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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Mĕt'al'ed, a.p. 833Having spirit or mettle; mettled.
  2. Mēt'a-lĕp'sis, n.p. 833(Rhet.) The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word, so that several gradations or intervening…
  3. Mēt'a-lĕp'sy, n.p. 833(Chem.) Change or variation in a series of compounds under a type, by substitutions of different elements or substances for an equivalent in the type, as when a substance contains hydrogen, and, when…
  4. Mĕt'a-lĕp'tĭc or Mĕt'a-lĕp'tĭc-al, a.p. 833Pertaining to a metalepsis or participation; translative. 2. Transverse; as, the metalep'tic motion of a muscle. 3. (Nat. Science.) Pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy, or the…
  5. Mět'a-lěp'tic-al-ly, adv.p. 833By transposition.
  6. Mĕt'al-ing, n.p. 833The putting on of broken stone for macadamizing roads; also, the stone itself. [Eng.] Wright.
  7. Me-tăl'lic, a.p. 833Pertaining to a metal or metals; consisting of metal; partaking of the nature of metals; like a metal; as, a metallic substance; metallic brightness. Metallic paper, paper covered with a thin…
  8. Me-tăl'lic-al, a.p. 833The same as METALLIC. [Obs.]
  9. Me-tăl'lĭ-făc'tŭre, n.p. 833That branch of practical mechanics which relates to the production and working of metals. [Rare.] R. Parke.
  10. Mĕt'al-lĭf'er-ous, a.p. 833Producing metals; yielding metals.
  11. Mĕ-tăl'li-fōrm, a.p. 833Having the form of metals; like metal.
  12. Mět'al-līne, a.p. 833Pertaining to a metal; consisting of metal. 2. Impregnated with metal; as, metalline water.
  13. Mět'al-līst, n.p. 833A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals.
  14. Mĕt'al-li-zā'tion, n.p. 833The act or process of forming into a metal; the operation which gives to a substance its proper metallic properties.
  15. Mĕt'al-līze, v. t.p. 833To form into metal; to give to a substance its proper metallic properties.
  16. Mĕt'al-lōch'ro-my, n.p. 833The art or process of coloring metals.
  17. Mět'al-lŏg'ra-phist, n.p. 833One who writes on the subject of metals.
  18. Mĕt'al-lŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 833An account of metals, or a treatise on metallic substances.
  19. Mĕt'al-loid, n.p. 833(Chem.) (a.) An inflammable, non-metallic body, such as sulphur, phosphorus, &c. (b.) The metallic base of a fixed alkali, or alkaline earth.
  20. Mĕt'al-loid, a.p. 833Like metal; pertaining to the metalloids.
  21. Mĕt'al-loid'al, a.p. 833Having a form or appearance like that of a metal.
  22. Mĕt'al-lur'gie or Mĕt'al-lur'gie-al, a.p. 833Pertaining to metallurgy, or the art of working metals.
  23. Mĕt'al-lŭr'gist, n.p. 833One whose occupation is to work metals; one skilled in metallurgy.
  24. Mĕt'al-lūr'gy, n.p. 833The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; in a more limited and usual sense, the operation of…
  25. Mĕt'al-man, n.p. 833A worker in metals; a copper-smith or tinman, &c.
  26. Mĕt'a-mér'ic, a.p. 833(Chem.) Having the same chemical composition, but different physical properties. It is supposed to depend on a different molecular arrangement.
  27. Mĕt'a-môr'phic, a.p. 833Subject to change; changeable; variable. 2. (Geol.) Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since their original deposition;—usually…
  28. Mět'a-mōr'phijm, n.p. 833(Geol.) The state or quality of being metamorphic.
  29. Mĕt'a-môr'phist, n.p. 833(Theol.) One who believes that the body of Christ was transformed into the Deity when he ascended.
