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Machine \Ma*chine"\, n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. [?], from [?] means, expedient. Cf. {Mechanic}.] 1. In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine. Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to such pieces of mechanism as are used in the industrial arts, for mechanically shaping, dressing, and combining materials for various purposes, as in the manufacture of cloth, etc. Where the effect is chemical, or other than mechanical, the contrivance is usually denominated an apparatus, not a machine; as, a bleaching apparatus. Many large, powerful, or specially important pieces of mechanism are called engines; as, a steam engine, fire engine, graduating engine, etc. Although there is no well-settled distinction between the terms engine and machine among practical men, there is a tendency to restrict the application of the former to contrivances in which the operating part is not distinct from the motor. 2. Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle. --Dryden. --Southey. --Thackeray. 3. A person who acts mechanically or at will of another. 4. A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine. The whole machine of government ought not to bear upon the people with a weight so heavy and oppressive. --Landor. 5. A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. [Political Cant] 6. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. --Addison. {Elementary machine}, a name sometimes given to one of the simple mechanical powers. See under {Mechanical}. {Infernal machine}. See under {Infernal}. {Machine gun}.See under {Gun.} {Machine screw}, a screw or bolt adapted for screwing into metal, in distinction from one which is designed especially to be screwed into wood. {Machine shop}, a workshop where machines are made, or where metal is shaped by cutting, filing, turning, etc. {Machine tool}, a machine for cutting or shaping wood, metal, etc., by means of a tool; especially, a machine, as a lathe, planer, drilling machine, etc., designed for a more or less general use in a machine shop, in distinction from a machine for producing a special article as in manufacturing. {Machine twist}, silken thread especially adapted for use in a sewing machine. {Machine work}, work done by a machine, in contradistinction to that done by hand labor. | |
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Machine \Ma*chine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Machined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Machining}.] To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine. | |
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Molding \Mold"ing\, Moulding \Mould"ing\, p.a. Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern. {Molding, [or] Moulding}, {board}. (a) See {Follow board}, under {Follow}, v. t. (b) A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped. {Molding, [or] Moulding}, {machine}. (a) (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. ( b ) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. {Molding, [or] Moulding}, {mill}, a mill for shaping timber. {Molding, [or] Moulding}, {sand} (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds. | |
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Electric \E*lec"tric\, Electrical \E*lec"tric*al\, a. [L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] the beaming sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. [82]lectrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.] 1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark. 2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance. 3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. [bd]Electric Pindar.[b8] --Mrs. Browning. {Electric atmosphere}, [or] {Electric aura}. See under {Aura}. {Electrical battery}. See {Battery}. {Electrical brush}. See under {Brush}. {Electric cable}. See {Telegraph cable}, under {Telegraph}. {Electric candle}. See under {Candle}. {Electric cat} (Zo[94]l.), one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus {Malapterurus} (esp. {M. electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also {sheathfish}. {Electric clock}. See under {Clock}, and see {Electro-chronograph}. {Electric current}, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state. {Electric, [or] Electrical}, {eel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus {Gymnotus} ({G. electricus}), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See {Gymnotus}. {Electrical fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo, the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See {Torpedo}, and {Gymnotus}. {Electric fluid}, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning. {Electrical image} (Elec.), a collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson. {Electrical light}, the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under {Carbon}. {Electric, [or] Electrical}, {machine}, an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction. {Electric motor}. See {Electro-motor}, 2. {Electric osmose}. (Physics) See under {Osmose}. {Electric pen}, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle. {Electric railway}, a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current. {Electric ray} (Zo[94]l.), the torpedo. {Electric telegraph}. See {Telegraph}. | |
