English Dictionary: mastopathy | by the DICT Development Group |
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Medic \Med"ic\, n. [L. medica, Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) a kind of clover introduced from Media, from [?] Median.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus {Medicago}. The black medic is the {Medicago lupulina}; the purple medic, or lucern, is {M. sativa}. | |
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Magdeburg \Mag"de*burg\, n. A city of Saxony. {Magdeburg centuries}, {Magdeburg hemispheres}. See under {Century}, and {Hemisphere}. | |
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Magdeburg \Mag"de*burg\, n. A city of Saxony. {Magdeburg centuries}, {Magdeburg hemispheres}. See under {Century}, and {Hemisphere}. | |
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Magdeburg \Mag"de*burg\, n. A city of Saxony. {Magdeburg centuries}, {Magdeburg hemispheres}. See under {Century}, and {Hemisphere}. | |
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Hemisphere \Hem"i*sphere\, n. [L. hemisphaerium, Gr. [?]; [?] half = [?] sphere: cf. F. h[82]misph[8a]re. See {Hemi-}, and {Sphere}.] 1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. 2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture. 3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere. He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere. --J. P. Peters. {Cerebral hemispheres}. (Anat.) See {Brain}. {Magdeburg hemispheres} (Physics), two hemispherical cups forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg. | |
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Maggot-pie \Mag"got-pie`\, n. A magpie. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Magot-pie \Mag"ot-pie`\, n. A magpie. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Masked \Masked\, a. 1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Personate}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. {Masked ball}, a ball in which the dancers wear masks. {Masked battery} (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott. {Masked crab} (Zo[94]l.), a European crab ({Corystes cassivelaunus}) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face. {Masked pig} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese domestic hog ({Sus pliciceps}). Its face is deeply furrowed. | |
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Battery \Bat"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Batteries}. [F. batterie, fr. battre. See {Batter}, v. t.] 1. The act of battering or beating. 2. (Law) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him. 3. (Mil.) (a) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense. (b) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field. (c) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns. {Barbette battery}. See {Barbette}. {Battery d'enfilade}, or {Enfilading battery}, one that sweeps the whole length of a line of troops or part of a work. {Battery en [82]charpe}, one that plays obliquely. {Battery gun}, a gun capable of firing a number, of shots simultaneously or successively without stopping to load. {Battery wagon}, a wagon employed to transport the tools and materials for repair of the carriages, etc., of the battery. {In battery}, projecting, as a gun, into an embrasure or over a parapet in readiness for firing. {Masked battery}, a battery artificially concealed until required to open upon the enemy. {Out of battery}, or {From battery}, withdrawn, as a gun, to a position for loading. 4. (Elec.) (a) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously. (b) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity. Note: In the trough battery, copper and zinc plates, connected in pairs, divide the trough into cells, which are filled with an acid or oxidizing liquid; the effect is exhibited when wires connected with the two end-plates are brought together. In Daniell's battery, the metals are zinc and copper, the former in dilute sulphuric acid, or a solution of sulphate of zinc, the latter in a saturated solution of sulphate of copper. A modification of this is the common gravity battery, so called from the automatic action of the two fluids, which are separated by their specific gravities. In Grove's battery, platinum is the metal used with zinc; two fluids are used, one of them in a porous cell surrounded by the other. In Bunsen's or the carbon battery, the carbon of gas coke is substituted for the platinum of Grove's. In Leclanch[82]'s battery, the elements are zinc in a solution of ammonium chloride, and gas carbon surrounded with manganese dioxide in a porous cell. A secondary battery is a battery which usually has the two plates of the same kind, generally of lead, in dilute sulphuric acid, and which, when traversed by an electric current, becomes charged, and is then capable of giving a current of itself for a time, owing to chemical changes produced by the charging current. A storage battery is a kind of secondary battery used for accumulating and storing the energy of electrical charges or currents, usually by means of chemical work done by them; an accumulator. 5. A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc. 6. (Metallurgy) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals. --Knight. 7. The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down. 8. (Baseball) The pitcher and catcher together. | |
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Masked \Masked\, a. 1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Personate}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. {Masked ball}, a ball in which the dancers wear masks. {Masked battery} (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott. {Masked crab} (Zo[94]l.), a European crab ({Corystes cassivelaunus}) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face. {Masked pig} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese domestic hog ({Sus pliciceps}). Its face is deeply furrowed. | |
