English Dictionary: mortise-and- tenon joint | by the DICT Development Group |
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Gray \Gray\, a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[aemac]g, gr[emac]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[amac]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[aring], Icel. gr[amac]r.] [Written also {grey}.] 1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. 3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. {Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite. {Gray buck} (Zo[94]l.), the chickara. {Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite. {Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite. {Gray duck} (Zo[94]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. {Gray falcon} (Zo[94]l.) the peregrine falcon. {Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}. {Gray hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See {Heath grouse}. {Gray mill or millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell. {Gray mullet} (Zo[94]l.) any one of the numerous species of the genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species ({M. capito}, and {M. auratus}), the American striped mullet ({M. albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({M. Braziliensis}). See {Mullet}. {Gray owl} (Zo[94]l.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits arctic America. {Gray parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. {Gray pike}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sauger}. {Gray snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See {Snapper}. {Gray snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. {Gray whale} (Zo[94]l.), a rather large and swift California whale ({Rhachianectes glaucus}), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also {grayback}, {devilfish}, and {hardhead}. | |
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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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Law \Law\ (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[94]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts. Note: A law may be universal or particular, written or unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a superior power, may annul or change it. These are the statutes and judgments and law, which the Lord made. --Lev. xxvi. 46. The law of thy God, and the law of the King. --Ezra vii. 26. As if they would confine the Interminable . . . Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton. His mind his kingdom, and his will his law. --Cowper. 2. In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature. 3. The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament. What things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law . . . But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. --Rom. iii. 19, 21. 4. In human government: (a) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community. (b) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority. 5. In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation. 6. In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence. 7. In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist. 8. Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law. 9. Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice. Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason. --Coke. Law is beneficence acting by rule. --Burke. And sovereign Law, that state's collected will O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. --Sir W. Jones. 10. Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law. When every case in law is right. --Shak. He found law dear and left it cheap. --Brougham. 11. An oath, as in the presence of a court. [Obs.] See {Wager of law}, under {Wager}. {Avogadro's law} (Chem.), a fundamental conception, according to which, under similar conditions of temperature and pressure, all gases and vapors contain in the same volume the same number of ultimate molecules; -- so named after Avogadro, an Italian scientist. Sometimes called {Amp[8a]re's law}. {Bode's law} (Astron.), an approximative empirical expression of the distances of the planets from the sun, as follows: -- Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars. Aste. Jup. Sat. Uran. Nep. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --- 4 7 10 16 28 52 100 196 388 5.9 7.3 10 15.2 27.4 52 95.4 192 300 where each distance (line third) is the sum of 4 and a multiple of 3 by the series 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, etc., the true distances being given in the lower line. {Boyle's law} (Physics), an expression of the fact, that when an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as {Mariotte's law}, and the {law of Boyle and Mariotte}. {Brehon laws}. See under {Brehon}. {Canon law}, the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example, the law of marriage as existing before the Council of Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as part of the common law of the land. --Wharton. {Civil law}, a term used by writers to designate Roman law, with modifications thereof which have been made in the different countries into which that law has been introduced. The civil law, instead of the common law, prevails in the State of Louisiana. --Wharton. {Commercial law}. See {Law merchant} (below). {Common law}. See under {Common}. {Criminal law}, that branch of jurisprudence which relates to crimes. {Ecclesiastical law}. See under {Ecclesiastical}. {Grimm's law} (Philol.), a statement (propounded by the German philologist Jacob Grimm) of certain regular changes which the primitive Indo-European mute consonants, so-called (most plainly seen in Sanskrit and, with some changes, in Greek and Latin), have undergone in the Teutonic languages. Examples: Skr. bh[be]tr, L. frater, E. brother, G. bruder; L. tres, E. three, G. drei, Skr. go, E. cow, G. kuh; Skr. dh[be] to put, Gr. ti-qe`-nai, E. do, OHG, tuon, G. thun. {Kepler's laws} (Astron.), three important laws or expressions of the order of the planetary motions, discovered by John Kepler. They are these: (1) The orbit of a planet with