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Mildew

has nothing to do with either mills or dew. It is the Gaelic mehl-thœw (injurious or destructive blight).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Midwife (Anglo-Saxon, mid, with; wif, woman)
Miggs (Miss)
Mignon
Mikado (Japan, mi, exalted; kado, gate)
Mike
Milan Decree (The)
Milan Steel
Milanese
Mildendo
Mildew
Milesian Fables
Milesian Story or Tale (A)
Milesians (The)
Milk
Milk and Honey
Milk and Water
Milk of Human Kindness (The)
Milksop (A)
Milky Way (The)
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