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Machine \Ma*chine"\, n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. [?], from [?] means, expedient. Cf. {Mechanic}.] 1. In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine. Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to such pieces of mechanism as are used in the industrial arts, for mechanically shaping, dressing, and combining materials for various purposes, as in the manufacture of cloth, etc. Where the effect is chemical, or other than mechanical, the contrivance is usually denominated an apparatus, not a machine; as, a bleaching apparatus. Many large, powerful, or specially important pieces of mechanism are called engines; as, a steam engine, fire engine, graduating engine, etc. Although there is no well-settled distinction between the terms engine and machine among practical men, there is a tendency to restrict the application of the former to contrivances in which the operating part is not distinct from the motor. 2. Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle. --Dryden. --Southey. --Thackeray. 3. A person who acts mechanically or at will of another. 4. A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine. The whole machine of government ought not to bear upon the people with a weight so heavy and oppressive. --Landor. 5. A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. [Political Cant] 6. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. --Addison. {Elementary machine}, a name sometimes given to one of the simple mechanical powers. See under {Mechanical}. {Infernal machine}. See under {Infernal}. {Machine gun}.See under {Gun.} {Machine screw}, a screw or bolt adapted for screwing into metal, in distinction from one which is designed especially to be screwed into wood. {Machine shop}, a workshop where machines are made, or where metal is shaped by cutting, filing, turning, etc. {Machine tool}, a machine for cutting or shaping wood, metal, etc., by means of a tool; especially, a machine, as a lathe, planer, drilling machine, etc., designed for a more or less general use in a machine shop, in distinction from a machine for producing a special article as in manufacturing. {Machine twist}, silken thread especially adapted for use in a sewing machine. {Machine work}, work done by a machine, in contradistinction to that done by hand labor. | |
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Machine \Ma*chine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Machined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Machining}.] To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine. | |
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Molding \Mold"ing\, Moulding \Mould"ing\, p.a. Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern. {Molding, [or] Moulding}, {board}. (a) See {Follow board}, under {Follow}, v. t. (b) A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped. {Molding, [or] Moulding}, {machine}. (a) (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. ( b ) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. {Molding, [or] Moulding}, {mill}, a mill for shaping timber. {Molding, [or] Moulding}, {sand} (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds. | |
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Electric \E*lec"tric\, Electrical \E*lec"tric*al\, a. [L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] the beaming sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. [82]lectrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.] 1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark. 2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance. 3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. [bd]Electric Pindar.[b8] --Mrs. Browning. {Electric atmosphere}, [or] {Electric aura}. See under {Aura}. {Electrical battery}. See {Battery}. {Electrical brush}. See under {Brush}. {Electric cable}. See {Telegraph cable}, under {Telegraph}. {Electric candle}. See under {Candle}. {Electric cat} (Zo[94]l.), one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus {Malapterurus} (esp. {M. electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also {sheathfish}. {Electric clock}. See under {Clock}, and see {Electro-chronograph}. {Electric current}, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state. {Electric, [or] Electrical}, {eel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus {Gymnotus} ({G. electricus}), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See {Gymnotus}. {Electrical fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo, the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See {Torpedo}, and {Gymnotus}. {Electric fluid}, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning. {Electrical image} (Elec.), a collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson. {Electrical light}, the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under {Carbon}. {Electric, [or] Electrical}, {machine}, an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction. {Electric motor}. See {Electro-motor}, 2. {Electric osmose}. (Physics) See under {Osmose}. {Electric pen}, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle. {Electric railway}, a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current. {Electric ray} (Zo[94]l.), the torpedo. {Electric telegraph}. See {Telegraph}. | |
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Mackinaw blanket \Mack"i*naw blan"ket\, Mackinaw \Mack"i*naw\ [From Mackinac, the State of Michigan, where blankets and other stores were distributed to the Indians.] A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States. | |
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Magian \Ma"gi*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Magi. | |
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Magian \Ma"gi*an\, n. One of the Magi, or priests of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia; an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion. -- {Ma"gi*an*ism}, n. | |