respect to the sun is an ellipse, the sun being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept over by a vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times of revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes of their mean distances. {Law binding}, a plain style of leather binding, used for law books; -- called also {law calf}. {Law book}, a book containing, or treating of, laws. {Law calf}. See {Law binding} (above). {Law day}. (a) Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet. (b) The day named in a mortgage for the payment of the money to secure which it was given. [U. S.] {Law French}, the dialect of Norman, which was used in judicial proceedings and law books in England from the days of William the Conqueror to the thirty-sixth year of Edward III. {Law language}, the language used in legal writings and forms. {Law Latin}. See under {Latin}. {Law lords}, peers in the British Parliament who have held high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal profession. {Law merchant}, or {Commercial law}, a system of rules by which trade and commerce are regulated; -- deduced from the custom of merchants, and regulated by judicial decisions, as also by enactments of legislatures. | |
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{Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}. {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under {International}. {Law of nature}. (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See {Law}, 4. (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural revelation or of municipal and social usages. {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the land. {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}. {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as it is made to change that state by external force. (2) Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the direction in which the force is impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and in opposite directions. {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea, such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like. --Bouvier. {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above). {Martial law}.See under {Martial}. {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law, consisting of rules ordained for the government of the military force of a state in peace and war, and administered in courts martial. --Kent. Warren's Blackstone. {Moral law},the law of duty as regards what is right and wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2. {Mosaic}, [or] {Ceremonial}, {law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3. {Municipal}, [or] {Positive}, {law}, a rule prescribed by the supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from international and constitutional law. See {Law}, 1. {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}. {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws of the several European countries and colonies founded by them. See {Civil law} (above). {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive enactments of the legislative body. {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}. {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute some one. {To} {take, [or] have}, {the law of}, to bring the law to bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor. --Addison. {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}. Syn: Justice; equity. Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict}, {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with reference to, or in connection with, the other words here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of justice. A regulation is a limited and often, temporary law, intended to secure some particular end or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A decree is a permanent order either of a court or of the executive government. See {Justice}. | |
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Mariotte's law \Ma`ri*otte's law`\ (Physics.) See {Boyle's law}, under {Law}. | |
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Martagon \Mar"ta*gon\, n. [Cf. F. & Sp. martagon, It. martagone.] (Bot.) A lily ({Lilium Martagon}) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia. | |
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Mar-text \Mar"-text`\, n. A blundering preacher. | |
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Wishbone \Wish"bone`\, n. The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also {merrythought}, and {wishing bone}. See {Merrythought}, and {Furculum}. | |
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Merrythought \Mer"ry*thought`\, n. The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also {wishbone}. See {Furculum}. Note: It is a sportive custom for two persons to break this bone by pulling the ends apart to see who will get the longer piece, the securing of which is regarded as a lucky omen, signifying that the person holding it will obtain the gratification of some secret wish. | |
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Wishbone \Wish"bone`\, n. The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also {merrythought}, and {wishing bone}. See {Merrythought}, and {Furculum}. | |
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Merrythought \Mer"ry*thought`\, n. The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also {wishbone}. See {Furculum}. Note: It is a sportive custom for two persons to break this bone by pulling the ends apart to see who will get the longer piece, the securing of which is regarded as a lucky omen, signifying that the person holding it will obtain the gratification of some secret wish. | |
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Mordacious \Mor*da"cious\, a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere, morsum, to bite. See {Morsel}.] Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. -- {Mor*da"cious*ly}, adv. | |
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Mordacious \Mor*da"cious\, a. [L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere, morsum, to bite. See {Morsel}.] Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. -- {Mor*da"cious*ly}, adv. | |
