English Dictionary: monorchism | by the DICT Development Group |
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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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Marten \Mar"ten\, n. [From older martern, marter, martre, F. martre, marte, LL. martures (pl.), fr. L. martes; akin to AS. mear[?], meard, G. marder, OHG. mardar, Icel. m[94]r[?]r. Cf. {Foumart}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus {Mustela}, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech, or stone, marten ({Mustela foina}); the pine marten ({M. martes}); and the American marten, or sable ({M. Americana}), which some zo[94]logists consider only a variety of the Russian sable. 2. The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc. | |
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Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}. (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}. (c) Any one of several species of North American marine sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting}, and {surf whiting}. Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the kingfish (a), the sailor's choice (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake whitefishes. 2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc. {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}. {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2. | |
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Merganser \Mer*gan"ser\, n. [Sp. merg[a0]nsar, fr. mergo a diver (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + [a0]nsar goose, L. anser.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Merganser}, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill. Note: The red-breasted merganser ({Merganser serrator}) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also {sawbill}, {harle}, and {sheldrake}. The American merganser ({M. Americanus}.) and the hooded merganser ({Lophodytes cucullatus}) are well-known species. {White merganser}, the smew or white nun. | |
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Mannerism \Man"ner*ism\, n. [Cf. F. mani[82]risme.] Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which does not sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle, and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is always offensive. --Macaulay. | |
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Mannerist \Man"ner*ist\, n. [Cf. F. mani[82]riste.] One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under {Mannerism}. | |
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Manner \Man"ner\, n. [OE. manere, F. mani[8a]re, from OF. manier, adj., manual, skillful, handy, fr. (assumed) LL. manarius, for L. manuarius belonging to the hand, fr. manus the hand. See {Manual}.] 1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land. --2 Kings xvii. 26. The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful,manner. --Atterbury. 2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style. Specifically: (a) Customary method of acting; habit. Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them. --Acts xvii. 2. Air and manner are more expressive than words. --Richardson. (b) pl. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address. Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. --Emerson. (c) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist. 3. Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already. The bread is in a manner common. --1 Sam. xxi.5. 4. Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds. Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs. --Luke xi. 42. I bid thee say, What manner of man art thou? --Coleridge. Note: In old usage, of was often omitted after manner, when employed in this sense. [bd]A manner Latin corrupt was her speech.[b8] --Chaucer. {By any manner of means}, in any way possible; by any sort of means. {To be taken} {in, [or] with} {the manner}. [A corruption of to be taken in the mainor. See {Mainor}.] To be taken in the very act. [Obs.] See {Mainor}. {To make one's manners}, to make a bow or courtesy; to offer salutation. {Manners bit}, a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners. --Hallwell. Syn: Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance. See {Method}. | |
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Manor \Man"or\, n. [OE. maner, OF. maneir habitation, village, F. manoir manor, prop. the OF. inf. maneir to stay, remain, dwell, L. manere, and so called because it was the permanent residence of the lord and of his tenants. See {Mansion}, and cf. {Remain}.] 1. (Eng. Law) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family. My manors, rents, revenues, l forego. --Shak. Note: In these days, a manor rather signifies the jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal, than the land or site, for a man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the right and interest of a court-baron, with the perquisites thereto belonging. 2. (American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services. --Burrill. {Manor house}, or {Manor seat}, the house belonging to a manor. | |