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Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, n. [From the South American name.] 1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus {Swietenia} ({S. Mahogoni}), found in tropical America. Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany ({Khaya Senegalensis}), Australian mahogany ({Eucalyptus marginatus}), Bastard mahogany ({Batonia apetala} of the West Indies), Indian mahogany ({Cedrela Toona} of Bengal, and trees of the genera {Soymida} and {Chukrassia}), Madeira mahogany ({Persea Indica}), Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch ({Betula lenta}), also the several species of {Cercocarpus} of California and the Rocky Mountains. 2. The wood of the {Swietenia Mahogoni}. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture. 3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.] {To be under the mahogany}, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table. [Eng.] {To put one's legs under some one's mahogany}, to dine with him. [Slang] | |
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d8Madjoun \[d8]Mad"joun\, n. [Hind., fr. Ar. ma'j[?]n.] An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos. [Written also {majoun}.] | |
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Majoun \Maj"oun\, n. See {Madjoun}. | |
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d8Madjoun \[d8]Mad"joun\, n. [Hind., fr. Ar. ma'j[?]n.] An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos. [Written also {majoun}.] | |
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Majoun \Maj"oun\, n. See {Madjoun}. | |
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Mason \Ma"son\, n. [F. ma[?]on, LL. macio, machio, mattio, mactio, marcio, macerio; of uncertain origin.] 1. One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes. 2. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See {Freemason}. {Mason bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of solitary bees of the genus {Osmia}. They construct curious nests of hardened mud and sand. {Mason moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth whose larva constructs an earthen cocoon under the soil. {Mason shell} (Zo[94]l.), a marine univalve shell of the genus {Phorus}; -- so called because it cements other shells and pebbles upon its own shell; a carrier shell. {Mason wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any wasp that constructs its nest, or brood cells, of hardened mud. The female fills the cells with insects or spiders, paralyzed by a sting, and thus provides food for its larv[91] | |
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Mason \Ma"son\, v. t. To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler. | |
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Maukin \Mau"kin\, n. 1. See {Malkin}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A hare. [Scot.] | |
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Malkin \Mal"kin\, n. [Dim. of Maud, the proper name. Cf. {Grimalkin}.] [Written also {maukin}.] 1. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern. --Chaucer. 2. A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant. 3. A scarecrow. [Prov. Eng.] 4. (Mil.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon. | |
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Maukin \Mau"kin\, n. 1. See {Malkin}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A hare. [Scot.] | |
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Malkin \Mal"kin\, n. [Dim. of Maud, the proper name. Cf. {Grimalkin}.] [Written also {maukin}.] 1. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern. --Chaucer. 2. A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant. 3. A scarecrow. [Prov. Eng.] 4. (Mil.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon. | |
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Mawkin \Maw"kin\, n. See {Malkin}, and {Maukin}. | |
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Maxim \Max"im\, n. [F. maxime, L. maxima (sc. sententia), the greatest sentence, proposition, or axiom, i. e., of the greatest weight or authority, fem. fr. maximus greatest, superl. of magnus great. See {Magnitude}, and cf. {Maximum}.] 1. An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism. 'T is their maxim, Love is love's reward. --Dryden. 2. (Mus.) The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large. Syn: Axiom; aphorism; apothegm; adage; proverb; saying. See {Axiom}. | |
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Maximum \Max"i*mum\, n.; pl. {Maxima}. [L., neut. from maximus the greatest. See {Maxim}.] The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to {minimum}. Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery. --P. Colquhoun. {Maximum thermometer}, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment. | |
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle. | |
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Maximum \Max"i*mum\, n.; pl. {Maxima}. [L., neut. from maximus the greatest. See {Maxim}.] The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to {minimum}. Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery. --P. Colquhoun. {Maximum thermometer}, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment. | |
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle. | |