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Pig \Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[c6]ka.] 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. [bd]Two pigges in a poke.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any wild species of the genus {Sus} and related genera. 3. [Cf. {Sow} a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See {Mine pig}, under {Mine}. 4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low] {Masked pig}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Masked}. {Pig bed} (Founding), the bed of sand in which the iron from a smelting furnace is cast into pigs. {Pig iron}, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See {Pig}, 4. {Pig yoke} (Naut.), a nickname for a quadrant or sextant. {A pig in a poke} (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. [Colloq.] | |
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Masked \Masked\, a. 1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Personate}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. {Masked ball}, a ball in which the dancers wear masks. {Masked battery} (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott. {Masked crab} (Zo[94]l.), a European crab ({Corystes cassivelaunus}) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face. {Masked pig} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese domestic hog ({Sus pliciceps}). Its face is deeply furrowed. | |
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Pupa \Pu"pa\, n.; pl. L. {Pup[?]}, E. {Pupas}. [L. pupa girl. doll, puppet, fem. of pupus. Cf. {Puppet}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage. Note: Among insects belonging to the higher orders, as the Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, the pupa is inactive and takes no food; in the lower orders it is active and takes food, and differs little from the imago except in the rudimentary state of the sexual organs, and of the wings in those that have wings when adult. The term pupa is sometimes applied to other invertebrates in analogous stages of development. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell. {Coarctate}, [or] {Obtected}, {pupa}, a pupa which is incased in the dried-up skin of the larva, as in many Diptera. {Masked pupa}, a pupa whose limbs are bound down and partly concealed by a chitinous covering, as in Lepidoptera. | |
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--Milton. Note: The most common general names of masts are {foremast}, {mainmast}, and {mizzenmast}, each of which may be made of separate spars. 2. (Mach.) The vertical post of a derrick or crane. {Afore the mast}, {Before the mast}. See under {Afore}, and {Before}. {Mast coat}. See under {Coat}. {Mast hoop}, one of a number of hoops attached to the fore edge of a boom sail, which slip on the mast as the sail is raised or lowered; also, one of the iron hoops used in making a made mast. See {Made}. | |
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Mastaba \Mas"ta*ba\, n. Also Mastabah \Mas"ta*bah\ . [Ar. ma[87]tabah a large stone bench.] 1. In Mohammedan countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings and in public places. 2. (Egyptology) A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in the rock beneath. | |
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Mastaba \Mas"ta*ba\, n. Also Mastabah \Mas"ta*bah\ . [Ar. ma[87]tabah a large stone bench.] 1. In Mohammedan countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings and in public places. 2. (Egyptology) A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in the rock beneath. | |
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Mastful \Mast"ful\, a. [See lst {Mast}.] Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut. --Dryden. | |
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Mastiff \Mas"tiff\, n.; pl. {Mastiffs}. [{Mastives} is irregular and unusual.] [Prob. fr. Prov. E. masty, adj., large, n., a great dog, prob. fr. mast fruit, and hence, lit., fattened with mast. There is perh. confusion with OF. mestif mongrel; cf. also F. m[83]tin mastiff, OF. mastin.] (Zo[94]l.) A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries. {Mastiff bat} (Zo[94]l.), any bat of the genus {Molossus}; so called because the face somewhat resembles that of a mastiff. | |
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Mastiff \Mas"tiff\, n.; pl. {Mastiffs}. [{Mastives} is irregular and unusual.] [Prob. fr. Prov. E. masty, adj., large, n., a great dog, prob. fr. mast fruit, and hence, lit., fattened with mast. There is perh. confusion with OF. mestif mongrel; cf. also F. m[83]tin mastiff, OF. mastin.] (Zo[94]l.) A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries. {Mastiff bat} (Zo[94]l.), any bat of the genus {Molossus}; so called because the face somewhat resembles that of a mastiff. | |
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Mastiff \Mas"tiff\, n.; pl. {Mastiffs}. [{Mastives} is irregular and unusual.] [Prob. fr. Prov. E. masty, adj., large, n., a great dog, prob. fr. mast fruit, and hence, lit., fattened with mast. There is perh. confusion with OF. mestif mongrel; cf. also F. m[83]tin mastiff, OF. mastin.] (Zo[94]l.) A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries. {Mastiff bat} (Zo[94]l.), any bat of the genus {Molossus}; so called because the face somewhat resembles that of a mastiff. | |
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Mastiff \Mas"tiff\, n.; pl. {Mastiffs}. [{Mastives} is irregular and unusual.] [Prob. fr. Prov. E. masty, adj., large, n., a great dog, prob. fr. mast fruit, and hence, lit., fattened with mast. There is perh. confusion with OF. mestif mongrel; cf. also F. m[83]tin mastiff, OF. mastin.] (Zo[94]l.) A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries. {Mastiff bat} (Zo[94]l.), any bat of the genus {Molossus}; so called because the face somewhat resembles that of a mastiff. | |