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Mordacity \Mor*dac"i*ty\, n. [L. mordacitas: cf. F. mordacit[82]. See {Mordacious}.] The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. --Bacon. | |
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Mordicancy \Mor"di*can*cy\, n. A biting quality; corrosiveness. [R.] --Evelyn. | |
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Mordicant \Mor"di*cant\, a. [L. mordicans, p. pr. of mordicare to bite, fr. mordere: cf. F. mordicant.] Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body. [R.] --Boyle. | |
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Mordication \Mor`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. mordicatio.] The act of biting or corroding; corrosion. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Mordicative \Mor"di*ca*tive\, a. [L. mordicativus.] Biting; corrosive. [R.] --Holland. | |
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Mort \Mort\, n. [F., death, fr. L. mors, mortis.] 1. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase. 2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game. The sportsman then sounded a treble mort. --Sir W. Scott. 3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] {Mort cloth}, the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings. --Carlyle. {Mort stone}, a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin. [Eng.] --H. Taylor. | |
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Mort \Mort\, n. [F., death, fr. L. mors, mortis.] 1. Death; esp., the death of game in the chase. 2. A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game. The sportsman then sounded a treble mort. --Sir W. Scott. 3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] {Mort cloth}, the pall spread over a coffin; black cloth indicative or mourning; funeral hangings. --Carlyle. {Mort stone}, a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin. [Eng.] --H. Taylor. | |
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Mortgage \Mort"gage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortgaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortgaging}.] 1. (Law) To grant or convey, as property, for the security of a debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption. 2. Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation. Mortgaging their lives to covetise. --Spenser. I myself an mortgaged to thy will. --Shak. | |
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Mortgage \Mort"gage\, n. [F. mort-gage; mort dead (L. mortuus) + gage pledge. See {Mortal}, and {Gage}.] 1. (Law) A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made. Note: It was called a mortgage (or dead pledge) because, whatever profit it might yield, it did not thereby redeem itself, but became lost or dead to the mortgager upon breach of the condition. But in equity a right of redemption is an inseparable incident of a mortgage until the mortgager is debarred by his own laches, or by judicial decree. --Cowell. Kent. 2. State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage. {Chattel mortgage}. See under {Chattel}. {To foreclose a mortgage}. See under {Foreclose}. {Mortgage deed} (Law), a deed given by way of mortgage. | |
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Record \Re*cord"\ (r?*k?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recorded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Recording}.] [OE. recorden to repeat, remind, F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- + cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See {Cordial}, {Heart}.] 1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs.] [bd]I it you record.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.] They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest. --Fairfax. 3. To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events. Those things that are recorded of him . . . are written in the chronicles of the kings. --1 Esd. i. 42. {To record a deed}, {mortgage}, {lease}, etc., to have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public. | |
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Mortgage \Mort"gage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortgaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortgaging}.] 1. (Law) To grant or convey, as property, for the security of a debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption. 2. Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation. Mortgaging their lives to covetise. --Spenser. I myself an mortgaged to thy will. --Shak. | |
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Mortgage \Mort"gage\, n. [F. mort-gage; mort dead (L. mortuus) + gage pledge. See {Mortal}, and {Gage}.] 1. (Law) A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made. Note: It was called a mortgage (or dead pledge) because, whatever profit it might yield, it did not thereby redeem itself, but became lost or dead to the mortgager upon breach of the condition. But in equity a right of redemption is an inseparable incident of a mortgage until the mortgager is debarred by his own laches, or by judicial decree. --Cowell. Kent. 2. State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage. {Chattel mortgage}. See under {Chattel}. {To foreclose a mortgage}. See under {Foreclose}. {Mortgage deed} (Law), a deed given by way of mortgage. | |
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Record \Re*cord"\ (r?*k?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recorded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Recording}.] [OE. recorden to repeat, remind, F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- + cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See {Cordial}, {Heart}.] 1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs.] [bd]I it you record.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.] They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest. --Fairfax. 3. To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events. Those things that are recorded of him . . . are written in the chronicles of the kings. --1 Esd. i. 42. {To record a deed}, {mortgage}, {lease}, etc., to have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public. | |