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May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. [?]), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. --Chaucer. 2. The early part or springtime of life. His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn. The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash. Plumes that micked the may. --Tennyson. 4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson. {Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[91]a} ({S. hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches. {May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant ({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself (popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic. {May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and allied genera. Called also {June beetle}. {May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole. {May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed. {May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary. {May fly} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under {Ephemeral}. {May game}, any May-day sport. {May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games. {May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria majalis}). {May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary. {May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day. {May thorn}, the hawthorn. | |
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May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. [?]), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. --Chaucer. 2. The early part or springtime of life. His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn. The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash. Plumes that micked the may. --Tennyson. 4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson. {Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[91]a} ({S. hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches. {May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant ({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself (popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic. {May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and allied genera. Called also {June beetle}. {May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole. {May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed. {May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary. {May fly} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under {Ephemeral}. {May game}, any May-day sport. {May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games. {May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria majalis}). {May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary. {May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day. {May thorn}, the hawthorn. | |
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Mazama \Ma*za"ma\, Mazame \Ma*za"me\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A goatlike antelope ({Haplocerus montanus}) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called also {mountain goat}. | |
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Mazama \Ma*za"ma\, Mazame \Ma*za"me\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A goatlike antelope ({Haplocerus montanus}) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called also {mountain goat}. | |
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Meek \Meek\, Meeken \Meek"en\ (-'n), v. t. To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Megohm \Meg"ohm"\, n. [Mega- + ohm.] (Elec.) One of the larger measures of electrical resistance, amounting to one million ohms. | |
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Meiocene \Mei"o*cene\, a. (Geol.) See {Miocene}. | |
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d8Mesencephalon \[d8]Mes`en*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL. See {Meso-} and {Encephalon}.] (Anat.) The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to {mesen}. See {Brain}. | |
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Mesne \Mesne\, a. [Cf. {Mean} intermediate.] (Law) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord. {Mesne process}, intermediate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the whole process preceding the execution. --Blackstone. Burrill. {Mesne profits}, profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. --Burrill. | |
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Miasm \Mi"asm\, n. [Cf. F. miasme.] Miasma. | |
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Miasma \Mi*as"ma\, n.; pl. {Miasmata}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] defilement, fr. [?] to pollute.] Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria. | |
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Miocene \Mi"o*cene\, a. [Gr. [?] less + [?] new, fresh, recent.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary. -- n. The Miocene period. See {Chart} of {Geology}. | |
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Mischna \Misch"na\, n. See {Mishna}. | |
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Mishna \Mish"na\, n. [NHeb. mishn[be]h, i. e., repetition, doubling, explanation (of the divine law), fr. Heb. sh[be]n[be]h to change, to repeat.] A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud. [Written also {Mischna}.] | |
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Mishna \Mish"na\, n. [NHeb. mishn[be]h, i. e., repetition, doubling, explanation (of the divine law), fr. Heb. sh[be]n[be]h to change, to repeat.] A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud. [Written also {Mischna}.] | |
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Misjoin \Mis*join"\, v. t. To join unfitly or improperly. | |
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Misken \Mis*ken"\, v. t. Not to know. [Obs.] | |
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Miskin \Mis"kin\, n. [Prob. for music + -kin.] (Mus.) A little bagpipe. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
