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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mallow \Mal"low\, Mallows \Mal"lows\, n. [OE. malwe, AS. mealwe, fr. L. malva, akin to Gr. mala`chh; cf. mala`ssein to soften, malako`s soft. Named either from its softening or relaxing properties, or from its soft downy leaves. Cf. {Mauve}, {Malachite}.] (Bot.) A genus of plants ({Malva}) having mucilaginous qualities. See {Malvaceous}. Note: The flowers of the common mallow ({M. sylvestris}) are used in medicine. The dwarf mallow ({M. rotundifolia}) is a common weed, and its flattened, dick-shaped fruits are called cheeses by children. Tree mallow ({M. Mauritiana} and {Lavatera arborea}), musk mallow ({M. moschata}), rose mallow or hollyhock, and curled mallow ({M. crispa}), are less commonly seen. {Indian mallow}. See {Abutilon}. {Jew's mallow}, a plant ({Corchorus olitorius}) used as a pot herb by the Jews of Egypt and Syria. {Marsh mallow}. See under {Marsh}. | |
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Macarize \Mac"a*rize\, v. t. [Gr. [?] to bless.] To congratulate. [Oxford Univ. Cant] --Whately. | |
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Macrocephalous \Mac`ro*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Macro + Gr. kefalh` the head.] 1. Having a large head. 2. (Bot.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body. --Henslow. | |
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5. (Mach.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc. {Spider ant}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Solitary ant}, under {Solitary}. {Spider crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of maioid crabs having a more or less triangular body and ten long legs. Some of the species grow to great size, as the great Japanese spider crab ({Macrocheira Kempferi}), measuring sometimes more than fifteen feet across the legs when they are extended. {Spider fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of parasitic dipterous insects of the family {Hippoboscid[91]}. They are mostly destitute of wings, and live among the feathers of birds and the hair of bats. Called also {bird tick}, and {bat tick}. {Spider hunter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian sunbirds of the genus {Arachnothera}. {Spider lines}, filaments of a spider's web crossing the field of vision in optical instruments; -- used for determining the exact position of objects and making delicate measurements. Fine wires, silk fibers, or lines on glass similarly placed, are called spider lines. {Spider mite}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of parasitic mites of the genus {Argas} and allied genera. See {Argas}. (b) Any one of numerous small mites injurious to plants. {Spider monkey} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of South American monkeys of the genus {Ateles}, having very long legs and a long prehensile tail. {Spider orchis} (Bot.), a European orchidaceous plant ({Ophrys aranifera}), having flowers which resemble spiders. {Spider shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus {Pteroceras}. See {Pteroceras}. | |
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Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L. lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America. 2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator; as, (a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle ball; (b) (Mining) a rock breaker; (c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator press}. {Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris}, a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its properties. --Loudon. {Alligator fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of northwestern America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}). {Alligator gar} (Zo[94]l.), one of the gar pikes ({Lepidosteus spatula}) found in the southern rivers of the United States. The name is also applied to other species of gar pikes. {Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See {Avocado}. {Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a very large and voracious turtle ({Macrochelys lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of {Trionyx}. {Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies ({Guarea Swartzii}). | |
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Macro-chemistry \Mac`ro-chem"is*try\, n. [Macro- + chemistry.] (Chem.) The science which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of substances in quantity; -- distinguished from micro-chemistry. | |
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d8Alfa \[d8]Al"fa\or Alfa grass \Al"fa grass"\, n. A plant ({Macrochloa tenacissima}) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making. | |
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d8Esparto \[d8]Es*par"to\, n. [Sp.; cf. L. spartum Spanish broom, Gr. [?].] (Bot.) A species of Spanish grass ({Macrochloa tenacissima}), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper. | |
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Macrocosm \Mac"ro*cosm\, n. [Macro- + Gr. [?] the world: cf. F. macrocosme.] The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See {Microcosm}. | |
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Macrocosmic \Mac`ro*cos"mic\, a. Of or pertaining to the macrocosm. --Tylor. | |
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Kelp \Kelp\, n. [Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin.] 1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine. 2. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed. Note: {Laminaria} is the common kelp of Great Britain; {Macrocystis pyrifera} and {Nereocystis Lutkeana} are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean. {Kelp crab} (Zo[94]l.), a California spider crab ({Epialtus productus}), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in color. {Kelp salmon} (Zo[94]l.), a serranoid food fish ({Serranus clathratus}) of California. See {Cabrilla}. | |
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d8Macrocystis \[d8]Mac`ro*cys"tis\, n. [NL. See {Macro-}, and {Cyst}.] (Bot.) An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific ({Macrocystis pyrifera}), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels. | |
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Macrognathic \Mac`rog*nath"ic\, a. [Macro- + gnathic.] (Anthropol.) Long-jawed. --Huxley. | |
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Macrograph \Mac"ro*graph\, n. [Macro- + -graph.] A picture of an object as seen by the naked eye (that is, unmagnified); as, a macrograph of a metallic fracture. | |
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Macrography \Ma*crog"ra*phy\, n. Examination or study with the naked eye, as distinguished from {micrography}. | |
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{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough, hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum}, a large tree related to the orange. {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell. {Elephant beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any very large beetle of the genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family {Scarab[91]id[91]}. They inhabit West Africa. {Elephant fish} (Zo[94]l.), a chim[91]roid fish ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like projection of the snout. {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches. {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 26[frac34] [times] 40 inches. See Note under {Paper}. {Elephant seal} (Zo[94]l.), an African jumping shrew ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a proboscis. {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves. {Elephant's foot} (Bot.) (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}), which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible, whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}. (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds. {Elephant's tusk} (Zo[94]l.), the tooth shell. See {Dentalium}. | |
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Macroscopic \Mac`ro*scop"ic\, Macroscopical \Mac`ro*scop"ic*al\, a. [Macro- + Gr. [?] to view.] Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to {microscopic}. -- {Mac`ro*scop"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Macroscopic \Mac`ro*scop"ic\, Macroscopical \Mac`ro*scop"ic*al\, a. [Macro- + Gr. [?] to view.] Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to {microscopic}. -- {Mac`ro*scop"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Macroscopic \Mac`ro*scop"ic\, Macroscopical \Mac`ro*scop"ic*al\, a. [Macro- + Gr. [?] to view.] Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to {microscopic}. -- {Mac`ro*scop"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Hawk moth \Hawk" moth`\ (?; 115). (Zo[94]l.) Any moth of the family {Sphingid[91]}, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larv[91] are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See {Sphinx}, also {Tobacco worm}, and {Tomato worm}. Tobacco Hawk Moth ({Macrosila Carolina}), and its Larva, the Tobacco Worm. Note: The larv[91] of several species of hawk moths feed on grapevines. The elm-tree hawk moth is {Ceratomia Amyntor}. | |
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Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico. (b) The sweet potato (see below). {Potato beetle}, {Potato bug}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beetle ({Doryphora decemlineata}) which feeds, both in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the potato, often doing great damage. Called also {Colorado potato beetle}, and {Doryphora}. See {Colorado beetle}. (b) The {Lema trilineata}, a smaller and more slender striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur does less injury than the preceding species. {Potato fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of blister beetles infesting the potato vine. The black species ({Lytta atrata}), the striped ({L. vittata}), and the gray ({L. cinerea, [or] Fabricii}) are the most common. See {Blister beetle}, under {Blister}. {Potato rot}, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed to be caused by a kind of mold ({Peronospora infestans}), which is first seen upon the leaves and stems. {Potato weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil ({Baridius trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop. {Potato whisky}, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made from potatoes or potato starch. {Potato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or hawk moth ({Macrosila quinquemaculata}); -- called also {tomato worm}. See Illust. under {Tomato}. {Seaside potato} (Bot.), {Ipom[d2]a Pes-Capr[91]}, a kind of morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed leaves. [West Indies] {Sweet potato} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ipom[d2]a Balatas}) allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this plant before it was to the {Solanum tuberosum}, and this is the [bd]potato[b8] of the Southern United States. {Wild potato}. (Bot.) (a) A vine ({Ipom[d2]a pandurata}) having a pale purplish flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy places in the United States. (b) A similar tropical American plant ({I. fastigiata}) which it is thought may have been the original stock of the sweet potato. | |
