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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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Mēn'a-cing-ly, adv. p. 828In a threatening manner.Men-āge, n. p. 828Training of animals, as of horses: manège. 2. A collection of animals for exhibition; a menagerie.Men-āg'e-rie, n. p. 828A place where animals are kept and trained. 2. Especially, a collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition.Mēn'a-gōgue, n. p. 828The same as EMMENAGOGUE.Mēn'ald or Mēn'ild, a. p. 828Covered with spots; speckled; variegated. [Obs.]Mĕnd, v. t. p. 828To repair, as any thing that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create. 2. To restore to a…Mēnd, v. i. p. 828To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.Mĕnd'a-ble, a. p. 828Capable of being mended.Men-dā'ciōus, a. p. 828Given to deception; lying; false.Men-dăc'ĭ-ty, n. p. 828The quality of being mendacious; a disposition to deceive; a habit of lying; falsehood. His mendacity and his effrontery passed into proverbs. Macaulay. 2. A falsehood; a lie. Syn.—Lying; deceit…Mēnd'er, n. p. 828One who mends or repairs.Mēn'di-can-cy, n. p. 828The condition of being mendicant; beggary; a state of begging.Mēn'di-cant, a. p. 828Begging; poor. 2. Practicing beggary; as, a mendicant friar.Mēn'di-cant, n. p. 828One who makes it his business to beg alms; a beggar; especially, one of the begging fraternity of the Roman Catholic church.Mĕn’di-cāte, v. t. p. 828To beg; to seek to obtain by begging. [Obs.]Mĕn'di-cā'tion, n. p. 828The act or habit of begging; beggary; mendicancy.Men-dĭc'ĭ-ty, n. p. 828The state of begging; the life of a beggar.Mēnd'ment, n. p. 828The same as AMENDMENT. [Obs.]Mĕnds, n. p. 828The same as AMENDS. [Obs.] Shak.Mēn'ge, v. i. p. 828To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] Halliwell. “Bathed in blood and sweat together ment.” Spenser.Mēn'gite, n. p. 828(Min.) A black mineral, occurring in small crystals in granite veins in the Ilmen Mountains, and consisting of zirconia, peroxide of iron, and titanic acid. Dana.Men-grē'tian, n. p. 828(Eccl. Hist.) One of a certain sect of Christians belonging to the Greek church.Men-hā'den, n. p. 828(Ichth.) A salt-water fish; the moss-bunker.Mē’nĭ-al, a. p. 828Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office: serving. Two menial dogs before their master pressed. Dryden. 2. Pertaining to servants, or domestic servants; servile; low…Mēn'ial, n. p. 828A domestic servant; one employed in low or servile offices. 2. A person of a servile character or disposition.Mĕn'i-līte, n. p. 828(Min.) A brown, impure opal, occurring in flattened, nodular concretions at Menil Montant, near Paris.Me-nĭn'gē-al, a. p. 829Pertaining to the meninges.Me-nĭn'gēs, n. pl. p. 829(Anat.) The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord; the pia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane. Dunglison.Mēn'in-gī'tis, n. p. 829(Med.) Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.Me-nĭs'ēal, a. p. 829Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.Me-nĭs'ēoid, a. p. 829Concavo-convex, like a meniscus; crescent-shaped.Me-nis'ēus, n. p. 829(Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other, having the concavity less than the convexity.Mēn'i-spēr'mate, n. p. 829(Chem.) A compound of menispermic acid and a salifiable base.Men'i-spēr'mic, a. p. 829(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the seeds of the Cocculus Indicus, the Menispermum cocculus of Linnæus, the Anamirta paniculata of later botanists; as, menispermic acid.Mēn'i-spēr'mi-nā or Mēn'i-spēr'mine, n. p. 829(Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from Anamirta paniculata, once called Menispermum. This alkaloid is a white, opaque, crystalline solid, which is tasteless, and medicinally inert.Mēn'i-ver, n. p. 829A small, white animal in Russia, or its fur, which is very fine. See MINEVER.Mĕn'non-ist or Mĕn'non-ite, n. p. 829(Eccl. Hist.) One of a small denomination of Christians, so called from Simon Menno, their founder, in Germany. They believe that the New Testament is the only rule of faith; that the terms Person…Mēn'o-lō'gi-ŭm or Me-nŏl'o-gy, n. p. 829A register of months. Stillingfleet. 2. (Gr. Church.) Martyrology, or a brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not…Mēn'o-pōme, n. p. 829(Zoöl.) An amphibious animal, having an opercular aperture, but no gills. Brande.Mēn'or-rhā'gi-a, n. p. 829(Med.) Profuse menstruation. Dunglison. 2. Any profuse bleeding from the uterus.Me-nōs'ta-sis, n. p. 829(Med.) Stoppage of the menses.Mĕn'os-tā'tion, n. p. 829The same as MENOSTASIS.Mēn'ōw, n. p. 829(Ichth.) A small, fresh-water fish; the minnow. Bailey.Mēn'sā, n. p. 829A table. A mensa et toro (Law.), from bed and board; — a phrase applied to a kind of divorce which separates husband and wife without dissolving the marriage relation. Bouvier.Mēn'sal, a. p. 829Belonging to the table; transacted at table. [Rare.]Mēn'sal, a. p. 829Occurring once in a month; monthly.Mēnse, n. p. 829Comeliness; decency; propriety; kindness; hospitality. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Mēnse, v. t. p. 829To grace or ornament. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Mēnse'ful, a. p. 829Having comeliness, decency, or good manners; graceful. [Prov. Eng.]Mēnse'less, a. p. 829Without comeliness or propriety; indecent; uncivil. [Prov. Eng.]Mēn'sēs, n. pl. p. 829(Med.) The catamenial or menstrual discharges, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the mucous coat of the uterus.Mēn'stru-al, a. p. 829Recurring once a month; monthly; as, the menstrual flux; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual orbit of the moon. Bentley. 2. Pertaining to a menstruum. Bacon. 3. (Astron.) Making a complete…Mēn'stru-ant, a. p. 829Subject to monthly flowing.Mēn'stru-ate, a. p. 829Menstruous. [Obs.]Mĕn'stru-āte, v. i. p. 829To discharge the menses.Mēn'strŭ-ā'tion, n. p. 829The discharge of the menses. Dunglison. 2. The state or the period of menstruating.Mēn'strŭe, n. p. 829The menstrual flux; menses. [Obs.]Mĕn'stru'-ous, a. p. 829Having the monthly flow or discharge. 2. Pertaining to the monthly flow; catamenial.Mēn'strŭ-ūm, n. p. 829Any fluid or subtilized substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent. Inquire what is the proper menstruum to dissolve a metal. Bacon. All liquors are called menstruums, which are used as…Mēn/su-ra-bĭl'ity, n. p. 829The quality of being measurable.