.
  
                     His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from
            their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
  
                     The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.
  
                     Plumes that micked the may.               --Tennyson.
  
      4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.
  
      {Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[91]a} ({S.
            hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers
            along the slender branches.
  
      {May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant
            ({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself
            (popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves,
            and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The
            root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
           
  
      {May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous
            species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the
            winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and
            allied genera. Called also {June beetle}.
  
      {May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic
            parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a
            garland, and by dancing about a May pole.
  
      {May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which
            magical properties were attributed.
  
      {May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its
            blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary.
  
      {May fly} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied
            genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many
            species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under
            {Ephemeral}.
  
      {May game}, any May-day sport.
  
      {May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.
  
      {May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria
            majalis}).
  
      {May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary.
  
      {May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the
            sports of May Day.
  
      {May thorn}, the hawthorn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mellowly \Mel"low*ly\, adv.
      In a mellow manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mill \Mill\, n. [OE. mille, melle, mulle, milne, AS. myln,
      mylen; akin to D. molen, G. m[81]hle, OHG. mul[c6], mul[c6]n,
      Icel. mylna; all prob. from L. molina, fr. mola millstone;
      prop., that which grinds, akin to molere to grind, Goth.
      malan, G. mahlen, and to E. meal. [root]108. See Meal flour,
      and cf. {Moline}.]
      1. A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as
            grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough,
            or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a
            bone mill.
  
      2. A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from
            vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in
            combination with a grinding, or cutting process; as, a
            cider mill; a cane mill.
  
      3. A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill.
  
      4. A common name for various machines which produce a
            manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material
            by the continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a
            sawmill; a stamping mill, etc.
  
      5. A building or collection of buildings with machinery by
            which the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a
            cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling mill.
  
      6. (Die Sinking) A hardened steel roller having a design in
            relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design
            in a softer metal, as copper.
  
      7. (Mining)
            (a) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings,
                  from which material for filling is obtained.
            (b) A passage underground through which ore is shot.
  
      8. A milling cutter. See Illust. under {Milling}.
  
      9. A pugilistic. [Cant] --R. D. Blackmore.
  
      {Edge mill}, {Flint mill}, etc. See under {Edge}, {Flint},
            etc.
  
      {Mill bar} (Iron Works), a rough bar rolled or drawn directly
            from a bloom or puddle bar for conversion into merchant
            iron in the mill.
  
      {Mill cinder}, slag from a puddling furnace.
  
      {Mill head}, the head of water employed to turn the wheel of
            a mill.
  
      {Mill pick}, a pick for dressing millstones.
  
      {Mill pond}, a pond that supplies the water for a mill.
  
      {Mill race}, the canal in which water is conveyed to a mill
            wheel, or the current of water which drives the wheel.
  
      {Mill tail}, the water which flows from a mill wheel after
            turning it, or the channel in which the water flows.
  
      {Mill tooth}, a grinder or molar tooth.
  
      {Mill wheel}, the water wheel that drives the machinery of a
            mill.
  
      {Roller mill}, a mill in which flour or meal is made by
            crushing grain between rollers.
  
      {Stamp mill} (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed by
            stamps.
  
      {To go through the mill}, to experience the suffering or
            discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of
            knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Molehill \Mole"hill`\, n.
      A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under
      ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant
      obstacle or difficulty.
  
               Having leapt over such mountains, lie down before a
               molehill.                                                --South.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mill Hall, PA (borough, FIPS 49760)
      Location: 41.10444 N, 77.49037 W
      Population (1990): 1702 (723 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 17751

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Molalla, OR (city, FIPS 49450)
      Location: 45.14973 N, 122.57801 W
      Population (1990): 3651 (1268 housing units)
      Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97038

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mulhall, OK (town, FIPS 49900)
      Location: 36.06425 N, 97.40476 W
      Population (1990): 199 (111 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73063

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Milalai, circumcision; my talk
  
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