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Kava \Ka"va\, n. [Polynesian.] (Bot.) A species of {Macropiper} ({M. methysticum}), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. [Written also {kawa}, {kava}, and {ava}.] | |
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d8Musa \[d8]Mu"sa\, n.; pl. {Mus[91]}. [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza, banana.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana ({Musa sapientum}), the plantain ({M. paradisiaca} of Linn[91]us, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian ({M. Ensete}), the Philippine Island ({M. textilis}, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of {Banana} and {Plantain}. | |
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Mad \Mad\, a. [Compar. {Madder}; superl. {Maddest}.] [AS. gem[?]d, gem[be]d, mad; akin to OS. gem[?]d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei[?]a to hurt, Goth. gam[a0]ids weak, broken. [?].] 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad. --Shak. 2. Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform. It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. --Jer. 1. 88. And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. --Acts xxvi. 11. 3. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. [bd]Mad demeanor.[b8] --Milton. Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. --Franklin. The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. --Jowett (Thucyd.). 4. Extravagant; immoderate. [bd]Be mad and merry.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Fetching mad bounds.[b8] --Shak. 5. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog. 6. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [Colloq.] 7. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [Colloq.] {Like mad}, like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. --L'Estrange. {To run mad}. (a) To become wild with excitement. (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. {To run mad after}, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. [bd]The world is running mad after farce.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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d8Madia \[d8]Ma"di*a\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. madi, fr. Chilian madi, the native name.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species ({Madia sativa}) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table. | |
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Mahdism \Mah"dism\, n. Belief in the coming of the Mahdi; fanatical devotion to the cause of the Mahdi or a pretender to that title. -- {Mah"dist}, n. Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed. --E. N. Bennett. | |
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Match \Match\, n. [OE. macche, F. m[8a]che, F. m[8a]che, fr. L. myxa a lamp nozzle, Gr. [?] mucus, nostril, a lamp nozzle. Cf. {Mucus}.] Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium. {Match box}, a box for holding matches. {Match tub}, a tub with a perforated cover for holding slow matches for firing cannon, esp. on board ship. The tub contains a little water in the bottom, for extinguishing sparks from the lighted matches. {Quick match}, threads of cotton or cotton wick soaked in a solution of gunpowder mixed with gum arabic and boiling water and afterwards strewed over with mealed powder. It burns at the rate of one yard in thirteen seconds, and is used as priming for heavy mortars, fireworks, etc. {Slow match}, slightly twisted hempen rope soaked in a solution of limewater and saltpeter or washed in a lye of water and wood ashes. It burns at the rate of four or five inches an hour, and is used for firing cannon, fireworks, etc. | |
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Match \Match\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Matching}.] 1. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal. No settled senses of the world can match The pleasure of that madness. --Shak. 2. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal. No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his conduct. --South. 3. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against. Eternal might To match with their inventions they presumed So easy, and of his thunder made a scorn. --Milton. 4. To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth. [bd]Matching of patterns and colors.[b8] --Swift. 5. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another). Let poets match their subject to their strength. --Roscommon. 6. To marry; to give in marriage. A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched his daughter with a king. --Addison. 7. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards. {Matching machine}, a planing machine for forming a tongue or a groove on the edge of a board. | |
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Timothy \Tim"o*thy\, n., [or] Timothy grass \Tim"o*thy grass`\ [From Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.] (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Phleum pratense}) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also {herd's grass}, in England, {cat's-tail grass}, and {meadow cat's-tail grass}. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Meadowsweet \Mead"ow*sweet`\, Meadowwort \Mead"ow*wort`\, n. (Bot.) The name of several plants of the genus {Spir[91]a}, especially the white- or pink-flowered {S. salicifolia}, a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous {S. Ulmaria}, which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes. | |
