English Dictionary: Mies Van Der Rohe | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ratel \Ra"tel\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) Any carnivore of the genus {Mellivora}, allied to the weasels and the skunks; -- called also {honey badger}. Note: Several species are known in Africa and India. The Cape ratel ({M. Capensis}) and the Indian ratel ({M. Indica}) are the best known. The back is gray; the lower parts, face, and tail are black. They are fond of honey, and rob the nests of wild bees. | |
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Kite \Kite\, n. [OE. kyte, AS. c[?]ta; cf. W. cud, cut.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily {Milvin[91]}, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail. Note: The European species are {Milvus ictinus} and {M. govinda}; the sacred or Brahmany kite of India is {Haliastur Indus}; the American fork-tailed kite is the {Nauclerus furcatus}. 2. Fig. : One who is rapacious. Detested kite, thou liest. --Shak. 3. A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string. 4. (Naut.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light. 5. (Geom.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry. --Henrici. 6. Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill. [Cant] 7. (Zo[94]l.) The brill. [Prov. Eng. ] {Flying kites}. (Naut.) See under {Flying}. {Kite falcon} (Zo[94]l.), an African falcon of the genus {Avicida}, having some resemblance to a kite. | |
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Maccabean \Mac`ca*be"an\, a. Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times. | |
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Magpie \Mag"pie\, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr. Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita pearl, Gr. [?], prob. of Eastern origin. See {Pie} magpie, and cf. the analogous names {Tomtit}, and {Jackdaw}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of the genus {Pica} and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail. Note: The common European magpie ({Pica pica}, or {P. caudata}) is a black and white noisy and mischievous bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie ({P. Hudsonica}) is very similar. The yellow-belled magpie ({P. Nuttalli}) inhabits California. The blue magpie ({Cyanopolius Cooki}) inhabits Spain. Other allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white magpie ({Gymnorhina organicum}), the black magpie ({Strepera fuliginosa}), and the Australian magpie ({Cracticus picatus}). {Magpie lark} (Zo[94]l.), a common Australian bird ({Grallina picata}), conspicuously marked with black and white; -- called also {little magpie}. {Magpie moth} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white European geometrid moth ({Abraxas grossulariata}); the harlequin moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes. | |
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Massiveness \Mass"ive*ness\, n. The state or quality of being massive; massiness. | |
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Megaphone \Meg"a*phone\, n. [Mega- + Gr. [?] voice.] A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet. | |
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Misaventure \Mis`a*ven"ture\, n. Misadventure. [Obs.] | |
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Mischief-maker \Mis"chief-mak`er\, n. One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity. | |
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Mischief-making \Mis"chief-mak`ing\, a. Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. --Rowe. -- n. The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc. | |
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Misgive \Mis*give"\, v. t. [imp. {Misgave}; p. p. {Misgiven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misgiving}.] 1. To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] --Laud. 2. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun. So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts What may befall him, to his harm and ours. --Shak. Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved. --Milton. 3. To suspect; to dread. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Misgiving \Mis*giv"ing\, n. Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. [bd]Suspicious and misgivings.[b8] --South. | |
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Misgive \Mis*give"\, v. t. [imp. {Misgave}; p. p. {Misgiven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misgiving}.] 1. To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] --Laud. 2. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun. So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts What may befall him, to his harm and ours. --Shak. Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved. --Milton. 3. To suspect; to dread. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Mishappen \Mis*hap"pen\, v. i. To happen ill or unluckily. --Spenser. | |
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Misopinion \Mis`o*pin"ion\, n. Wrong opinion. [Obs.] | |
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Mispaint \Mis*paint"\, v. t. To paint ill, or wrongly. | |
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Mispell \Mis*pell"\, v. t., Mispend \Mis*pend"\, v. t., etc. See {Misspell}, {Misspend}, etc. | |
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Mispense \Mis*pense"\, n. See {Misspense}. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Mispoint \Mis*point"\, v. t. To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly. | |
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Mispunctuate \Mis*punc"tu*ate\ (?; 135), v. t. To punctuate wrongly or incorrectly. | |
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Misshapen \Mis*shap"en\, a. Having a bad or ugly form. [bd]The mountains are misshapen.[b8] --Bentley. -- {Mis*shap"en*ly}, adv. -- {Mis*shap"en*ness}, n. | |
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Misshapen \Mis*shap"en\, a. Having a bad or ugly form. [bd]The mountains are misshapen.[b8] --Bentley. -- {Mis*shap"en*ly}, adv. -- {Mis*shap"en*ness}, n. | |
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Misshapen \Mis*shap"en\, a. Having a bad or ugly form. [bd]The mountains are misshapen.[b8] --Bentley. -- {Mis*shap"en*ly}, adv. -- {Mis*shap"en*ness}, n. | |
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Misspend \Mis*spend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misspent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misspending}.] To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. --J. Philips. | |
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Misspender \Mis*spend"er\, n. One who misspends. | |
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Misspend \Mis*spend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misspent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misspending}.] To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. --J. Philips. | |
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misspense \mis*spense"\, n. A spending improperly; a wasting. [Obs.] --Barrow. | |
