English Dictionary: mearstone | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
M82ni8are's disease \M[82]`ni[8a]re's" dis*ease"\ (Med.) A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in inco[94]rdination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after M[82]ni[8a]re, a French physician. | |
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March \March\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Marched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marching}.] [F. marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob. fr. L. marcus hammer. Cf. {Mortar}.] 1. To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily. --Shak. 2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army {marched} into France. | |
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Marchet \Mar"chet\, Merchet \Mer"chet\, n. [LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.] In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters. | |
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Marcid \Mar"cid\, a. [L. marcidus, fr. marcere to wither, pine.] 1. Pining; lean; withered. --Dryden. 2. Characterized by emaciation, as a fever. --Harvey. | |
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Marcidity \Mar*cid"i*ty\, n. [LL. marciditas.] The state or quality of being withered or lean. [R.] | |
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Mare's-tail \Mare's"-tail`\, n. 1. A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See {Cloud}. Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails. --Old Rhyme. 2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus {Hippuris} ({H. vulgaris}), having narrow leaves in whorls. | |
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Margate fish \Mar"gate fish"\ (Zo[94]l.) A sparoid fish ({Diabasis aurolineatus}) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also {red-mouth grunt}. | |
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Mark \Mark\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marking}.] [OE. marken, merken, AS. mearcian, from mearc. See {Mark} the sign.] 1. To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing. 2. To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader. 3. To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor. 4. To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards. 5. To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard. [bd]Mark the perfect man.[b8] --Ps. xxxvii. 37. {To mark out}. (a) To designate, as by a mark; to select; as, the ringleaders were marked out for punishment. (b) To obliterate or cancel with a mark; as, to mark out an item in an account. {To mark time} (Mil.), to keep the time of a marching step by moving the legs alternately without advancing. Syn: To note; remark; notice; observe; regard; heed; show; evince; indicate; point out; betoken; denote; characterize; stamp; imprint; impress; brand. | |
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Marked \Marked\, a. Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance. -- {Mark"ed*ly}, adv. --J. S. Mill. {A marked man}, a man who is noted by a community, or by a part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; -- usually with an unfavorable suggestion. | |
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Marked \Marked\, a. Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance. -- {Mark"ed*ly}, adv. --J. S. Mill. {A marked man}, a man who is noted by a community, or by a part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; -- usually with an unfavorable suggestion. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[be]t, merk[be]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march[82]. See {Merit}, and cf. {Merchant}, {Mart}.] 1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week. He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. --Shak. Three women and a goose make a market. --Old Saying. 2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. --John v. 2. 3. An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods. There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. --J. S. Mill. 4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market. 5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? --Shak. 6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market. Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like. {Market beater}, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Market bell}, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] --Shak. {Market cross}, a cross set up where a market is held. --Shak. {Market garden}, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market. {Market gardening}, the raising of vegetables for market. {Market place}, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held. {Market town}, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Marketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marketing}.] To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, v. t. To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most of the farmes have marketed their crops. Industrious merchants meet, and market there The world's collected wealth. --Southey. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[be]t, merk[be]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march[82]. See {Merit}, and cf. {Merchant}, {Mart}.] 1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week. He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. --Shak. Three women and a goose make a market. --Old Saying. 2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. --John v. 2. 3. An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods. There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. --J. S. Mill. 4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market. 5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? --Shak. 6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market. Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like. {Market beater}, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Market bell}, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] --Shak. {Market cross}, a cross set up where a market is held. --Shak. {Market garden}, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market. {Market gardening}, the raising of vegetables for market. {Market place}, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held. {Market town}, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[be]t, merk[be]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march[82]. See {Merit}, and cf. {Merchant}, {Mart}.] 1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week. He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. --Shak. Three women and a goose make a market. --Old Saying. 2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. --John v. 2. 3. An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods. There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. --J. S. Mill. 4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market. 