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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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Mīn'çing-ly, adv. p. 839In a mincing manner; not fully; with affected delicacy.Mic-tu'ri-en-cy, n. p. 839Micturition. [Obs.]Mind, n. p. 839The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul. By the mind of man we understand that in him…Mind, v. t. p. 840To attend to; to fix the thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as a thing of consequence; to heed; to mark; to note. Mind not high things. Rom. xii. 16. He set himself wholly to mind the…Mīnd, v. i. p. 840To be inclined, or disposed to incline. One of them mindeth to go into rebellion. Spenser. I mind to tell him plainly what I think. Shak.Mīnd'ed, a. p. 840Disposed; inclined. “If men were minded to live virtuously.” Tillotson. Joseph . . . was minded to put her away privily. Matt. i. 19. ☞ Minded is much used in composition; as, high-minded…Mīnd'ful, a. p. 840Attentive; regarding with care; bearing in mind; heedful; observant. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Ps. viii. 4. I promise to be mindful of your admonitions. Hammond.Mind'ful-ly, adv. p. 840In a mindful manner; attentively; heedfully.Mind'ful-ness, n. p. 840The quality of being mindful; attention; regard; heedfulness.Mind'ing, n. p. 840Regard; mindfulness.Mind'less, a. p. 840Not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid; unthinking; as, a mindless slave. Shak. 2. Unmindful; inattentive; heedless; forgetful; negligent; careless. “Cursed Athens, mindless of thy…Mind'-strick'en, a. p. 840Affected in mind; moved. [Obs.] Sidney.Mine, a. p. 840called sometimes a pronominal adj. [A-S., O. Sax., O. Fries., & O. H. Ger. min, Sw. & Dan. min, Icel. minn, Goth. meins, N. H. Ger. mein, D. mijn.] Belonging to me; my;— used, (a.) As a pronominal…Mine, n. p. 840A subterranean cavity or passage; especially, (a.) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores or other mineral substances are taken by digging; — distinguished from the pits from…Mine, v. i. p. 840To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals, or for undermining and blowing up or throwing down works. 2. To form a subterraneous canal or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in…Mīne, v. t. p. 840To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means. “They mined the walls.”…Mīne, n. p. 840The same as MIEN. [Obs.]Mine'-di'al, n. p. 840A form of magnetic compass used by miners.Min'er, n. p. 840One who mines; a digger for metals and other minerals. 2. One who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners. Here Ehrenbreitstein, with her shattered wall, Black with the miner's blast…Min'er-al, n. p. 840Any inorganic species having a definite chemical composition. Rocks are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals, and in either case may contain other imbedded mineral species.Min'er-al, a. p. 840Pertaining to minerals; consisting of minerals; as, the mineral kingdom. 2. Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters; a mineral spring. Mineral oil. See PETROLEUM. — Mineral water. See WATER. —…Min'er-al-ist, n. p. 840One versed or employed in minerals.Min'er-al-i-zā'tion, n. p. 840The process of mineralizing, or forming an ore by combination with another substance; the natural operation of uniting a metallic substance with another; the process of converting into a mineral, as…Min'er-al-ize, v. t. p. 840To make mineral; to reduce to a mineral form; to impregnate with a mineral; to communicate the properties of a mineral to. In these caverns the bones are not mineralized. Buckland.Min'er-al-ize, v. i. p. 840To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals. [Recent.] Dana.Min'er-al-īz'er, n. p. 840A substance which mineralizes another, or combines with it in an ore, and thus deprives it of its usual and peculiar properties; as, sulphur is one of the most common mineralizers.Min'er-al-ōg'ie-al, a. p. 840Pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table.Min'er-al-ōg'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 840According to the principles of, or with reference to, mineralogy.Min'er-āl'o-gĭst, n. p. 840One who is versed in the science of minerals, or one who treats or discourses of the properties of mineral bodies.Min'er-āl'o-gy, n. p. 840The science which treats of the properties of mineral substances, and teaches us to characterize, distinguish, and classify them according to their properties. It comprehends the study or science of…Mi-nēr'vā, n. p. 840(Rom. Myth.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, and of the liberal arts.Min'e-ver, n. p. 840An animal having a fine white fur; the ermine; also, the fur itself; white fur with specks of black, a kind of fur inferior in quality to ermine, and formed, it is believed, from the skin of the gray…Mĭnge, v. t. p. 840To speak of; to mention. [Obs.]Mĭn'gle, v. t. p. 840To unite by mutual interpenetration of parts; to unite in one body, mass, or compound; to blend; to mix; to join; to compound; to confound; to confuse. “There mingle broils.” Milton. 2. To mix…Min'gle, v. i. p. 840To be mixed; to be united. Black spirits and white, Red spirits and gray; Mingle, mingle, mingle, You that mingle may. Middleton.Ming'gle, n. p. 840Promiscuous mass; mixture; medley. [Obs.] Dryden.Ming'gle-a-ble, a. p. 840Capable of being mingled. [Obs.] “A thin liquor . . . mingleable with it.” Boyle.Mĭn'gled-ly, adv. p. 840Confusedly.Ming'gle-măng'gle, n. p. 840A medley; a hotch-potch. [Obs.] “Made a mingle-mangle and a hotch-potch of it.” Latimer.Ming'gle-ment, n. p. 840Act of mingling; state of being mixed.Mĭn'gler, n. p. 840One who mingles.Mĭn'gling-ly, adv. p. 840Unitingly.Mĭn'iard, a. p. 840Soft; dainty; migniard. [Obs.]Min’iard-ize, v. t. p. 840To render soft, delicate, or dainty. [Obs.] Howell.Min'i-āte, v. t. p. 840To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion.Mĭn'i-ate, a. p. 840Of, or pertaining to, the color of vermilion.Min'i-a-tūre, n. p. 840A painting in colors; especially, and now exclusively, a painting or other representation on a reduced scale, or much smaller than the object represented; hence, reduced scale; greatly diminished…Mīn'i-a-tūre or Mīn'ia-tūre, v. t. p. 840To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a small scale.Min'i-a-tūre or Min'ia-tūre, a. p. 840On a small scale; much reduced from the reality; as, miniature representation.Min'i-a-tūr'ist or Min'ia-tūr'ist, n. p. 840A painter of miniatures.Min′i-bŭs, n. p. 840A light, covered vehicle, for the expeditious conveyance of passengers for short distances. Craig.Min'ie-ball, n. p. 840A ball, or bullet, of peculiar construction. It is cast hollow for nearly two thirds of its length, and into the opening of the internal cylinder there is introduced a small concave piece of iron…Min'ie-rī'fle, n. p. 840A rifle used to fire minie-balls.Min'i-kīn, a. p. 840Small; diminutive.Min'i-kīn, n. p. 840A small sort of pin. 2. A darling; a favorite. See MINION.Mĭn′ĭm, n. p. 840Any thing very minute; as, the minims of existence;—applied to animalcula, and the like. 2. The smallest liquid measure; a single drop. 3. A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.] 4. A little man or…Min'im, a. p. 840Exceedingly small; minute; wee. “Their little minim forms arrayed.” Drake.Mĭn'i-ment, n. p. 840Proof; testimony. [Obs.] Spenser.Min'i-mize, v. t. p. 840To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible.Mĭn'i-mŭm, n. p. 840The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; a trifle.