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Mesotype \Mes"o*type\, n. [Meso- + -type: cf. F. m[82]sotype.] (Min.) An old term covering natrolite or soda mesolite, scolecite or lime mesotype, and mesolite or lime-soda mesotype. | |
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Mesquite bean \Mes*qui"te bean\ The pod or seed of the mesquite. | |
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Mightful \Might"ful\, a. Mighty. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Misadventure \Mis`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. mesaventure, F. m[82]saventure.] Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure. --Chaucer. {Homicide by misadventure} (Law), homicide which occurs when a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also {excusable homicide}. See {Homicide}. --Blackstone. Syn: Mischance; mishap; misfortune; disaster; calamity. | |
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Misadventured \Mis`ad*ven"tured\, a. Unfortunate. [Obs.] | |
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Misadventurous \Mis`ad*ven"tur*ous\, a. Unfortunate. | |
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Misadvertence \Mis`ad*vert"ence\, n. Inadvertence. | |
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Misadvice \Mis`ad*vice"\, n. Bad advice. | |
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Misadvise \Mis`ad*vise"\, v. t. To give bad counsel to. | |
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Misadvised \Mis`ad*vised"\, a. Ill advised. -- {Mis`ad*vis"ed*ly}, adv. | |
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Misadvised \Mis`ad*vised"\, a. Ill advised. -- {Mis`ad*vis"ed*ly}, adv. | |
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Misdepart \Mis`de*part"\, v. t. To distribute wrongly. [Obs.] He misdeparteth riches temporal. --Chaucer. | |
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Misdevotion \Mis`de*vo"tion\, n. Mistaken devotion. | |
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Misdivide \Mis`di*vide"\, v. t. To divide wrongly. | |
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Misdivision \Mis`di*vi"sion\, n. Wrong division. | |
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Misdoubt \Mis*doubt"\, v. t. & i. To be suspicious of; to have suspicion. [Obs.] I do not misdoubt my wife. --Shak. | |
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Misdoubt \Mis*doubt"\, n. 1. Suspicion. [Obs.] 2. Irresolution; hesitation. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Misdoubtful \Mis*doubt"ful\, a Misgiving; hesitating. [Obs.] [bd]Her misdoubtful mind.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Misstep \Mis*step"\, n. A wrong step; an error of conduct. | |
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Misstep \Mis*step"\, v. i. To take a wrong step; to go astray. | |
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Mist \Mist\ (m[icr]st), n. [AS. mist; akin to D. & Sw. mist, Icel. mistr, G. mist dung, Goth. ma[a1]hstus, AS. m[c6]gan to make water, Icel. m[c6]ga, Lith. migla mist, Russ. mgla, L. mingere, meiere, to make water, gr. [?] to make water, [?] mist, Skr. mih to make water, n., a mist m[b5]gha cloud. [fb]102. Cf. {Misle}, {Mizzle}, {Mixen}.] 1. Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog. 2. Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist. 3. Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision. His passion cast a mist before his sense. --Dryden. {Mist flower} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Eupatorium c[d2]lestinum}), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States. | |
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Mistful \Mist"ful\, a. Clouded with, or as with, mist. | |
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Mixed \Mixed\, a. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See {Mix}, v. t. & i. {Mixed action} (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action. {Mixed angle}, a mixtilineal angle. {Mixed fabric}, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin. {Mixed marriage}, a marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant. {Mixed number}, a whole number and a fraction taken together. {Mixed train}, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars. {Mixed voices} (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance. | |
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Foursome \Four"some\, n. (Golf) A game between four players, with two on each side and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately. It is called a {mixed foursome} when each side consists of a man and a woman. | |
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Mixed \Mixed\, a. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See {Mix}, v. t. & i. {Mixed action} (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action. {Mixed angle}, a mixtilineal angle. {Mixed fabric}, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin. {Mixed marriage}, a marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant. {Mixed number}, a whole number and a fraction taken together. {Mixed train}, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars. {Mixed voices} (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance. | |
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Moistful \Moist"ful\, a. Full of moisture. [R.] | |