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Misknow \Mis*know"\, v. t. To have a mistaken notion of or about. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Misseem \Mis*seem"\, v. i. 1. To make a false appearance. [Obs.] 2. To misbecome; to be misbecoming. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Mission \Mis"sion\, n. [L. missio, fr. mittere, missum, to send: cf. F. mission. See {Missile}.] 1. The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission. Whose glorious deeds, but in these fields of late, Made emulous missions' mongst the gods themselves. --Shak. 2. That with which a messenger or agent is charged; an errand; business or duty on which one is sent; a commission. How to begin, how to accomplish best His end of being on earth, and mission high. --Milton. 3. Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy. In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house. --Bacon. 4. An assotiation or organization of missionaries; a station or residence of missionaries. 5. An organization for worship and work, dependent on one or more churches. 6. A course of extraordinary sermons and services at a particular place and time for the special purpose of quickening the faith and zeal participants, and of converting unbelievers. --Addis & Arnold. 7. Dismission; discharge from service. [Obs.] {Mission school}. (a) A school connected with a mission and conducted by missionaries. (b) A school for the religious instruction of children not having regular church privileges. Syn: Message; errand; commission; deputation. | |
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Mission \Mis"sion\, v. t. To send on a mission. [Mostly used in the form of the past participle.] --Keats. | |
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Misween \Mis*ween"\, v. i. To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Mixen \Mix"en\, n. [AS. mixen, myxen, fr. meohx, meox, dung, filth; akin to E. mist. See {Mist}.] A compost heap; a dunghill. --Chaucer. Tennyson. | |
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Mizzen \Miz"zen\, a. [It. mezzana, fr. mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half: cf. F. misaine foresail. See {Mezzo}.] (Naut.) Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc. | |
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Mizzen \Miz"zen\, n. (Naut.) The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker. | |
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Dandy \Dan"dy\, n.; pl. {Dandies}. [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.] 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. 2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also {jigger}, and {mizzen}. 3. A dandy roller. See below. {Dandy brush}, a yard whalebone brush. {Dandy fever}. See {Dengue}. {Dandy line}, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. {Dandy roller}, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper. | |
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Mizzen \Miz"zen\, a. [It. mezzana, fr. mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half: cf. F. misaine foresail. See {Mezzo}.] (Naut.) Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc. | |
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Mizzen \Miz"zen\, n. (Naut.) The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker. | |
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Dandy \Dan"dy\, n.; pl. {Dandies}. [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.] 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb. 2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also {jigger}, and {mizzen}. 3. A dandy roller. See below. {Dandy brush}, a yard whalebone brush. {Dandy fever}. See {Dengue}. {Dandy line}, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. {Dandy roller}, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper. | |
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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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Moggan \Mog"gan\, n. A closely fitting knit sleeve; also, a legging of knitted material. [Scot.] | |
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Mohicans \Mo*hi"cans\, n. pl.; sing. {Mohican}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York. [Written also {Mohegans}.] | |
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Moschine \Mos"chine\, a. Of or pertaining to {Moschus}, a genus including the musk deer. | |
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Mouazzin \Mou*az"zin\, n. [F.] See {Muezzin}. | |
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Muezzin \Mu*ez"zin\ (m[usl]*[ecr]z"z[icr]n), n. [Ar.] A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer. [Written also {mouezzin}, {mueddin}, and {muwazzin}.] | |
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Mucedin \Mu*ce"din\, n. [From {Mucus}.] (Bot. Chem.) A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; -- formerly called also {mucin}. | |
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Mucin \Mu"cin\ (m[umac]"s[icr]n), n. [From {Mucus}.] 1. (Bot. Chem.) See {Mucedin}. [Obs.] 2. (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminoid substance which is contained in mucus, and gives to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. It is found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons. See Illust. of {Demilune}. | |
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Mucedin \Mu*ce"din\, n. [From {Mucus}.] (Bot. Chem.) A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; -- formerly called also {mucin}. | |