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Debenture \De*ben"ture\, n. Any of various instruments issued, esp. by corporations, as evidences of debt. Such instruments (often called {debenture bonds}) are generally, through not necessarily, under seal, and are usually secured by a mortgage or other charge upon property; they may be registered or unregistered. A debenture secured by a mortgage on specific property is called a {mortgage debenture}; one secured by a floating charge (which see), a {floating debenture}; one not secured by any charge {a naked debenture}. In general the term debenture in British usage designates any security issued by companies other than their shares, including, therefore, what are in the United States commonly called {bonds}. When used in the United States debenture generally designates an instrument secured by a floating charge junior to other charges secured by fixed mortgages, or, specif., one of a series of securities secured by a group of securities held in trust for the benefit of the debenture holders. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortgage \Mort"gage\, n. [F. mort-gage; mort dead (L. mortuus) + gage pledge. See {Mortal}, and {Gage}.] 1. (Law) A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made. Note: It was called a mortgage (or dead pledge) because, whatever profit it might yield, it did not thereby redeem itself, but became lost or dead to the mortgager upon breach of the condition. But in equity a right of redemption is an inseparable incident of a mortgage until the mortgager is debarred by his own laches, or by judicial decree. --Cowell. Kent. 2. State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage. {Chattel mortgage}. See under {Chattel}. {To foreclose a mortgage}. See under {Foreclose}. {Mortgage deed} (Law), a deed given by way of mortgage. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortgage \Mort"gage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortgaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortgaging}.] 1. (Law) To grant or convey, as property, for the security of a debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption. 2. Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation. Mortgaging their lives to covetise. --Spenser. I myself an mortgaged to thy will. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortgagee \Mort`ga*gee"\, n. (Law) The person to whom property is mortgaged, or to whom a mortgage is made or given. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortgageor \Mort"gage*or\, Mortgagor \Mort"ga*gor\, n. (Law) One who gives a mortgage. Note: The letter e is required analogically after the second g in order to soften it; but the spelling mortgagor is in fact the prevailing form. When the word is contradistinguished from mortgagee it is accented on the last syllable ([?]). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortgager \Mort"ga*ger\, n. (Law) gives a mortgage. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortgage \Mort"gage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortgaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortgaging}.] 1. (Law) To grant or convey, as property, for the security of a debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption. 2. Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation. Mortgaging their lives to covetise. --Spenser. I myself an mortgaged to thy will. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortgageor \Mort"gage*or\, Mortgagor \Mort"ga*gor\, n. (Law) One who gives a mortgage. Note: The letter e is required analogically after the second g in order to soften it; but the spelling mortgagor is in fact the prevailing form. When the word is contradistinguished from mortgagee it is accented on the last syllable ([?]). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortise \Mor"tise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortising}.] 1. To cut or make a mortisein. 2. To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.] A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. {Mortise and tenon} (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively. {Mortise joint}, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. {Mortise lock}. See under {Lock}. {Mortise wheel}, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called {mortise gear}, and {core gear}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.] A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. {Mortise and tenon} (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively. {Mortise joint}, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. {Mortise lock}. See under {Lock}. {Mortise wheel}, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called {mortise gear}, and {core gear}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.] A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. {Mortise and tenon} (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively. {Mortise joint}, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. {Mortise lock}. See under {Lock}. {Mortise wheel}, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called {mortise gear}, and {core gear}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.] A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. {Mortise and tenon} (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively. {Mortise joint}, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. {Mortise lock}. See under {Lock}. {Mortise wheel}, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called {mortise gear}, and {core gear}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the fastening of a door, fr. l[umac]can to lock, fasten; akin to OS. l[umac]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[umac]hhan, Icel. l[?]ka, Goth. l[umac]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break. Cf. {Locket}.] 1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened. 2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable. Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De Quincey. 