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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mild \Mild\, a. [Compar. {Milder}; superl. {Mildest}.] [AS.
milde; akin to OS mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG. milti, Icel.
mildr, Sw & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf Lith. melas dear,
Gr ? gladdening gifts.]
Gentle; pleasant; kind soft; bland; clement; hence moderate
in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe,
irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to
persons and things as a mild disposition; a mild eye; a
mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.
The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the
noon. --Waller.
Adore him as a mild and merciful Being --Rogers.
{Mild}, or {Low}, {steel}, steel that has but little carbon
in it and is not readily hardened.
Syn: Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant;
placid; meek; kind tender; indulgent; clement;
mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See {Gentle}.
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