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Flannel flower \Flan"nel flow`er\ (Bot.) (a) The common mullein. (b) A Brazilian apocynaceous vine ({Macrosiphonia longiflora}) having woolly leaves. (c) An umbelliferous Australian flower ({Actinotus helianthi}), often erroneously thought to be composite. The involucre looks as if cut out of white flannel. | |
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Macrospore \Mac"ro*spore\, n. [Macro- + spore.] (Bot.) One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as {Selaginella}, etc. | |
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Macrosporic \Mac`ro*spor"ic\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to macrospores. | |
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Macrozo94spore \Mac`ro*zo"[94]*spore\, n. [Macro- + zo[94]spore.] (Bot.) A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green alg[91]. | |
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Axis \Ax"is\, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged. 2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center. 3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body. --Gray. 4. (Anat.) (a) The second vertebra of the neck, or {vertebra dentata}. (b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon. 5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded. 6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any design. {Anticlinal axis} (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the strata slope downward on the two opposite sides. {Synclinal axis}, a line from which the strata slope upward in opposite directions, so as to form a valley. {Axis cylinder} (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also {axis band}, {axial fiber}, and {cylinder axis}. {Axis in peritrochio}, the wheel and axle, one of the mechanical powers. {Axis of a curve} (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords of a curve; called a {principal axis}, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two axes of the ellipse are the {major axis} and the {minor axis}, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the {transverse axis} and the {conjugate axis}. {Axis of a lens}, the straight line passing through its center and perpendicular to its surfaces. {Axis of a} {telescope [or] microscope}, the straight line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses which compose it. {Axes of co[94]rdinates in a plane}, two straight lines intersecting each other, to which points are referred for the purpose of determining their relative position: they are either rectangular or oblique. {Axes of co[94]rdinates in space}, the three straight lines in which the co[94]rdinate planes intersect each other. {Axis of a balance}, that line about which it turns. {Axis of oscillation}, of a pendulum, a right line passing through the center about which it vibrates, and perpendicular to the plane of vibration. {Axis of polarization}, the central line around which the prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster. {Axis of revolution} (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the several points of the line or plane shall describe circles with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution. {Axis of symmetry} (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other part. {Axis of the} {equator, ecliptic, horizon} (or other circle considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies), the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the plane of the circle. --Hutton. {Axis of the Ionic capital} (Arch.), a line passing perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the volute. {Neutral axis} (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression, exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder. {Optic axis of a crystal}, the direction in which a ray of transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial or biaxial. {Optic axis}, {Visual axis} (Opt.), the straight line passing through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the surface of the eye. {Radical axis of two circles} (Geom.), the straight line perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles shall be equal to each other. {Spiral axis} (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without. {Axis of abscissas} and {Axis of ordinates}. See {Abscissa}. | |
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Major \Ma"jor\, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. {Master}, {Mayor}, {Magnitude}, {More}, a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak. 3. Of full legal age. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. {Major axis} (Geom.), the greater axis. See {Focus}, n., 2. {Major key} (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. {Major offense} (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. {Major premise} (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term. {Major scale} (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See {Scale}, and {Diatonic}. {Major second} (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. {Major sixth} (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. {Major term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion. {Major third} (Mus.), a third of two steps. | |
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Axis \Ax"is\, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged. 2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center. 3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body. --Gray. 4. (Anat.) (a) The second vertebra of the neck, or {vertebra dentata}. (b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon. 5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded. 6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any design. {Anticlinal axis} (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the strata slope downward on the two opposite sides. {Synclinal axis}, a line from which the strata slope upward in opposite directions, so as to form a valley. {Axis cylinder} (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also {axis band}, {axial fiber}, and {cylinder axis}. {Axis in peritrochio}, the wheel and axle, one of the mechanical powers. {Axis of a curve} (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords of a curve; called a {principal axis}, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two axes of the ellipse are the {major axis} and the {minor axis}, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the {transverse axis} and the {conjugate axis}. {Axis of a lens}, the straight line passing through its center and perpendicular to its surfaces. {Axis of a} {telescope [or] microscope}, the straight line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses which compose it. {Axes of co[94]rdinates in a plane}, two straight lines intersecting each other, to which points are referred for the purpose of determining their relative position: they are either rectangular or oblique. {Axes of co[94]rdinates in space}, the three straight lines in which the co[94]rdinate planes intersect each other. {Axis of a balance}, that line about which it turns. {Axis of oscillation}, of a pendulum, a right line passing through the center about which it vibrates, and perpendicular to the plane of vibration. {Axis of polarization}, the central line around which the prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster. {Axis of revolution} (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the several points of the line or plane shall describe circles with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution. {Axis of symmetry} (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other part. {Axis of the} {equator, ecliptic, horizon} (or other circle considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies), the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the plane of the circle. --Hutton. {Axis of the Ionic capital} (Arch.), a line passing perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the volute. {Neutral axis} (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression, exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder. {Optic axis of a crystal}, the direction in which a ray of transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial or biaxial. {Optic axis}, {Visual axis} (Opt.), the straight line passing through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the surface of the eye. {Radical axis of two circles} (Geom.), the straight line perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles shall be equal to each other. {Spiral axis} (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without. {Axis of abscissas} and {Axis of ordinates}. See {Abscissa}. | |
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Major \Ma"jor\, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. {Master}, {Mayor}, {Magnitude}, {More}, a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak. 3. Of full legal age. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. {Major axis} (Geom.), the greater axis. See {Focus}, n., 2. {Major key} (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. {Major offense} (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. {Major premise} (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term. {Major scale} (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See {Scale}, and {Diatonic}. {Major second} (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. {Major sixth} (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. {Major term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion. {Major third} (Mus.), a third of two steps. | |
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Major general \Ma"jor gen"er*al\ An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps. | |
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Major \Ma"jor\, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. {Master}, {Mayor}, {Magnitude}, {More}, a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak. 3. Of full legal age. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. {Major axis} (Geom.), the greater axis. See {Focus}, n., 2. {Major key} (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. {Major offense} (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. {Major premise} (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term. {Major scale} (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See {Scale}, and {Diatonic}. {Major second} (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. {Major sixth} (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. {Major term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion. {Major third} (Mus.), a third of two steps. | |
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Major \Ma"jor\, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. {Master}, {Mayor}, {Magnitude}, {More}, a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak. 3. Of full legal age. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. {Major axis} (Geom.), the greater axis. See {Focus}, n., 2. {Major key} (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. {Major offense} (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. {Major premise} (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term. {Major scale} (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See {Scale}, and {Diatonic}. {Major second} (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. {Major sixth} (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. {Major term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion. {Major third} (Mus.), a third of two steps. | |