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Manor \Man"or\, n. [OE. maner, OF. maneir habitation, village, F. manoir manor, prop. the OF. inf. maneir to stay, remain, dwell, L. manere, and so called because it was the permanent residence of the lord and of his tenants. See {Mansion}, and cf. {Remain}.] 1. (Eng. Law) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family. My manors, rents, revenues, l forego. --Shak. Note: In these days, a manor rather signifies the jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal, than the land or site, for a man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the right and interest of a court-baron, with the perquisites thereto belonging. 2. (American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services. --Burrill. {Manor house}, or {Manor seat}, the house belonging to a manor. | |
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Manurage \Ma*nur"age\, n. Cultivation. [Obs.] --Warner. | |
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Mayan arch \Mayan arch\, [or] Maya arch \Maya arch\ . A form of corbel arch employing regular small corbels. | |
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Memoirist \Mem"oir*ist\, n. A writer of memoirs. | |
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Memoir \Mem"oir\, or pl. Memoirs \Mem"oirs\, n. [F. m[82]moire, m., memorandum, fr. m[82]moire, f., memory, L. memoria. See {Memory}.] 1. A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See {History}, 2. 2. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness. 3. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society. | |
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Memory \Mem"o*ry\, n.; pl. {Memories}. [OE. memorie, OF. memoire, memorie, F. m[82]moire, L. memoria, fr. memor mindful; cf. mora delay. Cf. {Demur}, {Martyr}, {Memoir}, {Remember}.] 1. The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events. Memory is the purveyor of reason. --Rambler. 2. The reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong. 3. The actual and distinct retention and recognition of past ideas in the mind; remembrance; as, in memory of youth; memories of foreign lands. 4. The time within which past events can be or are remembered; as, within the memory of man. And what, before thy memory, was done From the begining. --Milton. 5. Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory. The memory of the just is blessed. --Prov. x. 7. That ever-living man of memory, Henry the Fifth. --Shak. The Nonconformists . . . have, as a body, always venerated her [Elizabeth's] memory. --Macaulay. 6. A memorial. [Obs.] These weeds are memories of those worser hours. --Shak. Syn: {Memory}, {Remembrance}, {Recollection}, {Reminiscence}. Usage: Memory is the generic term, denoting the power by which we reproduce past impressions. Remembrance is an exercise of that power when things occur spontaneously to our thoughts. In recollection we make a distinct effort to collect again, or call back, what we know has been formerly in the mind. Reminiscence is intermediate between remembrance and recollection, being a conscious process of recalling past occurrences, but without that full and varied reference to particular things which characterizes recollection. [bd]When an idea again recurs without the operation of the like object on the external sensory, it is remembrance; if it be sought after by the mind, and with pain and endeavor found, and brought again into view, it is recollection.[b8] --Locke. {To draw to memory}, to put on record; to record. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Gower. | |
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Memorist \Mem"o*rist\, n. [See {Memorize}.] One who, or that which, causes to be remembered. [Obs.] | |
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Memorize \Mem"o*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Memorized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Memorizing}.] [See {Memory}.] 1. To cause to be remembered; hence, to record. [Obs.] They neglect to memorize their conquest. --Spenser. They meant to . . . memorize another Golgotha. --Shak. 2. To commit to memory; to learn by heart. | |
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Memorize \Mem"o*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Memorized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Memorizing}.] [See {Memory}.] 1. To cause to be remembered; hence, to record. [Obs.] They neglect to memorize their conquest. --Spenser. They meant to . . . memorize another Golgotha. --Shak. 2. To commit to memory; to learn by heart. | |
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Memorize \Mem"o*rize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Memorized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Memorizing}.] [See {Memory}.] 1. To cause to be remembered; hence, to record. [Obs.] They neglect to memorize their conquest. --Spenser. They meant to . . . memorize another Golgotha. --Shak. 2. To commit to memory; to learn by heart. | |
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Lyre bird \Lyre" bird`\ (Zo[94]l.) Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus {Menura}. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird ({Menura superba}), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also {lyre pheasant} and {lyre-tail}. | |
