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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. Mȳ'o-line, n.p. 871The essential material of muscle. Dunglison.
  2. Mȳ/o-lŏg'ie or Mȳ/o-lŏg'ie-al, a.p. 871Pertaining to the description and doctrine of the muscles.
  3. Mȳ-ōl'o-ğist, n.p. 871One who is versed in myology, or who treats of the subject.
  4. Mȳ-ŏl'o-gy, n.p. 871(Anat.) A description of the muscles, or the doctrine of the muscles, of the human body.
  5. Mȳ'o-măn'cy, n.p. 871Divination by the movements of mice.
  6. Mȳ/o-pāth'ie, a.p. 871Pertaining to a diseased condition of the muscles.
  7. Mȳ'ōpe, n.p. 871A short-sighted person.
  8. Mȳ-ŏp'ic, a.p. 871Relating to myopy; near-sighted.
  9. Mȳ'ops, n.p. 871A short-sighted person; a myope.
  10. Mȳ-ŏp′sĭs, n.p. 871(Med.) A disease of the eyes causing a fancied perception of black spots moving like flies.
  11. Mȳ'o-py, n.p. 871Short-sightedness.
  12. Mȳ-ō'sis, n.p. 871(Med.) Permanent contraction of the pupil.
  13. Mȳ/o-sīt'ic, a.p. 871(Med.) Causing contraction of the pupil;—said of certain drugs, as opium. Dunglison.
  14. Mȳ'o-tīl'i-ty, n.p. 871Muscular contractility. Dunglison.
  15. Mȳ-ŏt'o-my, n.p. 871(Anat.) A dissection of the muscles.
  16. Mȳr'i-ad, n.p. 871The number of ten thousand. 2. An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.
  17. 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.
  18. Mȳr'i-a-grāmme', n.p. 871The same as MYRIAGRAM.
  19. 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.
  20. Myriālītre, n.p. 871The same as MYRIALITER.
  21. 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.
  22. Myriamètre, n.p. 871The same as MYRIAMETER.
  23. 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…
  24. Myr'i-ärch, n.p. 872A captain or commander of ten thousand men.
  25. 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.
  26. Mȳ-rī'că, n.p. 872(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the bayberry or wax-myrtle.
  27. Myr'i-cine, n.p. 872(Chem.) An insoluble substance analogous to spermaceti, which constitutes nearly one third of common bees-wax.
  28. My̆r'i-o-lŏġ'ic-al, a.p. 872Relating to a myriologue.
  29. My̆r'i-ŏl'o-ġist, n.p. 872One who composes or sings a myriologue, usually or always a female.
  30. My̆r'i-o-lŏgue, n.p. 872An extemporary funeral song, composed and sung on the death of a friend. [Modern Greece.]
  31. Myr'i-ōph'yl-lōŭs or Myr'i-o-phȳl'lōŭs, a.p. 872(Bot.) Having an indefinitely great or countless number of leaves.
  32. 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.
  33. Myr-mē'le-ōn, n.p. 872(Entom.) A genus of neuropterous insects, including the ant-lion. Baird.
  34. Myr'mi-don, n.p. 872One of a tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles to the war against Troy; hence, a soldier of a rough character; a desperate soldier or ruffian under some daring leader.
  35. Myr'ōb'a-lān or Myr'ōb'o-lān, n.p. 872A dried fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but now chiefly in tanning and dyeing. It is produced by various species of Terminalia of the East…
  36. My-rōp'o-list, n.p. 872One who sells unguents. [Obs.]
  37. Mȳ'rō-spēr'mum, n.p. 872(Bot.) A genus of plants growing in the warm parts of America, the different species of which yield balsamic products, among which are the balsam of Peru, and the balsam of Tolu. Baird.
  38. Myrrh, n.p. 872A transparent gum-resin, usually of an amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly-pungent taste. It is used for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a…
  39. Myr̆'rhie, a.p. 872Pertaining to, or obtained from, myrrh.
  40. Mȳr'rhine, a.p. 872Made of the murrhine stone, or fluoride of calcium, that is, fluor-spar. See MURRHINE.
  41. Mȳr'rhine, n.p. 872Same as MURRHINE, q. v.
  42. Myr-tā'ceous, a.p. 872Pertaining to the myrtle tribe of plants.
  43. Myr'ti-fōrm, a.p. 872Resembling myrtle or myrtle-berries.
  44. Myr'tle, n.p. 872(Bot.) A plant of the genus Myrtus, of several species. The common myrtle rises, with a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate…
  45. Myr'tle-bĕr'ry, n.p. 872The fruit of the myrtle.
  46. Myr'tle-wāx, n.p. 872A wax obtained from the common bayberry (Myrica cerifera) or candleberry tree of the United States.
  47. My-sĕlf', pron.p. 872I or me in person;— used for emphasis, my own self or person; as, I myself will do it; I have done it myself;— used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without…
  48. My-sōr'ine, n.p. 872(Min.) An impure oxide of copper found at Mysore, in Hindostan. Dana.
  49. Mýs'ta-gōg'ie or Mýs'ta-gōg'ie-al, a.p. 872Pertaining to the interpretation of mysteries.
  50. Mȳs'ta-gōgue, n.p. 872One who interprets mysteries. 2. One who keeps and shows church relics.
  51. Mýs'ta-gō'gy, n.p. 872The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries. [Rare.]
  52. Mys-tē'ri-al, a.p. 872Mysterious. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  53. Mys-tē′ri-ārch, n.p. 872One presiding over mysteries. [Obs.]
  54. Mys-tē'ri-ous, a.p. 872Relating to, partaking of the nature of, or containing, mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure; not revealed or explained. God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied…
  55. Mys-tē'ri-ōŭs-ly, adv.p. 872In a mysterious manner.
  56. Mys-tē'ri-ōûs-ness, n.p. 872The quality of being mysterious, or of being hidden from the understanding, and calculated to excite curiosity or wonder; obscurity; perplexity. 2. That which is mysterious or obscure; a mystery.…
  57. Mys'ter-ize, v. t.p. 872To express in enigmas.
  58. Mys'ter-y, n.p. 872A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension until…
  59. Mys'tic, n.p. 872One who holds to mysticism.
  60. Mys'tic or Mys'tic-al, a.p. 872Remote from human comprehension; governed by incomprehensible or mysterious laws; obscure. God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural. Hooker. 2. Importing or implying mysticism; involving…