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   Mild (mīld), 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.”
   
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   The rosy morn resigns her light
   
   And milder glory to the noon. Waller.
   
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   Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. Rogers.
   
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   Mild steel, or Low steel, steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened.
   
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   Syn. -- Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See Gentle.
   
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