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Minargent \Min*ar"gent\, n. [Prob. contr. from aluminium + L. argentum silver.] An alloy consisting of copper, nickel, tungsten, and aluminium; -- used by jewelers. | |
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d8Ankylostomiasis \[d8]An`ky*los*to*mi"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Ankylostoma, var. of Agchylostoma, generic name of one genus of the parasitic nematodes.] (Med.) A disease due to the presence of the parasites {Agchylostoma duodenale}, {Uncinaria} (subgenus {Necator}) {americana}, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe an[91]mia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also {miner's an[91]mia}, {tunnel disease}, {brickmaker's an[91]mia}, {Egyptian chlorosis}. | |
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Miner \Min"er\, n. [Cf. F. mineur.] 1. One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies. (b) The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia ({Myzantha garrula}). {Miner's elbow} (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in miners. {Miner's inch}, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the quantity of water supplied. | |
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12 seconds ([b7][b7]) make 1 inch or prime. 12 inches or primes ([b7]) make 1 foot. --B. Greenleaf. Note: The meter, the accepted scientific standard of length, equals 39.37 inches; the inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters. See {Metric system}, and {Meter}. 2. A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment. Beldame, I think we watched you at an inch. --Shak. {By inches}, by slow degrees, gradually. {Inch of candle}. See under {Candle}. {Inches of pressure}, usually, the pressure indicated by so many inches of a mercury column, as on a steam gauge. {Inch of water}. See under {Water}. {Miner's inch}, (Hydraulic Mining), a unit for the measurement of water. See {Inch of water}, under {Water}. | |
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Water \Wa"ter\ (w[add]"t[etil]r), n. [AS. w[91]ter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[omac], O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. 'y`dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. unda wave. [root]137. Cf. {Dropsy}, {Hydra}, {Otter}, {Wet}, {Whisky}.] 1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. [bd]We will drink water.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Powers of fire, air, water, and earth.[b8] --Milton. Note: Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, {H2O}, and is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. At its maximum density, 39[deg] Fahr. or 4[deg] C., it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32[deg] Fahr. or 0[deg] C. and boils at 212[deg] Fahr. or 100[deg] C. (see {Ice}, {Steam}). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water. 2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled. --Fuller. 3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine. 4. (Pharm.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. --U. S. Pharm. 5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. 6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See {Water}, v. t., 3, {Damask}, v. t., and {Damaskeen}. 7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or [bd]diluted.[b8] [Brokers' Cant] Note: Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. {Hard water}. See under {Hard}. {Inch of water}, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called {miner's inch}, and {water inch}. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from [frac1x12] of an inch to 1 inch above its top. {Mineral water}, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature. {Soft water}, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts. {To hold water}. See under {Hold}, v. t. {To keep one's head above water}, to keep afloat; fig., to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. [Colloq.] {To make water}. (a) To pass urine. --Swift. (b) (Naut.) To admit water; to leak. {Water of crystallization} (Chem.), the water combined with many salts in their crystalline form. This water is loosely, but, nevertheless, chemically, combined, for it is held in fixed and definite amount for each substance containing it. Thus, while pure copper sulphate, {CuSO4}, is a white amorphous substance, blue vitriol, the crystallized form, {CuSO4.5H2O}, contains five molecules of water of crystallization. {Water on the brain} (Med.), hydrocephalus. {Water on the chest} (Med.), hydrothorax. Note: Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary. | |
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Miner \Min"er\, n. [Cf. F. mineur.] 1. One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies. (b) The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia ({Myzantha garrula}). {Miner's elbow} (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in miners. {Miner's inch}, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the quantity of water supplied. | |
