Chapter Midnight to Miliaria of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

2. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc. [Written also milage.]

Constructive mileage, a mileage allowed for journeys supposed to be made, but not actually made. Bartlett.

Milepost
(Mile"post`) n. A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.

Milesian
(Mi*le"sian) a. [L. Milesius, Gr. .]

1. (Anc. Geog.) Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants.

2. (Irish Legendary Hist.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish.

Milesian
(Mi*le"sian), n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Miletus.

2. A native or inhabitant of Ireland.

Milestone
(Mile"stone`) n. A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.

Milfoil
(Mil"foil) n. [F. mille- feuille, L. millefolium; mille thousand + folium leaf. See Foil a leaf.] (Bot.) A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.

Water milfoil (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dissected leaves

Miliaria
(||Mil`i*a"ri*a) n. [NL. See Miliary.] (Med.) A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.