5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? --Shak. 6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market. Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like. {Market beater}, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Market bell}, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] --Shak. {Market cross}, a cross set up where a market is held. --Shak. {Market garden}, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market. {Market gardening}, the raising of vegetables for market. {Market place}, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held. {Market town}, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[be]t, merk[be]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march[82]. See {Merit}, and cf. {Merchant}, {Mart}.] 1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week. He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. --Shak. Three women and a goose make a market. --Old Saying. 2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. --John v. 2. 3. An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods. There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. --J. S. Mill. 4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market. 5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? --Shak. 6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market. Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like. {Market beater}, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Market bell}, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] --Shak. {Market cross}, a cross set up where a market is held. --Shak. {Market garden}, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market. {Market gardening}, the raising of vegetables for market. {Market place}, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held. {Market town}, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[be]t, merk[be]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march[82]. See {Merit}, and cf. {Merchant}, {Mart}.] 1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week. He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. --Shak. Three women and a goose make a market. --Old Saying. 2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. --John v. 2. 3. An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods. There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. --J. S. Mill. 4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market. 5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? --Shak. 6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market. Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like. {Market beater}, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Market bell}, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] --Shak. {Market cross}, a cross set up where a market is held. --Shak. {Market garden}, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market. {Market gardening}, the raising of vegetables for market. {Market place}, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held. {Market town}, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market. | |
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Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See {Yard} an inclosure.] 1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. 2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak. Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse. {Garden balsam}, an ornamental plant ({Impatiens Balsamina}). {Garden engine}, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens. {Garden glass}. (a) A bell glass for covering plants. (b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany. {Garden house} (a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl. (b) A privy. [Southern U.S.] {Garden husbandry}, the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale. {Garden} {mold [or] mould}, rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden. --Mortimer. {Garden nail}, a cast nail used, for fastening vines to brick walls. --Knight. {Garden net}, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds. {Garden party}, a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence. {Garden plot}, a plot appropriated to a garden. {Garden pot}, a watering pot. {Garden pump}, a garden engine; a barrow pump. {Garden shears}, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc. {Garden spider}, (Zo[94]l.), the diadem spider ({Epeira diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See {Geometric spider}, and {Spider web}. {Garden stand}, a stand for flower pots. {Garden stuff}, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.] {Garden syringe}, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc. {Garden truck}, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.] {Garden ware}, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer. {Bear garden}, {Botanic garden}, etc. See under {Bear}, etc. {Hanging garden}. See under {Hanging}. {Kitchen garden}, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use. {Market garden}, a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[be]t, merk[be]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march[82]. See {Merit}, and cf. {Merchant}, {Mart}.] 1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week. He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. --Shak. Three women and a goose make a market. --Old Saying. 2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. --John v. 2. 3. An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods. There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. --J. S. Mill. 4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market. 5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? --Shak. 6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market. Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like. {Market beater}, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Market bell}, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] --Shak. {Market cross}, a cross set up where a market is held. --Shak. {Market garden}, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market. {Market gardening}, the raising of vegetables for market. {Market place}, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held. {Market town}, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[be]t, merk[be]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march[82]. See {Merit}, and cf. {Merchant}, {Mart}.] 1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week. He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. --Shak. Three women and a goose make a market. --Old Saying. 2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. --John v. 2. 3. An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods. There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. --J. S. Mill. 4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market. 