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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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Mi'ter or Mi'tre, n. p. 847A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by bishops, cardinals, and the abbots of certain monasteries, and, from special privilege, by the canons of certain churches. Its form was originally…Mi'ter or Mi'tre, v. i. p. 847(Arch.) To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction, particularly when at a right angle.Mī'ter or Mī'tre, v. t. p. 847To adorn with a miter. 2. To unite at an angle of 45°.Mī'ter-bōx or Mī'tre-bōx, n. p. 847A trough with vertical saw-cuts through the sides, at an angle of 45° with the length, or at any given angle, to guide the saw in cutting work to form miters.Mĭth'ic, a. p. 847See MYTHIC.Mī'thras, n. p. 847The principal deity of the Persians.Mĭth'ri-dāte, n. p. 847(Med.) An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic;—so called from Mithridates, King…Mĭth'ri-dăt'ic, a. p. 847Pertaining to mithridate, or its inventor, Mithridates.Mit'i-ga-ble, a. p. 847Admitting of mitigation; capable of being alleviated. Burrow.Mit'i-gant, a. p. 847Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lenitive.Mit'i-gāte, v. t. p. 847To soften, or make mild and accessible. [Obs.] It was this opinion which mitigated kings into companions. Burke. 2. To alleviate, as suffering; to assuage; to lessen; as, to mitigate pain or grief.…Mit'i-gā'tion, n. p. 847The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of any thing painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity…Mit'i-gā'tive, a. p. 848Tending to mitigate; alleviating; lenitive.Mĭt'i-gā'tor, n. p. 848One who, or that which, mitigates.Mit'i-ga-to-ry, a. p. 848Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.Mit'ing, n. p. 848A little one; — used as a term of endearment. [Obs.] Skelton.Mi'tral, a. p. 848Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valves of the left ventricle of the heart.Mit're, n. & v. p. 848See MITER.Mit'ri-fōrm, a. p. 848Having the form of a miter, or a peaked cap. 2. (Bot.) Conical, and somewhat dilated at the base. Henslow.Mitt, n. p. 848A mitten; also, a thin, fingerless cover for the wrist and hand.Mit'ten, n. p. 848A cover for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or other injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate cover for each finger. 2. A cover for the arm only. To give the mitten to, to…Mit'tent, a. p. 848Sending forth; emitting. [Obs.] Wiseman.Mĭt'ti-mēs, n. p. 848(Law.) (a.) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison. Burrill. (b.) A writ for removing records from one court…Mi'tu, n. p. 848(Ornith.) A curassow of South America (Ourax mitu).Mit'y, a. p. 848Having, or abounding with, mites.Mix, v. t. p. 848To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite; to blend; — applied both to solids and liquids; as…Mix, v. i. p. 848To become united or blended promiscuously in a mass or compound. 2. To be joined; to associate. He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind. Byron.Mĭx'a-ble, a. p. 848Capable of being mixed.Mix'ed-ly or Mixed'ly, adv. p. 848In a mixed or mingled manner.Mix'en, n. p. 848A compost heap. To pick the faded creature from the pool, And cast it on the mixen, that it die. Tennyson.Mix'er, n. p. 848One who mixes or mingles.Mix'ti-līn'e-al or Mix'ti-līn'e-ar, a. p. 848Containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a mixtilinear angle, that is, an angle contained by a straight line and a curve.Mixt'ion, n. p. 848Mixture; promiscuous assemblage; mistion. [Obs.] “Elementary and subterraneous mixtions.” Browne.Mixt'ly, adv. p. 848With mixture. [Obs.] Bacon.Mĭxt'ūre, n. p. 848The art of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, compounds are made by the mixture of different substances. 2. That which is mixed or mingled; a mass or compound, consisting of different…Mĭz'māze, n. p. 848A maze or labyrinth. [Obs.] Locke.Mĭz'zen, a. p. 848(Naut.) Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen mast of a vessel. Mizzen rigging, the shrouds connected with the mizzen mast, with their ratlines. Dana.—Mizzen shrouds, the shrouds connected with…Mĭz'zen, n. p. 848(Naut.) The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a vessel; the spanker sail. Dana.Miz'zle, v. i. p. 848To rain in very fine drops. 2. To take one's self off; to go. [Colloq.] As long as George the Fourth could reign, he reigned, And then he mizzled. Epigram, quoted by Wright.Miz'le, n. p. 848Mist; fine rain.Miz'zy, n. p. 848A bog or quagmire. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Mne-mōn'ic, a. p. 848[Gr. μνημονικός,Mne-mŏn'ie-al p. 848belonging to remembrance or memory, from μνήμων, mindful, remembering, from μνήμη, memory, from μνημονεύω, to think on, remember.] Assisting the memory.Mnē'm'o-nī'cian, n. p. 848One who instructs in the art of improving or using the memory.Mne-mōn'ics, n. sing. p. 848A system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Mnē-mōs'y-nē, n. p. 848(Myth.) The goddess of memory.Mnē'mo-tēch'ny, n. p. 848The same as MNEMONICS.Mō, a. or adv. p. 848More. [Obs.] “A case which is likely to find mo to commend than to imitate it.” Fuller.Mō'ā, n. p. 848(Palæon. A bird recently extinct (the Dinornis elephantopus, D. giganteus, and other species), allied to the ostrich, but much larger. Its remains are found in Australia and the adjacent islands.Mō'a-chī'bo, n. p. 848The cotton plant;—so called in some of the Pacific islands. Simmonds.Mōan, v. t. p. 848To bewail with an audible voice; to lament; to deplore. Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone. Prior. 2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs. and rare.] “Which infinitely…Mōan, v. i. p. 848To make a low, dull sound of grief or pain; to groan softly and continuously; to lament audibly. “Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans.” Thomson.Mōan, n. p. 848Audible expression of sorrow or suffering; grief expressed in words or cries; lamentation. Sullen moans, Hollow groans. Pope. 2. A low, dull sound, like that of a person lamenting. Rippling waters…Mōan'ful, a. p. 848Full of moaning; expressing sorrow.Mōan'ful-ly, adv. p. 848With lamentation.Mōat, n. p. 848(Fort.) A deep trench round the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.Mōat, v. t. p. 848To surround with a ditch for defense; as, a moated castle. Dryden.Mōate, v. i. p. 848To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute. [Obs.]Mŏb, n. p. 848A riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd; a collection of people for some riotous and unlawful purpose. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.…Mōb, v. t. p. 848To attack in a disorderly crowd; to harass tumultuously.