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Major \Ma"jor\, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. {Master}, {Mayor}, {Magnitude}, {More}, a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak. 3. Of full legal age. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. {Major axis} (Geom.), the greater axis. See {Focus}, n., 2. {Major key} (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. {Major offense} (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. {Major premise} (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term. {Major scale} (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See {Scale}, and {Diatonic}. {Major second} (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. {Major sixth} (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. {Major term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion. {Major third} (Mus.), a third of two steps. | |
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Major \Ma"jor\, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. {Master}, {Mayor}, {Magnitude}, {More}, a.] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. 2. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak. 3. Of full legal age. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. {Major axis} (Geom.), the greater axis. See {Focus}, n., 2. {Major key} (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. {Major offense} (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. {Major premise} (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term. {Major scale} (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See {Scale}, and {Diatonic}. {Major second} (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. {Major sixth} (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. {Major term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion. {Major third} (Mus.), a third of two steps. | |
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Majorcan \Ma*jor"can\, a. Of or pertaining to Majorca. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Majorca. | |
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Majorship \Ma"jor*ship\, n. The office of major. | |
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Mazourka \Ma*zour"ka\, Mazurka \Ma*zur"ka\, n. A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat. | |
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Mazourka \Ma*zour"ka\, Mazurka \Ma*zur"ka\, n. A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat. | |
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Megarian \Me*ga"ri*an\, Megaric \Me*gar"ic\, a. Belonging, or pertaining, to Megara, a city of ancient Greece. {Megarian}, [or] {Megaric}, {school}, a school of philosophy established at Megara, after the death of Socrates, by his disciples, and remarkable for its logical subtlety. | |
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Megerg \Meg"erg`\, n. [Mega- + erg.] (Physics) One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one million ergs; -- called also {megalerg}. | |
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Mesaraic \Mes`a*ra"ic\, a. [Gr. mesa`raion mesentery; me`sos middle + 'araia` flank.] (Anat.) Mesenteric. | |
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Meseraic \Mes`e*ra"ic\, a. (Anat.) Mesaraic. | |
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d8Mesorectum \[d8]Mes`o*rec"tum\, n. [Meso- + rectum.] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum. -- {Mes`o*rec"tal}, a. | |
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Messieurs \Mes"sieurs\ (?; F. ?; 277), n. pl. [F.; pl. of monsieur.] Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs., which is used as the plural of Mr. | |
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d8Monsieur \[d8]Mon*sieur"\, n.; pl. {Messieurs}. [F., fr. mon my + Sieur, abbrev. of seigneur lord. See {Monseigneur}.] 1. The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. [Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by {MM.} or {Messrs.} in the plural.] 2. The oldest brother of the king of France. 3. A Frenchman. [Contemptuous] --Shak. | |
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d8Monsieur \[d8]Mon*sieur"\, n.; pl. {Messieurs}. [F., fr. mon my + Sieur, abbrev. of seigneur lord. See {Monseigneur}.] 1. The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. [Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by {MM.} or {Messrs.} in the plural.] 2. The oldest brother of the king of France. 3. A Frenchman. [Contemptuous] --Shak. | |
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Micracoustic \Mi`cra*cous"tic\, a. Same as {Microustic}. | |
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Microcephalic \Mi`cro*ce*phal"ic\, Microcephalous \Mi`cro*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Micro- + cephalic, cephalous.] (Anat.) Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to {megacephalic}. | |
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Microcephalic \Mi`cro*ce*phal"ic\, Microcephalous \Mi`cro*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Micro- + cephalic, cephalous.] (Anat.) Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to {megacephalic}. | |
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Snowcap \Snow"cap`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A very small humming bird ({Microch[91]ra albocoronata}) native of New Grenada. Note: The feathers of the top of the head are white and snining, the body blue black with a purple and bronzy luster. The name is applied also to {Microch[91]ra parvirostris} of Central America, which is similar in color. | |
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Snowcap \Snow"cap`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A very small humming bird ({Microch[91]ra albocoronata}) native of New Grenada. Note: The feathers of the top of the head are white and snining, the body blue black with a purple and bronzy luster. The name is applied also to {Microch[91]ra parvirostris} of Central America, which is similar in color. | |
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Micro-chemical \Mi`cro-chem"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; as, a micro-chemical test. | |
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Micro-chemistry \Mi`cro-chem"is*try\, n. [Micro- + chemistry.] The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy; -- distinguished from macro-chemistry. | |
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Microchronometer \Mi`cro*chro*nom"e*ter\, n. A chronoscope. | |
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Red \Red\, a. [Compar. {Redder} (-d?r); superl. {Reddest}.] [OE. red, reed, AS. re[a0]d, re[a2]d; akin to OS. r[omac]d, OFries. r[amac]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[omac]t, Dan. & Sw. r[94]d, Icel. rau[edh]r, rj[omac][edh]r, Goth. r[a0]uds, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr. 'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113. Cf. {Erysipelas}, {Rouge}, {Rubric}, {Ruby}, {Ruddy}, {Russet}, {Rust}.] Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. [bd]Fresh flowers, white and reede.[b8] --Chaucer. Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose. --Shak. Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like. Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced, red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed, red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted. {Red admiral} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva feeds on nettles. Called also {Atlanta butterfly}, and {nettle butterfly}. {Red ant}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very small ant ({Myrmica molesta}) which often infests houses. (b) A larger reddish ant ({Formica sanquinea}), native of Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making species. {Red antimony} (Min.), kermesite. See {Kermes mineral} (b), under {Kermes}. {Red ash} (Bot.), an American tree ({Fraxinus pubescens}), smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. --Cray. {Red bass}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redfish} (d) . {Red bay} (Bot.), a tree ({Persea Caroliniensis}) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United States. {Red beard} (Zo[94]l.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local, U.S.] {Red birch} (Bot.), a species of birch ({Betula nigra}) having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored wood. --Gray. {Red blindness}. (Med.) See {Daltonism}. {Red book}, a book containing the names of all the persons in the service of the state. [Eng.] {Red book of the Exchequer}, an ancient record in which are registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C. {Red brass}, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of zinc. {Red bug}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and produces great irritation by its bites. (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus {Pyrrhocoris}, especially the European species ({P. apterus}), which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks. (c) See {Cotton stainder}, under {Cotton}. {Red cedar}. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree ({Juniperus Virginiana}) having a fragrant red-colored heartwood. (b) A tree of India and Australia ({Cedrela Toona}) having fragrant reddish wood; -- called also {toon tree} in India. | |
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Microcline \Mi"cro*cline\, n. [Micro- + Gr. [?] to incline.] (Min.) A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form. | |
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Micrococcal \Mi`cro*coc"cal\, a. Of or pertaining to micrococci; caused by micrococci. --Nature. | |
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d8Micrococcus \[d8]Mi`cro*coc"cus\, n.; pl. {Micrococci}. [NL. See {Micro-}, and {Coccus}.] (Biol.) A genus of {Spherobacteria}, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells ({Diplococcus}), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of {Ascoccus}. Note: Physiologically, micrococci are divided into three groups; chromogenic, characterized by their power of forming pigment; zymogenic, including those associated with definite chemical processes; and pathogenic, those connected with disease. | |
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Urea \U"re*a\, a. [NL. See {Urine}.] (Physiol. Chem.) A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief constituent of the urine in mammals and some other animals. It is also present in small quantity in blood, serous fluids, lymph, the liver, etc. Note: It is the main product of the regressive metamorphosis (katabolism) of proteid matter in the body, and is excreted daily to the amount of about 500 grains by a man of average weight. Chemically it is carbamide, {CO(NH2)2}, and when heated with strong acids or alkalies is decomposed into carbonic acid and ammonia. It unites with acids to form salts, as nitrate of urea, and it can be made synthetically from ammonium cyanate, with which it is isomeric. {Urea ferment}, a soluble ferment formed by certain bacteria, which, however, yield the ferment from the body of their cells only after they have been killed by alcohol. It causes urea to take up water and decompose into carbonic acid and ammonia. Many different bacteria possess this property, especially {Bacterium ure[91]} and {Micrococcus ure[91]}, which are found abundantly in urines undergoing alkaline fermentation. | |
