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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. Mûx, n.p. 871Dirt; filth; muck. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
  2. Mŭck'y, a.p. 871Dirty; gloomy. [Prov. Eng.] Lemon.
  3. Muz'ar-ab, n.p. 871(Eccl. Hist.) One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain. Brandé.
  4. Muz'a-rāb'ic, a.p. 871Of, or pertaining to, the Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy.
  5. Mŭz'zi-ness, n.p. 871The state of being muzzy.
  6. Mŭz'zle, n.p. 871The projecting mouth and nose of an animal; snout, as of a horse. 2. The mouth of a thing; the extreme or end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun. 3. A fastening for the mouth which…
  7. Mŭz'zle, v. t.p. 871To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Deut. xxv. 4. 2. To fondle with the mouth. 3. To restrain…
  8. Mŭz'zle, v. i.p. 871To bring the mouth near. The bear muzzles and smells to him. L'Estrange.
  9. Mŭz'zy, a.p. 871Absent in mind; bewildered; confused. [Colloq.] The whole company stared at me with a whimsical, muzzy look, like men whose senses were a little obfuscated by beer rather than wine. W. Irving.
  10. My, a.p. 871Belonging to me;—used always attributively; as, my book;—mine is substituted in the predicate; as, the book is mine. ☞ Formerly mine was used before a vowel, and my before a consonant; my is now used…
  11. Mȳ-cē'li-ŭm, n.p. 871(Bot.) The filamentous body from which a mushroom or fungus is developed. Henslow.
  12. My'ce-loid, a.p. 871(Bot.) Resembling a mushroom.
  13. Mȳ-çē'tēs, n.p. 871(Zoöl.) The howling monkey, a variety of the quadrumana of America having an arrangement of the hyoid bone which gives their voice astonishing power and a frightful sound.
  14. Mȳ'co-lŏġ'ic or Mȳ'co-lŏġ'ic-al, a.p. 871Relating to mycology, or the fungi.
  15. Mȳ-cŏl'o-ġist, n.p. 871One versed in mycology.
  16. Mȳ-ēŏl'o-gy, n.p. 871That branch of natural science which relates to the fungi or mushrooms. Dana.
  17. My-e-li'tis, n.p. 871(Med.) Inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes. Dunglison.
  18. My'l'o-don, n.p. 871(Paleon.) An extinct edentate animal, allied to the megatherium.
  19. My'lo-hy'oid, a.p. 871(Anat.) Pertaining to the jaw-bone and the hyoid bone; as, the mylo-hyoid nerve; mylo-hyoid muscle.
  20. Mȳn'chen, n.p. 871A nun. [Obs.]
  21. Mȳnch'er-y, n.p. 871A nunnery; — a term still applied to the ruins of certain nunneries in England. Orf. Gloss.
  22. Myn-heer′, n.p. 871Sir; Mr.; — the ordinary title of address among the Dutch; hence, a Dutchman.
  23. Mȳ'o-dy-năm'ics, n. sing.p. 871The art, science, or exercise of muscular force or contraction. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  24. Mȳ'o-dȳ-nä'/mi-ōm'e-ter or Mȳ'o-dȳn'a-mōm'e-ter, n.p. 871An instrument for measuring the muscular strength of man or other animals. Dunglison.