5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? --Shak. 6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market. Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like. {Market beater}, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Market bell}, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] --Shak. {Market cross}, a cross set up where a market is held. --Shak. {Market garden}, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market. {Market gardening}, the raising of vegetables for market. {Market place}, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held. {Market town}, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[be]t, merk[be]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march[82]. See {Merit}, and cf. {Merchant}, {Mart}.] 1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week. He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. --Shak. Three women and a goose make a market. --Old Saying. 2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. --John v. 2. 3. An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods. There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. --J. S. Mill. 4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market. 5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? --Shak. 6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market. Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like. {Market beater}, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Market bell}, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] --Shak. {Market cross}, a cross set up where a market is held. --Shak. {Market garden}, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market. {Market gardening}, the raising of vegetables for market. {Market place}, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held. {Market town}, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market. | |
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Marketable \Mar"ket*a*ble\, a. 1. Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and lawfully sold; as, dacaye[?] provisions are not marketable. 2. Current in market; as, marketable value. 3. Wanted by purchasers; salable; as, furs are not marketable in that country. | |
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Marketableness \Mar"ket*a*ble*ness\, n. Quality of being marketable. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Marketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marketing}.] To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods. | |
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Marketer \Mar"ket*er\, n. One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market. | |
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Marketing \Mar"ket*ing\, n. 1. The act of selling or of purchasing in, or as in, a market. 2. Articles in, or from, a market; supplies. | |
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Market \Mar"ket\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Marketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marketing}.] To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods. | |
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Marketstead \Mar"ket*stead\, n. [Market + stead a place.] A market place. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
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Marquetry \Mar"quet*ry\, n. [F. marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque mark, sign; of German origin. See {Mark} a sign.] Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors. | |
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d8Marsdenia \[d8]Mars*de"ni*a\, n. [NL. From W. Marsden, an English author.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species ({Marsdenia tinctoria}) affords indigo. | |
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Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See {Mere} pool, and cf. {Marish}, {Morass}.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also {marish}.] {Marsh asphodel} (Bot.), a plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum}) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also {bog asphodel}. {Marsh cinquefoil} (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris}) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger. {Marsh elder}. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree ({Viburnum Opulus}). (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes ({Iva frutescens}). {Marsh five-finger}. (Bot.) See {Marsh cinquefoil} (above). {Marsh gas}. (Chem.) See under {Gas}. {Marsh grass} (Bot.), a genus ({Spartina}) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also {cord grass}. The tall {S. cynosuroides} is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low {S. juncea} is a common component of salt hay. {Marsh harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus [91]ruginosus}); -- called also {marsh hawk}, {moor hawk}, {moor buzzard}, {puttock}. {Marsh hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A hawk or harrier ({Circus cyaneus}), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also {hen harrier}, and {mouse hawk}. (b) The marsh harrier. {Marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), a rail; esp., {Rallus elegans} of fresh-water marshes, and {R. longirostris} of salt-water marshes. {Marsh mallow} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alth[91]a} ( {A. officinalis}) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent. {Marsh marigold}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Marsh pennywort} (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Hydrocotyle}; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also {water pennywort}. {Marsh quail} (Zo[94]l.), the meadow lark. {Marsh rosemary} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Statice} ({S. Limonium}), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also {sea lavender}. {Marsh samphire} (Bot.), a plant ({Salicornia herbacea}) found along seacoasts. See {Glasswort}. {Marsh St. John's-wort} (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers. {Marsh tea}. (Bot.). Same as {Labrador tea}. {Marsh trefoil}. (Bot.) Same as {Buckbean}. {Marsh wren} (Zo[94]l.), any species of small American wrens of the genus {Cistothorus}, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes. | |
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Tern \Tern\ (t[etil]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[91]rne; akin to Sw. t[84]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera. Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head. The common European tern ({Sterna hirundo}) is found also in Asia and America. Among other American species are the arctic tern ({S. paradis[91]a}), the roseate tern ({S. Dougalli}), the least tern ({S. Antillarum}), the royal tern ({S. maxima}), and the sooty tern ({S. fuliginosa}). {Hooded tern}. See {Fairy bird}, under {Fairy}. {Marsh tern}, any tern of the genus {Hydrochelidon}. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects. {River tern}, any tern belonging to {Se[89]na} or allied genera which frequent rivers. {Sea tern}, any tern of the genus {Thalasseus}. Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent seas and the mouths of large rivers. | |
