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Madecass \Mad"e*cass\, Madecassee \Mad`e*cas"see\, n. A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See {Malagasy}. | |
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Madecass \Mad"e*cass\, Madecassee \Mad`e*cas"see\, n. A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See {Malagasy}. | |
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Madecassee \Mad`e*cas"see\, a. Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants. | |
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Madegassy \Mad`e*gas"sy\, n. & a. See {Madecassee}. | |
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Mattages \Mat`ta*ges"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also {matagasse}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Matagasse \Mat`a*gasse"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also {mattages}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Mattages \Mat`ta*ges"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also {matagasse}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Matagasse \Mat`a*gasse"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also {mattages}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Match game \Match game\ A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games. | |
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Match \Match\, n. [OE. macche, AS. gem[91]cca; akin to gemaca, and to OS. gimako, OHG. gimah fitting, suitable, convenient, Icel. mark suitable, maki mate, Sw. make, Dan. mage; all from the root of E. make, v. See {Make} mate, and {Make}, v., and cf. {Mate} an associate.] 1. A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate. Government . . . makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow subjects. --Addison. 2. A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like; as, specifically: (a) A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle. [bd]Many a warlike match.[b8] --Drayton. A solemn match was made; he lost the prize. --Dryden. (b) A matrimonial union; a marriage. 3. An agreement, compact, etc. [bd]Thy hand upon that match.[b8] --Shak. Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than those of its own making. --Boyle. 4. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage. [bd]She . . . was looked upon as the richest match of the West.[b8] --Clarendon. 5. Equality of conditions in contest or competition. It were no match, your nail against his horn. --Shak. 6. Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match. 7. (Founding) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold. {Match boarding} (Carp.), boards fitted together with tongue and groove, or prepared to be so fitted. {Match game}, a game arranged as a test of superiority. {Match plane} (Carp.), either of the two planes used to shape the edges of boards which are joined by grooving and tonguing. {Match plate} (Founding), a board or plate on the opposite sides of which the halves of a pattern are fastened, to facilitate molding. --Knight. {Match wheel} (Mach.), a cogwheel of suitable pitch to work with another wheel; specifically, one of a pair of cogwheels of equal size. | |
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Sister \Sis"ter\, n. [OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster, from AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries. sweester, suster, LG. s[81]ster, suster, D. zuster, OS. & OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan. s[94]ster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses[?], Russ. sestra, Pol. siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. [root]298. Cf. {Cousin}.] 1. A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother. I am the sister of one Claudio. --Shak. 2. A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community. --James ii. 15. 3. One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits. --Pope. {Sister Block} (Naut.), a tackle block having two sheaves, one above the other. {Sister hooks}, a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of one forming a mousing for the other; -- called also {match hook}. {Sister of charity}, {Sister of mercy}. (R. C. Ch.) See under {Charity}, and {Mercy}. | |
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Match-cloth \Match"-cloth`\, n. A coarse cloth. | |
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Match-coat \Match"-coat`\, n. A coat made of match-cloth. | |
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Mattages \Mat`ta*ges"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also {matagasse}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Matagasse \Mat`a*gasse"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also {mattages}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Mattages \Mat`ta*ges"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also {matagasse}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Matagasse \Mat`a*gasse"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also {mattages}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Md2sogothic \M[d2]`so*goth"ic\, a. Belonging to the M[d2]sogoths, a branch of the Goths who settled in M[d2]sia. | |
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Md2sogothic \M[d2]`so*goth"ic\, n. The language of the M[d2]sogoths; -- also called {Gothic}. | |
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Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A North American rail ({Porzana Carolina}) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also {American rail}, {Carolina rail}, {Carolina crake}, {common rail}, {sora rail}, {soree}, {meadow chicken}, and {orto}. {King sora}, the Florida gallinule. | |
