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dants of thofe Flemings who were permitted to fettle 
there by Henry I. when the fea had overflowed their na¬ 
tive country. The Welfh call it “ Little England beyond 
Wales,” becaufe the inhabitants mollly fpeak Englilh. 
Wilkes's Brit [fit Director)/. Carhfle's Diet. of Wales. 
MIL'FORD HA'VEN, a deep bay on the coaft of Nova 
Scotia, fouth-weft of Canlo Strait. 
MIL'FORD HA'VEN, a bay on the north coaft of Vir¬ 
ginia. Lat. 37. 26. N. Ion. 76. zo. W. 
MIL'HARS, a town of France, in the department of 
the Tarn: thirteen miles north of Gaillac. 
MILHAU', a town of France, and principal place of a 
diftridl, in the department of the Aveiron, on the Tarn. 
The Proteftants formerly fortified it, but Louis XIII. 
difmantled it in the year 1629. In 1744, the Proteftant 
inhabitants had three troops of dragoons quartered upon 
them, the maintenance of whom, for three months, coft 
them 30,000 livres, by which means the town was totally 
ruined. It is twenty-two miles eaft-north-eaft of Alby, 
and twenty-feven fouth-eaft of Rhodez. Lat. 44. 6. N. 
Ion. 3.10. E. n 
MILHAU'D, a town of France, in the department of 
the Gard : four miles fouth-weft of Nil’mes, and twenty- 
one north-eaft of Montpelier. 
MILHAU'SEN, a town of the duchy of Stiria: ten 
miles eaft of Gratz. 
Mi'Ll, a river of Sicily, which runs into the fea feven 
miles fouth of Meflina. 
Mi'Ll, a town of Thibet: forty-five miles north-eaft 
ofTchiatam. 
MILIAN'A, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Al¬ 
giers : twenty-two miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Sherfhell, and 
forty-five fouth-fouth-weft of Algiers. 
MILIA'NA, a river of Africa, in the kingdom of Tu¬ 
nis, which runs into the Mediterranean about ten miles 
fouth-eaft of Tunis. 
MILIAREN'SIS, / in antiquity, a filver coin of the 
empire, fublfituted by Conftantine in the room of the 
denarius; and fo called becaufe he fixed the price of the 
pound of gold at 1000 pieces of this new filver. 
MIL'IARY, adj. [from milium, Lat. millet.] Small; 
refembling a millet-feed.—The fcarf-ikin is compofed of 
fmall fcales, between which the excretory dudts of the 
miliary glands open. Cheyne. 
Miliary Eruption, an eruption of minute veficles, 
appearing in perfons confined to bed, in hot and clofe 
apartments, efpecially after profufe fweating. The term 
has been adopted from ancient times, from the refem- 
blance of the veficles in the fize and appearance to mil- 
let-feed. 
Miliary Fever, a denomination given to fevers of 
every defcription, when accompanied by an. eruption of 
miliary veficles. See the article Pathology. 
MILI'CE,^ [French.] Standing force. A word inno¬ 
vated by Temple, but unworthy of reception.—The two- 
and-twen-tieth of the prince’s age is the time afligned 
by their conftitutions for his entering upon the public 
charges of their milice. Temple. 
MILI'CIA, a river of Sicily, which runs into the fea 
ten miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Palermo. 
MILIL'LO, a town of Sicily, in the valley of Noto : 
eight miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Lentini. 
MIL'IN, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Beraun : 
four miles from Przibratn. 
MILIO'LUM,_/! in furgery, a fmall tumour of the eye¬ 
lids, fo called from its being of the fize of a millet-feed. 
_ MILIQUE'AN CREE'K, or Holland’s Riv'er, a 
river of Canada, which runs into Sirncoe Lake. 
MI'LIS, a town of Sardinia: twelve miles from Oriftagni. 
MIL'ITANCY, f. [from militant. Warfare. An ob- 
folete word worthy of revival. Todd. —All human life, 
efpecially the active part, is conftituted in a ftate of con¬ 
tinual militancy. W. Montague. 
