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Milky Way (The)

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A great circle of stars entirely surrounding the heavens. They are so crowded together that they appear to the naked eye like a “way” or stream of faint “milky” light. The Galaxy or Via Lactĕa.

“A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold

And pavement stars, as stars to thee appear,

Seen in the galaxythat Milky Way,

Thick, nightly, as a circling zone, thou seest

Powdered with stars.”


Milton: Paradise Lost, vii. 577, 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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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)
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)

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