millet

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The members of this millet were all called Greeks; the bishops and higher clergy were exclusively Greek; and the language of their churches and schools was Greek, which was also the language of literature, commerce, and polite society.

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  1. noun An annual grass (Panicum milaiceum) cultivated in Eurasia for its grains and in North America for hay.
  2. noun The white grains of this plant.
  3. noun Any of several similar or related grasses.

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  • It resembles millet, and the donkey is fond of it. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II, 1869-1873
  • In grinding the corn, too, horses are employed to turn the wheel; though the lighter seeds, such as millet, are generally ground by the women in handmills similar to those mentioned in the Christian Scriptures. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life Of Schamyl, by J. Milton Mackie.
  • Throughout the Caucasus millet is the favorite grain, of which cakes are made by being baked on hot flat stones or iron plates. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life Of Schamyl, by J. Milton Mackie.
  • Agriculture (27. 9\% of GDP): Products -- millet, sorghum, cowpeas, peanuts, cotton, and rice.
  • Bulrush millet, another native crop, was ill suited to Aaron's well-drained fields. —  Blind Man's Lantern
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  1. Middle English milet, from Old French, diminutive of mil, millet, from Latin milium; see melə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from P. millet, millet, diminutive of mil, millet: see mill.
  2. Turkish millet (from Arabic millah), people, community, sect, creed.
 

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