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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mĕas'ūr-ing, a. p. 823Used in measuring; as, a measuring rod. Measuring cast, a throw or cast, in the game of bowls, that requires to be measured, or that can not be distinguished from another without measuring.Mēat, n. p. 823Food in general; any thing eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb; . . . to you it shall be for meat. Gen. i. 29. Every moving thing that…Mēat, v. t. p. 823To supply with food; to feed. [Obs. and rare.] “His shield well lined, his horses meated well.” Chapman.Mēat'-bĭs'cuit, n. p. 823An extract of the most nutritive parts of meat boiled down and thickened with flour, and then formed into the shape of biscuit, for long voyages, travels, &c. Simmonds.Meat'ed, a. p. 823Fed; fattened. [Obs.] Tusser. 2. Having meat;—used chiefly in composition; as, thick-meated.Mēathe, n. p. 823A sweet liquor or drink; mead. [Obs.] Milton. 2. Choice; option; preference. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Meat'i-ness, n. p. 823The state or quality of being meaty; fleshiness; muscularity. The diaphaneity of Babet contrasted with the meatiness of Guelphener. C. E. Wilson.Mēat'less, a. p. 823Having no meat; without food. “Leave these beggars meatless.” Sir T. More.Mēat'-ŏf'fer-ing, n. p. 823(Script.) An offering consisting of meat or food, in distinction from a drink-offering.Mē-ā'tus, n. p. 823(Anat.) A natural passage or canal, wider than a duct. It may be closed at one end, or perforated.Mēat'y, a. p. 823Abounding in meat; fleshy.Meaw, v. i. p. 823See MEW.Meawl, v. i. p. 823See MEWL.Mēa'zel, n. p. 823See MEASLE. [Obs.]Mēaz'ling, a. p. 823Falling in small drops; mistling; mizzling.Mēc'ca-wee', n. p. 823(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Mecca, or Mekka, in Arabia.Mĕc'ca-wee',, a. p. 823(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Mecca or its inhabitants.Me-chān'ic, n. p. 823One who works with machines or instruments; a workman or laborer other than agricultural; an artisan; an artificer; more specifically, one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in…Me-chăn'ic or Me-chăn'ic-al, a. p. 823Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; depending upon mechanism or machinery. 2. Hence, done as if by a machine, or without conscious exertion of will…Mechanical effect or Mechanical philosophy or Mechanical powers p. 823the measure of effective power; the power to raise a certain weight through a foot-space in a definite time. Nichol. — Mechanical philosophy, the principles of mechanics applied to the investigation…Mechanical Powers p. 8231, lever; 2, inclined plane; 3, wheel and axle; 4, screw; 5, pulley; 6, wedge.Me-chān'ic-al, n. p. 823A mechanic. [Obs.] “Rude mechanicks.” Shak.Me-chān′ic-al-ize, v. t. p. 823To cause to become mechanical; hence, to render base, low, or mean. [Obs.]Me-chăn'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 823In a mechanical manner; according to the laws of mechanism or good workmanship; by physical force or power; by the laws of motion, without intelligence or design, or by the force of habit.Me-chăn'ic-al-ness, n. p. 823The state of being mechanical, or governed by mechanism.Mĕch'a-nĭ'cian, n. p. 823One skilled in mechanics; a machinist.Me·chān'i·co·chēm'ic·al, a. p. 823Pertaining to, connected with, or dependent upon, both mechanics and chemistry; — said especially of those sciences which treat of such phenomena as require for their explanation the application of…Me-chăn'ics, n. sing. p. 823That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] That part of mechanics which considers the action of forces in producing…Mēch'an-īzm, n. p. 823Movement according to mechanical laws; mechanical action. [Hare.] 2. The construction of a machine; the arrangement and connection of moving and other parts in a machine, so as to answer a given…Mĕch'an-ist, n. p. 823A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.Mēch'an-ize, v. t. p. 823To subject to contrivance, art, or skill; to form by contrivance or design.Mĕch'an-o-grāph'ic, a. p. 823Pertaining to, or treating of, mechanics.Měch'an-ŏg'ra-phist, n. p. 823An artist who, by mechanical means, multiplies copies of works of art.Mĕch'an-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 823The art of multiplying copies of a writing, or any work of art, by the use of a machine.Mĕch'an-ŭr'gy, n. p. 823That branch of science which treats of moving machines.Mĕch'lin, n. p. 823A beautiful, light kind of lace;—so called because made at Mechlin, in Belgium.Me-chō'a-can, n. p. 823A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus (C. Mechoacan);—so called from Mechoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained.Me-cōm'e-ter, n. p. 823(Med.) An instrument sometimes used to measure the length of new-born infants. Dunglison.Mĕc'o-nate, n. p. 823(Chem.) A salt consisting of meconic acid and a base.Me-cō'ni-ă, n. p. 823The same as MECONINA.Me-cōn'ic, a. p. 823(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, poppies; as, meconic acid, a peculiar acid contained in opium.Me-cōn'i-nā or Mĕc'o-nine, n. p. 823(Chem.) A white crystalline substance produced by the oxidation of narcotine. It also exists in small quantity in opium. Miller.Me-cō'ni-ŭm, n. p. 823(Med.) The inspissated juice of the poppy. [Obs.] 2. The first feces of infants.Mē'con-ŏp'sis, n. p. 823(Bot.) A genus of plants allied to the poppy, of which one species (M. Cambricae) is the Welsh poppy.Mĕd'al, n. p. 823A coin struck with a device intended as a memento of any event or person; a piece of metal in the form of a coin, so struck, but not intended for circulation as money; a reward of merit.Mĕd'al-ĕt, n. p. 823A small medal.Mĕd'al-ist, n. p. 823A person that is skilled or curious in medals. 2. One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit.Me-dăl'lic, a. p. 823Pertaining to a medal, or to medals. Admiral Vernon will shine in our medallic history. H. Walpole.Me-dăll'ion, n. p. 823A large antique medal or memorial coin. 2. Any thing resembling in form such a coin; as, (Arch.) a circular tablet on which figures are embossed. Weale.Mĕd'al-ūr'gy, n. p. 823The art of making and striking medals and other coins. [Written also medallurgy.]Mĕd'dle, v. i. p. 823To mix one's self in an unnecessary, impertinent, or improper manner; to take part in a thing with which one should have nothing to do; to interpose officiously; to thrust one's self in offensively.…Mĕd'dle, v. t. p. 824To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] He meddled his talk with many a tear. Spenser.Mĕd'dler, n. p. 824One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.Mēd'dle-sōme, a. p. 824Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive.Mĕd'dle-sōme-ness, n. p. 824The quality of being meddlesome.Mēd'dling-ly, adv. p. 824Officiously; interferingly.Mē'di-æ'val, a. p. 824Of, or relating to, the middle ages. [Written also mediæval.] Mediæval architecture, the architecture of England and the continent during the middle ages, including the Norman and early Gothic styles.Mē'di-ē'val-ism, n. p. 824The method or spirit of the middle ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the middle ages. [Written also mediævalism.]Mē'di-æ'val-ist, n. p. 824One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the middle ages. [Written also mediævalist.]Mē'di-al, a. p. 824Pertaining to a mean or average; mean. Medial alligation (Arith.), a method of finding the value of a mixture consisting of two or more ingredients of different quantities and values, the quantity…