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12 seconds ([b7][b7]) make 1 inch or prime. 12 inches or primes ([b7]) make 1 foot. --B. Greenleaf. Note: The meter, the accepted scientific standard of length, equals 39.37 inches; the inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters. See {Metric system}, and {Meter}. 2. A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment. Beldame, I think we watched you at an inch. --Shak. {By inches}, by slow degrees, gradually. {Inch of candle}. See under {Candle}. {Inches of pressure}, usually, the pressure indicated by so many inches of a mercury column, as on a steam gauge. {Inch of water}. See under {Water}. {Miner's inch}, (Hydraulic Mining), a unit for the measurement of water. See {Inch of water}, under {Water}. | |
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Water \Wa"ter\ (w[add]"t[etil]r), n. [AS. w[91]ter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[omac], O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. 'y`dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. unda wave. [root]137. Cf. {Dropsy}, {Hydra}, {Otter}, {Wet}, {Whisky}.] 1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. [bd]We will drink water.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Powers of fire, air, water, and earth.[b8] --Milton. Note: Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, {H2O}, and is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. At its maximum density, 39[deg] Fahr. or 4[deg] C., it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32[deg] Fahr. or 0[deg] C. and boils at 212[deg] Fahr. or 100[deg] C. (see {Ice}, {Steam}). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water. 2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled. --Fuller. 3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine. 4. (Pharm.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. --U. S. Pharm. 5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. 6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See {Water}, v. t., 3, {Damask}, v. t., and {Damaskeen}. 7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or [bd]diluted.[b8] [Brokers' Cant] Note: Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. {Hard water}. See under {Hard}. {Inch of water}, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called {miner's inch}, and {water inch}. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from [frac1x12] of an inch to 1 inch above its top. {Mineral water}, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature. {Soft water}, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts. {To hold water}. See under {Hold}, v. t. {To keep one's head above water}, to keep afloat; fig., to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. [Colloq.] {To make water}. (a) To pass urine. --Swift. (b) (Naut.) To admit water; to leak. {Water of crystallization} (Chem.), the water combined with many salts in their crystalline form. This water is loosely, but, nevertheless, chemically, combined, for it is held in fixed and definite amount for each substance containing it. Thus, while pure copper sulphate, {CuSO4}, is a white amorphous substance, blue vitriol, the crystallized form, {CuSO4.5H2O}, contains five molecules of water of crystallization. {Water on the brain} (Med.), hydrocephalus. {Water on the chest} (Med.), hydrothorax. Note: Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary. | |
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Miner \Min"er\, n. [Cf. F. mineur.] 1. One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies. (b) The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia ({Myzantha garrula}). {Miner's elbow} (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in miners. {Miner's inch}, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the quantity of water supplied. | |
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12 seconds ([b7][b7]) make 1 inch or prime. 12 inches or primes ([b7]) make 1 foot. --B. Greenleaf. Note: The meter, the accepted scientific standard of length, equals 39.37 inches; the inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters. See {Metric system}, and {Meter}. 2. A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment. Beldame, I think we watched you at an inch. --Shak. {By inches}, by slow degrees, gradually. {Inch of candle}. See under {Candle}. {Inches of pressure}, usually, the pressure indicated by so many inches of a mercury column, as on a steam gauge. {Inch of water}. See under {Water}. {Miner's inch}, (Hydraulic Mining), a unit for the measurement of water. See {Inch of water}, under {Water}. | |
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Water \Wa"ter\ (w[add]"t[etil]r), n. [AS. w[91]ter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[omac], O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. 'y`dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. unda wave. [root]137. Cf. {Dropsy}, {Hydra}, {Otter}, {Wet}, {Whisky}.] 1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. [bd]We will drink water.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Powers of fire, air, water, and earth.[b8] --Milton. Note: Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, {H2O}, and is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. At its maximum density, 39[deg] Fahr. or 4[deg] C., it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32[deg] Fahr. or 0[deg] C. and boils at 212[deg] Fahr. or 100[deg] C. (see {Ice}, {Steam}). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water. 