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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-loid'al, a.p. 833Having a form or appearance like that of a metal.
  2. Mĕt'al-lur'gie or Mĕt'al-lur'gie-al, a.p. 833Pertaining to metallurgy, or the art of working metals.
  3. Mĕt'al-lŭr'gist, n.p. 833One whose occupation is to work metals; one skilled in metallurgy.
  4. 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…
  5. Mĕt'al-man, n.p. 833A worker in metals; a copper-smith or tinman, &c.
  6. 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.
  7. 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…
  8. Mět'a-mōr'phijm, n.p. 833(Geol.) The state or quality of being metamorphic.
  9. Mĕt'a-môr'phist, n.p. 833(Theol.) One who believes that the body of Christ was transformed into the Deity when he ascended.
  10. Mĕt'a-mōr'phīze, v. t.p. 833The same as METAMORPHOSE. Smart.
  11. 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.…
  12. Mĕt'a-môr'phose, n.p. 833Same as METAMORPHOSIS.
  13. Mĕt'a-môr'pho-ser, n.p. 833One who metamorphoses, or changes the shape.
  14. Mĕt'a-môr'pho-sie or Mĕt'a-mor-phō'sie, a.p. 833Changing the form; transforming.
  15. 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…
  16. Mĕt'a-mor-phōs'ti-cal, a.p. 833Pertaining to, or effected by, metamorphosis. [Obs.] Pope.
  17. 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…
  18. 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.
  19. Mět'a-phōr'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 833In a metaphorical manner; not literally; tropically.
  20. Mĕt'a-phŏr'ĭc-al-ness, n.p. 833The quality of being metaphorical.
  21. Mĕt'a-phor'ist, n.p. 833One who makes metaphors.
  22. Mĕt'a-phōs'phate, n.p. 833(Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of metaphosphoric acid and a base.
  23. 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.
  24. 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…
  25. Me-tāph'ra-sis, n.p. 833Metaphrase.
  26. Mēt'a-phrāst, n.p. 833A person who translates from one language into another, word for word.
  27. Mēt'a-phrăst'ic or Mēt'a-phrăst'ic-al, a.p. 833Close, or literal, in translation.
  28. Mĕt'a-phy̆s'ic, n.p. 833Metaphysics. [Obs.]
  29. 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…
  30. Mĕt'a-phy̆s'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 833In the manner of metaphysical science.
  31. Mĕt'a-phy-sĭ'cian, n.p. 833One who is versed in the science of metaphysics.
  32. 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…
  33. Me-tăph'y-sĭs, n.p. 833Change of form; transformation.
  34. Mĕt'a-plăṣm, n.p. 833(Gram.) A change made in a word by the augmentation, diminution, or immutation, of a syllable or letter.
  35. Mĕt'a-plăst, n.p. 833(Gram.) A word having more than one root, or more than one form of the root.
  36. Me-tās'ta-sīs, n.p. 833(Med.) A sudden and complete removal of a disease from one part to another. Dunglison.
  37. Mĕt'a-stăt'ic, a.p. 833Arising by metastasis, or change of locality; as, a metastatic abscess.
  38. Mēt'a-tār'sal, a.p. 833Belonging to the metatarsus.
  39. 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.
  40. 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…
  41. Mĕt'a-thō'rax, n.p. 833(Entom.) The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects.
  42. Mēt'a-tōme, n.p. 833(Arch.) The space between one dentil, or denticle, and another.
  43. Me-tā'yer, n.p. 834A farmer holding land on condition of yielding half the produce to the proprietor, from whom he receives stock and tools. [France and Italy.] “Vast estates accumulated by one proprietor, and…
  44. Mēte, v. t.p. 834To ascertain the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure. Their memory shall as a measure live, By which his grace must mete the loves of others. Shak.
  45. Mēte, n.p. 834Measure; limit; boundary;—used chiefly in the plural, in the phrase metes and bounds.
  46. Mēte'-côrn, n.p. 834A certain quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service.
  47. Mēte'ly, a.p. 834According to measure or proportion; proportionable. [Obs.]
  48. Me-tĕmp'sy-chōse, v. t.p. 834To translate from one body to another, as the soul.
  49. Me-tēm'psy-chō'sis, n.p. 834The passing of the soul of a man after death into some other animal body; transmigration.
  50. Mét'emp-tō'sis, n.p. 834(Chron.) The solar equation necessary to prevent the new moon from happening a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the…
  51. Mē'te-or, n.p. 834Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, &c. 2. Specifically, a transient fiery or luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated…
  52. Mē'te-ōr'ic, a.p. 834Pertaining to meteors; consisting of meteors. 2. Proceeding from a meteor; as, meteoric stones. 3. Influenced by the weather. Meteoric iron, iron in the metallic state, usually combined with nickel…
  53. Mē'te-ōr'ie-al, a.p. 834Meteoric.
  54. Mē'te-or-īsm, n.p. 834(Med.) Flatulent distention of the abdomen.
  55. Mē'te-or-īte, n.p. 834A meteorolite.
  56. Mē'te-or-īze, v. i.p. 834To ascend in vapors. [Obs.] Evelyn.
  57. Mē'te-ōr'o-grāph'ic, a.p. 834Pertaining to meteorography.
  58. Mē'te-or-ōg'ra-phy, n.p. 834The registration of meteorological phenomena.
  59. Me-te-ōr'o-līte, n.p. 834A meteoric stone; a stone or solid compound of earthy and metallic matter which has fallen to the earth from space; an aërolite; a meteorite.
  60. Mē'te-ōr'o-lōg'ie or Mē'te-ōr'o-lōg'ie-al, a.p. 834Pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology. Meteorological table, or register, a table or register exhibiting the state of the air and its temperature, weight, dryness, or…