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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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…Mē'di-an, a. p. 824Running through the middle; as, a median groove. 2. (Zoological Geog.) Pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom between fifty and one hundred fathoms in depth. E. Forbes.Median line p. 824an ideal line dividing the body longitudinally and symmetrically into two parts, the one on the right and the other on the left. Dunglison.Mē'di-ant, n. p. 824(Mus.) The third above the key-note; — so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds. Moore.Mē'di-ās'tine or Mē'di-as-ti'num, n. p. 824(Anat.) The membranes and their contents, which separate the two lungs from each other, in the median line. It extends from the back-bone to the breast-bone, and is a continuation of the pleura.Mē'di-ate, a. p. 824Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening. Anxious we hover in a mediate state. Prior. Soon the mediate clouds shall be dispelled. Prior. 2. Acting by means, or by an…Mē'di-āte, v. i. p. 824To be in the middle, or between two. [Rare.] 2. To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each; to act as a go-between, or umpire; to arbitrate; to intercede; as, the prince that mediates…Mē'di-āte, v. t. p. 824To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.Mē'di-ate-ly, adv. p. 824In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause, acting between the first cause and the effect; by means. God worketh all things amongst us mediately by secondary means. Raleigh. The king grants a manor to…Mē'di-ate-ness, n. p. 824The state or quality of being mediate.Mē'di-ā'tion, n. p. 824The act of mediating; action or relation of any thing interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention. The soul, during its residence in the body, does…Mē'di-āt'i-zā'tion, n. p. 824The act of mediatizing.Mē'di-a-tīze, v. t. p. 824To render mediate; specifically, to make mediately, not immediately, dependent; as, in Germany, to annex, as a smaller state to a larger, leaving to it a nominal sovereignty, and to its prince his…Mē'di-ā'tor, n. p. 824One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; intercessor; hence, by way of eminence, Christ is called the Mediator. Syn.—…Mē'di-a-tō'ri-al, a. p. 824Belonging to a mediator, or to his agency or office; as, mediatorial office or character; mediatory. My measures were, in their intent, healing and mediatorial. Burke.Mē'di-a-tō'ri-al-ly, adv. p. 824In the manner of a mediator.Mē'di-ā'tor-shĭp, n. p. 824The office of a mediator.Mē'di-a-to-ry, a. p. 824Pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatorial.Mē'di-ā'tress or Mē'di-ā'trix, n. p. 824A female mediator. Ainsworth.«/entry»Mĕd'ie, n. p. 824(Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the M. lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa.Mēd'ie, a. p. 824Pertaining to medicine; medical. [Rare.]Mĕd'i-ca-ble, a. p. 824Capable of being medicated; admitting of being cured or healed.Mĕd'i-cē'go, n. p. 824(Bot.) A genus of plants; medic. See MEDIC.Mēd'ie-al, a. p. 824Pertaining to, or having to do with, medicine, or the art of healing disease; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary. 2. Containing that which heals; tending to cure…Mēd'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 824In a medical manner; according to the rules of the healing art, or for the purpose of healing; in relation to the healing art.Mēd'i-ca-ment, n. p. 824Any thing used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application. ☞ Me-dic'-a-ment would be more analogical, but med'i-ca-ment is more common.Mĕd'i-ca-mĕnt'al, a. p. 824Relating to healing applications; having the qualities of medicaments.