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Microcosm \Mi"cro*cosm\, n. [F. microcosme, L. microcosmus, fr. Gr. mikro`s small + ko`smos the world.] A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to {macrocosm}. --Shak. | |
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Microcosmic \Mi`cro*cos"mic\, Microcosmical \Mi`cro*cos"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. microcosmique.] Of or pertaining to the microcosm. {Microcosmic salt} (Chem.), a white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called {hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate}. It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and called {sal microcosmicum}. | |
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Microcosmic \Mi`cro*cos"mic\, Microcosmical \Mi`cro*cos"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. microcosmique.] Of or pertaining to the microcosm. {Microcosmic salt} (Chem.), a white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called {hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate}. It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and called {sal microcosmicum}. | |
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Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles. 2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning. Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . . . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak. 3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt. 4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar. I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen of silver salts. --Pepys. 5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.] Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne. 6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol. Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking, it is the acid radical which unites with the base or basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or acid salts. See Phrases below. 7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt. Ye are the salt of the earth. --Matt. v. 13. 8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt. 9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.] {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank, of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long table, the places above which were assigned to the guests of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors, and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}. His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the salt. --B. Jonson. {Acid salt} (Chem.) (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as, acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt. (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is a neutral salt. {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline reaction, as sodium carbonate. {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic oxide. [Obsolescent] {Basic salt} (Chem.) (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent than is required to neutralize the acid. (b) An alkaline salt. {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical. {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium sulphate. See under {Double}. {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary. {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by crystallizing plant juices. {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}. {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary. {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as sodium chloride. {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}. {Neutral salt}. (Chem.) (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory) neutralize each other. (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction. {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid. {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.] {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on exposure to the air. {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or analogous compound. {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}. {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid. {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate of iron. {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.) (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride. (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under {Hartshorn}. {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below. {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn. {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}. {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate. {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains; -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}. {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar, or potassium tartrate. [Obs.] {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate; -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus. {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}. {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid. {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base or analogous compound. {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}. {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen. | |
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Microcosmic \Mi`cro*cos"mic\, Microcosmical \Mi`cro*cos"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. microcosmique.] Of or pertaining to the microcosm. {Microcosmic salt} (Chem.), a white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called {hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate}. It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and called {sal microcosmicum}. | |
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Microcosmography \Mi`cro*cos*mog"ra*phy\, n. [Microcosm + -graphy.] Description of man as a microcosm. | |
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Microcoulomb \Mi`cro*cou`lomb"\, n. [Micro- + coulomb.] (Elec.) A measure of electrical quantity; the millionth part of one coulomb. | |
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Microcoustic \Mi`cro*cous"tic\, a. [Micro- + acoustic: cf. F. microcoustique, micracoustique.] Pertaining, or suited, to the audition of small sounds; fitted to assist hearing. | |
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Microcoustic \Mi`cro*cous"tic\, n. An instrument for making faint sounds audible, as to a partially deaf person. | |
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Microcrith \Mi`cro*crith"\, n. [Micro- + crith.] (Chem.) The weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the hydrogen atom, taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of the elements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. See {Crith}. --J. P. Cooke. | |
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Microcrystalline \Mi`cro*crys"tal*line\, a. [Micro- + crystalline.] (Crystallog.) Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline. | |
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Microcyte \Mi"cro*cyte\, n. [Micro- + Gr. [?] a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) One of the elementary granules found in blood. They are much smaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly noticeable in disease, as in an[91]mia. | |
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Tomcod \Tom"cod`\, n. [Tom (see {Tomboy}) + cod: cf. F. tacaud whiting pout, American Indian tacaud, literally, plenty fish.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small edible American fish ({Microgadus tomcod}) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also {frostfish}. See Illust. under {Frostfish}. (b) The kingfish. See {Kingfish} (a) . (c) The jack. See 2d {Jack}, 8. (c) . | |
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Micro-geological \Mi`cro-ge`o*log"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to micro-geology. | |
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Micro-geology \Mi`cro-ge*ol"o*gy\, n. [Micro- + geology.] The part of geology relating to structure and organisms which require to be studied with a microscope. | |
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d8Arara \[d8]A*ra"ra\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia ({Microglossus aterrimus}). | |
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Cockatoo \Cock`a*too\, n. [Malayan kakat[d4]a.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily {Cacatuin[91]}, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested ({Plictolophus, [or] Cacatua, cristatus}), the sulphur-crested ({P. galeritus}), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is {Microglossus aterrimus}. | |
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Micrograph \Mi"cro*graph\, n. [See {Micrography}.] An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving. | |
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Micrographic \Mi`cro*graph"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to micrography. | |
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Micrography \Mi*crog"ra*phy\, n. [Micro- + -graphy: cf. F. micrographie.] The description of microscopic objects. | |
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Micrography \Mi*crog"ra*phy\, n. [Micro- + -graphy.] Examination or study by means of the microscope, as of an etched surface of metal to determine its structure. | |
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Microscopal \Mi*cros"co*pal\, a. Pertaining to microscopy, or to the use of the microscope. --Huxley. | |
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Microscope \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.] An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye. {Compound microscope}, an instrument consisting of a combination of lenses such that the image formed by the lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular or eyepiece. {Oxyhydrogen microscope}, and {Solar microscope}. See under {Oxyhydrogen}, and {Solar}. {Simple, [or] Single}, {microscope}, a single convex lens used to magnify objects placed in its focus. | |
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Achromatic \Ach`ro*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] colorless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], color: cf. F. achromatique.] 1. (Opt.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors. 2. (Biol.) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue. {Achromatic lens} (Opt.), a lens composed usually of two separate lenses, a convex and concave, of substances having different refractive and dispersive powers, as crown and flint glass, with the curvatures so adjusted that the chromatic aberration produced by the one is corrected by other, and light emerges from the compound lens undecomposed. {Achromatic prism}. See {Prism}. {Achromatic telescope}, or {microscope}, one in which the chromatic aberration is corrected, usually by means of a compound or achromatic object glass, and which gives images free from extraneous color. | |
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Microscope \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.] An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye. {Compound microscope}, an instrument consisting of a combination of lenses such that the image formed by the lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular or eyepiece. {Oxyhydrogen microscope}, and {Solar microscope}. See under {Oxyhydrogen}, and {Solar}. {Simple, [or] Single}, {microscope}, a single convex lens used to magnify objects placed in its focus. | |
