English Dictionary: Mary Harris Jones | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Merorganization \Mer*or`gan*i*za"tion\, n. [Gr. [?] part + E. organization.] Organization in part. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mirror \Mir"ror\, n. [OE. mirour, F. miroir, OF. also mireor, fr. (assumed) LL. miratorium, fr. mirare to look at, L. mirari to wonder. See {Marvel}, and cf. {Miracle}, {Mirador}.] 1. A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light. And in her hand she held a mirror bright, Wherein her face she often view[8a]d fair. --Spenser. 2. That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar. She is mirour of all courtesy. --Chaucer. O goddess, heavenly bright, Mirror of grace and majesty divine. --Spenser. 3. (Zo[94]l.) See {Speculum}. {Mirror carp} (Zo[94]l.), a domesticated variety of the carp, having only three or fur rows of very large scales side. {Mirror plate}. (a) A flat glass mirror without a frame. (b) Flat glass used for making mirrors. {Mirror writing}, a manner or form of backward writing, making manuscript resembling in slant and order of letters the reflection of ordinary writing in a mirror. The substitution of this manner of writing for the common manner is a symptom of some kinds of nervous disease. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reflecting \Re*flect"ing\, a. 1. Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface. 2. Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind. {Reflecting circle}, an astronomical instrument for measuring angless, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it carries, and differing from the sextant chiefly in having an entire circle. {Reflecting galvanometer}, a galvanometer in which the deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror attached to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image of a scale; -- called also {mirror galvanometer}. {Reflecting goniometer}. See under {Goniometer}. {Reflecting telescope}. See under {Telescope}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mirrorscope \Mir"ror*scope\, n. [Mirror + -scope.] See {Projector}, below. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Projector \Pro*jec"tor\, n. An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen, as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by reflection instead of transmission of light) a picture of an opaque object, as photographs, picture post-cards, insects, etc., in the colors of the object itself. In this latter form the projection is accomplished by means of a combination of lenses with a prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific instruments have been called by different names, such as {radiopticon}, {mirrorscope}, {balopticon}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mirrorscope \Mir"ror*scope\, n. [Mirror + -scope.] See {Projector}, below. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Projector \Pro*jec"tor\, n. An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen, as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by reflection instead of transmission of light) a picture of an opaque object, as photographs, picture post-cards, insects, etc., in the colors of the object itself. In this latter form the projection is accomplished by means of a combination of lenses with a prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific instruments have been called by different names, such as {radiopticon}, {mirrorscope}, {balopticon}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myriarch \Myr"i*arch\, n. [Gr. [?], [?]; [?] ten thousand + [?] chief.] A captain or commander of ten thousand men. |