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Mammee \Mam*mee"\, n. [Haytian mamey.] (Bot.) A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus {Mammea} ({M. Americana}); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered with a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called {mammee apple}. | |
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Manable \Man"a*ble\, a. Marriageable. [Obs.] | |
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Manful \Man"ful\, a. Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble. [bd] Manful hardiness.[b8] --Chaucer. -- {Man"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Man"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Manful \Man"ful\, a. Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble. [bd] Manful hardiness.[b8] --Chaucer. -- {Man"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Man"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Manful \Man"ful\, a. Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble. [bd] Manful hardiness.[b8] --Chaucer. -- {Man"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Man"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Maniable \Man"i*a*ble\, a. [F., fr. manier to manage, fr. L. manus hand.] Manageable. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Manifold \Man"i*fold\, n. 1. A copy of a writing made by the manifold process. 2. (Mech.) A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others. 3. pl. The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Manifold \Man"i*fold\, a. [AS. manigfeald. See {Many}, and {Fold}.] 1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! --Ps. civ. 24. I know your manifold transgressions. --Amos v. 12. 2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number. [bd]The manifold wisdom of God.[b8] --Eph. iii. 10. [bd]The manifold grace of God.[b8] --1 Pet. iv. 10. {Manifold writing}, a process or method by which several copies, as of a letter, are simultaneously made, sheets of coloring paper being infolded with thin sheets of plain paper upon which the marks made by a stylus or a type-writer are transferred. | |
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Manifold \Man"i*fold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manifolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manifolding}.] To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter. | |
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Manifold \Man"i*fold\, a. [AS. manigfeald. See {Many}, and {Fold}.] 1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! --Ps. civ. 24. I know your manifold transgressions. --Amos v. 12. 2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number. [bd]The manifold wisdom of God.[b8] --Eph. iii. 10. [bd]The manifold grace of God.[b8] --1 Pet. iv. 10. {Manifold writing}, a process or method by which several copies, as of a letter, are simultaneously made, sheets of coloring paper being infolded with thin sheets of plain paper upon which the marks made by a stylus or a type-writer are transferred. | |
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Manifold \Man"i*fold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manifolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manifolding}.] To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter. | |
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Manifolded \Man"i*fold`ed\, a. Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield. [Obs.] | |
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Manifold \Man"i*fold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manifolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manifolding}.] To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter. | |
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Manifoldly \Man"i*fold`ly\, adv. In a manifold manner. | |
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Manifoldness \Man"i*fold`ness\, n. 1. Multiplicity. --Sherwood. 2. (Math.) A generalized concept of magnitude. | |
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Maniple \Man"i*ple\, n. [L. manipulus, maniplus, a handful, a certain number of soldiers; manus hand + root of plere to fill, plenus full: cf. F. maniple. See {Manual}, and {Full}, a.] 1. A handful. [R.] --B. Jonson. 2. A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company. --Milton. 3. Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. It is sometimes worn in the English Church service. | |
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Manipular \Ma*nip"u*lar\, a. [L. manipularis: cf. F. manipulaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to the maniple, or company. 2. Manipulatory; as, manipular operations. | |
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Manipulate \Ma*nip"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manipulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manipulating}.] [LL. manipulatus, p. p. of manipulare to lead by the hand, fr. L. manipulus. See {Maniple}.] 1. To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus. 2. To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns. | |
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Manipulate \Ma*nip"u*late\, v. i. To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations. | |
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Manipulate \Ma*nip"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manipulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manipulating}.] [LL. manipulatus, p. p. of manipulare to lead by the hand, fr. L. manipulus. See {Maniple}.] 1. To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus. 2. To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns. | |