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Achromatic \Ach`ro*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] colorless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], color: cf. F. achromatique.] 1. (Opt.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors. 2. (Biol.) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue. {Achromatic lens} (Opt.), a lens composed usually of two separate lenses, a convex and concave, of substances having different refractive and dispersive powers, as crown and flint glass, with the curvatures so adjusted that the chromatic aberration produced by the one is corrected by other, and light emerges from the compound lens undecomposed. {Achromatic prism}. See {Prism}. {Achromatic telescope}, or {microscope}, one in which the chromatic aberration is corrected, usually by means of a compound or achromatic object glass, and which gives images free from extraneous color. | |
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Stand \Stand\, n. [As. stand. See {Stand}, v. i.] 1. The act of standing. I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into thier several ladings. --Spectator. 2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand. Vice is at stand, and at the highest flow. --Dryden. 3. A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something. I have found you out a stand most fit, Where you may have such vantage on the duke, He shall not pass you. --Shak. 4. A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand. --Dickens. 5. A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course. 6. A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand. 7. A place where a witness stands to testify in court. 8. The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business. [U. S.] 9. Rank; post; station; standing. Father, since your fortune did attain So high a stand, I mean not to descend. --Daniel. 10. A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do. --L'Estrange. 11. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree. 12. (Com.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch. {Microscope stand}, the instrument, excepting the eyepiece, objective, and other removable optical parts. {Stand of ammunition}, the projectile, cartridge, and sabot connected together. {Stand of arms}. (Mil.) See under {Arms}. {Stand of colors} (Mil.), a single color, or flag. --Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.) {To be at a stand}, to be stationary or motionless; to be at a standstill; hence, to be perplexed; to be embarrassed. {To make a stand}, to halt for the purpose of offering resistance to a pursuing enemy. Syn: Stop; halt; rest; interruption; obstruction; perplexity; difficulty; embarrassment; hesitation. | |
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Microscopial \Mi`cro*sco"pi*al\, a. Microscopic. [R.] --Berkeley. | |
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Microscopic \Mi`cro*scop"ic\, Microscopical \Mi`cro*scop"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. microscopique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation. 2. Able to see extremely minute objects. Why has not man a microscopic eye? --Pope. 3. Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a microscopic insect. | |
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Microscopic \Mi`cro*scop"ic\, Microscopical \Mi`cro*scop"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. microscopique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation. 2. Able to see extremely minute objects. Why has not man a microscopic eye? --Pope. 3. Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a microscopic insect. | |
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Microscopically \Mi`cro*scop"ic*al*ly\, adv. By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner. | |
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Microscopist \Mi*cros"co*pist\ (?; 277), n. One skilled in, or given to, microscopy. | |
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Microscopy \Mi*cros"co*py\, n. The use of the microscope; investigation with the microscope. | |
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Microseism \Mi"cro*seism\, n. [Micro- + Gr. [?] an earthquake, fr. [?] to shake.] A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detected only by means of specially constructed apparatus. -- {Mi`cro*seis"mic}, {*seis"mic*al}, a. | |
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Microseism \Mi"cro*seism\, n. [Micro- + Gr. [?] an earthquake, fr. [?] to shake.] A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detected only by means of specially constructed apparatus. -- {Mi`cro*seis"mic}, {*seis"mic*al}, a. | |
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Microseismograph \Mi`cro*seis"mo*graph\, n. [Microseiem + -graph.] A microseismometer; specif., a microseismometer producing a graphic record. | |
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Microseismology \Mi`cro*seis*mol"o*gy\, n. [Microseiem + -logy.] Science or study of microseisms. | |
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Microseismometer \Mi`cro*seis*mom"e*ter\, n. [Microseism + -meter.] A seismometer for measuring amplitudes or periods, or both, of microseisms. -- {Mi`cro*seis*mom"e*try}, n. | |
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Microseismometer \Mi`cro*seis*mom"e*ter\, n. [Microseism + -meter.] A seismometer for measuring amplitudes or periods, or both, of microseisms. -- {Mi`cro*seis*mom"e*try}, n. | |
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Microseme \Mi"cro*seme\, a. [Micro- + Gr. [?] sign, mark: cf. F. micros[8a]me.] (Anat.) Having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbits broad transversely; -- opposed to {megaseme}. | |
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Microspectroscope \Mi`cro*spec"tro*scope\, n. [Micro- + spectroscope.] (Physics) A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of any substance. | |
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Microspore \Mi"cro*spore\, n. [Micro- + spore.] (Bot.) One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain flowerless plants, as {Selaginella} and {Isoetes}, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. {Macrospore}. | |
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Microsporic \Mi`cro*spor"ic\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to microspores. | |
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Microsthene \Mi"cro*sthene\, n. [Micro- + Gr. sqe`nos might, strength.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typical characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the {Insectivora}, {Cheiroptera}, {Rodentia}, and {Edentata}. | |
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Microsthenic \Mi`cro*sthen"ic\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having a typically small size; of or pertaining to the microsthenes. | |
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Microzo94spore \Mi`cro*zo"[94]*spore\, n. [Micro- + zo[94]spore.] (Bot.) A small motile spore furnished with two vibratile cilia, found in certain green alg[91]. | |
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Microzyme \Mi"cro*zyme\, n. [Micro- + Gr. zy`mh leaven.] (Biol.) A micro[94]rganism which is supposed to act like a ferment in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a pathogenic bacterial organism. | |
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Misarcribe \Mis`ar*cribe"\, v. t. To ascribe wrongly. | |
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Miscarriage \Mis*car"riage\, n. 1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination. When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. --Dryden. 2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous. --Rogers. 3. The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth. | |
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Miscarriageable \Mis*car"riage*a*ble\, a. Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. [R.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Mischaracterize \Mis*char"ac*ter*ize\, v. t. To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. --Eton. | |
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Mischarge \Mis*charge"\, v. t. To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n. A mistake in charging. | |
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Mischristen \Mis*chris"ten\, v. t. To christen wrongly. | |
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Miscorrect \Mis`cor*rect"\, v. t. To fail or err in attempting to correct. [bd]Scaliger miscorrects his author.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Misericorde \Mis"er*i*corde"\, n. [F. mis[82]ricorde. See {Misericordia}.] 1. Compassion; pity; mercy. [Obs.] 2. (Anc. Armor.) Same as {Misericordia}, 2. | |
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Misery \Mi"ser*y\, n.; pl. {Miseries}. [OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. mis[8a]re, OF. also, miserie.] 1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. --Chaucer. Destruction and misery are in their ways. --Rom. iii. 16. 2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes. --Shak. 3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.] Syn: Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish; distress; calamity; misfortune. | |
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Misgracious \Mis*gra"cious\, a. Not gracious. [Obs.] | |
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Misraise \Mis*raise"\, v. t. To raise or exite unreasonable. [bd]Misraised fury.[b8] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Misreceive \Mis`re*ceive"\, v. t. To receive wrongly. | |
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Misrecital \Mis`re*cit"al\, n. An inaccurate recital. | |
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Misrecite \Mis`re*cite"\, v. t. & i. To recite erroneously. | |
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Misreckon \Mis*reck"on\, v. t. & i. To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate. --Swift. | |
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Misreckoning \Mis*reck"on*ing\, n. An erroneous computation. | |
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Misrecollect \Mis*rec`ol*lect"\, v. t. & i. To have an erroneous remembrance of; to suppose erroneously that one recollects. --Hitchcock. | |
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Misrecollection \Mis*rec`ol*lec"tion\, n. Erroneous or inaccurate recollection. | |
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Misregard \Mis`re*gard"\, n. Wrong understanding; misconstruction. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Misregulate \Mis*reg"u*late\, v. t. To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to regulate. | |
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Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its resemblance to that grape.] 1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery. 2. The acid fruit or berry of the {Ribes rubrum} or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant. 3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus {Ribes} (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the {Ribes rubrum}. {Black currant},a shrub or bush ({Ribes nigrum} and {R. floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. {Cherry currant}, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry. {Currant borer} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[92]geria tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus supernotatus}). {Currant worm} (Zo[94]l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly ({Nematus ventricosus}), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm ({Eufitchia ribearia}). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly ({Epochra Canadensis}), and a spanworm ({Eupithecia}). {Flowering currant}, {Missouri currant}, a species of {Ribes} ({R. aureum}), having showy yellow flowers. | |