2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled. --Fuller. 3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine. 4. (Pharm.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. --U. S. Pharm. 5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. 6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See {Water}, v. t., 3, {Damask}, v. t., and {Damaskeen}. 7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or [bd]diluted.[b8] [Brokers' Cant] Note: Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. {Hard water}. See under {Hard}. {Inch of water}, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called {miner's inch}, and {water inch}. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from [frac1x12] of an inch to 1 inch above its top. {Mineral water}, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature. {Soft water}, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts. {To hold water}. See under {Hold}, v. t. {To keep one's head above water}, to keep afloat; fig., to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. [Colloq.] {To make water}. (a) To pass urine. --Swift. (b) (Naut.) To admit water; to leak. {Water of crystallization} (Chem.), the water combined with many salts in their crystalline form. This water is loosely, but, nevertheless, chemically, combined, for it is held in fixed and definite amount for each substance containing it. Thus, while pure copper sulphate, {CuSO4}, is a white amorphous substance, blue vitriol, the crystallized form, {CuSO4.5H2O}, contains five molecules of water of crystallization. {Water on the brain} (Med.), hydrocephalus. {Water on the chest} (Med.), hydrothorax. Note: Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary. | |
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Miner \Min"er\, n. [Cf. F. mineur.] 1. One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies. (b) The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia ({Myzantha garrula}). {Miner's elbow} (Med.), a swelling on the black of the elbow due to inflammation of the bursa over the olecranon; -- so called because of frequent occurrence in miners. {Miner's inch}, in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the quantity of water supplied. | |
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d8Anthracosis \[d8]An`thra*co"sis\, n. [NL. See {Anthrax}.] (Med.) A chronic lung disease, common among coal miners, due to the inhalation of coal dust; -- called also {collier's lung} and {miner's phthisis}. | |
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Axis \Ax"is\, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged. 2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center. 3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body. --Gray. 4. (Anat.) (a) The second vertebra of the neck, or {vertebra dentata}. (b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon. 5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded. 6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any design. {Anticlinal axis} (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the strata slope downward on the two opposite sides. {Synclinal axis}, a line from which the strata slope upward in opposite directions, so as to form a valley. {Axis cylinder} (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also {axis band}, {axial fiber}, and {cylinder axis}. {Axis in peritrochio}, the wheel and axle, one of the mechanical powers. {Axis of a curve} (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords of a curve; called a {principal axis}, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two axes of the ellipse are the {major axis} and the {minor axis}, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the {transverse axis} and the {conjugate axis}. {Axis of a lens}, the straight line passing through its center and perpendicular to its surfaces. {Axis of a} {telescope [or] microscope}, the straight line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses which compose it. {Axes of co[94]rdinates in a plane}, two straight lines intersecting each other, to which points are referred for the purpose of determining their relative position: they are either rectangular or oblique. {Axes of co[94]rdinates in space}, the three straight lines in which the co[94]rdinate planes intersect each other. {Axis of a balance}, that line about which it turns. {Axis of oscillation}, of a pendulum, a right line passing through the center about which it vibrates, and perpendicular to the plane of vibration. {Axis of polarization}, the central line around which the prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster. {Axis of revolution} (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the several points of the line or plane shall describe circles with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution. {Axis of symmetry} (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other part. {Axis of the} {equator, ecliptic, horizon} (or other circle considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies), the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the plane of the circle. --Hutton. {Axis of the Ionic capital} (Arch.), a line passing perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the volute. {Neutral axis} (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression, exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder. {Optic axis of a crystal}, the direction in which a ray of transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial or biaxial. {Optic axis}, {Visual axis} (Opt.), the straight line passing through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the surface of the eye. {Radical axis of two circles} (Geom.), the straight line perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles shall be equal to each other. {Spiral axis} (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without. {Axis of abscissas} and {Axis of ordinates}. See {Abscissa}. | |