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Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\, n.; pl. {Mosquitoes}. [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca. Cf. {Musket}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus {Culex} and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larv[91] and pup[91], called wigglers, are aquatic. [Written also {musquito}.] {Mosquito bar}, {Mosquito net}, a net or curtain for excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows. {Mosquito fleet}, a fleet of small vessels. {Mosquito hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a dragon fly; -- so called because it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes. {Mosquito netting}, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for making mosquito bars. | |
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Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\, n.; pl. {Mosquitoes}. [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca. Cf. {Musket}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus {Culex} and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larv[91] and pup[91], called wigglers, are aquatic. [Written also {musquito}.] {Mosquito bar}, {Mosquito net}, a net or curtain for excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows. {Mosquito fleet}, a fleet of small vessels. {Mosquito hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a dragon fly; -- so called because it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes. {Mosquito netting}, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for making mosquito bars. | |
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Mostahiba \Mos`ta*hi"ba\, n. See {Mustaiba}. | |
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Mustaiba \Mus`ta*i"ba\, n. A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like. [Written also {mostahiba}.] --MaElrath. | |
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Mostahiba \Mos`ta*hi"ba\, n. See {Mustaiba}. | |
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Mustaiba \Mus`ta*i"ba\, n. A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like. [Written also {mostahiba}.] --MaElrath. | |
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Most \Most\, adv. {Most-favored-nation clause} (Diplomacy), a clause, often inserted in treaties, by which each of the contracting nations binds itself to grant to the other in certain stipulated matters the same terms as are then, or may be thereafter, granted to the nation which receives from it the most favorable terms in respect of those matters. There was a [bd]most-favored-nation[b8] clause with provisions for the good treatment of strangers entering the Republic. --James Bryce. Steam navigation was secured by the Japanese as far as Chungking, and under the most-favored-nation clause the right accrued to us. --A. R. Colquhoun. Mother's Day \Moth"er's Day\ A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the performance of some act of kindness, visit, tribute, or letter. The founder of the day is Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who designated the second Sunday in May, or for schools the second Friday, as the time, and a white carnation as the badge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mustahfiz \Mus`tah"fiz`\, n. [Turk. & Ar. musta[hsdot]fi[zsdot] who trusts to another's keeping, a soldier of a garrison.] See {Army organization}, above. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mustaiba \Mus`ta*i"ba\, n. A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like. [Written also {mostahiba}.] --MaElrath. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mystification \Mys`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. mystification.] The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify. The reply of Pope seems very much as though he had been playing off a mystification on his Grace. --De Quincey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mystificator \Mys"ti*fi*ca`tor\, n. One who mystifies. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mystify \Mys"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mystified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mystifying}.] [F. mystifier, fr. Gr. [?] + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See 1st {Mystery}, and {-fy}.] 1. To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture. 2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of; as, to mystify an opponent. He took undue advantage of his credulity and mystified him exceedingly. --Ld. Campbell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mystify \Mys"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mystified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mystifying}.] [F. mystifier, fr. Gr. [?] + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See 1st {Mystery}, and {-fy}.] 1. To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture. 2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of; as, to mystify an opponent. He took undue advantage of his credulity and mystified him exceedingly. --Ld. Campbell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mystify \Mys"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mystified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mystifying}.] [F. mystifier, fr. Gr. [?] + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See 1st {Mystery}, and {-fy}.] 1. To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture. 2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of; as, to mystify an opponent. He took undue advantage of his credulity and mystified him exceedingly. --Ld. Campbell. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
McDuffie County, GA (county, FIPS 189) Location: 33.47772 N, 82.48190 W Population (1990): 20119 (8043 housing units) Area: 672.9 sq km (land), 16.9 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
maggotbox /mag'*t-boks/ n. See {Macintrash}. This is even more derogatory. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
maggotbox {Macintrash}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-25) |