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Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See {Mere} pool, and cf. {Marish}, {Morass}.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also {marish}.] {Marsh asphodel} (Bot.), a plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum}) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also {bog asphodel}. {Marsh cinquefoil} (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris}) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger. {Marsh elder}. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree ({Viburnum Opulus}). (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes ({Iva frutescens}). {Marsh five-finger}. (Bot.) See {Marsh cinquefoil} (above). {Marsh gas}. (Chem.) See under {Gas}. {Marsh grass} (Bot.), a genus ({Spartina}) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also {cord grass}. The tall {S. cynosuroides} is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low {S. juncea} is a common component of salt hay. {Marsh harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus [91]ruginosus}); -- called also {marsh hawk}, {moor hawk}, {moor buzzard}, {puttock}. {Marsh hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A hawk or harrier ({Circus cyaneus}), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also {hen harrier}, and {mouse hawk}. (b) The marsh harrier. {Marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), a rail; esp., {Rallus elegans} of fresh-water marshes, and {R. longirostris} of salt-water marshes. {Marsh mallow} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alth[91]a} ( {A. officinalis}) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent. {Marsh marigold}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Marsh pennywort} (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Hydrocotyle}; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also {water pennywort}. {Marsh quail} (Zo[94]l.), the meadow lark. {Marsh rosemary} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Statice} ({S. Limonium}), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also {sea lavender}. {Marsh samphire} (Bot.), a plant ({Salicornia herbacea}) found along seacoasts. See {Glasswort}. {Marsh St. John's-wort} (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers. {Marsh tea}. (Bot.). Same as {Labrador tea}. {Marsh trefoil}. (Bot.) Same as {Buckbean}. {Marsh wren} (Zo[94]l.), any species of small American wrens of the genus {Cistothorus}, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes. | |
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Maurist \Maur"ist\, n. [From Maurus, the favorite disciple of St. Benedict.] A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature. | |
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Mercat \Mer"cat\, n. [L. mercatus : cf. It. mercato. See {Market}.] Market; trade. [Obs.] --Bp. Sprat. | |
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Mercatante \Mer`ca*tan"te\ (?; It. ?), n. [It. See {Merchant}.] A foreign trader. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Mercator's chart \Mer*ca"tor's chart"\ See under {Chart}, and see {Mercator's projection}, under {Projection}. | |
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Chart \Chart\, n. [A doublet of card: cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See {Card}, and cf. {Charter}.] 1. A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart. 2. A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts. 3. A written deed; a charter. {Globular chart}, a chart constructed on a globular projection. See under {Globular}. {Heliographic chart}, a map of the sun with its spots. {Mercator's chart}, a chart constructed on the principle of Mercator's projection. See {Projection}. {Plane chart}, a representation of some part of the superficies of the globe, in which its spherical form is disregarded, the meridians being drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude at equal distances. {Selenographic chart}, a map representing the surface of the moon. {Topographic chart}, a minute delineation of a limited place or region. | |
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Projection \Pro*jec"tion\, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.] 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. 3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan. --Davenant. 4. (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each. 5. (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane. {Conical projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Cylindric projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, {Orthographic}, {projection},etc. See under {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, etc. {Mercator's projection}, a mode of representing the sphere in which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself. {Oblique projection}, a projection made by parallel lines drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane of projection obliquely. {Polar projection}, a projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center, and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles. {Powder of projection} (Alchemy.), a certain powder cast into a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold. {Projection of a point on a plane} (Descriptive Geom.), the foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point. {Projection of a straight line of a plane}, the straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line. Syn: See {Protuberance}. | |
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Mercature \Mer"ca*ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. mercatura commerce.] Commerce; traffic; trade. [Obs.] | |
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Marchet \Mar"chet\, Merchet \Mer"chet\, n. [LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.] In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters. | |
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Mere \Mere\, a. [Superl. {Merest}. The comparative is rarely or never used.] [L. merus.] 1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. Then entered they the mere, main sea. --Chapman. The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. --Atterbury. | |
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Merestead \Mere"stead\, n. [Mere boundary + stead place.] The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. [Archaic.] --Longfellow. | |
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Merestone \Mere"stone`\, n. A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark. --Bacon. | |