3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. --Dryden. 4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. 5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also {lift lock}. 6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc. 7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning. 8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton. {Detector lock}, a lock containing a contrivance for showing whether it as has been tampered with. {Lock bay} (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber. {Lock chamber}, the inclosed space between the gates of a canal lock. {Lock nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}. {Lock plate}, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is attached. {Lock rail} (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail nearest the lock. {Lock rand} (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight. {Mortise lock}, a door lock inserted in a mortise. {Rim lock}, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus differing from a {mortise lock}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.] A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. {Mortise and tenon} (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively. {Mortise joint}, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. {Mortise lock}. See under {Lock}. {Mortise wheel}, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called {mortise gear}, and {core gear}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortise \Mor"tise\, n. [F. mortaise; cf. Sp. mortaja, Ar. murtazz fixed, or W. mortais, Ir. mortis, moirtis, Gael. moirteis.] A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon. {Mortise and tenon} (Carp.), made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively. {Mortise joint}, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. {Mortise lock}. See under {Lock}. {Mortise wheel}, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called {mortise gear}, and {core gear}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortise \Mor"tise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortising}.] 1. To cut or make a mortisein. 2. To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mortise \Mor"tise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortising}.] 1. To cut or make a mortisein. 2. To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muriatic \Mu`ri*at"ic\, a. [L. muriaticus pickled, from muria brine: cf. F. muriatique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric. {Muriatic acid}, hydrochloric acid, {HCl}; -- formerly called also {marine acid}, and {spirit of salt}. See {hydrochloric}, and the Note under {Muriate}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muriatic \Mu`ri*at"ic\, a. [L. muriaticus pickled, from muria brine: cf. F. muriatique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric. {Muriatic acid}, hydrochloric acid, {HCl}; -- formerly called also {marine acid}, and {spirit of salt}. See {hydrochloric}, and the Note under {Muriate}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hydrochloric \Hy`dro*chlo"ric\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + chloric: cf. F. hydrochlorique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or compounded of, chlorine and hydrogen gas; as, hydrochloric acid; chlorhydric. {Hydrochloric acid} (Chem.), hydrogen chloride; a colorless, corrosive gas, {HCl}, of pungent, suffocating odor. It is made in great quantities in the soda process, by the action of sulphuric acid on common salt. It has a great affinity for water, and the commercial article is a strong solution of the gas in water. It is a typical acid, and is an indispensable agent in commercial and general chemical work. Called also {muriatic, [and] chlorhydric, acid}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myrtaceous \Myr*ta"ceous\, a. [L. myrtaceus.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural order of trees and shrubs ({Myrtace[91]}), of which the myrtle is the type. It includes the genera {Eucalyptus}, {Pimenta}, {Lechythis}, and about seventy more. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Myrcia \[d8]Myr"ci*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearly related to the true myrtles ({Myrtus}), from which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[etil]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my`rtos; cf. Per. m[umac]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning. Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle. {Bog myrtle}, the sweet gale. {Crape myrtle}. See under {Crape}. {Myrtle warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a North American wood warbler ({Dendroica coronata}); -- called also {myrtle bird}, {yellow-rumped warbler}, and {yellow-crowned warbler}. {Myrtle wax}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry tallow}, under {Bayberry}. {Sand myrtle}, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({Leiophyllum buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward. {Wax myrtle} ({Myrica cerifera}). See {Bayberry}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marriottsville, MD Zip code(s): 21104 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marthasville, MO (city, FIPS 46424) Location: 38.62841 N, 91.05333 W Population (1990): 674 (259 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Meredosia, IL (village, FIPS 48424) Location: 39.83152 N, 90.55833 W Population (1990): 1134 (484 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Merritt Island, FL (CDP, FIPS 44275) Location: 28.31065 N, 80.66458 W Population (1990): 32886 (14424 housing units) Area: 45.7 sq km (land), 76.