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milky(1) (iou) and martial (iou)


milky(1) (iou)



milky adjective. LME.
[from MILK noun + -Y1.]
Resembling milk, esp. in colour. Also, (of a gem, glass, liquid, etc.) cloudy, resembling milk in water. LME.
T. H. Huxley The liquid becomes milky as the carbonic gas..bubbles through. R. West The..bowl of blue and white porcelain shone with the proper clean milky radiance.
a. Of or consisting of milk. rare. LME.
b. Containing or mixed with milk; having much milk; poet. yielding milk. M17.
W. C. Bryant Argos, richly stocked In milky kine.
c. Botany. Full of white or pale-coloured juice. M18.
transf. & fig.
a. Of a person, a person's action, a personal attribute, etc.: mild, gentle; timorous, weak, compliant; slang cowardly. E17.
Byron They made..me (the milkiest of men) a satirist. G. Greene I'm not milky..I just don't want another killing.
b. Of a sound: soft, pleasant. poet. E20.
milkily adverb (rare) L19.
milkiness noun (a) the state or condition of resembling milk; (b) cloudy whiteness of the sky etc.; nebulosity; (c) fig. mildness, gentleness; weakness: L17.

martial (iou)



martial adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin martialis, from Mart-, MARS: see -AL1, -IAL.]
a. Of or pertaining to war or battle; (of Music) appropriate to warfare. LME.
b. Of Sports, exercises, etc.: serving as Training for warfare. LME.
Warlike; brave, valiant; fond of fighting. LME.
Of or pertaining to the army or the military profession; military rather than civil. obsolete exc. in COURT MARTIAL. L15.
Characteristic of or suitable for a warrior. L16.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Roman god Mars. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
(Usu. Martial.) Of or pertaining to the planet Mars, Martian; Astrology influenced by Mars; (of an animal or plant) poisonous, stinging. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
Chemistry. Of or pertaining to iron; containing iron. L17-L19.
Special collocations: martial Art any of various Sports or skills, mainly of Japanese origin, which originated as forms of self-defence or attack, such as judo, karate, and kendo (usu. in pl.). martial eagle a large crested eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus, of central and southern Africa. martial law (a) government of a country or district by military authority, with ordinary civil laws suspended; (b) military law.
martialism noun warlike quality E17.
martialist noun (a) a person skilled in war; a military man; (b) Astrology a person born under the influence of Mars: M16.
marti'ality noun martial quality or state M17.
martialize verb trans. (rare) make martial E17.
martially adverb L16.
martialness noun E18.