MIL'ITANT, adj. [militans, Lat.] Fighting ; profe- 
cuting the bufinefs of a foldier; 
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Agninft foul fiends they aid us militant ; 
They for us fight; they watch and duly ward, 
And their bright lquadrons round about us plant. Spenfer. 
Engaged in warfare with hell and the world. A term 
applied to the church of Chrift on earth, as oppofed to 
the church triumphant.—Then are the public duties of 
religion beft ordered, when the militant church doth re- 
femble, by fenfible means, that hidden dignity and glory 
wherewith the church triumphant in heaven is beautified. 
Hooker. —-The Romanifts divide the church into militant, 
patient, and triumphant: the militant is on earth; the* 
patient, or paffive, they place in purgatory; and the 
triumphant in heaven. Chambers. 
MIL'ITAR, adj. [militaris , Lat.] An old word for 
military, warlike—Although he were a prince in militar 
virtue approved, yet his cruelties weighed down his vir¬ 
tues. Bacon's Hen. VII.—Effected by foldiers.—He was, 
with general applaufe and great cries of joy, in a kind of 
militar election or recognition, faluted king. Bacon. 
MIL'ITARILY, adv. [from military.'] In a foldierly 
manner.—We were militarily affected. Trial of the Regi¬ 
cides, (1660.) 
MIL'ITAR Y, adj. Engaged in the life of a foldier; 
foldierly.—He will maintain his argument as well as any 
military man in the world. Shakefpeure's Hen. V.—Suiting 
a foldier; pertaining to a foldier; warlike.—In the time 
of Severus and Antoninus, many, being foldiers, had 
been converted unto Chrift, and notwithftanding conti¬ 
nued ftill in that military courfe of life. Hooker. 
The city-gates out-pour’d light-armed troops 
In coats of mail and military pride. Milton. 
Effected by foldiers ; as, a military election. 
Military Art, the art or fcience of making or fuf- 
taining war to advantage. See War. 
Military Court. See Court of Chivalry, and 
Court Martial, vol. v. p.298, 303. 
Military Discipline, the training of foldiers, and 
the due enforcement of the laws and regulations infti- 
tuted by authority for their condudf. Next to the form¬ 
ing of troops, military difeipline is the firft objeft that 
prefents itfelf to our notice ; it is the foul of all armies ; 
and, unlels it be eftablilhed amongft them with great pru¬ 
dence, and fupported with unlhaken refolution, they are 
no better than lb many contemptible heaps of rabble, 
which are more dangerous to the very ftate that main¬ 
tains them than even its declared enemies. 
Military Execution, the delivery of a city or coun¬ 
try up to be ravaged and deftroyed by the loldiers, upon 
its refufing to pay the Contributions impofed upon it. It 
denotes alfo the punilhment inflifted by the lentence of 
a court-martial. 
Military Exercise. See Manual Exercise, vol. 
xiv. p. 310. 
Military Law. See Martial Law, vol. xiv. p. 432. 
and the articles there referred to. 
Military Merit, an order of Knighthood. See that 
article, vol. xi. p. 821. 
Military State, in Britilh polity, one of the three 
divifions of the laity. This ftate includes the whole of 
the loldiery, or fuch perfons as are peculiarly appointed 
among the reft of the people for the fafeguard and defence 
of the realm. See Army, vol. ii. 
Military Tactics. See the article War. 
Military Tenure. See Tenure. 
Military Testament, among the Romans, was what 
we call a nuncupative will; or a teftament made only by 
word of mouth, in the prefence of two witnefles. This 
..was a privilege peculiar to the loldiery, and to them only 
when in the field ; for at other times they were fubjebf to 
the common laws in this refpedf. See Army, vol. ii. 
Military Townshits, townlhips of America, in the 
ftate of New York ; deriving their appellation from the 
following circumftance. The legillature of the ftate 
granted 1,500,000 acres of land as a gratuity to the offi¬ 
cers 