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Canon \Can"on\, n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. [?] rule, rod, fr. [?], [?], red. See {Cane}, and cf. {Canonical}.] 1. A law or rule. Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. --Shak. 2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority. Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. --Hock. 3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the {sacred canon}, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See {Canonical books}, under {Canonical}, a. 4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order. 5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church. 6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church. 7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See {Imitation}. 8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church. 9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also {ear} and {shank}. Note: [See Illust. of {Bell}.] --Knight. 10. (Billiards) See {Carom}. {Apostolical canons}. See under {Apostolical}. {Augustinian canons}, {Black canons}. See under {Augustinian}. {Canon capitular}, {Canon residentiary}, a resident member of a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year). {Canon law}. See under {Law}. {Canon of the Mass} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, following the Sanctus, which never changes. {Honorary canon}, a canon who neither lived in a monastery, nor kept the canonical hours. {Minor canon} (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a chapter, but has not yet received a prebend. {Regular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual community and follower the rule of St. Austin; a Black canon. {Secular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a monastery, but kept the hours. | |
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Minor \Mi"nor\, a. [L., a comparative with no positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG. minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth. minniza, a., mins, adv., Ir. & Gael. min small, tender, L. minuere to lessen, Gr. [?], Skr. mi to damage. Cf. {Minish}, {Minister}, {Minus}, {Minute}.] 1. Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body. 2. (Mus.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third. {Asia Minor} (Geog.), the Lesser Asia; that part of Asia which lies between the Euxine, or Black Sea, on the north, and the Mediterranean on the south. {Minor mode} (Mus.), that mode, or scale, in which the third and sixth are minor, -- much used for mournful and solemn subjects. {Minor orders} (Eccl.), the rank of persons employed in ecclesiastical offices who are not in holy orders, as doorkeepers, acolytes, etc. {Minor scale} (Mus.) The form of the minor scale is various. The strictly correct form has the third and sixth minor, with a semitone between the seventh and eighth, which involves an augmented second interval, or three semitones, between the sixth and seventh, as, ^{6/F}, ^{7/G[sharp]}, ^{8/A}. But, for melodic purposes, both the sixth and the seventh are sometimes made major in the ascending, and minor in the descending, scale, thus: | |
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Minoress \Mi"nor*ess\, n. See {Franciscan Nuns}, under {Franciscan}, a. | |
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Franciscan \Fran*cis"can\, a. [LL. Franciscus Francis: cf. F. franciscain.] (R. C. Ch.) Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans. {Franciscan Brothers}, pious laymen who devote themselves to useful works, such as manual labor schools, and other educational institutions; -- called also {Brothers of the Third Order of St. Francis}. {Franciscan Nuns}, nuns who follow the rule of t. Francis, esp. those of the Second Order of St. Francis, -- called also {Poor Clares} or {Minoresses}. {Franciscan Tertiaries}, the Third Order of St. Francis. | |
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Monarch \Mon"arch\, a. Superior to others; pre[89]minent; supreme; ruling. [bd]Monarch savage.[b8] --Pope. | |
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Monarch \Mon"arch\, n. [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. [?], [?]; [?] alone + [?] to be first, rule, govern. See {Archi-}.] 1. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief. He who reigns Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute. --Milton. 2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest. 3. A patron deity or presiding genius. Come, thou, monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A very large red and black butterfly ({Danais Plexippus}); -- called also {milkweed butterfly}. | |
