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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Madefy \Mad"e*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Madefied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Madefying}.] [Cf. F. mad[82]fier, L. madefacere. See {Madefaction}.] To make wet or moist. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Maid \Maid\, n. [Shortened from maiden. [?]. See {Maiden}.] 1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden. Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. --Shak. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me. --Jer. ii. 32. 2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.] Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --Chaucer. 3. A female servant. Spinning amongst her maids. --Shak. Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate ({Raia batis}), and of the thornback ({R. clavata}). [Prov. Eng.] {Fair maid}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Fair}, a. {Maid of honor}, a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties. {Old maid}. See under {Old}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Honor \Hon"or\, n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence. A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. --Matt. xiii. 57. 2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity. If she have forgot Honor and virtue. --Shak. Godlike erect, with native honor clad. --Milton. 3. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege. Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done. --Wordsworth. I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. --Lovelace. 4. That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank. [bd]Restored me to my honors.[b8] --Shak. I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. --1 Kings iii. 13. Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. --Ps. civ. 1. 5. Fame; reputation; credit. Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and reputation. --Bacon. If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. --Rogers. 6. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors. [bd]Their funeral honors.[b8] --Dryden. 7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation. 8. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under {Honorable}. 9. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. --Cowell. 10. pl. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics. 11. pl. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors. --R. A. Proctor. {Affair of honor}, a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the duel itself. {Court of honor}, a court or tribunal to investigate and decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature. {Debt of honor}, a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by betting or gambling, considered more binding than if recoverable by law. {Honor bright!} An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.] {Honor court} (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory. {Honor point}. (Her.) See {Escutcheon}. {Honors of war} (Mil.), distinctions granted to a vanquished enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and with colors flying. {Law, [or] Code}, {of honor}, certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and which are founded on a regard to reputation. --Paley. {Maid of honor}, a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen when she appears in public. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Cf. {Pink}, v. t.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus {Dianthus}, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx. 2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower. --Dryden. 3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. [bd]The very pink of courtesy.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.] {Bunch pink} is {Dianthus barbatus}. {China}, [or] {Indian}, {pink}. See under {China}. {Clove pink} is {Dianthus Caryophyllus}, the stock from which carnations are derived. {Garden pink}. See {Pheasant's eye}. {Meadow pink} is applied to {Dianthus deltoides}; also, to the ragged robin. {Maiden pink}, {Dianthus deltoides}. {Moss pink}. See under {Moss}. {Pink needle}, the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See {Alfilaria}. {Sea pink}. See {Thrift}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow ground.[b8] --Milton. Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}. {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes. {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay and for pasture. See {Grass}. {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.] {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}. (b) The American coot ({Fulica}). (c) The clapper rail. {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus of American birds allied to the starlings. The common species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black crescent. {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola}, as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called also {field mouse}, and {field vole}. {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes. {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite. {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}. {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}. {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe. {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species. {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}. {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}. {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel. {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Metavanadate \Met`a*van"a*date\, n. (Chem.) A salt of metavanadic acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Metavanadic \Met`a*va*nad"ic\, a. [Pref. meta- + vanadic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a vanadic acid analogous to metaphosphoric acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Metopomancy \Met"o*po*man`cy\, n. [Gr. [?] the forehead + -mancy.] Fortune telling by physiognomy. [R.] --Urquhart. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Midheaven \Mid"heav`en\, n. 1. The midst or middle of heaven or the sky. 2. (Astron.) The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point of the ecliptic on the meridian. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Modify \Mod"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Modifying}.] [F. modifier, L. modificare, modificari; modus limit + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Mode}, and {-fy}.] 1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract. 2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower. Of his grace He modifies his first severe decree. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moot \Moot\, n. [AS. m[d3]t, gem[d3]t, a meeting; -- usually in comp.] [Written also {mote}.] 1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot. --J. R. Green. 2. [From {Moot}, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice. The pleading used in courts and chancery called moots. --Sir T. Elyot. {Moot case}, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable case; an unsettled question. --Dryden. {Moot court}, a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases. {Moot point}, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question. | |
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Meddybemps, ME Zip code(s): 04657 | |
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Mid Venice, FL Zip code(s): 34292 | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
METAFONT A system for the design of raster-based alphabets by {Donald Knuth}. A companion to {TeX}. ["The METAFONT Book," Donald Knuth, A-W 1986. Version 2.0, March 1990]. (1994-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
metaphone similar sounding words encode the same. It's similar to {soundex} in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation it's more accurate. The higher accuracy doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more computational power as well as more storage capacity, but neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive. It is in the public domain so it can be freely implemented. Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995]. (1998-12-22) |