  30. Mĕt'a-mōr'phīze, v. t.p. 833The same as METAMORPHOSE. Smart.
  31. Mĕt'a-môr'phose, v. t.p. 833To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute. Now you are metamorphosed, that when I look on you I can hardly think you are my master. Shak. And earth was metamorphosed into man.…
  32. Mĕt'a-môr'phose, n.p. 833Same as METAMORPHOSIS.
  33. Mĕt'a-môr'pho-ser, n.p. 833One who metamorphoses, or changes the shape.
  34. Mĕt'a-môr'pho-sie or Mĕt'a-mor-phō'sie, a.p. 833Changing the form; transforming.
  35. Mĕt'a-môr'pho-sĭs, n.p. 833Change of form or shape; transformation. 2. A change in the form or function of a living body, by a normal process of growth, and usually occurring but once in its life. It is more than a difference…
  36. Mĕt'a-mor-phōs'ti-cal, a.p. 833Pertaining to, or effected by, metamorphosis. [Obs.] Pope.
  37. Mĕt'a-phor, n.p. 833(Rhet.) A short similitude; a similitude reduced to a single word; or a word expressing similitude without the signs of comparison. Thus, “that man is a fox,” is a metaphor; but “that man is like a…
  38. Mĕt'a-phŏr'ĭe or Mĕt'a-phŏr'ĭe-al, a.p. 833Pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical use of words; a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.
  39. Mět'a-phōr'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 833In a metaphorical manner; not literally; tropically.
  40. Mĕt'a-phŏr'ĭc-al-ness, n.p. 833The quality of being metaphorical.
  41. Mĕt'a-phor'ist, n.p. 833One who makes metaphors.
  42. Mĕt'a-phōs'phate, n.p. 833(Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of metaphosphoric acid and a base.
  43. Mĕt'a-phos-phōr'ic, a.p. 833Pertaining to, obtained from, or resembling phosphorus or phosphoric acid;—applied to a dry, flaky acid, obtained by burning phosphorus under a bell-glass filled with air or oxygen. Brande.
  44. Mĕt'a-phrāse, n.p. 833A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word;—opposed to paraphrase. 2. A phrase answering to, or in reply to, another phrase; a repartee. I'm somewhat…
  45. Me-tāph'ra-sis, n.p. 833Metaphrase.
  46. Mēt'a-phrāst, n.p. 833A person who translates from one language into another, word for word.
  47. Mēt'a-phrăst'ic or Mēt'a-phrăst'ic-al, a.p. 833Close, or literal, in translation.
  48. Mĕt'a-phy̆s'ic, n.p. 833Metaphysics. [Obs.]
  49. Mĕt'a-phy̆s'ic or Mĕt'a-phy̆s'ic-al, a.p. 833Pertaining, or relating, to metaphysics. 2. According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as, metaphysical reasoning. 3. Preternatural or supernatural. [Obs.] Which fate and metaphysical aid doth…
  50. Mĕt'a-phy̆s'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 833In the manner of metaphysical science.
  51. Mĕt'a-phy-sĭ'cian, n.p. 833One who is versed in the science of metaphysics.
  52. Mĕt′a-phȳs′ies, n. sing.p. 833—rarely used as plural. [Gr. μετά τὰ φυσικά, after those things which relate to external nature, after physics, from μετά, beyond, after, and φυσικός, relating to external nature, natural, physical…
  53. Me-tăph'y-sĭs, n.p. 833Change of form; transformation.
  54. Mĕt'a-plăṣm, n.p. 833(Gram.) A change made in a word by the augmentation, diminution, or immutation, of a syllable or letter.
  55. Mĕt'a-plăst, n.p. 833(Gram.) A word having more than one root, or more than one form of the root.
  56. Me-tās'ta-sīs, n.p. 833(Med.) A sudden and complete removal of a disease from one part to another. Dunglison.
  57. Mĕt'a-stăt'ic, a.p. 833Arising by metastasis, or change of locality; as, a metastatic abscess.
  58. Mēt'a-tār'sal, a.p. 833Belonging to the metatarsus.
  59. Mĕt'a-tär'sus, n.p. 833(Anat.) The middle of the foot, or part between the ankle and the toes, corresponding to the metacarpus.
  60. Me-tāth'e-sīs, n.p. 833<br>1. (Gram.) Transposition; a figure by which the letters or syllables of a word are transposed; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.<br>2. (Med.) A mere change in place of a morbid…