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Manipulate \Ma*nip"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manipulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manipulating}.] [LL. manipulatus, p. p. of manipulare to lead by the hand, fr. L. manipulus. See {Maniple}.] 1. To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus. 2. To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns. | |
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Manipulation \Ma*nip`u*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. manipulation.] 1. The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind. --Whewell. 2. The use of the hands in mesmeric operations. 3. Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud. | |
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Manipulative \Ma*nip"u*la*tive\, a. Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by manipulation. | |
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Manipulator \Ma*nip"u*la`tor\, n. One who manipulates. | |
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Manipulatory \Ma*nip"u*la*to*ry\, a. Of or pertaining to manipulation. | |
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Manubial \Ma*nu"bi*al\, a. [L. manubialis, fr. manubiae money obtained from the sale of booty, booty.] Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Manyplies \Ma"ny*plies\, n. [Many, adj. + plies, pl. of ply a fold.] (Anat.) The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of {Ruminant}. | |
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Men-pleaser \Men"-pleas`er\, n. One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God. --Eph. vi. 6. | |
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Minable \Min"a*ble\, a. Such as can be mined; as, minable earth. --Sir T. North. | |
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Minie ball \Min"ie ball`\ [From the inventor, Captain Mini[82], of France.] A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel. | |
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Moanful \Moan"ful\, a. Full of moaning; expressing sorrow. -- {Moan"ful*ly}, adv. | |
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Moanful \Moan"ful\, a. Full of moaning; expressing sorrow. -- {Moan"ful*ly}, adv. | |
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d8O94 \[d8]O"[94]\, n. [Hawaiian.] (Zo[94]l.) A beautiful bird ({Moho nobilis}) of the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also {yellow-tufted honeysucker}. | |
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{Money bill} (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue. {Money broker}, a broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called also {money changer}. {Money cowrie} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of {Cypr[91]a} (esp. {C. moneta}) formerly much used as money by savage tribes. See {Cowrie}. {Money of account}, a denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in the United States, but not a coin. {Money order}, an order for the payment of money; specifically, a government order for the payment of money, issued at one post office as payable at another; -- called also {postal money order}. | |
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Monophyletic \Mon`o*phy*let"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] of one tribe, fr. [?] single + [?] clan.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to {polyphyletic}; as, monophyletic origin. | |
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Monophyllous \Mo*noph"yl*lous\, a. [Gr. [?]; mo`nos alone + [?] leaf: cf. F. monophylle.] (Bot.) One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx. | |
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Monoplast \Mon"o*plast\, n. [Mono- + -plast.] (Biol.) A monoplastic element. | |
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Monoplastic \Mon`o*plas"tic\, a. [Mono- + -plastic.] (Biol.) That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element. | |
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Monopoler \Mo*nop"o*ler\, n. A monopolist. [Obs.] | |
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Monopoly \Mo*nop"o*ly\, n.; pl. {Monopolies}. [L. monopolium, Gr. [?], [?]; mo`nos alone + [?] to sell.] 1. The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product. Raleigh held a monopoly of cards, Essex a monopoly of sweet wines. --Macaulay. 2. Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land. If I had a monopoly out, they would have part on 't. --Shak. 3. The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France. [Colloq.] | |
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Monopolist \Mo*nop"o*list\, n. One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly. | |
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Monopolistic \Mo*nop`o*lis"tic\, a. Of or pertaining to a monopolist. --North Am. Rev. | |
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Monopolite \Mo*nop"o*lite\, n. A monopolist. --Sylvester. | |
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Monopolize \Mo*nop"o*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Monopolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Monopolizing}.] [From {Monopoly}.] To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land. | |
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Monopolize \Mo*nop"o*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Monopolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Monopolizing}.] [From {Monopoly}.] To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land. | |