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Mediastinal \Me`di*as*ti"nal\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a mediastinum. | |
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Mediastine \Me`di*as"tine\, d8Mediastinum \[d8]Me`di*as*ti"num\, n. [NL. mediastinum, fr. L. medius middle; cf. mediastinus helper, a menial servant, LL. mediastinus equiv. to medius: cf F. m[82]diastin.] (Anat.) A partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax into a right and left cavity. The space included between these folds of the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels. | |
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Medicate \Med"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Medicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Medicating}.] [L. medicatus, p. p. of medicare, medicari. See {Medicable}.] 1. To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug. [bd]Medicated waters.[b8] --Arbuthnot. 2. To treat with medicine. | |
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Medicate \Med"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Medicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Medicating}.] [L. medicatus, p. p. of medicare, medicari. See {Medicable}.] 1. To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug. [bd]Medicated waters.[b8] --Arbuthnot. 2. To treat with medicine. | |
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Medicate \Med"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Medicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Medicating}.] [L. medicatus, p. p. of medicare, medicari. See {Medicable}.] 1. To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug. [bd]Medicated waters.[b8] --Arbuthnot. 2. To treat with medicine. | |
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Medication \Med`i*ca"tion\, [L. medicatio: cf. F. m[82]dication.] The act or process of medicating. | |
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Medicative \Med"i*ca*tive\, a. Medicinal; acting like a medicine. | |
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Mediostapedial \Me`di*o*sta*pe"di*al\, a. [L. medius middle + E. stapedial.] (Anat.) Pertaining to that part of the columella of the ear which, in some animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of the columella. -- n. The mediostapedial part of the columella. | |
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Medjidie \Me*dji"di*e\, Medjidieh \Me*dji"di*eh\, n. [Turk. maj[c6]dieh (prop. fem. a., fr. Ar. mej[c6]d glorious); -- so called after the sultan Abdul Mejid, lit., [bd]servant of the Glorious One,[b8] i.e., of God.] 1. (a) A silver coin of Turkey formerly rated at twenty, but since 1880 at nineteen, piasters (about 83 cents). (b) A gold coin of Turkey equal to one hundred piastres ($4.396 or 18s. [frac34]d.); a lira, or Turkish pound. 2. A Turkish honorary order established in 1851 by Abdul-Mejid, having as its badge a medallion surrounded by seven silver rays and crescents. It is often conferred on foreigners. | |
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Medjidie \Me*dji"di*e\, Medjidieh \Me*dji"di*eh\, n. [Turk. maj[c6]dieh (prop. fem. a., fr. Ar. mej[c6]d glorious); -- so called after the sultan Abdul Mejid, lit., [bd]servant of the Glorious One,[b8] i.e., of God.] 1. (a) A silver coin of Turkey formerly rated at twenty, but since 1880 at nineteen, piasters (about 83 cents). (b) A gold coin of Turkey equal to one hundred piastres ($4.396 or 18s. [frac34]d.); a lira, or Turkish pound. 2. A Turkish honorary order established in 1851 by Abdul-Mejid, having as its badge a medallion surrounded by seven silver rays and crescents. It is often conferred on foreigners. | |
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Medusoid \Me*du"soid\, a. [Medusa + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids. -- n. A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under {Gonosome}. | |
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Metacetone \Me*tac"e*tone\, n. [Pref. met- + acetone.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, {C6H10O}, obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone. | |
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Metastannate \Met`a*stan"nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of metastannic acid. | |
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Metastannic \Met`a*stan"nic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a compound of tin (metastannic acid), obtained, as an isomeric modification of stannic acid, in the form of a white amorphous substance. | |
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Metastasis \Me*tas"ta*sis\, n.; pl. {Metastases}. [L., transition, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to place in another way; [?] after + [?] to place.] 1. (Theol.) A spiritual change, as during baptism. 2. (Med.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another. --Dunglison. 3. (Physiol.) The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism. | |
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Metastasis \Me*tas"ta*sis\, n.; pl. {Metastases}. [L., transition, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to place in another way; [?] after + [?] to place.] 1. (Theol.) A spiritual change, as during baptism. 2. (Med.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another. --Dunglison. 3. (Physiol.) The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism. | |
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Metastatic \Met`a*stat"ic\, a. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth. | |
