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To fight; not from the Latin milēs, a soldier, but from the noun mill. Grinding was anciently performed by pulverising with a stone or pounding with the hand. To mill is to beat with the fist, as persons used to beat corn with a stone.

The word is Gaelic, in which there are numerous derivatives, meaning to ravage, destroy, etc.

 

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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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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)
Mill
Mills of God grind slowly (The)
Millennium
Miller
Miller
Miller’s Eye (A)
Miller’s Thumb (A)
Milliner
Millstone
Millstone used for a Ferry (A)
Millstones

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