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Monopolizer \Mo*nop"o*li`zer\, n. One who monopolizes. | |
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Monopolize \Mo*nop"o*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Monopolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Monopolizing}.] [From {Monopoly}.] To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land. | |
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Monopoly \Mo*nop"o*ly\, n.; pl. {Monopolies}. [L. monopolium, Gr. [?], [?]; mo`nos alone + [?] to sell.] 1. The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product. Raleigh held a monopoly of cards, Essex a monopoly of sweet wines. --Macaulay. 2. Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land. If I had a monopoly out, they would have part on 't. --Shak. 3. The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France. [Colloq.] | |
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Monopolylogue \Mon`o*pol"y*logue\, n. [Mono- + Gr. poly`s many + lo`gos speech.] An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters. | |
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Monovalent \Mo*nov"a*lent\, a. [Mono- + L. valens, p. pr. See {Valence}.] (Chem.) Having a valence of one; univalent. See {Univalent}. | |
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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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Moonblind \Moon"blind`\, a. Dim-sighted; purblind. | |
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Moonblink \Moon"blink`\, n. A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia. | |
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Moonflower \Moon"flow`er\, n. (Bot.) (a) The oxeye daisy; -- called also {moon daisy}. (b) A kind of morning glory ({Ipom[d2]a Bona-nox}) with large white flowers opening at night. | |
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Mumble \Mum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumbling}.] [OE. momelen; cf. D. mompelen, mommelen, G. mummelen, Sw. mumla, Dan. mumle. Cf. {Mum}, a., {Mumm}, {Mump}, v.] 1. To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter. Peace, you mumbling fool. --Shak. A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself. --Otway. 2. To chew something gently with closed lips. | |
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Mumble \Mum"ble\, v. t. 1. To utter with a low, inarticulate voice. --Bp. Hall. 2. To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth. Gums unarmed, to mumble meat in vain. --Dryden. 3. To suppress, or utter imperfectly. | |
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Mumble \Mum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumbling}.] [OE. momelen; cf. D. mompelen, mommelen, G. mummelen, Sw. mumla, Dan. mumle. Cf. {Mum}, a., {Mumm}, {Mump}, v.] 1. To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter. Peace, you mumbling fool. --Shak. A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself. --Otway. 2. To chew something gently with closed lips. | |
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Mumblenews \Mum"ble*news`\, n. A talebearer. [Obs.] | |
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Mumbler \Mum"bler\, n. One who mumbles. | |
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Mumble \Mum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumbling}.] [OE. momelen; cf. D. mompelen, mommelen, G. mummelen, Sw. mumla, Dan. mumle. Cf. {Mum}, a., {Mumm}, {Mump}, v.] 1. To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter. Peace, you mumbling fool. --Shak. A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself. --Otway. 2. To chew something gently with closed lips. | |
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Mumbling \Mum"bling\, a. Low; indistinct; inarticulate. -- {Mum"bling*ly}, adv. | |
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Mumbling \Mum"bling\, a. Low; indistinct; inarticulate. -- {Mum"bling*ly}, adv. | |
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Manvel, ND (city, FIPS 50420) Location: 48.07321 N, 97.17567 W Population (1990): 333 (129 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58256 Manvel, TX (city, FIPS 46500) Location: 29.48377 N, 95.35961 W Population (1990): 3733 (1315 housing units) Area: 74.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77578 | |
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Manville, IL Zip code(s): 61319 Manville, NJ (borough, FIPS 43620) Location: 40.54160 N, 74.58934 W Population (1990): 10567 (4245 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08835 Manville, RI Zip code(s): 02838 Manville, WY (town, FIPS 50270) Location: 42.77949 N, 104.61686 W Population (1990): 97 (68 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mineville, NY Zip code(s): 12956 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mineville-Witherbee, NY (CDP, FIPS 47707) Location: 44.08907 N, 73.52754 W Population (1990): 1740 (642 housing units) Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Minneapolis, KS (city, FIPS 47075) Location: 39.12473 N, 97.70206 W Population (1990): 1983 (899 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67467 Minneapolis, MN (city, FIPS 43000) Location: 44.96185 N, 93.26685 W Population (1990): 368383 (172666 housing units) Area: 142.3 sq km (land), 9.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55401, 55402, 55403, 55404, 55405, 55406, 55407, 55408, 55409, 55411, 55412, 55413, 55414, 55415, 55417, 55418, 55419, 55450, 55454, 55455 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