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Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See {Safe}.] (Bot.) (a) A suffruticose labiate plant ({Salvia officinalis}) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage. (b) The sagebrush. {Meadow sage} (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia ({S. pratensis}) growing in meadows in Europe. {Sage cheese}, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which are added to the milk. {Sage cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse. {Sage green}, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of garden sage. {Sage grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very large American grouse ({Centrocercus urophasianus}), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the plains}. The male is called {sage cock}, and the female {sage hen}. {Sage hare}, or {Sage rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hare ({Lepus Nuttalli, [or] artemisia}) which inhabits the arid regions of Western North America and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit. {Sage hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the sage grouse. {Sage sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a small sparrow ({Amphispiza Belli}, var. {Nevadensis}) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush. {Sage thrasher} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America. {Sage willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix tristis}) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves. | |
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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. | |
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Saxifrage \Sax"i*frage\ (?; 48), n. [L. saxifraga, from saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break: cf. F. saxifrage. See {Fracture}, and cf. {Sassafras}, {Saxon}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions. {Burnet saxifrage}, a European umbelliferous plant ({Pimpinella Saxifraga}). {Golden saxifrage}, a low half-succulent herb ({Chrysosplenium oppositifolium}) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, {C. Americanum}, common in the United States. See also under {Golden}. {Meadow saxifrage}, or {Pepper saxifrage}. See under {Meadow}. | |
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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. | |
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d8Meatus \[d8]Me*a"tus\, n. sing. & pl.; E. pl. {Meatuses}. [L., a going, passage, fr. meare to go.] (Anat.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of {Ear}. | |
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Moon \Moon\, n. [OE. mone, AS. m[d3]na; akin to D. maan, OS. & OHG. m[be]no, G. mond, Icel. m[be]ni, Dan. maane, Sw. m[86]ne, Goth. m[c7]na, Lith. men[?], L. mensis month, Gr. [?] moon, [?] month, Skr. m[be]s moon, month; prob. from a root meaning to measure (cf. Skr. m[be] to measure), from its serving to measure the time. [fb]271. Cf. {Mete} to measure, {Menses}, {Monday}, {Month}.] 1. The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See {Lunar month}, under {Month}. The crescent moon, the diadem of night. --Cowper. 2. A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn. 3. The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month. --Shak. 4. (Fort.) A crescentlike outwork. See {Half-moon}. {Moon blindness}. (a) (Far.) A kind of ophthalmia liable to recur at intervals of three or four weeks. (b) (Med.) Hemeralopia. {Moon dial}, a dial used to indicate time by moonlight. {Moon face}, a round face like a full moon. {Moon madness}, lunacy. [Poetic] {Moon month}, a lunar month. {Moon trefoil} (Bot.), a shrubby species of medic ({Medicago arborea}). See {Medic}. {Moon year}, a lunar year, consisting of lunar months, being sometimes twelve and sometimes thirteen. | |
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Nonesuch \None"such`\, n. A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is given as a name to various objects, as to a choice variety of apple, a species of medic ({Medicago lupulina}), a variety of pottery clay, etc. | |
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Shamrock \Sham"rock\, n. [L. seamrog, seamar, trefoil, white clover, white honeysuckle; akin to Gael. seamrag.] (Bot.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity. Note: The original plant was probably a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis Acetocella}); but now the name is given to the white clover ({Trifolium repens}), and the black medic ({Medicago lupulina}). | |
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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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Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Medicago sativa}), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also {alfalfa}. [Written also {lucerne}.] | |
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Alfalfa \Al*fal"fa\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) The lucern ({Medicago sativa}); -- so called in California, Texas, etc. | |
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Snail \Snail\ (sn[amac]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family {Helicid[91]}. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See {Pond snail}, under {Pond}, and {Sea snail}. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --Vegetius (Trans.). 5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. {Ear snail}, {Edible snail}, {Pond snail}, etc. See under {Ear}, {Edible}, etc. {Snail borer} (Zo[94]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. {Snail clover} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago scuttellata}, also, {M. Helix}); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also {snail trefoil}, {snail medic}, and {beehive}. {Snail flower} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. {Snail shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of snail. {Snail trefoil}. (Bot.) See {Snail clover}, above. | |
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Medicaster \Med"i*cas`ter\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]dicastre. See {Medical}.] A quack. [R.] --Whitlock. | |