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Metasternal \Met`a*ster"nal\, a. Of or pertaining to the metasternum. | |
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d8Xiphisternum \[d8]Xiph"i*ster"num\, n.; pl. {Xiphisterna}. [NL., fr. Gr. xi`fos a sword + sternum.] (Anat.) (a) The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called {metasternum}, {ensiform cartilage}, {ensiform process}, or {xiphoid process}. (b) The xiphiplastron. -- {Xiph"i*ster"nal}a. | |
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d8Metastoma \[d8]Me*tas"to*ma\, Metastome \Met"a*stome\, n. [NL. metastoma, from Gr. meta` behind + sto`ma mouth.] (Zo[94]l.) A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods. | |
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Methinks \Me*thinks"\, v. impers. [imp. {Methought}.] [AS. [thorn]yncan to seem, m[emac] [thorn]ynce[edh], m[emac] [thorn][umac]hte, OE. me thinketh, me thoughte; akin to G. d[81]nken to seem, denken to think, and E. think. See {Me}, and {Think}.] It seems to me; I think. See {Me}. [R., except in poetry.] In all ages poets have been had in special reputation, and, methinks, not without great cause. --Spenser. | |
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Methought \Me*thought"\, imp. of {Methinks}. | |
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Methysticin \Me*thys"ti*cin\, n. (Chem.) A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the thick rootstock of a species of pepper ({Piper methysticum}) of the South Sea Islands; -- called also {kanakin}. | |
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Middest \Mid"dest\, a.; superl. of {Mid}. [See {Midst}.] Situated most nearly in the middle; middlemost; midmost. [Obs.] [bd] 'Mongst the middest crowd.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Middest \Mid"dest\, n. Midst; middle. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Midget \Midg"et\, n. [Dim. of midge.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A minute bloodsucking fly. [Local, U. S.] 2. A very diminutive person. | |
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Midgut \Mid"gut`\, n. [Mid, a. + gut.] (Anat.) The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach, or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine. | |
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Midst \Midst\, prep. In the midst of; amidst. --Shak. | |
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Midst \Midst\, adv. In the middle. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Midst \Midst\, n. [From middest, in the middest, for older in middes, where -s is adverbial (orig. forming a genitive), or still older a midde, a midden, on midden. See {Mid}, and cf. {Amidst}.] 1. The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him. --Luke iv. 35. There is nothing . . . in the midst [of the play] which might not have been placed in the beginning. --Dryden. 2. Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in the midst of secular affairs. Note: The expressions in our midst, in their midst, etc., are avoided by some good writers, the forms in the midst of us, in the midst of them, etc., being preferred. Syn: {Midst}, {Middle}. Usage: Midst in present usage commonly denotes a part or place surrounded on enveloped by or among other parts or objects (see {Amidst}); while middle is used of the center of length, or surface, or of a solid, etc. We say in the midst of a thicket; in the middle of a line, or the middle of a room; in the midst of darkness; in the middle of the night. | |
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Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mitigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mitigating}.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do, drive.] 1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief. 2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons. [Obs.] This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions. --Burke. Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See {Alleviate}. | |
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Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mitigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mitigating}.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do, drive.] 1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief. 2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons. [Obs.] This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions. --Burke. Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See {Alleviate}. | |
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Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mitigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mitigating}.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do, drive.] 1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief. 2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons. [Obs.] This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions. --Burke. Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See {Alleviate}. | |
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Mitigation \Mit`i*ga"tion\, n. [OE. mitigacioun, F. mitigation, fr. L. mitigatio.] The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty. Syn: Alleviation; abatement; relief. | |
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Mitigative \Mit"i*ga*tive\, a. [L. mitigativus: cf. F. mitigatif.] Tending to mitigate; alleviating. | |
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Mitigator \Mit"i*ga`tor\, n. One who, or that which, mitigates. | |