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32952, 32953 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Merrittstown, PA Zip code(s): 15463 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mertzon, TX (city, FIPS 47832) Location: 31.26232 N, 100.82036 W Population (1990): 778 (361 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76941 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mertztown, PA Zip code(s): 19539 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Morehead City, NC (town, FIPS 44320) Location: 34.72468 N, 76.73199 W Population (1990): 6046 (3206 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28557 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Murdock, KS Zip code(s): 67111 Murdock, MN (city, FIPS 44818) Location: 45.22366 N, 95.39412 W Population (1990): 282 (132 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56271 Murdock, NE (village, FIPS 33320) Location: 40.92602 N, 96.28029 W Population (1990): 267 (115 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68407 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Murtaugh, ID (city, FIPS 55900) Location: 42.49191 N, 114.16021 W Population (1990): 134 (47 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83344 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MRDS {Multics Relational Data Store} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Merodach death; slaughter, the name of a Babylonian god, probably the planet Mars (Jer. 50:2), or it may be another name of Bel, the guardian divinity of Babylon. This name frequently occurs as a surname to the kings of Assyria and Babylon. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Merodach-baladan Merodach has given a son, (Isa. 39:1), "the hereditary chief of the Chaldeans, a small tribe at that time settled in the marshes at the mouth of the Euphrates, but in consequence of his conquest of Babylon afterwards, they became the dominant caste in Babylonia itself." One bearing this name sent ambassadors to Hezekiah (B.C. 721). He is also called Berodach-baladan (2 Kings 20:12; 2 Chr. 20:31). (See {HEZEKIAH}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Mordecai the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried into captivity with Jeconiah, and hence that he must have been at least one hundred and twenty-nine years old in the twelfth year of Ahasuerus (Xerxes). But the words of Esther do not necessarily lead to this conclusion. It was probably Kish of whom it is said (ver. 6) that he "had been carried away with the captivity." He resided at Susa, the metropolis of Persia. He adopted his cousin Hadassah (Esther), an orphan child, whom he tenderly brought up as his own daughter. When she was brought into the king's harem and made queen in the room of the deposed queen Vashti, he was promoted to some office in the court of Ahasuerus, and was one of those who "sat in the king's gate" (Esther 2:21). While holding this office, he discovered a plot of the eunuchs to put the king to death, which, by his vigilance, was defeated. His services to the king in this matter were duly recorded in the royal chronicles. Haman (q.v.) the Agagite had been raised to the highest position at court. Mordecai refused to bow down before him; and Haman, being stung to the quick by the conduct of Mordecai, resolved to accomplish his death in a wholesale destruction of the Jewish exiles throughout the Persian empire (Esther 3:8-15). Tidings of this cruel scheme soon reached the ears of Mordecai, who communicated with Queen Esther regarding it, and by her wise and bold intervention the scheme was frustrated. The Jews were delivered from destruction, Mordecai was raised to a high rank, and Haman was executed on the gallows he had by anticipation erected for Mordecai (6:2-7:10). In memory of the signal deliverance thus wrought for them, the Jews to this day celebrate the feast (9:26-32) of Purim (q.v.). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Merodach, bitter contrition | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Merodach-baladan, bitter contrition, without judgment | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Mordecai, contrition; bitter; bruising | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Mauritius Mauritius:Geography Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar Map references: World Area: total area: 1,860 sq km land area: 1,850 sq km comparative area: slightly less than 10.5 times the size of Washington, DC note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint Brandon), and Rodrigues Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 177 km Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: claims UK-administered Chagos Archipelago, which includes the island of Diego Garcia in UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory; claims French-administered Tromelin Island Climate: tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May) Terrain: small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau Natural resources: arable land, fish Land use: arable land: 54% permanent crops: 4% meadows and pastures: 4% forest and woodland: 31% other: 7% Irrigated land: 170 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: water pollution natural hazards: cyclones (November to April); almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection Mauritius:People Population: 1,127,068 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 28% (female 152,892; male 158,891) 15-64 years: 66% (female 376,049; male 372,910) 65 years and over: 6% (female 39,088; male 27,238) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 0.89% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 18.91 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 6.38 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -3.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 17.