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d8Medusa \[d8]Me*du"sa\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone. 2. [pl. {Medusae}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish. Note: The larger medus[91] belong to the Discophora, and are sometimes called {covered-eyed medus[91]}; others, known as {naked-eyed medus[91]}, belong to the Hydroidea, and are usually developed by budding from hidroids. See {Discophora}, {Hydroidea}, and {Hydromedusa}. {Medusa bud} (Zo[94]l.), one of the buds of a hydroid, destined to develop into a gonophore or medusa. See {Athecata}, and {Gonotheca}. {Medusa's head}. (a) (Zo[94]l.) An astrophyton. (b) (Astron.) A cluster of stars in the constellation Perseus. It contains the bright star Algol. | |
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Metacism \Met"a*cism\, n. [L. metacismus, Gr. [?] fondness for the letter [?].] A defect in pronouncing the letter m, or a too frequent use of it. | |
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Metagastric \Met`a*gas"tric\, a. [Pref. meta- + gastric.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the two posterior gastric lobes of the carapace of crabs. | |
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Metazoic \Met`a*zo"ic\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Metazoa. | |
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Mitis casting \Mi"tis cast`ing\ [Perh. fr. L. mitis mild.] A process, invented by P. Ostberg, for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminium is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire clay; also, a casting made by this process; -- called also {wrought-iron casting}. | |
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d8Karyokinesis \[d8]Kar"y*o*ki*ne`sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a nut, kernel + [?] to move.] (Biol.) The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to {karyostenosis}. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also {mitosis}. See {Cell development}, under {Cell}. | |
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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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Mudsucker \Mud"suck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A woodcock. | |
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Mutacism \Mu"ta*cism\, n. See {Mytacism}. | |
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Mutic \Mu"tic\, Muticous \Mu"ti*cous\, a. [L. muticus, for mutilus. See {Mutilate}.] (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Without a point or pointed process; blunt. | |
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Mytacism \My"ta*cism\, n. [Gr. [?]. Cf. {Metacism}.] Too frequent use of the letter m, or of the sound represented by it. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Media Access Control layer}. The interface between a {node}'s {Logical Link Control} and the network's {physical layer}. The MAC differs for various physical media. See also {MAC Address}, {Ethernet}, {token ring}. [What does it do? Examples? "Media" or "Medium"?] (1996-01-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Media Access Unit {Token Ring} network, a device to attach multiple network stations in a star topology, internally wired to connect the stations into a logical ring. The MAU contains relays to short out nonoperating stations. Multiple MAUs can be connected into a larger ring through their Ring In/Ring Out connectors. (1997-05-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Meta-CASE tool A term sometimes used for software packages (like TBK or VSF) which allow users to develop or customise their own CASE tools. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Matthew, Gospel according to The author of this book was beyond a doubt the Matthew, an apostle of our Lord, whose name it bears. He wrote the Gospel of Christ according to his own plans and aims, and from his own point of view, as did also the other "evangelists." As to the time of its composition, there is little in the Gospel itself to indicate. It was evidently written before the destruction of Jerusalem (Matt. 24), and some time after the events it records. The probability is that it was written between the years A.D. 60 and 65. The cast of thought and the forms of expression employed by the writer show that this Gospel was written for Jewish Christians of Palestine. His great object is to prove that Jesus of Nazareth was the promised Messiah, and that in him the ancient prophecies had their fulfilment. The Gospel is full of allusions to those passages of the Old Testament in which Christ is predicted and foreshadowed. The one aim prevading the whole book is to show that Jesus is he "of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write." This Gospel contains no fewer than sixty-five references to the Old Testament, forty-three of these being direct verbal citations, thus greatly outnumbering those found in the other Gospels. The main feature of this Gospel may be expressed in the motto, "I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." As to the language in which this Gospel was written there is much controversy. Many hold, in accordance with old tradition, that it was originally written in Hebrew (i.e., the Aramaic or Syro-Chaldee dialect, then the vernacular of the inhabitants of Palestine), and afterwards translated into Greek, either by Matthew himself or by some person unknown. This theory, though earnestly maintained by able critics, we cannot see any ground for adopting. From the first this Gospel in Greek was received as of authority in the Church. There is nothing in it to show that it is a translation. Though Matthew wrote mainly for the Jews, yet they were everywhere familiar with the Greek language. The same reasons which would have suggested the necessity of a translation into Greek would have led the evangelist to write in Greek at first. It is confessed that this Gospel has never been found in any other form than that in which we now possess it. The leading characteristic of this Gospel is that it sets forth the kingly glory of Christ, and shows him to