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Mitigatory \Mit"i*ga*to*ry\, a. Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative. | |
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Modest \Mod"est\, a. [F. modeste, L. modestus, fr. modus measure. See {Mode}.] 1. Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man. 2. Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman. Mrs. Ford, the honest woman, the modest wife. --Shak. The blushing beauties of a modest maid. --Dryden. 3. Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy. Syn: Reserved; unobtrusive; diffident; bashful; coy; shy; decent; becoming; chaste; virtuous. | |
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Modestly \Mod"est*ly\, adv. In a modest manner. | |
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Modesty \Mod"es*ty\, n. [L. modestia: cf. F. modestie. See {Modest}.] 1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit. 2. Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action. Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty. --Shak. {Modesty piece}, a narrow piece of lace worn by women over the bosom. [Obs.] --Addison. Syn: Bashfulness; humility; diffidence; shyness. See {Bashfulness}, and {Humility}. | |
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Modesty \Mod"es*ty\, n. [L. modestia: cf. F. modestie. See {Modest}.] 1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit. 2. Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action. Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty. --Shak. {Modesty piece}, a narrow piece of lace worn by women over the bosom. [Obs.] --Addison. Syn: Bashfulness; humility; diffidence; shyness. See {Bashfulness}, and {Humility}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Modicity \Mo*dic"i*ty\, n. [LL. modicitas; cf. F. modicit[82].] Moderateness; smallness; meanness. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Modist \Mod"ist\, n. One who follows the fashion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moody \Mood"y\, a. [Compar. {Moodier}; superl. {Moodiest}.] [AS. m[d3]dig courageous.] 1. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed. 2. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy. [bd]Every peevish, moody malcontent.[b8] --Rowe. Arouse thee from thy moody dream! --Sir W. Scott. Syn: Gloomy; pensive; sad; fretful; capricious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mud \Mud\, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. {Mud bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum pomotis}) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. {Mud bath}, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. {Mud boat}, a large flatboat used in deredging. {Mud cat}. See {Catfish}. {Mud crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus {Panopeus}. {Mud dab} (Zo[94]l.), the winter flounder. See {Flounder}, and {Dab}. {Mud dauber} (Zo[94]l.), a mud wasp. {Mud devil} (Zo[94]l.), the fellbender. {Mud drum} (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. {Mud eel} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See {Siren}. {Mud frog} (Zo[94]l.), a European frog ({Pelobates fuscus}). {Mud hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American coot ({Fulica Americana}). (b) The clapper rail. {Mud lark}, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] {Mud minnow} (Zo[94]l.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus {Umbra}, as {U. limi}. The genus is allied to the pickerels. {Mud plug}, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. {Mud puppy} (Zo[94]l.), the menobranchus. {Mud scow}, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] {Mud turtle}, {Mud tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. {Mud wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to {Pep[91]us}, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also {mud dauber}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bashaw \Ba*shaw"\, n. [See {Pasha}.] 1. A Turkish title of honor, now written {pasha}. See {Pasha}. 2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A very large siluroid fish ({Leptops olivaris}) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called {goujon}, {mud cat}, and {yellow cat}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mud \Mud\, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. {Mud bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum pomotis}) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. {Mud bath}, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. {Mud boat}, a large flatboat used in deredging. {Mud cat}. See {Catfish}. {Mud crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus {Panopeus}. {Mud dab} (Zo[94]l.), the winter flounder. See {Flounder}, and {Dab}. {Mud dauber} (Zo[94]l.), a mud wasp. {Mud devil} (Zo[94]l.), the fellbender. {Mud drum} (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. {Mud eel} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See {Siren}. {Mud frog} (Zo[94]l.), a European frog ({Pelobates fuscus}). {Mud hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American coot ({Fulica Americana}). (b) The clapper rail. {Mud lark}, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] {Mud minnow} (Zo[94]l.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus {Umbra}, as {U. limi}. The genus is allied to the pickerels. {Mud plug}, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. {Mud puppy} (Zo[94]l.), the menobranchus. {Mud scow}, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] {Mud turtle}, {Mud tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. {Mud wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to {Pep[91]us}, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also {mud dauber}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bashaw \Ba*shaw"\, n. [See {Pasha}.] 