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Misworship \Mis*wor"ship\, v. t. To worship wrongly. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Misworship \Mis*wor"ship\, n. Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. --Bp. Hall. Such hideous jungle of misworships. --Carlyle. | |
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Misworshiper \Mis*wor"ship*er\, n. One who worships wrongly. | |
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Miswrought \Mis*wrought"\, a. Badly wrought. --Bacon. | |
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Mock \Mock\, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator. {Mock bishop's weed} (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs ({Discopleura}) growing in wet places. {Mock heroic}, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic poem. {Mock lead}. See {Blende} ( a ). {Mock nightingale} (Zo[94]l.), the European blackcap. {Mock orange} (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs ({Philadelphus}), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. {P. coronarius}, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. {Mock sun}. See {Parhelion}. {Mock turtle soup}, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup. {Mock velvet}, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See {Mockado}. | |
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Mockery \Mock"er*y\, n.; pl. {Mockeries}. [F. moquerie.] 1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. --Shak. Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like a mockery upon devotion than any solemn application of the mind to God. --Law. And bear about the mockery of woe. --Pope. 2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule. The laughingstock of fortune's mockeries. --Spenser. 3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery. --2 Macc. viii. 17. | |
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Roric \Ro"ric\, a. [L. ros, roris, dew.] Of or pertaining to dew; resembling dew; dewy. {Roric figures} (Physics), figures which appear upon a polished surface, as glass, when objects which have been near to, or in contact with, the surface are removed and the surface breathed upon; -- called also {Moser's images}. | |
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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}. | |
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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}. | |
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Mouse-ear \Mouse"-ear`\, n. (Bot.) (a) The forget-me-not ({Myosotis palustris}) and other species of the same genus. (b) A European species of hawkweed ({Hieracium Pilosella}). {Mouse-ear chickweed}, a name of two common species of chickweed ({Cerastium vulgarium}, and {C. viscosum}). {Mouse-ear cress}, a low cruciferous herb ({Sisymbrium Thaliana}). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name. | |
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Mouse-ear \Mouse"-ear`\, n. (Bot.) (a) The forget-me-not ({Myosotis palustris}) and other species of the same genus. (b) A European species of hawkweed ({Hieracium Pilosella}). {Mouse-ear chickweed}, a name of two common species of chickweed ({Cerastium vulgarium}, and {C. viscosum}). {Mouse-ear cress}, a low cruciferous herb ({Sisymbrium Thaliana}). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name. | |
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Muck rake \Muck rake\ A rake for scraping up muck or dung. See {Muckrake}, v. i., below. | |
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muckrake \muck"rake`\, in the above sense, and the noun muckraker \muck"rak`er\, to designate one so engaged, were speedily coined and obtained wide currency. The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's [bd]Pilgrim's Progress[b8] so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him. Mucoid \Mu"coid\, n. [Mucin + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteid matter. | |
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Muckrake \Muck"rake`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {-raked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-raking}.] To seek for, expose, or charge, esp. habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations. On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on [bd]The Man with the Muck Rake,[b8] in which he deprecated sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men and corporations. The phrase was taken up by the press, and the verb to | |
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muckrake \muck"rake`\, in the above sense, and the noun muckraker \muck"rak`er\, to designate one so engaged, were speedily coined and obtained wide currency. The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's [bd]Pilgrim's Progress[b8] so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him. Mucoid \Mu"coid\, n. [Mucin + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteid matter. | |
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Muckrake \Muck"rake`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {-raked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-raking}.] To seek for, expose, or charge, esp. habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations. On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on [bd]The Man with the Muck Rake,[b8] in which he deprecated sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men and corporations. The phrase was taken up by the press, and the verb to | |
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muckrake \muck"rake`\, in the above sense, and the noun muckraker \muck"rak`er\, to designate one so engaged, were speedily coined and obtained wide currency. The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's [bd]Pilgrim's Progress[b8] so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him. Mucoid \Mu"coid\, n. [Mucin + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteid matter. | |
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Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd. {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.] 1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below). 3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar. 4. (Bot.) (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}). (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); -- called also {musky heron's-bill}. (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth. {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1). {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling that of attar of roses. {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}. {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below). {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil and napu. {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The Muscovy duck. (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}). {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia. {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants: (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of which has a faint musky smell. (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar scent. {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above). {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear. {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a strong musky odor. {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and of a species of {Angelica}. {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms. {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in flavoring. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox. {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}. {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk. {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca, odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also {stinkpot}. | |
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Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd. {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.] 1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below). 3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar. 4. (Bot.) (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}). (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); -- called also {musky heron's-bill}. (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth. {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1). {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling that of attar of roses. {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}. {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below). {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil and napu. {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The Muscovy duck. (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}). {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia. {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants: (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of which has a faint musky smell. (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar scent. {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above). {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear. {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a strong musky odor. {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and of a species of {Angelica}. {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms. {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in flavoring. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox. {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}. {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk. {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca, odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also {stinkpot}. | |
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Mousetail \Mouse"tail`\, n. (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants ({Myosurus}), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the tail of a mouse. | |
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Macks Creek, MO (city, FIPS 45218) Location: 37.96599 N, 92.97198 W Population (1990): 272 (131 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65786 | |