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Misspent \Mis*spent"\, imp. & p. p. of {Misspend}. | |
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Misspend \Mis*spend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misspent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misspending}.] To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money. --J. Philips. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moss \Moss\, n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[a2]s, D. mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh', L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.] 1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water. Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss, etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus {Lycopodium}. See {Club moss}, under {Club}, and {Lycopodium}. 2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border. Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of words which need no special explanation; as, moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc. {Black moss}. See under {Black}, and {Tillandsia}. {Bog moss}. See {Sphagnum}. {Feather moss}, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp. several species of the genus {Hypnum}. {Florida moss}, {Long moss}, [or] {Spanish moss}. See {Tillandsia}. {Iceland moss}, a lichen. See {Iceland Moss}. {Irish moss}, a seaweed. See {Carrageen}. {Moss agate} (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in part to oxide of manganese. Called also {Mocha stone}. {Moss animal} (Zo[94]l.), a bryozoan. {Moss berry} (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium Oxycoccus}). {Moss campion} (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the Arctic circle. {Moss land}, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants, forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the water is grained off or retained in its pores. {Moss pink} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Phlox} ({P. subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the Middle United States, and often cultivated for its handsome flowers. --Gray. {Moss rose} (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived from the Provence rose. {Moss rush} (Bot.), a rush of the genus {Juncus} ({J. squarrosus}). {Scale moss}. See {Hepatica}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Cf. {Pink}, v. t.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus {Dianthus}, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx. 2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower. --Dryden. 3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. [bd]The very pink of courtesy.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.] {Bunch pink} is {Dianthus barbatus}. {China}, [or] {Indian}, {pink}. See under {China}. {Clove pink} is {Dianthus Caryophyllus}, the stock from which carnations are derived. {Garden pink}. See {Pheasant's eye}. {Meadow pink} is applied to {Dianthus deltoides}; also, to the ragged robin. {Maiden pink}, {Dianthus deltoides}. {Moss pink}. See under {Moss}. {Pink needle}, the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See {Alfilaria}. {Sea pink}. See {Thrift}. | |
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Mossbanker \Moss"bank`er\, Mossbunker \Moss"bunk`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The menhaded. | |
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Menhaden \Men*ha"den\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American marine fish of the Herring familt ({Brevoortia tyrannus}), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also {mossbunker}, {bony fish}, {chebog}, {pogy}, {hardhead}, {whitefish}, etc. | |
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Mossbanker \Moss"bank`er\, Mossbunker \Moss"bunk`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The menhaded. | |
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Menhaden \Men*ha"den\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American marine fish of the Herring familt ({Brevoortia tyrannus}), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also {mossbunker}, {bony fish}, {chebog}, {pogy}, {hardhead}, {whitefish}, etc. | |
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Mossbanker \Moss"bank`er\, Mossbunker \Moss"bunk`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The menhaded. | |
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Muchness \Much"ness\, n. Greatness; extent. [Obs. or Colloq.] The quantity and muchness of time which it filcheth. --W. Whately. {Much of a muchness}, much the same. [Colloq.] [bd]Men's men; gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness.[b8] --G. Eliot. | |
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Bluebottle \Blue"bot`tle\, n. 1. (Bot.) A plant ({Centaurea cyanus}) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large and troublesome species of blowfly ({Musca vomitoria}). Its body is steel blue. | |
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Machipongo, VA Zip code(s): 23405 | |
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Macoupin County, IL (county, FIPS 117) Location: 39.25745 N, 89.92118 W Population (1990): 47679 (20068 housing units) Area: 2236.9 sq km (land), 10.3 sq km (water) | |
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Magoffin County, KY (county, FIPS 153) Location: 37.69916 N, 83.06468 W Population (1990): 13077 (4800 housing units) Area: 801.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Mc Bain, MI Zip code(s): 49657 | |
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McBain, MI (city, FIPS 49980) Location: 44.19444 N, 85.21441 W Population (1990): 692 (261 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Meshoppen, PA (borough, FIPS 48856) Location: 41.61359 N, 76.04586 W Population (1990): 439 (197 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18630 | |
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Moss Point, MS (city, FIPS 49240) Location: 30.42550 N, 88.52903 W Population (1990): 17837 (6605 housing units) Area: 64.8 sq km (land), 4.5 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
megapenny /meg'*-pen`ee/ n. $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MacBinary {resource fork}s of an {Macintosh} file and of relevant {Finder} information. MacBinary files are recognised as "special" by several MacIntosh {terminal emulator}s. These emulators, using {Kermit} or {XMODEM} or any other file transfer protocol, can separate the incoming file into {fork}s and appropriately modify the {Desktop} to display {icon}s, types, creation dates, and the like. (1995-03-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
megapenny /meg'*-pen"ee/ $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures. [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Machbanai clad with a mantle, or bond of the Lord, one of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:13). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Machbenah, Machbanai, poverty; the smiting of his son |