- mon).—1. To resist mulishly; to
attempt impossibilities.
1837. C. Dickens, Pickwick Papers, p. 129 (ed. 1857.) 'All them old cats will run their heads agin milestones.'
To run a milestone, verb. phr. (old dicing).—See quot. and Knap.
1714. Lucas, Gamesters, 27. He was not ignorant of knapping, which is, striking one die dead, and let the other run a milestone.
Mill-tog (tag or twig), subs. (old).—A shirt. For synonyms see Camesa.
1821. Haggart, Life, 133. Few had either a mill-twig, toper, or crabs.
1823. Grose, Vulgar Tongue (3rd ed.), s.v.
1851-61. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. and Lon. Poor, Vol. i. p. 231, s.v. Mill Tag—A shirt.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
1888. Temple Bar, xxiv. 536. I've known him to get thirty mill-togs in one day.
Mill-wash, subs. (tailors').—Vest
canvas.
Milt, subs. (venery).—The semen;
Hence, milt-market (or -shop) = the
female pudendum; to
double one's milt (old) = to
ejaculate twice without removal.
Milton, subs. (common).—An
oyster.
1841. Thackeray, Comic Tales and Sketches, ii. p. 175. Mrs. Grampus herself operated with the oyster-knife, and served the milton morsels to the customers.
1854. Aytoun and Martin, Bon Gualtier Ballads [14th ed. (1884), p. 180]. These mute inglorious miltons are divine.
Milvader, verb. (old).—See quot.
1821. D. Haggart, Life, 'Glossary,' p. 172, s.v. Milvad, a blow. Milvadering, boxing.
1823. Grose, Vulgar Tongue (3rd. ed.), s.v.
Mince, verb. (medical students').—To
dissect.
Mince-pies, subs. (rhyming).—The
eyes. Also mutton-pies (q.v).
1892. Sporting Times, 29 Oct. 'The Rhyme of the Rusher.' And I smiled as I closed my two mince-pies.
1894. Chevalier, Jerusalem's Dead, i. My mince-pies are waterin' jes like a pump, and they're red as a ferrit's.
Minckins. See Minx.
Mind. See P's and Q's.
Mind your eye, phr. (common).—Be careful. Also (nautical) mind your helm.
Minden Boys, subs. phr. (military).—The
Twentieth Foot. [From
their bravery at Minden, 1759].
Minder, subs. (common).—A child
put out to nurse.
Mine-arse. See Bandbox.
Mine-of-pleasure, subs. (venery).—The
female pudendum. For
synonyms see Monosyllable.
17[?]. Old Ballad [quoted by Burns in Merry Muses], 'O Saw Ye my Maggy?' A hidden mine of pleasure.
Mine uncle. See Uncle.
Mingle-mangle, subs. (old).—A
hotch-potch.
1550. Apol. of Johan Bale, fo. 25. Al thys have I wrytten afore leaste we shulde take euyll for good, and couple sower wyth swete, making of the a mingle-mangel, for pigges of the pope's old puddel.
1600. Hooker, Sermons, v. 7. He cannot love the Lord Jesus with his heart . . . which can brook to see a mingle-mangle of religion and superstition.