meme plague n. The spread of a successful but pernicious {meme}, esp. one that parasitizes the victims into giving their all to propagate it. Astrology, BASIC, and the other guy's religion are often considered to be examples. This usage is given point by the historical fact that `joiner' ideologies like Naziism or various forms of millennarian Christianity have exhibited plague-like cycles of exponential growth followed by collapses to small reservoir populations. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
minifloppies n.,obs. 5.25-inch {vanilla} floppy disks, as opposed to 3.5-inch or {microfloppies} and the now-obsolescent 8-inch variety. At one time, this term was a trademark of Shugart Associates for their SA-400 minifloppy drive. Nobody paid any attention. See {stiffy}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
mumblage /muhm'bl*j/ n. The topic of one's mumbling (see {mumble}). "All that mumblage" is used like "all that stuff" when it is not quite clear how the subject of discussion works, or like "all that crap" when `mumble' is being used as an implicit replacement for pejoratives. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
mumble interj. 1. Said when the correct response is too complicated to enunciate, or the speaker has not thought it out. Often prefaces a longer answer, or indicates a general reluctance to get into a long discussion. "Don't you think that we could improve LISP performance by using a hybrid reference-count transaction garbage collector, if the cache is big enough and there are some extra cache bits for the microcode to use?" "Well, mumble ... I'll have to think about it." 2. [MIT] Expression of not-quite-articulated agreement, often used as an informal vote of consensus in a meeting: "So, shall we dike out the COBOL emulation?" "Mumble!" 3. Sometimes used as an expression of disagreement (distinguished from sense 2 by tone of voice and other cues). "I think we should buy a {VAX}." "Mumble!" Common variant: `mumble frotz' (see {frotz}; interestingly, one does not say `mumble frobnitz' even though `frotz' is short for `frobnitz'). 4. Yet another {metasyntactic variable}, like {foo}. 5. When used as a question ("Mumble?") means "I didn't understand you". 6. Sometimes used in `public' contexts on-line as a placefiller for things one is barred from giving details about. For example, a poster with pre-released hardware in his machine might say "Yup, my machine now has an extra 16M of memory, thanks to the card I'm testing for Mumbleco." 7. A conversational wild card used to designate something one doesn't want to bother spelling out, but which can be {glark}ed from context. Compare {blurgle}. 8. [XEROX PARC] A colloquialism used to suggest that further discussion would be fruitless. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MAINBOL (1997-09-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
meme plague especially one that parasitises the victims into giving their all to propagate it. Astrology, BASIC, and the other guy's religion are often considered to be examples. This usage is given point by the historical fact that "joiner" ideologies like Naziism or various forms of millennarian Christianity have exhibited plague-like cycles of exponential growth followed by collapses to small reservoir populations. [{Jargon File}] (1996-08-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Mini PL/I A commercial {PL/I} subset for the {Olivetti} {Audit 7} {minicomputer}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
minifloppy 3.5-inch or {microfloppies} and the now-obsolescent 8-inch variety. At one time, this term was a trademark of {Shugart Associates} for their SA-400 minifloppy drive. Nobody paid any attention. See {stiffy}. (1996-05-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
mumblage /muhm'bl*j/ The topic of one's mumbling (see {mumble}). "All that mumblage" is used like "all that stuff" when it is not quite clear how the subject of discussion works, or like "all that crap" when "mumble" is being used as an implicit replacement for pejoratives. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
mumble 1. Said when the correct response is too complicated to enunciate, or the speaker has not thought it out. Often prefaces a longer answer, or indicates a general reluctance to get into a long discussion. "Don't you think that we could improve LISP performance by using a hybrid reference-count transaction garbage collector, if the cache is big enough and there are some extra cache bits for the {microcode} to use?" "Well, mumble ... I'll have to think about it." 2. Yet another {metasyntactic variable}, like {foo}. 3. Sometimes used in "public" contexts on-line as a placefiller for things one is barred from giving details about. For example, a poster with pre-released hardware in his machine might say "Yup, my machine now has an extra 16M of memory, thanks to the card I'm testing for Mumbleco." 4. A conversational wild card used to designate something one doesn't want to bother spelling out, but which can be {glark}ed from context. Compare {blurgle}. 5. [XEROX PARC] A colloquialism used to suggest that further discussion would be fruitless. (1997-03-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
mumble mode system is said to be in when it is still running and perhaps reacting to input and/or occasionally producing output (especially if it shouldn't), but in a way that appears wildly inappropriate to the task it is supposed to perform. Compare "{off the trolley}" and "{deep space}". (1997-03-27) |