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Mucin \Mu"cin\ (m[umac]"s[icr]n), n. [From {Mucus}.] 1. (Bot. Chem.) See {Mucedin}. [Obs.] 2. (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminoid substance which is contained in mucus, and gives to the latter secretion its peculiar ropy character. It is found in all the secretions from mucous glands, and also between the fibers of connective tissue, as in tendons. See Illust. of {Demilune}. | |
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Muezzin \Mu*ez"zin\ (m[usl]*[ecr]z"z[icr]n), n. [Ar.] A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer. [Written also {mouezzin}, {mueddin}, and {muwazzin}.] | |
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Museum \Mu*se"um\, n. [L., a temple of the Muses, hence, a place of study, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] a Muse.] A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art. {Museum beetle}, {Museum pest}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Anthrenus}. | |
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Muezzin \Mu*ez"zin\ (m[usl]*[ecr]z"z[icr]n), n. [Ar.] A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer. [Written also {mouezzin}, {mueddin}, and {muwazzin}.] | |
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Myosin \My"o*sin\, n. [Gr. [?], a muscle.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See {Muscle plasma}, under {Plasma}. Note: Myosin belongs to the group of globulins. It is insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solution of salt, and is especially characterized by being completely precipitated by saturation of its solutions with salt. | |
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Myxine \Myx"ine\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of marsipobranchs, including the hagfish. See {Hag}, 4. | |
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Mackinaw, IL (village, FIPS 45785) Location: 40.53500 N, 89.35845 W Population (1990): 1331 (525 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61755 | |
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Magna, UT (CDP, FIPS 47290) Location: 40.70400 N, 112.08622 W Population (1990): 17829 (5534 housing units) Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84044 | |
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Maquon, IL (village, FIPS 46695) Location: 40.79826 N, 90.16268 W Population (1990): 331 (144 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61458 | |
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Mason, IL (town, FIPS 47449) Location: 38.95310 N, 88.62540 W Population (1990): 387 (150 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62443 Mason, MI (city, FIPS 52180) Location: 42.58170 N, 84.44390 W Population (1990): 6768 (2463 housing units) Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48854 Mason, NH Zip code(s): 03048 Mason, OH (city, FIPS 48188) Location: 39.36000 N, 84.30704 W Population (1990): 11452 (4274 housing units) Area: 31.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45040 Mason, TN (town, FIPS 46420) Location: 35.41323 N, 89.53663 W Population (1990): 337 (135 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38049 Mason, TX (city, FIPS 46968) Location: 30.74925 N, 99.23209 W Population (1990): 2041 (1069 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76856 Mason, WI (village, FIPS 49900) Location: 46.43550 N, 91.06227 W Population (1990): 102 (41 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Mason, WV (town, FIPS 52180) Location: 39.01885 N, 82.03245 W Population (1990): 1053 (506 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 25260 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Massena, IA (city, FIPS 50250) Location: 41.25125 N, 94.76925 W Population (1990): 372 (206 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50853 Massena, NY (village, FIPS 46019) Location: 44.92850 N, 74.89344 W Population (1990): 11719 (5017 housing units) Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13662 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mazama, WA Zip code(s): 98833 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mazon, IL (village, FIPS 47787) Location: 41.23958 N, 88.42486 W Population (1990): 764 (298 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60444 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mc Camey, TX Zip code(s): 79752 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mc Cune, KS Zip code(s): 66753 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mc Ewen, TN Zip code(s): 37101 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mc Kean, PA Zip code(s): 16426 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mc Kenney, VA Zip code(s): 23872 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mc Kinney, TX Zip code(s): 75069, 75070 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mc Queeney, TX Zip code(s): 78123 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McCamey, TX (city, FIPS 45432) Location: 31.13260 N, 102.21946 W Population (1990): 2493 (1010 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mccanna, ND Zip code(s): 58251 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McCune, KS (city, FIPS 43725) Location: 37.35386 N, 95.01909 W Population (1990): 462 (228 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McEwen, TN (city, FIPS 44840) Location: 36.10679 N, 87.63568 W Population (1990): 1442 (632 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McKean, PA (borough, FIPS 46216) Location: 41.99906 N, 80.13829 W Population (1990): 418 (163 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McKenney, VA (town, FIPS 48344) Location: 36.98564 N, 77.72173 W Population (1990): 386 (174 