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Monarchal \Mo*nar"chal\, a. Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovoreign; regal; imperial. Satan, whom now transcendent glory raised Above his fellows, with monarchal pride. --Milton. | |
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Monarchess \Mon"arch*ess\, n. A female monarch. [Obs.] | |
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Monarchial \Mo*nar"chi*al\, a. Monarchic. --Burke. | |
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Monarchian \Mo*nar"chi*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also {patripassian}. | |
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Monarchic \Mo*nar"chic\, Monarchical \Mo*nar"chic*al\, a. [F. monarchique, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy. --Burke. -- {Mo*nar"chic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Monarchic \Mo*nar"chic\, Monarchical \Mo*nar"chic*al\, a. [F. monarchique, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy. --Burke. -- {Mo*nar"chic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Monarchic \Mo*nar"chic\, Monarchical \Mo*nar"chic*al\, a. [F. monarchique, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy. --Burke. -- {Mo*nar"chic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Monarchy \Mon"arch*y\, n.; pl. {Monarchies}. [F. monarchie, L. monarchia, Gr. [?]. See {Monarch}.] 1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch. 2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch. In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy. --Macaulay. 3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom. What scourage for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence. --Shak. {Fifth monarchy}, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See {Fifth Monarchy men}, under {Fifth}. | |
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Monarchism \Mon"arch*ism\, n. The principles of, or preference for, monarchy. | |
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Monarchist \Mon"arch*ist\, n. [Cf. F. monarchiste.] An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy. | |
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Monarchize \Mon"arch*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Monarchized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Monarchizing}.] To play the sovereign; to act the monarch. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Monarchize \Mon"arch*ize\, v. t. To rule; to govern. [R.] | |
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Monarchize \Mon"arch*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Monarchized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Monarchizing}.] To play the sovereign; to act the monarch. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Monarchizer \Mon"arch*i`zer\, n. One who monarchizes; also, a monarchist. | |
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Monarchize \Mon"arch*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Monarchized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Monarchizing}.] To play the sovereign; to act the monarch. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Monarcho \Mo*nar"cho\, n. The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Monarchy \Mon"arch*y\, n.; pl. {Monarchies}. [F. monarchie, L. monarchia, Gr. [?]. See {Monarch}.] 1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch. 2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch. In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy. --Macaulay. 3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom. What scourage for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence. --Shak. {Fifth monarchy}, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See {Fifth Monarchy men}, under {Fifth}. | |
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Glove \Glove\ (gl[ucr]v), n. [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl[omac]f; akin to Icel. gl[omac]fi, cf. Goth. l[omac]fa palm of the hand, Icel. l[omac]fi.] 1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten. 2. A boxing glove. {Boxing glove}. See under {Boxing}. {Glove fight}, a pugilistic contest in which the fighters wear boxing gloves. {Glove} {money [or] silver}. (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a county to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed. {Glove sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges ({Spongia officinalis}). {To be hand and glove with}, to be intimately associated or on good terms with. [bd]Hand and glove with traitors.[b8] --J. H. Newman. {To handle without gloves}, | |
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Monorganic \Mon`or*gan"ic\, a. [Mon- + organic.] (Biol. & Med.) Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ, or set of organs. | |
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Moonraker \Moon"rak`er\, n. (Naut.) Same as {Moonsail}. | |