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 70.84 years male: 66.9 years female: 74.95 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.2 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Mauritian(s) adjective: Mauritian Ethnic divisions: Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2% Religions: Hindu 52%, Christian 28.3% (Roman Catholic 26%, Protestant 2.3%), Muslim 16.6%, other 3.1% Languages: English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 80% male: 85% female: 75% Labor force: 335,000 by occupation: government services 29%, agriculture and fishing 27%, manufacturing 22%, other 22% Mauritius:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Mauritius conventional short form: Mauritius Digraph: MP Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Port Louis Administrative divisions: 9 districts and 3 dependencies*; Agalega Islands*, Black River, Cargados Carajos*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*, Savanne Independence: 12 March 1968 (from UK) National holiday: Independence Day, 12 March (1968) Constitution: 12 March 1968; amended 12 March 1992 Legal system: based on French civil law system with elements of English common law in certain areas Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Cassam UTEEM (since 1 July 1992); Vice President Rabindranath GHURBURRON (since 1 July 1992) head of government: Prime Minister Sir Anerood JUGNAUTH (since 12 June 1982); Deputy Prime Minister Prem NABABSING (since 26 September 1990) cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president on recommendation of the prime minister Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Assembly: elections last held on 15 September 1991 (next to be held by 15 September 1996); results - MSM/MMM 53%, MLP/PMSD 38%; seats - (66 total) MSM/MMM alliance 59 (MSM 29, MMM 26, OPR 2, MTD 2), MLP/PMSD 4 (MLP 3, PMSD 1); note - the Supreme Court denied the assignment of 3 seats to the MSM Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: government coalition: Militant Socialist Movement (MSM), A. JUGNAUTH; Mauritian Militant Resurgence (RMM), Prem NABABSING (less 10 legislators under the leadership of Paul BERENGER, now voting with the opposition); Mauritian Social Democratic Party (PMSD), X. DUVAL; Organization of the People of Rodrigues (OPR), Louis Serge CLAIR; Democratic Labor Movement (MTD), Anil BAICHOO opposition: Mauritian Labor Party (MLP), Navin RAMGOOLMAN; MMM-Berenger Faction, Paul BERENGER; Socialist Workers Front, Sylvio MICHEL Other political or pressure groups: various labor unions Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAU, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Anund Priyay NEEWOOR chancery: Suite 441, 4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 244-1491, 1492 FAX: [1] (202) 966-0983 US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Leslie M. ALEXANDER embassy: 4th Floor, Rogers House, John Kennedy Street, Port Louis mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [230] 208-9763 through 9767 FAX: [230] 208-9534 Flag: four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green Economy Overview: Since independence in 1968, Mauritius has developed from a low income, agriculturally based economy to middle income diversified economy with growing industrial and tourist sectors. For most of the period annual growth has been of the order of 5% to 6%. This remarkable achievement has been reflected in increased life expectancy, lowered infant mortality, and a much improved infrastructure. Sugarcane is grown on about 90% of the cultivated land area and accounts for 40% of export earnings. The government's development strategy centers on industrialization (with a view to modernization and to exports), agricultural diversification, and tourism. Economic performance in 1991-93 continued strong with solid real growth and low unemployment. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $9.3 billion (1993 est.) National product real growth rate: 4.7% (1993 est.) National product per capita: $8,600 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.4% (1993 est.) Unemployment rate: 2.4% (1991 est.) Budget: revenues: $653 million expenditures: $567 million, including capital expenditures of $143 million (FY92/93 est.) Exports: $1.32 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.) commodities: textiles 44%, sugar 40%, light manufactures 10% partners: EC and US have preferential treatment, EC 77%, US 15% Imports: $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.) commodities: manufactured goods 50%, capital equipment 17%, foodstuffs 13%, petroleum products 8%, chemicals 7% partners: EC, US, South Africa, Japan External debt: $996.8 million (1993 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 5.8% (1992); accounts for 25% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 340,000 kW production: 920 million kWh consumption per capita: 777 kWh (1993) Industries: food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, wearing apparel, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery, tourism Agriculture: accounts for 10% of GDP; about 90% of cultivated land in sugarcane; other products - tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses, cattle, goats, fish; net food importer, especially rice and fish Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; heroin consumption and transshipment are growing problems Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $76 million; Western (non-US) countries (1970-89), $709 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $54 million Currency: 1 Mauritian rupee (MauR) = 100 cents Exchange rates: Mauritian rupees (MauRs) per US$1 - 17.755 (January 1995), 17.960 (1994), 17.648 (1993), 15.563 (1992), 15.652 (1991), 14.839 (1990) Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June Mauritius:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: 1,800 km paved: 1,640 km unpaved: earth 160 km Ports: Port Louis Merchant marine: total: 16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 191,703 GRT/297,347 DWT ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 8, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 1, passenger-cargo 1 Airports: total: 5 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 2 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1 Mauritius:Communications Telephone system: over 48,000 telephones; small system with good service local: NA intercity: utilizes primarily microwave radio relay international: 1 INTELSAT (Indian Ocean) earth station; new microwave link to Reunion; high-frequency radio links to several countries Radio: broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 4 televisions: NA Mauritius:Defense Forces Branches: National Police Force (includes the paramilitary Special Mobile Force or SMF, Special Support Units or SSU, and National Coast Guard) Manpower availability: males age 15-49 321,947; males fit for military service 163,904 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $11.2 million, 0.4% of GDP (FY92/93) |