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McGregor, FL (CDP, FIPS 42090) Location: 26.56043 N, 81.91470 W Population (1990): 6504 (3603 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 4.0 sq km (water) McGregor, IA (city, FIPS 48000) Location: 43.02291 N, 91.18073 W Population (1990): 797 (477 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) McGregor, MN (city, FIPS 39014) Location: 46.60827 N, 93.30595 W Population (1990): 376 (187 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) McGregor, TX (city, FIPS 45672) Location: 31.45400 N, 97.37733 W Population (1990): 4683 (1876 housing units) Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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McGregor, FL (CDP, FIPS 42090) Location: 26.56043 N, 81.91470 W Population (1990): 6504 (3603 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 4.0 sq km (water) McGregor, IA (city, FIPS 48000) Location: 43.02291 N, 91.18073 W Population (1990): 797 (477 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) McGregor, MN (city, FIPS 39014) Location: 46.60827 N, 93.30595 W Population (1990): 376 (187 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) McGregor, TX (city, FIPS 45672) Location: 31.45400 N, 97.37733 W Population (1990): 4683 (1876 housing units) Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Missouri City, MO (city, FIPS 48980) Location: 39.23814 N, 94.30090 W Population (1990): 348 (123 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Missouri City, TX (city, FIPS 48804) Location: 29.57230 N, 95.53673 W Population (1990): 36176 (12346 housing units) Area: 60.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77459, 77489 | |
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Mossyrock, WA (city, FIPS 47315) Location: 46.53010 N, 122.48131 W Population (1990): 452 (209 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98564 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
microserf /mi:'kro-s*rf/ [popularized, though not originated, by Douglas Copeland's book "Microserfs"] A programmer at {Microsoft}, especially a low-level coder with little chance of fame or fortune. Compare {MicroDroid}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Microsloth Windows /mi:'kroh-sloth` win'dohz/ n. (Variants combine {Microshift, Macroshaft, Microsuck} with {Windoze, WinDOS}. Hackerism(s) for `Microsoft Windows'. A thirty-two bit extension and graphical shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor which was written by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition. Also just called `Windoze', with the implication that you can fall asleep waiting for it to do anything; the latter term is extremely common on Usenet. See {Black Screen of Death} and {Blue Screen of Death}; compare {X}, {sun-stools}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Microsoft The new {Evil Empire} (the old one was {IBM}). The basic complaints are, as formerly with IBM, that (a) their system designs are horrible botches, (b) we can't get source to fix them, and (c) they throw their weight around a lot. See also {Halloween Documents}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Macro SAP Macro processing modification of SAP. D.E. Eastwood and D.M. McIlroy, unpublished memorandum, Bell Labs 1959. Led to TRAC. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Micro Assembly Language {syntax}, used in the reference below. See also {Mic-1}, {Mac-1}. [Structured Computer Organization, A.S. Tanenbaum, 3rd ed, P-H 1989, Sect 4.4]. (1995-04-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Micro Channel Architecture high-end {PS/2} {personal computers}. Micro Channel is designed for {multiprocessing}. It eliminates potential conflicts that arise when installing new peripheral devices. MCA is *not* compatible with either {EISA} or {XT bus architecture} so older cards cannot be used with it. As with the {ROM} {BIOS} in the first {IBM PCs}, figuring out the Micro Channel's secrets has been an arduous task of {reverse engineering} ever since the PS/2 line was announced. Consequently, the MCA has never become as wide spread as the competing {EISA} standard. (1996-08-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MICRO SAINT A general purpose simulation tool from US company {Micro Analysis and Design}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microcentury One CS professor used to characterise the standard length of his lectures as a microcentury - that is, about 52.6 minutes (see also {attoparsec}, {nanoacre}, and especially {microfortnight}). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microcode set} of a processor as a sequence of microcode instructions ("microinstructions"), each of which typically consists of a (large) number of bit fields and the address of the next microinstruction to execute. Each bit field controls some specific part of the processor's operation, such as a gate which allows some {functional unit} to drive a value onto the {bus} or the operation to be performed by the {ALU}. Several microinstructions will usually be required to fetch, decode and execute each {machine code} instruction ("{macroinstruction}"). The microcode may also be responsible for {polling} for hardware {interrupt}s between each macroinstruction. Writing microcode is known as "microprogramming". Microcode may be classified as "horizontally encoded" or "vertically encoded". Horizontal microcode is as described above where there is a fairly direct correspondence between the bit fields in a microinstruction and the control signals sent to the various parts of the CPU. Not all combinations of bits will be valid (e.g. two units driving the bus at once). Vertical microcode is closer to {machine code} because a bit field value may pass through some intermediate combinatory logic which generates the actual control signals. This allows a few bits of a microinstruction to determine several control signals and ensure that only valid combinations of those signals are generated (e.g. a field may be decoded to determine which unit drives the bus). The disadvantage with vertical encoding is that the encoding is usually fixed and takes extra time compared with horizontal encoding which allows any combination of signals to be generated and takes no time to decode. The alternative to a microcoded processor is a {hard-wired} one where the control signals are generated directly from the bits of the {machine code} instruction. This is more common in modern {RISC} architectures because it is faster. Microcode is usually stored in {ROM} chips though some processors (e.g. the {Orion}) use fast RAM, making them dynamically microprogrammable. (1996-11-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microcom Networking Protocol (MNP) One of the most common {modem} {protocol}s with {compression}. Also the name of a product. [Details? On-line spec?] (1995-01-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microcomputer A computer based on a {microprocessor}. Contrast with {minicomputer}, {mainframe}. (1995-02-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microcontroller circuit} intended to operate as an {embedded} system. As well as a {CPU}, a microcontroller typically includes small amounts of {RAM} and {PROM} and timers and I/O ports. An example is the {Intel 8751}. (1995-04-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MicroGnuEmacs (MG) A {Public Domain} {Emacs}-style editor modified from {MicroEmacs} to be more compatible with {GNU} Emacs. MicroGnuEmacs is essentially free, it is not associated with the GNU project, and does not have the GNU copyright restrictions. It is a small, fast, portable editor for people who can't run real Emacs thing for one reason or another. It has few if any of the MicroEmacs features that were incompatible with GNU Emacs and adds missing features that seemed essential. MG version 1a of 1986-11-16 is known to work with {4.2BSD} and {4.3BSD} {Unix}, {Ultrix-32}, {OS9/68k}, {VMS}, {Amiga}, {System V}, {Eunice}. It should also support {MS-DOS}, {PC-DOS} and the {Rainbow}. MicroGnuEmacs is derived from, and aims to replace, v30 of MicroEmacs, the latest version from the original MicroEmacs author Dave Conroy. The chief contributors were Mike Meyer {(ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/comp.sources.unix/volume8/micrognu)}. (2000-04-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microkernel emphasising small {modules} that implement the basic features of the system {kernel} and can be flexibly configured. (1999-08-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
microsecond (1995-03-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microserf (1995-03-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microslop Corporation}. It refers to the sloppy, {bug}-ridden "x.0" versions of {MS-DOS}, {Microsoft Windows} and other Microsoft products. (1995-12-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsloth Windows "Windoze", /win'dohz/) A derogatory term for {Microsoft Windows} which is so limited by bug-for-bug compatibility with {mess-dos} that it is agonisingly slow on anything less than a fast {486}. Also called just "Windoze", with the implication that you can fall asleep waiting for it to do anything; the latter term is extremely common on {Usenet}. Compare {X}, {sun-stools}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-10-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft {Microsoft Corporation} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Access 1. Windows}. Data is stored as a number of "{tables}", e.g. "Stock". Each table consists of a number of "{records}" (e.g. for different items) and each record contains a number of "{fields}", e.g. "Product code", "Supplier", "Quantity in stock". Access allows the user to create "{forms}" and "reports". A form shows one record in a user-designed format and allows the user to step through records one at a time. A report shows selected records in a user-designed format, possibly grouped into sections with different kinds of total (including sum, minimum, maximum, average). There are also facilities to use links ("{joins}") between tables which share a common field and to filter records according to certain criteria or search for particular field values. Version: 2 (date?). {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.databases.ms-access}. 2. meant to compete with {ProComm} and other programs. It sucked and was dropped. Years later they reused the name for their database. [Date?] (1997-07-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Basic originally developed by {Bill Gates} in a garage back in the {CP/M} days. It was originally known as GWBasic, then QBASIC and finally MS-BASIC. When the {MS-DOS} {operating system} came out, it incorporated the GWBASIC.EXE or BASICA.EXE interpreters. GWBASIC ("Gee Whiz") incorporated graphics and a {screen editor} and was compatible with earlier BASICs. QBASIC was more sophisticated. Version 4.5 had a full screen editor, debugger and compiler. The compiler could also produce executable files but to run these a utility program (BRUN44.EXE) had to be present. Thus {source code} could be kept private. From DOS 5.0 or 6.0 onward, MS-BASIC was standard. Current version: 1.1, also produces {stand-alone} executables and can display graphics. {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.lang.basic.misc}. [Relationship to BASIC in ROM on first IBM PC?] (1995-05-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer software {developer}. Candidates must pass three core exams and an elective exam. The core exams cover {systems analysis}, and {desktop} and {distributed} development. {(http://www.microsoft.com/mcsd)}. (2001-05-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Certified System Engineer {Microsoft}'s system engineer certification exams. {(http://www.microsoft.com/mcse)}. (2002-07-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Certified Systems Developer Developer} or {Microsoft Certified System Engineer}? (2001-05-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Corporation other software for {IBM PC} compatibles. Software products include {MS-DOS}, {Microsoft Windows}, {Windows NT}, {Microsoft Access}, {LAN Manager}, {MS Client}, {SQL Server}, {Open Data Base Connectivity} (ODBC), {MS Mail}, and {SNA Server} for Windows NT. Microsoft was founded as "Micro-soft" in 1975 by {Bill Gates} (now CEO) and his high school pal Paul Allen. Their first product was a version of {BASIC} for the new {Altair} computer [which one?]