English Dictionary: mitten in der Nacht | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Madden \Mad"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maddened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maddening}.] To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Madman \Mad"man\, n.; pl. {Madmen}. A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person. When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things, he is mad. A madman is properly so defined. --Coleridge. | |
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Madman \Mad"man\, n.; pl. {Madmen}. A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person. When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things, he is mad. A madman is properly so defined. --Coleridge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Maiden \Maid"en\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. [bd]Amid the maiden throng.[b8] --Addison. Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak. 2. Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt. [bd]A surprising old maiden lady.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. [bd]Maiden flowers.[b8] --Shak. Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. --Shak. 4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay. {Maiden assize} (Eng. Law), an assize which there is no criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with blood. It was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of white gloves. --Smart. {Maiden name}, the surname of a woman before her marriage. {Maiden pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}. {Maiden plum} (Bot.), a West Indian tree ({Comocladia integrifolia}) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain. {Maiden speech}, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a new member in a public body. {Maiden tower}, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy. | |
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Methanometer \Meth`a*nom"e*ter\, n. [Methane + -meter.] An instrument, resembling a eudiometer, to detect the presence and amount of methane, as in coal mines. | |
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Metonymic \Met`o*nym"ic\, Metonymical \Met`o*nym"ic*al\, a. [See {Metonymy}.] Used by way of metonymy. -- {Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Metonymic \Met`o*nym"ic\, Metonymical \Met`o*nym"ic*al\, a. [See {Metonymy}.] Used by way of metonymy. -- {Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Metonymic \Met`o*nym"ic\, Metonymical \Met`o*nym"ic*al\, a. [See {Metonymy}.] Used by way of metonymy. -- {Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Metonymy \Me*ton"y*my\ (?; 277), n. [L. metonymia, Gr. [?]; [?], indicating change + [?], for [?] a name: cf. F. m[82]tonymie. See {Name}.] (Rhet.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections. | |
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Midmain \Mid"main`\, n. The middle part of the main or sea. [Poetic] --Chapman. | |
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Mootman \Moot"man\, n.; pl. {Mootmen}. (O. Eng. Law) One who argued moot cases in the inns of court. | |
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Mootman \Moot"man\, n.; pl. {Mootmen}. (O. Eng. Law) One who argued moot cases in the inns of court. | |
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Motion \Mo"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Motioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Motioning}.] 1. To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat. 2. To make proposal; to offer plans. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mud \Mud\, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. {Mud bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum pomotis}) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. {Mud bath}, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. {Mud boat}, a large flatboat used in deredging. {Mud cat}. See {Catfish}. {Mud crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus {Panopeus}. {Mud dab} (Zo[94]l.), the winter flounder. See {Flounder}, and {Dab}. {Mud dauber} (Zo[94]l.), a mud wasp. {Mud devil} (Zo[94]l.), the fellbender. {Mud drum} (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. {Mud eel} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See {Siren}. {Mud frog} (Zo[94]l.), a European frog ({Pelobates fuscus}). {Mud hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American coot ({Fulica Americana}). (b) The clapper rail. {Mud lark}, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] {Mud minnow} (Zo[94]l.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus {Umbra}, as {U. limi}. The genus is allied to the pickerels. {Mud plug}, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. {Mud puppy} (Zo[94]l.), the menobranchus. {Mud scow}, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] {Mud turtle}, {Mud tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. {Mud wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to {Pep[91]us}, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also {mud dauber}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mutiny \Mu"ti*ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mutinied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mutinying}.] 1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority. 2. To fall into strife; to quarrel. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mutton \Mut"ton\, n. [OE. motoun, OF. moton, molton, a sheep, wether, F. mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. See {Mutilate}.] 1. A sheep. [Obs.] --Chapman. Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --Sir H. Sidney. Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. --Hallam. 2. The flesh of a sheep. The fat of roasted mutton or beef. --Swift. 3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.] {Mutton bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Australian short-tailed petrel ({Nectris brevicaudus}). {Mutton chop}, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off. {Mutton fish} (Zo[94]l.), the American eelpout. See {Eelpout}. {Mutton fist}, a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] --Dryden. {Mutton monger}, a pimp. [Low & Obs.] --Chapman. {To return to one's muttons}. [A translation of a phrase from a farce by De Brueys, revenons [85] nos moutons let us return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [Humorous] I willingly return to my muttons. --H. R. Haweis. | |
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Myodynamics \My`o*dy*nam"ics\, n. [Myo- + dynamics.] (Physiol.) The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction; the exercise of muscular force or contraction. | |
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Myodynamiometer \My`o*dy*na`mi*om"e*ter\, n. A myodynamometer. | |
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Myodynamometer \My`o*dy`na*mom"e*ter\, n. [Myo- + E. dynamometer.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the muscular strength of man or of other animals; a dynamometer. --Dunglison. | |
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Medimont, ID Zip code(s): 83842 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Madmannah dunghill, the modern el-Minyay, 15 miles south-south-west of Gaza (Josh. 15:31; 1 Chr. 2:49), in the south of Judah. The Pal. Mem., however, suggest Umm Deimneh, 12 miles north-east of Beersheba, as the site. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Madmen ibid., a Moabite town threatened with the sword of the Babylonians (Jer. 48:2). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Madmenah ibid., a town in Benjamin, not far from Jerusalem, towards the north (Isa. 10:31). The same Hebrew word occurs in Isa. 25:10, where it is rendered "dunghill." This verse has, however, been interpreted as meaning "that Moab will be trodden down by Jehovah as teben [broken straw] is trodden to fragments on the threshing-floors of Madmenah." | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Madmannah, measure of a gift; preparation of a garment |