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McKinney, TX (city, FIPS 45744) Location: 33.20094 N, 96.65487 W Population (1990): 21283 (8539 housing units) Area: 115.0 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McQueeney, TX (CDP, FIPS 45948) Location: 29.59787 N, 98.04318 W Population (1990): 2063 (990 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mequon, WI (city, FIPS 51150) Location: 43.23588 N, 87.98926 W Population (1990): 18885 (6470 housing units) Area: 119.6 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53092 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Michiana, MI (village, FIPS 53500) Location: 41.76340 N, 86.81119 W Population (1990): 164 (323 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mission, KS (city, FIPS 47225) Location: 39.02670 N, 94.65670 W Population (1990): 9504 (5239 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66205 Mission, OR (CDP, FIPS 49000) Location: 45.66709 N, 118.67181 W Population (1990): 664 (240 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Mission, SD (city, FIPS 42940) Location: 43.30647 N, 100.66045 W Population (1990): 730 (272 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57555 Mission, TX (city, FIPS 48768) Location: 26.21145 N, 98.31689 W Population (1990): 28653 (10658 housing units) Area: 36.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mokane, MO (city, FIPS 49070) Location: 38.67436 N, 91.87275 W Population (1990): 186 (87 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65059 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mokena, IL (village, FIPS 49854) Location: 41.53203 N, 87.87571 W Population (1990): 6128 (2113 housing units) Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60448 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mosheim, TN (town, FIPS 50320) Location: 36.19224 N, 82.95682 W Population (1990): 1451 (586 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37818 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mosinee, WI (city, FIPS 54500) Location: 44.78721 N, 89.68345 W Population (1990): 3820 (1478 housing units) Area: 20.0 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54455 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
machine Common term for "computer", usually when considered at the hardware level. The {Turing Machine}, an early example of this usage, was however neither hardware nor software, but only an idea. [Earlier use?] (1995-02-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MACSYMA {Project MAC}'s SYmbolic MAnipulator. The first comprehensive {symbolic mathematics} system, written in {Lisp} by Joel Moses Inc. Versions include {Symbolics Macsyma}, {DOE Maxima} (ANL, in Common LISP) and {Vaxima}. {(ftp://rascal.ics.utexas.edu/pub/maxima-4-155.tar.Z)}. E-mail: ["MACSYMA - The Fifth Year", J. Moses, SIGSAM Bulletin 8(3) (Aug 1974)]. (1994-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Magma algebraic computation in many branches of mathematics. Magma, developed by John Cannon and associates at the University of Sydney, succeeded {Cayley}. It runs at several hundred sites. E-mail: {Home (http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/u/magma/)}. [W. Bosma, J. Cannon and C. Playoust, The Magma algebra system I: The user language, J. Symb. Comp., 24, 3/4, 1997, 235-265]. (2000-12-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Magma2 control environment, e.g. {recursion}, {backtracking}, {coroutine}s, {nondeterminism}, etc. Magma2 was the successor to {MagmaLISP}. ["Magma2: A Language Oriented Toward Experiments in Control", Franco Turini, ACM TOPLAS 6(4):468-486 (Oct 1984)]. (1995-07-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MASM {Microsoft} {Assembler} for {MS-DOS}. (1995-04-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MSM {Micronetics Standard MUMPS} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MSN {The Microsoft Network} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
museum {Museums on the Web (http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums.html)}. {(http://galaxy.einet.net/GJ/museums.html)}. (1995-03-16) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Mason an artificer in stone. The Tyrians seem to have been specially skilled in architecture (1 Kings 5:17, 18; 2 Sam. 5:11). This art the Hebrews no doubt learned in Egypt (Ex. 1:11, 14), where ruins of temples and palaces fill the traveller with wonder at the present day. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Mekonah a base or foundation, a town in the south of Judah (Neh. 11:28), near Ziklag. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Misham their cleansing or their beholding, a Benjamite, one of the sons of Elpaal (1 Chr. 8:12). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Mishma hearing. (1.) One of the sons of Ishmael (Gen. 25:14), and founder of an Arab tribe. (2.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:25, 26). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Mnason reminding, or remembrancer, a Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged (Acts 21:16). He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas (11:19, 20), and was well known to the Christians of Caesarea (4:36). He was an "old disciple" (R.V., "early disciple"), i.e., he had become a Christian in the beginning of the formation of the Church in Jerusalem. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Mekonah, a foot of a pillar; provision | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Misham, their savior; taking away | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Mishma, hearing; obeying | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Mnason, a diligent seeker; an exhorter |