1. A Turkish title of honor, now written {pasha}. See {Pasha}. 2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A very large siluroid fish ({Leptops olivaris}) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called {goujon}, {mud cat}, and {yellow cat}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shad \Shad\ (sh[acr]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species ({Clupea sapidissima}), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose ({C. alosa}), and the twaite shad. ({C. finta}), are less important species. [Written also {chad}.] Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}), called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter shad}. {Hardboaded}, [or] {Yellow-tailed}, {shad}, the menhaden. {Hickory}, [or] {Tailor}, {shad}, the mattowacca. {Long-boned shad}, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus {Gerres}. {Shad bush} (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier} ({A. Canadensis}, and {A. alnifolia}) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called {service tree}, and {Juneberry}. {Shad frog}, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. {Trout shad}, the squeteague. {White shad}, the common shad. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muddy \Mud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Muddier}; superl. {Muddiest}.] 1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots. 2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water. 3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure. This muddy vesture of decay. --Shak. 4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. Cold hearts and muddy understandings. --Burke. Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. --Shak. 5. Not clear or bright. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Solitaire \Sol`i*taire"\, n. [F. See {Solitary}.] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. --Pope. 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists. --Mrs. R. H. Davis. 3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by [bd]jumping,[b8] as in draughts. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large extinct bird ({Pezophaps solitaria}) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also {solitary}. (b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus {Myadestes}. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also {fly-catching thrush}. A West Indian species ({Myadestes sibilans}) is called the {invisible bird}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Invisible \In*vis"i*ble\, a. [F. invisible, L. invisibilis. See {In-} not, and {Visible}.] Incapable of being seen; not perceptible by vision; not visible. To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works. --Milton. {Invisible bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small, shy singing bird ({Myadestes sibilons}), of St. Vincent Islands. {Invisible green}, a very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myth \Myth\, n. [Written also {mythe}.] [Gr. my^qos myth, fable, tale, talk, speech: cf. F. mythe.] 1. A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient legend of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical. 2. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable. As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths these twenty years. --Ld. Lytton. {Myth history}, history made of, or mixed with, myths. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mathiston, MS (town, FIPS 45720) Location: 33.53966 N, 89.12827 W Population (1990): 818 (346 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39752 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Midway City, CA Zip code(s): 92655 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Midwest, WY (town, FIPS 52445) Location: 43.41132 N, 106.27753 W Population (1990): 495 (252 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 82643 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Midwest City, OK (city, FIPS 48350) Location: 35.46260 N, 97.36938 W Population (1990): 52267 (22846 housing units) Area: 63.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73110, 73130 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Modesto, CA (city, FIPS 48354) Location: 37.65980 N, 120.99392 W Population (1990): 164730 (60878 housing units) Area: 78.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95350, 95351, 95354, 95355, 95356 Modesto, IL (village, FIPS 49802) Location: 39.47907 N, 89.98019 W Population (1990): 240 (115 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62667 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Mathcad A {symbolic mathematics} environment. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Media Gateway Control Protocol {Voice over IP} system. MGCP is an {IETF} work in progress, it superseded {SGCP}. MGCP is an internal protocol used within a {distributed} system that appears to the outside world as a single VoIP {gateway}. This system is composed of a {Call Agent}, and a set of gateways, including at least one "media gateway" that performs the conversion of media signals between {circuits} and {packets}, and at least one "signalling gateway" when connected to an {SS7} controlled network. {IETF MGCP draft (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-huitema-megaco-mgcp-v0r1-05.txt)}. (1999-03-17) |