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Merge \Merge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Merged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Merging}.] [L. mergere, mersum. Cf. {Emerge}, {Immerse}, {Marrow}.] To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb. To merge all natural . . . sentiment in inordinate vanity. --Burke. Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots. --De Quincey. | |
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Meristem \Mer"i*stem\, n. [Gr. [?] divisible.] (Bot.) A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further division. | |
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Meroistic \Mer`o*is"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] part + [?] an egg.] (Zo[94]l.) Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova. | |
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Mero de lo alto \Me"ro de lo al"to\, and a species called also {rock hind}, distinguished as Mero cabrolla \Me"ro ca*brol"la\ Merozoite \Mer`o*zo"ite\, n. [Gr. [?] part + Sporozoa.] (Zo[94]l.) A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat am[d2]boid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite. | |
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Merry \Mer"ry\, a. [Compar. {Merrier}; superl. {Merriest}.] [OE. merie, mirie, murie, merry, pleasant, AS. merge, myrige, pleasant; cf. murge, adv.; prob. akin to OHG. murg, short, Goth. gama[a3]rgjan to shorten; cf. L. murcus a coward, who cuts off his thumb to escape military service; the Anglo-Saxon and English meanings coming from the idea of making the time seem short. Cf. {Mirth}.] 1. Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play; sportive. They drank, and were merry with him. --Gen. xliii. 34. I am never merry when I hear sweet music. --Shak. | |
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Miryachit \Mir"ya*chit`\, n. [Written also {myriachit}.] [Yakoot merj[84]k epileptic, fr. imerek jerk, rage.] (Med.) A nervous disease in which the patient involuntarily imitates the words or action of another. | |
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Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[d3]r moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See {Mere} a lake.] 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. {Moor buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Moor coal} (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. {Moor cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. {Moor coot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gallinule}. {Moor fowl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse ({Lagopus Scoticus}). (b) The European heath grouse. See under {Heath}. {Moor game}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Moor fowl} (above). {Moor grass} (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria c[91]rulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe. {Moor hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. {Moor hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See {Gallinule}. (c) An Australian rail ({Tribonyx ventralis}). {Moor monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the black macaque of Borneo ({Macacus maurus}). {Moor titling} (Zo[94]l.), the European stonechat ({Pratinocola rubicola}). | |
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Gallinule \Gal"li*nule\, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family {Rallidae}. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is {Ionornis Martinica}, that of the Old World is {Porphyrio porphyrio}. The common European gallinule ({Gallinula chloropus}) is also called {moor hen}, {water hen}, {water rail}, {moor coot}, {night bird}, and erroneously {dabchick}. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule ({Gallinula galeata}). Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients. | |
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Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[d3]r moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See {Mere} a lake.] 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. {Moor buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Moor coal} (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. {Moor cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. {Moor coot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gallinule}. {Moor fowl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse ({Lagopus Scoticus}). (b) The European heath grouse. See under {Heath}. {Moor game}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Moor fowl} (above). {Moor grass} (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria c[91]rulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe. {Moor hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. {Moor hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See {Gallinule}. (c) An Australian rail ({Tribonyx ventralis}). {Moor monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the black macaque of Borneo ({Macacus maurus}). {Moor titling} (Zo[94]l.), the European stonechat ({Pratinocola rubicola}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gallinule \Gal"li*nule\, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family {Rallidae}. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is {Ionornis Martinica}, that of the Old World is {Porphyrio porphyrio}. The common European gallinule ({Gallinula chloropus}) is also called {moor hen}, {water hen}, {water rail}, {moor coot}, {night bird}, and erroneously {dabchick}. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule ({Gallinula galeata}). Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moorstone \Moor"stone`\, n. A species of English granite, used as a building stone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morosity \Mo*ros"i*ty\, n. [L. morositas: cf. F. morosit[82].] Moroseness. [R.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moroxite \Mo*rox"ite\, n. [Cf. Gr. [?], [?], a sort of pipe clay.] (Min.) A variety of apatite of a greenish blue color. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dance \Dance\, n. [F. danse, of German origin. See {Dance}, v. i.] 1. The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music. 2. (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc. Note: The word dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing. Of remedies of love she knew parchance For of that art she couth the olde dance. --Chaucer. {Dance of Death} (Art), an allegorical representation of the power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high, and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton. {Morris dance}. See {Morris}. {To lead one a dance}, to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morsitation \Mor`si*ta"tion\, n. The act of biting or gnawing. