Miller, Millard, Mallard, or Dusty Miller. A large white moth (A.S.); generally extended to any large night-flying species.—N. & S.W.
*Mill-peck. A kind of hammer with two chisel-heads, used for deepening the grooves of the millstone (Great Estate, ch. ix).
*Mill-staff. A flat piece of wood, rubbed with ruddle, by which the accuracy of the work done by the mill-peck may be tested (Great Estate, ch. ix).
Mind. (1) To remind. 'That minds I o' Lunnon, it do.'—N. & S.W. (2) To remember. 'I minds I wur just about bad then.'—N. & S.W. (3) 'To be a mind to anything,' to be inclined to do it.—N.W.
Minding. A reminder. After a severe illness you are apt to have 'the mindings on't' now and again.—N.W.
Minnies. Small fry of all kinds of fish.—N. & S.W.
Mint. A cheese-mite (A.). The older form of mite (Skeat).—N.W.
Minty. Of cheese, full of mites (A.).—N.W.
Mist-pond. A pond on the downs, not fed by any spring, but kept up by mist, dew, and rain. Such ponds rarely fail, even in the longest drought. More commonly called Dew-ponds.—S.W. (Broadchalke, &c.)