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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'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.Mēn'su-ra-ble, a. p. 829Capable of being measured; measurable.Mēn'su-ra-ble-ness, n. p. 829The quality of being measurable.Mēn'su-ral, a. p. 829Pertaining to measure.Mēn'su-rāte, v. t. p. 829To measure. [Obs.]Mĕn'su-rā'tion, n. p. 829The act, process, or art, of measuring, or taking the dimensions of any thing. 2. That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the…Mènt, p. p. p. 829of menge. See MENGE.Mēn’tal, a. p. 829Pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations; mental sight; mental taste. ’Twixt his mental and his active parts Kingdomed Achilles in commotion rages. Shak.Mēn'tal, a. p. 829Relating to the chin; as, the mental region. Dunglison.Mĕn′tal-ly, adv. p. 829In the mind; in thought or meditation; intellectually; in idea.Mēn'tha, n. p. 829(Bot.) A genus of fragrant herbs distributed very widely over the globe. The plants have small flowers, usually arranged in many-flowered whorls. The genus includes the peppermint, spearmint…Mĕn'ti-cŭlt'ür-al, a. p. 829Pertaining to mental culture; serving to improve or strengthen the mind. [Rare.]