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morin \Mo"rin\, n. (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic ({Maclura tinctoria}, formerly called {Morus tinctoria}); -- called also {moric acid}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Murexide \Mu*rex"ide\, n. [L. murex the purple fish, purple.] (Chem.) A crystalline nitrogenous substance having a splendid dichroism, being green by reflected light and garnet-red by transmitted light. It was formerly used in dyeing calico, and was obtained in a large quantities from guano. Formerly called also {ammonium purpurate}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muricate \Mu"ri*cate\, Muricated \Mu"ri*ca`ted\, a. [L. muricatus, fr. murex a pointed rock or stone.] Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muricate \Mu"ri*cate\, Muricated \Mu"ri*ca`ted\, a. [L. muricatus, fr. murex a pointed rock or stone.] Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muricoid \Mu"ri*coid\, a. [Murex + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Murex, or family {Muricid[91]}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Murrayin \Mur"ray*in\, n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant ({Murraya exotica}) of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly bitter substance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Miryachit \Mir"ya*chit`\, n. [Written also {myriachit}.] [Yakoot merj[84]k epileptic, fr. imerek jerk, rage.] (Med.) A nervous disease in which the patient involuntarily imitates the words or action of another. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myristate \My*ris"tate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of myristic acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myristic \My*ris"tic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg ({Myristica}). Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myristic \My*ris"tic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg ({Myristica}). Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F. noix muscade. See {Nut}, and {Musk}.] (Bot.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which is mace The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other species of {Myristica} yield nutmegs of inferior quality. {American}, {Calabash}, [or] {Jamaica}, {nutmeg}, the fruit of a tropical shrub ({Monodora Myristica}). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp. {Brazilian nutmeg}, the fruit of a lauraceous tree, {Cryptocarya moschata}. {California nutmeg}, tree of the Yew family ({Torreya Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine. {Clove nutmeg}, the {Ravensara aromatica}, a laura ceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic. {Jamaica nutmeg}. See American nutmeg (above). {Nutmeg bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian finch ({Munia punctularia}). {Nutmeg butter}, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. {Nutmeg flower} (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing. {Nutmeg liver} (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg. {Nutmeg melon} (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. {Nutmeg pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus {Myristicivora}, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail. {Nutmeg wood} (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm. {Peruvian nutmeg}, the aromatic seed of a South American tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}). {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia ({Atherosperma moschata}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Becuiba \Be*cui"ba\, n., Becuiba nut \Be*cui"ba nut`\ [Native name.] (Bot.) The nut of the Brazilian tree {Myristica Bicuhyba}, which yields a medicinal balsam used for rheumatism. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F. noix muscade. See {Nut}, and {Musk}.] (Bot.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which is mace The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other species of {Myristica} yield nutmegs of inferior quality. {American}, {Calabash}, [or] {Jamaica}, {nutmeg}, the fruit of a tropical shrub ({Monodora Myristica}). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp. {Brazilian nutmeg}, the fruit of a lauraceous tree, {Cryptocarya moschata}. {California nutmeg}, tree of the Yew family ({Torreya Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine. {Clove nutmeg}, the {Ravensara aromatica}, a laura ceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic. {Jamaica nutmeg}. See American nutmeg (above). {Nutmeg bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian finch ({Munia punctularia}). {Nutmeg butter}, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. {Nutmeg flower} (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing. {Nutmeg liver} (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg. {Nutmeg melon} (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. {Nutmeg pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus {Myristicivora}, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail. {Nutmeg wood} (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm. {Peruvian nutmeg}, the aromatic seed of a South American tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}). {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia ({Atherosperma moschata}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Otoba fat \O*to"ba fat`\ (Chem.) A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of {Myristica otoba}, a species of nutmeg tree. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mace \Mace\, n. [F. macis, L. macis, macir, Gr. [?]; cf. Skr. makaranda the nectar or honey of a flower, a fragrant mango.] (Bot.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See {Nutmeg}. Note: Red mace is the aril of {Myristica tingens}, and white mace that of {M. Otoba}, -- East Indian trees of the same genus with the nutmeg tree. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myristin \My*ris"tin\, n. (Chem.) The myristate of glycerin, -- found as a vegetable fat in nutmeg butter, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myristone \My*ris"tone\, n. [Myristc + -one.] (Chem.) The ketone of myristic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Margate, FL (city, FIPS 43125) Location: 26.24540 N, 80.21122 W Population (1990): 42985 (21647 housing units) Area: 22.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33063, 33066 | |
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Margate City, NJ (city, FIPS 43890) Location: 39.33075 N, 74.50742 W Population (1990): 8431 (6726 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08402 | |
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Marked Tree, AR (city, FIPS 44210) Location: 35.52995 N, 90.41746 W Population (1990): 3100 (1246 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72365 | |