be the true heir to David's throne. It is the Gospel of the kingdom. Matthew uses the expression "kingdom of heaven" (thirty-two times), while Luke uses the expression "kingdom of God" (thirty-three times). Some Latinized forms occur in this Gospel, as kodrantes (Matt. 5:26), for the Latin quadrans, and phragello (27:26), for the Latin flagello. It must be remembered that Matthew was a tax-gatherer for the Roman government, and hence in contact with those using the Latin language. As to the relation of the Gospels to each other, we must maintain that each writer of the synoptics (the first three) wrote independently of the other two, Matthew being probably first in point of time. "Out of a total of 1071 verses, Matthew has 387 in common with Mark and Luke, 130 with Mark, 184 with Luke; only 387 being peculiar to itself." (See {MARK}; {LUKE}; {GOSPELS}.) The book is fitly divided into these four parts: (1.) Containing the genealogy, the birth, and the infancy of Jesus (1; 2). (2.) The discourses and actions of John the Baptist preparatory to Christ's public ministry (3; 4:11). (3.) The discourses and actions of Christ in Galilee (4:12-20:16). (4.) The sufferings, death and resurrection of our Lord (20:17-28). | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Madagascar Madagascar:Geography Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique Map references: Africa Area: total area: 587,040 sq km land area: 581,540 sq km comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Arizona Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 4,828 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or 100 nm from the 2,500-m isobath exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: claims Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island (all administered by France) Climate: tropical along coast, temperate inland, arid in south Terrain: narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in center Natural resources: graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish Land use: arable land: 4% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 58% forest and woodland: 26% other: 11% Irrigated land: 9,000 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: soil erosion results from deforestation and overgrazing; desertification; surface water contaminated with raw sewage and other organic wastes; several species of flora and fauna unique to the island are endangered natural hazards: periodic cyclones international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Law of the Sea Note: world's fourth-largest island; strategic location along Mozambique Channel Madagascar:People Population: 13,862,325 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 47% (female 3,231,647; male 3,265,715) 15-64 years: 50% (female 3,511,699; male 3,413,564) 65 years and over: 3% (female 225,205; male 214,495) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 3.18% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 44.82 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 12.99 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 86.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 54.45 years male: 52.47 years female: 56.48 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.62 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Malagasy (singular and plural) adjective: Malagasy Ethnic divisions: Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo), Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry - Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava), French, Indian, Creole, Comoran Religions: indigenous beliefs 52%, Christian 41%, Muslim 7% Languages: French (official), Malagasy (official) Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) total population: 80% male: 88% female: 73% Labor force: total workers: 4.9 million workers not receiving money wages: 4.7 million (96% of total labor force); note - 4.3 million workers are in subsistence agriculture wage earners: 175,000 (3.6% of total work force) wage earners by occupation: agriculture 45,500, domestic service 29,750, industry 26,250, commerce 24,500, construction 19,250, service 15,750, transportation 10,500, other 3,500 (1985 est.) Madagascar:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Madagascar conventional short form: Madagascar local long form: Republique de Madagascar local short form: Madagascar former: Malagasy Republic Digraph: MA Type: republic Capital: Antananarivo Administrative divisions: 6 provinces; Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliary Independence: 26 June 1960 (from France) National holiday: Independence Day, 26 June (1960) Constitution: 19 August 1992 by national referendum Legal system: based on French civil law system and traditional Malagasy law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Albert ZAFY (since 9 March 1993); election last held on 10 February 1993 (next to be held 1998); results - Albert ZAFY (UNDD), 67%; Didier RATSIRAKA (AREMA), 33% head of government: Prime Minister Francisque RAVONY (since 9 August 1993) cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the prime minister Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament Senate (Senat): two-thirds of upper house seats are to be filled from popularly elected regional assemblies; the remaining third is to be filled by presidential appointment; decentralization and formation of regional assemblies is not expected before 1997 National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale): elections last held on 16 June 1993 (next to be held June 1997); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (138 total) CFV coalition 76, PMDM/MFM 16, CSCD 11, Famima 10, RPSD 7, various pro-Ratsiraka groups 10, others 8 Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Cour Supreme), High Constitutional Court (Haute Cour Constitutionnelle) Political parties and leaders: Committee of Living Forces (CFV), an alliance of National Union for Development and Democracy (UNDD), Support Group for Democracy and Development in Madagascar (CSDDM), Action and Reflection Group for the Development of Madagascar (GRAD), Congress Party for Madagascar Independence - Renewal (AKFM-Fanavaozana), and some 12 other parties, trade unions, and religious groups; Militant Party for the Development of Madagascar (PMDM/MFM), formerly the Movement for Proletarian Power, Manandafy RAKOTONIRINA; Confederation of Civil Societies for Development (CSCD), Guy Willy RAZANAMASY; Association of United Malagasys (Famima); Rally for Social Democracy (RPSD), Pierre TSIRANANA Other political or pressure groups: National Council of Christian Churches (FFKM); Federalist Movement Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIH, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Pierrot Jocelyn RAJAONARIVELO chancery: 2374 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 265-5525, 5526 consulate(s) general: New York US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Dennis P. BARRETT embassy: 14-16 Rue Rainitovo, Antsahavola, Antananarivo mailing address: B. P. 620, Antananarivo telephone: [261] (2) 212-57, 200-89, 207-18 FAX: [261] (2) 345-39 Flag: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a vertical white band of the same width on hoist side Economy Overview: Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world, suffering from chronic malnutrition, underfunded health and education facilities, a 3% annual population growth rate, and severe loss of forest cover, accompanied by erosion. Agriculture, including fishing and forestry, is the mainstay of the economy, accounting for over 30% of GDP and contributing more than 70% of total export earnings. Industry is largely confined to the processing of agricultural products and textile manufacturing; in 1991 it accounted for only 13% of GDP. In 1986 the government introduced a five-year development plan that stressed self-sufficiency in food (mainly rice) by 1990, increased production for exports, and reduced energy imports. Subsequently, growth in output has been held back because of protracted antigovernment strikes and demonstrations for political reform. Since 1993, corruption and political instability have caused the economy and infrastructure to decay further. Since April 1994, the government commitment to economic reforms has been erratic. Enormous obstacles stand in the way of Madagascar's realizing its considerable growth potential. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $10.6 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 2.8% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $790 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 35% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $250 million expenditures: $265 million, including capital expenditures of $180 million (1991 est.) Exports: $240 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.) commodities: coffee 45%, vanilla 20%, cloves 11%, shellfish, sugar, petroleum products partners: France, US, Germany, Japan, Russia Imports: $510 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.) commodities: intermediate manufactures 30%, capital goods 28%, petroleum 15%, consumer goods 14%, food 13% partners: France, Germany, Japan, UK, Italy, Netherlands External debt: $4.3 billion (1993 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 3.8% (1993 est.); accounts for 13% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 220,000 kW production: 560 million kWh consumption per capita: 40 kWh (1993) Industries: agricultural processing (meat canneries, soap factories, breweries, tanneries, sugar refining plants), light consumer goods industries (textiles, glassware), cement, automobile assembly plant, paper, petroleum Agriculture: accounts for 31% of GDP; cash crops - coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa; food crops - rice, cassava, beans, bananas, peanuts; cattle raising widespread; almost self-sufficient in rice Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis (cultivated and wild varieties) used mostly for domestic consumption Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $136 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $3.125 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $491 million Currency: 1 Malagasy franc (FMG) = 100 centimes Exchange rates: Malagasy francs (FMG) per US$1 - 3,718.0 (November 1994), 1,913.8 (1993), 1,864.0 (1992), 1,835.4 (1991), 1,454.6 (December 1990) Fiscal year: calendar year Madagascar:Transportation Railroads: total: 1,020 km narrow gauge: 1,020 km 1.000-m gauge Highways: total: 40,000 km paved: 4,694 km unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, stabilized earth 811 km; other earth 34,495 km (est.) Inland waterways: of local importance only; isolated streams and small portions of Canal des Pangalanes Ports: Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Port Saint-Louis, Toamasina, Toliaria Merchant marine: total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,261 GRT/28,193 DWT ships by type: cargo 5, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 Airports: total: 138 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 21 with paved runways under 914 m: 42 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 5 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 64 Madagascar:Communications Telephone system: NA telephones; above average system local: NA intercity: open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter links international: submarine cable to Bahrain; 1 earth station for Indian Ocean INTELSAT Radio: broadcast stations: AM 17, FM 3, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 1 (repeaters 36) televisions: NA Madagascar:Defense Forces Branches: Popular Armed Forces (includes Intervention Forces, Development Forces, Aeronaval Forces - includes Navy and Air Force), Gendarmerie, Presidential Security Regiment Manpower availability: males age 15-49 3,027,156; males fit for military service 1,800,127; males reach military age (20) annually 130,071 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $35 million, 1.3% of GDP (1991) |