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• Miller

  ·noun The eagle ray. II. Miller ·noun The hen harrier. III. Miller ·noun A milling machine. IV. M...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• miller

  A murderer. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Joe Miller

  ·- A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Miller, Hugh

  (1802-1856) Geologist, and man of letters, b. at Cromarty, had the ordinary parish school education...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Miller, Thomas

  (1807-1874) Poet and novelist, of humble parentage, worked in early life as a basket-maker. He pub....

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• ken miller

  A housebreaker. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• drowning the miller

  Adding too much water to wine or spirits; from the term when too much water has been put into a bowl...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• miller, to drown the

  To put an overdose of water to grog. ...

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