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Marquette, IA (city, FIPS 49620) Location: 43.04285 N, 91.18405 W Population (1990): 479 (233 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52158 Marquette, KS (city, FIPS 44925) Location: 38.55381 N, 97.83404 W Population (1990): 593 (260 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67464 Marquette, MI (city, FIPS 51900) Location: 46.55081 N, 87.39573 W Population (1990): 21977 (8216 housing units) Area: 29.5 sq km (land), 20.6 sq km (water) Marquette, NE (village, FIPS 30730) Location: 41.00603 N, 98.00948 W Population (1990): 211 (87 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68854 Marquette, WI (village, FIPS 49500) Location: 43.74221 N, 89.13879 W Population (1990): 182 (127 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53947 | |
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Marquette County, MI (county, FIPS 103) Location: 46.66436 N, 87.60419 W Population (1990): 70887 (31049 housing units) Area: 4717.2 sq km (land), 4158.5 sq km (water) Marquette County, WI (county, FIPS 77) Location: 43.81783 N, 89.39378 W Population (1990): 12321 (8035 housing units) Area: 1179.8 sq km (land), 23.1 sq km (water) | |
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Marquette Heights, IL (city, FIPS 47111) Location: 40.61718 N, 89.60368 W Population (1990): 3077 (978 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Marsteller, PA Zip code(s): 15760 | |
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Marston, MO (city, FIPS 46406) Location: 36.51757 N, 89.60874 W Population (1990): 691 (296 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63866 Marston, NC Zip code(s): 28363 | |
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Marstons Mills, MA (CDP, FIPS 38995) Location: 41.67354 N, 70.40833 W Population (1990): 8017 (3538 housing units) Area: 35.0 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02648 | |
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Mary Esther, FL (city, FIPS 43375) Location: 30.41127 N, 86.65711 W Population (1990): 4139 (1652 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32569 | |
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Maury City, TN (town, FIPS 46540) Location: 35.81546 N, 89.22380 W Population (1990): 782 (311 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Merced, CA (city, FIPS 46898) Location: 37.29627 N, 120.48436 W Population (1990): 56216 (18965 housing units) Area: 41.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95348 | |
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Merced County, CA (county, FIPS 47) Location: 37.18946 N, 120.71113 W Population (1990): 178403 (58410 housing units) Area: 4995.8 sq km (land), 111.7 sq km (water) | |
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Mercedes, TX (city, FIPS 47700) Location: 26.14800 N, 97.92076 W Population (1990): 12694 (4042 housing units) Area: 19.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78570 | |
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Meyersdale, PA (borough, FIPS 48912) Location: 39.81308 N, 79.02676 W Population (1990): 2518 (1058 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15552 | |
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Moore Station, TX (city, FIPS 49272) Location: 32.19082 N, 95.57238 W Population (1990): 256 (98 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Moorestown, MI Zip code(s): 49651 Moorestown, NJ Zip code(s): 08057 | |
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Moorestown-Lenola, NJ (CDP, FIPS 47895) Location: 39.96432 N, 74.96597 W Population (1990): 13242 (5248 housing units) Area: 18.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Moraga Town, CA (city, FIPS 49194) Location: 37.84385 N, 122.12342 W Population (1990): 15852 (5687 housing units) Area: 24.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Morrisdale, PA Zip code(s): 16858 | |
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Morriston, FL Zip code(s): 32668 | |
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Morristown, AZ Zip code(s): 85342 Morristown, IN (town, FIPS 51192) Location: 39.67232 N, 85.69979 W Population (1990): 980 (376 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46161 Morristown, MN (city, FIPS 44296) Location: 44.22467 N, 93.44483 W Population (1990): 784 (309 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55052 Morristown, NJ (town, FIPS 48300) Location: 40.79673 N, 74.47756 W Population (1990): 16189 (7061 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07960 Morristown, NY (village, FIPS 48571) Location: 44.58321 N, 75.64508 W Population (1990): 490 (227 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Morristown, OH (village, FIPS 52346) Location: 40.06280 N, 81.07146 W Population (1990): 296 (130 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Morristown, SD (town, FIPS 43860) Location: 45.93900 N, 101.71827 W Population (1990): 64 (49 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57645 Morristown, TN (city, FIPS 50280) Location: 36.21465 N, 83.29598 W Population (1990): 21385 (9248 housing units) Area: 41.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37813, 37814 | |
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Mowrystown, OH (village, FIPS 53186) Location: 39.03876 N, 83.75253 W Population (1990): 460 (177 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Murray City, OH (village, FIPS 53410) Location: 39.51076 N, 82.16707 W Population (1990): 499 (235 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Myerstown, PA (borough, FIPS 52488) Location: 40.37165 N, 76.30544 W Population (1990): 3236 (1232 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17067 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
marketroid /mar'k*-troyd/ n. alt. `marketing slime', `marketeer', `marketing droid', `marketdroid'. A member of a company's marketing department, esp. one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory. Compare {droid}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
marketroid /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing department, especially one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Markowitz The author of the original {Simscript} language. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Market-place any place of public resort, and hence a public place or broad street (Matt. 11:16; 20:3), as well as a forum or market-place proper, where goods were exposed for sale, and where public assemblies and trials were held (Acts 16:19; 17:17). This word occurs in the Old Testament only in Ezek. 27:13. In early times markets were held at the gates of cities, where commodities were exposed for sale (2 Kings 7:18). In large towns the sale of particular articles seems to have been confined to certain streets, as we may infer from such expressions as "the bakers' street" (Jer. 37:21), and from the circumstance that in the time of Josephus the valley between Mounts Zion and Moriah was called the Tyropoeon or the "valley of the cheesemakers." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Moresheth-gath possession of the wine-press, the birthplace of the prophet Micah (1:14), who is called the "Morasthite" (Jer. 26:18). This place was probably a suburb of Gath. |