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Moonrise \Moon"rise`\, n. The rising of the moon above the horizon; also, the time of its rising. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mummery \Mum"mer*y\, n.; pl. {Mummeries}. [F. momerie, of Dutch or German origin. See {Mumm}.] 1. Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery. The mummery of foreign strollers. --Fenton. 2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies. --Bacon. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Manor Creek, KY (city, FIPS 49800) Location: 38.29795 N, 85.58844 W Population (1990): 179 (68 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Meiners Oaks, CA (CDP, FIPS 46702) Location: 34.45040 N, 119.27213 W Population (1990): 3329 (1299 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Miner County, SD (county, FIPS 97) Location: 44.02310 N, 97.60996 W Population (1990): 3272 (1474 housing units) Area: 1477.3 sq km (land), 4.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Minersville, PA (borough, FIPS 50088) Location: 40.69076 N, 76.25934 W Population (1990): 4877 (2322 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17954 Minersville, UT (town, FIPS 50590) Location: 38.21327 N, 112.92414 W Population (1990): 608 (214 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Monarch, MT Zip code(s): 59463 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Monarch Bay, CA Zip code(s): 92629 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Monarch Mill, SC (CDP, FIPS 47210) Location: 34.71896 N, 81.58102 W Population (1990): 2214 (897 housing units) Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Monroe Center, IL Zip code(s): 61052 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Monroe City, IN (town, FIPS 50526) Location: 38.61415 N, 87.35347 W Population (1990): 538 (233 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47557 Monroe City, MO (city, FIPS 49394) Location: 39.65409 N, 91.73217 W Population (1990): 2701 (1138 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63456 Monroe City, TX Zip code(s): 77514 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Monroe County, AL (county, FIPS 99) Location: 31.56273 N, 87.35310 W Population (1990): 23968 (9633 housing units) Area: 2657.3 sq km (land), 22.4 sq km (water) Monroe County, AR (county, FIPS 95) Location: 34.68028 N, 91.20305 W Population (1990): 11333 (5063 housing units) Area: 1571.4 sq km (land), 38.2 sq km (water) Monroe County, FL (county, FIPS 87) Location: 25.11707 N, 81.15032 W Population (1990): 78024 (46215 housing units) Area: 2582.9 sq km (land), 7097.0 sq km (water) Monroe County, GA (county, FIPS 207) Location: 33.01281 N, 83.91312 W Population (1990): 17113 (6401 housing units) Area: 1024.8 sq km (land), 5.6 sq km (water) Monroe County, IA (county, FIPS 135) Location: 41.02862 N, 92.86976 W Population (1990): 8114 (3740 housing units) Area: 1122.6 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) Monroe County, IL (county, FIPS 133) Location: 38.27676 N, 90.17820 W Population (1990): 22422 (8774 housing units) Area: 1005.8 sq km (land), 24.3 sq km (water) Monroe County, IN (county, FIPS 105) Location: 39.16085 N, 86.52327 W Population (1990): 108978 (41948 housing units) Area: 1021.4 sq km (land), 43.9 sq km (water) Monroe County, KY (county, FIPS 171) Location: 36.71025 N, 85.71835 W Population (1990): 11401 (4882 housing units) Area: 856.8 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water) Monroe County, MI (county, FIPS 115) Location: 41.91510 N, 83.49953 W Population (1990): 133600 (48312 housing units) Area: 1427.4 sq km (land), 334.0 sq km (water) Monroe County, MO (county, FIPS 137) Location: 39.49523 N, 91.99842 W Population (1990): 9104 (4114 housing units) Area: 1673.2 sq km (land), 62.8 sq km (water) Monroe County, MS (county, FIPS 95) Location: 33.89026 N, 88.48525 W Population (1990): 36582 (14285 housing units) Area: 1979.4 sq km (land), 20.4 sq km (water) Monroe County, NY (county, FIPS 55) Location: 43.29527 N, 77.68855 W Population (1990): 713968 (285524 housing units) Area: 1707.6 sq km (land), 1830.2 sq km (water) Monroe County, OH (county, FIPS 111) Location: 39.72925 N, 81.07982 W Population (1990): 15497 (6567 housing units) Area: 1179.9 sq km (land), 5.0 sq km (water) Monroe County, PA (county, FIPS 89) Location: 41.05692 N, 75.33617 W Population (1990): 95709 (54823 housing units) Area: 1573.0 sq km (land), 22.6 sq km (water) Monroe County, TN (county, FIPS 123) Location: 35.44759 N, 84.25083 W Population (1990): 30541 (12803 housing units) Area: 1645.3 sq km (land), 45.7 sq km (water) Monroe County, WI (county, FIPS 81) Location: 43.94512 N, 90.61958 W Population (1990): 36633 (14135 housing units) Area: 2333.4 sq km (land), 19.5 sq km (water) Monroe County, WV (county, FIPS 63) Location: 37.56126 N, 80.54431 W Population (1990): 12406 (5994 housing units) Area: 1226.1 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
memory smash n. [XEROX PARC] Writing through a pointer that doesn't point to what you think it does. This occasionally reduces your machine to a rubble of bits. Note that this is subtly different from (and more general than) related terms such as a {memory leak} or {fandango on core} because it doesn't imply an allocation error or overrun condition. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
memory smash addressed by a {dangling pointer}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Mimer SQL non-commercial use, developed by the Swedish company {Upright Database Technology AB}. {Mimer Home (http://developer.mimer.com)}. (2002-06-03) |