. In 1980, {IBM} chose Microsoft to supply the {operating system} for the {IBM PC}. On the UK television program "The Net" in May 1994, {Bill Gates} said he was betting his company on the {information highway}". Quarterly sales $1293M, profits $362M (Aug 1994). {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/)}. {(ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/)}. {Interesting Info and Other Microsoft WWW Servers (http://www-drg.microsoft.com/devinfo.htm)}. {Microsoft Windows Developer Information (http://www-drg.microsoft.com/devinfo.htm)}. {Microsoft Research Group Information (http://www.research.microsoft.com)}. {Win_News (http://www.microsoft.com/chicago/ms-www/ms-intro.htm)}. maintained by the Personal Operating Systems Division to distribute information on {Microsoft Windows}, {MS-DOS} and {Windows 95}. (1998-11-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Excel {Microsoft Office} suite of productivity tools for {Microsoft Windows} and {Macintosh}. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Current version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/msexcel/)}. [Feature summary? History?] (1997-01-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Exchange collaboration server. Exchange's primary role is as an {electronic mail} {message store} but it can also store calendars, task lists, contact details, and other data. [Better descripton? URL?] (1999-09-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Extended the industry to create a standard for home computers, similar to {VHS} did with home video. The basic MSX machine contained a {Z80} {CPU} working at 3.58MHz. MSX machines were produced by such giants as {Sony}, {Yamaha}, {Panasonic}, {Toshiba}, {Daewoo}, and {Philips}. The MSX standard was designed by a company called ASCII in cooperation with {Microsoft} who provided a {firmware} version of its {BASIC} for the machine. Because this BASIC version was an extended version of {MicroSoft Basic}, it was called "MicroSoft eXtended BASIC"; Hence "MSX". Microsoft also produced MSX-DOS - a stripped-down version of {MS-DOS}. Extensions to the MSX included MSX2, MSX2+ and TurboR. {FAQ (http://www.faq.msxnet.org/)}. (1999-02-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Foundation Classes base {classes} which can respond to messages, make windows, and from which application specific classes can be derived. (1995-11-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft IIS {Internet Information Server} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer {(http://microsoft.com/presspass/features/1999/04-19mouse.htm)}. (1999-07-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Internet Information Server {Internet Information Server} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Mail mail} program. [Features? Version?] (1996-08-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Mail Application Program Interface {Messaging Application Programming Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Network {The Microsoft Network} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Networking of {Windows 95} and later. Not to be confused with {The Microsoft Network}. Microsoft networking uses the {SMB} file sharing protocol. It is implemented as file system drivers i.e. "{installable file systems}" (IFS). The {network redirector} "Client for Microsoft Networks", is implemented in the VREDIR.VXD {virtual device driver}. {Peer} resource sharing is provided by "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" (VSERVER.VXD). Windows 95's support for {Netware} ({NCP}) networks is provided in a similar way via NWREDIR.VXD and NWSERVER.VXD. (1999-08-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Office Different versions contain some or all of {Microsoft Word}, {Microsoft Excel}, {Powerpoint}, {Outlook}, {Microsoft Access}, {Microsoft Publisher}, {Microsoft Front Page}, {Microsoft Team Manager}, {Microsoft Project}, {Microsoft Schedule+}, {Microsoft Internet Explorer}, {Small Business Financial Manager}, {Automap Streets Plus}. Current versions: Office 97 Professional Edition, Office 97 Standard Edition, Office 97 Small Business Edition, Office 97 Developer Edition (1997-12-05). {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/office)}. (1997-12-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Point to Point Encryption with {PPTP} to provide an encrypted connection. (1998-09-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Project {project management} tools. {(http://www.microsoft.com/office/project/)}. (2003-07-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft SQL Server which is part of {Microsoft}'s {BackOffice} family of {servers}. SQL Server was designed for {client/server} use and is accessed by applications using {SQL}. It runs on {Windows NT} version 3.5 or higher and is compliant with the {ANSI} {SQL-92} and {FIPS} 127-2 {SQL} {standards}. SQL Server supports {symmetric multiprocessing} hardware; {SNMP}, {ODBC}, and major {open standard} communications {protocols}. It has {Internet} integration, data {replication}, and {data warehousing} features. Microsoft SQL Server was originally developed by {Sybase Corporation} but the cooperation was broken sometime [when?] before version 6.0. Latest version: 7.0. [Or is it 2000?] {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/sql)}. {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.databases.ms-sqlserver}. (2001-04-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Windows and {user interface} software released in 1985 to run on top of {MS-DOS}. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "{Windoze}", "{Microsloth Windows}") on the machines available then. The 1996 market share of operating systems was: DOS/Windows 70% Windows 95 15% Windows NT 2% Other 13% [Current shares?] The version history goes something like: 1985 {Windows 1}, 1987 {Windows 2}, 1987 {Windows/386}, 1990 {Windows 3.0}, 1992 {Windows 3.1}, 1992 {Windows for Workgroups 3.1}, 1993 {Windows 3.11}, 1993 {Windows for Workgroups 3.11}, 1993 {Windows NT 3.1}, 1994 {Windows NT 3.5}, 1995 {Windows 95}, 199? {Windows NT 4}, 1998 {Windows 98}, ? {Windows NT 5}. {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:comp.os.ms-windows.comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.comp.os.ms-windows.announce}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.comm}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.compatibility.win95}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.financial}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.misc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win3x}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.utilities.win95}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.mail}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.misc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.winsock.news}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.apps.word-proc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.misc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.ras}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.win95}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.networking.windows}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.announce}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.pre-release}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.misc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.backoffice}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.compatibility}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software.services}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.pre-release}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.controls}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.graphics}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.memory}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.multimedia}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.networks}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.nt.kernel-mode}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.ole}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.misc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.owl}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.winsock}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.vxd}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.winhelp}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.setup}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win3x}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.video}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc}, {news:comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup}, {news:comp.binaries.ms-windows}. (1998-10-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Microsoft Word {Microsoft Office} suite. The original Word (versions 1.0 to 4.?/5.0?) was originally {text-based} (non-{GUI}) and ran under {MS-DOS}. Then Microsoft released {Word for Windows} 1.0 and 2.0. Later they produced new versions for each OS, both numbered 6.0. {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/catalog/products/word/)}. [Features?] (1997-02-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MicroStation {MS-DOS}, {Microsoft Windows}, {Macintosh}, and {Unix} {workstations} from {Bentley Systems, Inc.} Created in 1984, MicroStation is a high-end package used worldwide in environments where many designers work on large, complex projects. MicroStation Modeler is a superset of MicroStation that provides {solid modelling}, and MasterPiece is MicroStation's {rendering} and {animation} program. (2001-04-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
mouse arrest of conduct. "Sorry I couldn't get back to you. {AOL} put me under mouse arrest." (1997-03-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MX Record {Mail Exchange Record} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Machaerus the Black Fortress, was built by Herod the Great in the gorge of Callirhoe, one of the wadies 9 miles east of the Dead Sea, as a frontier rampart against Arab marauders. John the Baptist was probably cast into the prison connected with this castle by Herod Antipas, whom he had reproved for his adulterous marriage with Herodias. Here Herod "made a supper" on his birthday. He was at this time marching against Aretas, king of Perea, to whose daughter he had been married. During the revelry of the banquet held in the border fortress, to please Salome, who danced before him, he sent an executioner, who beheaded John, and "brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel" (Mark 6:14-29). This castle stood "starkly bold and clear" 3,860 feet above the Dead Sea, and 2,546 above the Mediterranean. Its ruins, now called M'khaur, are still visible on the northern end of Jebel Attarus. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Masrekah vineyard of noble vines, a place in Idumea, the native place of Samlah, one of the Edomitish kings (Gen. 36:36; 1 Chr. 1:47). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Me-jarkon waters of yellowness, or clear waters, a river in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:46). It has been identified with the river 'Aujeh, which rises at Antipatris. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Masrekah, whistling; hissing | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Mejarkon, the waters of Jordan |