  25. Mȳ/o-grāph'ie or Mȳ/o-grāph'ie-al, a.p. 871Pertaining to, or containing a description of, the muscles.
  26. Mȳ-ōg'ra-phist, n.p. 871One who describes the muscles of animals.
  27. Mȳ-ŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 871(Anat.) A description of the muscles of the body.
  28. Mȳ'o-lēm'mā, n.p. 871(Anat.) The delicate sheath that envelops the fiber of a muscle. Dunglison.
  29. Mȳ'o-line, n.p. 871The essential material of muscle. Dunglison.
  30. Mȳ/o-lŏg'ie or Mȳ/o-lŏg'ie-al, a.p. 871Pertaining to the description and doctrine of the muscles.
  31. Mȳ-ōl'o-ğist, n.p. 871One who is versed in myology, or who treats of the subject.
  32. Mȳ-ŏl'o-gy, n.p. 871(Anat.) A description of the muscles, or the doctrine of the muscles, of the human body.
  33. Mȳ'o-măn'cy, n.p. 871Divination by the movements of mice.
  34. Mȳ/o-pāth'ie, a.p. 871Pertaining to a diseased condition of the muscles.
  35. Mȳ'ōpe, n.p. 871A short-sighted person.
  36. Mȳ-ŏp'ic, a.p. 871Relating to myopy; near-sighted.
  37. Mȳ'ops, n.p. 871A short-sighted person; a myope.
  38. Mȳ-ŏp′sĭs, n.p. 871(Med.) A disease of the eyes causing a fancied perception of black spots moving like flies.
  39. Mȳ'o-py, n.p. 871Short-sightedness.
  40. Mȳ-ō'sis, n.p. 871(Med.) Permanent contraction of the pupil.
  41. Mȳ/o-sīt'ic, a.p. 871(Med.) Causing contraction of the pupil;—said of certain drugs, as opium. Dunglison.
  42. Mȳ'o-tīl'i-ty, n.p. 871Muscular contractility. Dunglison.
  43. Mȳ-ŏt'o-my, n.p. 871(Anat.) A dissection of the muscles.
  44. Mȳr'i-ad, n.p. 871The number of ten thousand. 2. An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.
  45. Mȳr'i-a-grām, n.p. 871A French weight equal to ten thousand grams, or ten kilograms, or 22.0485 lbs. avoirdupois, or 26.795 lbs. Troy.
  46. Mȳr'i-a-grāmme', n.p. 871The same as MYRIAGRAM.
  47. Mȳr'i-āl'i-ter or Mȳr'i-a-lī'ter, n.p. 871A French measure of capacity containing ten thousand liters, or 610270.5 English, or 610164.7 American cubic inches, — equal to 2641.4 American gallons, or nearly 42 hogsheads.
  48. Myriālītre, n.p. 871The same as MYRIALITER.
  49. Mȳr'i-ām'e-ter or Mȳr'i-a-mē'ter, n.p. 871A French measure of length, being ten thousand meters, equal to 6.2134 American miles, or 6.21382 English miles.
  50. Myriamètre, n.p. 871The same as MYRIAMETER.
  51. Mȳr'i-a-pōd, n.p. 871(Zoöl.) An air-breathing, worm-shaped, articulate animal, having many jointed legs and a hard external skeleton. See ARTICULATE. There are two distinct groups. 1. The Chilopods, which have a…
  52. Myr'i-ärch, n.p. 872A captain or commander of ten thousand men.
  53. Mȳr'i-āre, n.p. 872A French measure of surface, containing ten thousand ares, or 1,000,000 square meters, equal to 247.085 American acres, or 247.1143 English acres.
  54. Mȳ-rī'că, n.p. 872(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the bayberry or wax-myrtle.
  55. Myr'i-cine, n.p. 872(Chem.) An insoluble substance analogous to spermaceti, which constitutes nearly one third of common bees-wax.
  56. My̆r'i-o-lŏġ'ic-al, a.p. 872Relating to a myriologue.
  57. My̆r'i-ŏl'o-ġist, n.p. 872One who composes or sings a myriologue, usually or always a female.
  58. My̆r'i-o-lŏgue, n.p. 872An extemporary funeral song, composed and sung on the death of a friend. [Modern Greece.]
  59. Myr'i-ōph'yl-lōŭs or Myr'i-o-phȳl'lōŭs, a.p. 872(Bot.) Having an indefinitely great or countless number of leaves.
  60. Mȳr'i-o-rā'mā, n.p. 872A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn upon separate pieces in such a manner as to admit of combination in many different ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes.