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Mad \Mad\, a. [Compar. {Madder}; superl. {Maddest}.] [AS. gem[?]d, gem[be]d, mad; akin to OS. gem[?]d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei[?]a to hurt, Goth. gam[a0]ids weak, broken. [?].] 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad. --Shak. 2. Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform. It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. --Jer. 1. 88. And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. --Acts xxvi. 11. 3. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. [bd]Mad demeanor.[b8] --Milton. Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. --Franklin. The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. --Jowett (Thucyd.). 4. Extravagant; immoderate. [bd]Be mad and merry.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Fetching mad bounds.[b8] --Shak. 5. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog. 6. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [Colloq.] 7. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [Colloq.] {Like mad}, like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. --L'Estrange. {To run mad}. (a) To become wild with excitement. (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. {To run mad after}, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. [bd]The world is running mad after farce.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Madder \Mad"der\, n. [OE. mader, AS. m[91]dere; akin to Icel. ma[?]ra.] (Bot.) A plant of the {Rubia} ({R. tinctorum}). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See {Rubiaceous}. Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes, etc., which receive their names from their colors; as. madder yellow. {Field madder}, an annual European weed ({Sherardia arvensis}) resembling madder. {Indian madder}, the East Indian {Rubia cordifolia}, used in the East for dyeing; -- called also {munjeet}. {Wild madder}, {Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the {Galium Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw. | |
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Madeira \Ma*dei"ra\, n. [Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See {Matter}.] A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira. A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. --Shak. {Madeira nut} (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the {Juglans regia}. | |
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Madroa4a \Ma*dro"[a4]a\, n. [Sp. madro[a4]o.] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree or shrub ({Arbutus Menziesii}), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madro[a4]a apples. [Written also {madro[a4]o}.] | |
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Madroa4a \Ma*dro"[a4]a\, n. [Sp. madro[a4]o.] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree or shrub ({Arbutus Menziesii}), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madro[a4]a apples. [Written also {madro[a4]o}.] | |
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Mahwa tree \Mah"wa tree`\ (Bot.) An East Indian sapotaceous tree ({Bassia latifolia}, and also {B. butyracea}), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit. | |
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Mather \Math"er\, n. See {Madder}. | |
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Matter \Mat"ter\, n. [OE. matere, F. mati[8a]re, fr. L. materia; perh. akin to L. mater mother. Cf. {Mother}, {Madeira}, {Material}.] 1. That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment. He is the matter of virtue. --B. Jonson. 2. That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance. Note: Matter is usually divided by philosophical writers into three kinds or classes: solid, liquid, and a[89]riform. Solid substances are those whose parts firmly cohere and resist impression, as wood or stone. Liquids have free motion among their parts, and easily yield to impression, as water and wine. A[89]riform substances are elastic fluids, called vapors and gases, as air and oxygen gas. 3. That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme. [bd]If the matter should be tried by duel.[b8] --Bacon. Son of God, Savior of men ! Thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song. --Milton. Every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge. --Ex. xviii. 22. 4. That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business. To help the matter, the alchemists call in many vanities out of astrology. --Bacon. Some young female seems to have carried matters so far, that she is ripe for asking advice. --Spectator. 5. Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like. A prophet some, and some a poet, cry; No matter which, so neither of them lie. --Dryden. 6. Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble. And this is the matter why interpreters upon that passage in Hosea will not consent it to be a true story, that the prophet took a harlot to wife. --Milton. | |
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Matter \Mat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mattering}.] 1. To be of importance; to import; to signify. It matters not how they were called. --Locke. 2. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate. [R.] [bd]Each slight sore mattereth.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Matter \Mat"ter\, v. t. To regard as important; to take account of; to care for. [Obs.] He did not matter cold nor hunger. --H. Brooke. | |
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Mattery \Mat"ter*y\, a. 1. Generating or containing pus; purulent. 2. Full of substance or matter; important. --B. Jonson. | |
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Mature \Ma*ture"\, a. [Compar. {Maturer}; superl. {Maturest}.] [L. maturus; prob. akin to E. matin.] 1. Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe. Now is love mature in ear. --Tennison. How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age ? --Pope. 2. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan. This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for the violent breaking out. --Shak. 3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years. 4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration. Syn: Ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready. Usage: {Mature}, {Ripe}. Both words describe fullness of growth. Mature brings to view the progressiveness of the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of a thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes through which it has passed; as ripe, when our attention is directed merely to its state. A mature judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe scholar. | |
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Mature \Ma*ture"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maturing}.] [See {Maturate}, {Mature}.] To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. --Bacon. | |
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Mature \Ma*ture"\, v. i. 1. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience. 2. Hence, to become due, as a note. | |
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Mauther \Mau"ther\, n. [Cf. AS. m[91]g[?] a maid.] [Also spelled {mawther}, {mother}.] A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Mauther \Mau"ther\, n. [Cf. AS. m[91]g[?] a maid.] [Also spelled {mawther}, {mother}.] A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow ground.[b8] --Milton. Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}. {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes. {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay and for pasture. See {Grass}. {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.] {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}. (b) The American coot ({Fulica}). (c) The clapper rail. {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus of American birds allied to the starlings. The common species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black crescent. {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola}, as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called also {field mouse}, and {field vole}. {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes. {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite. {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}. {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}. {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe. {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species. {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}. {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}. {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel. {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe. | |
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Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow ground.[b8] --Milton. Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}. {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes. {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay and for pasture. See {Grass}. {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.] {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}. (b) The American coot ({Fulica}). (c) The clapper rail. {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus of American birds allied to the starlings. The common species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black crescent. {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola}, as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called also {field mouse}, and {field vole}. {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes. {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite. {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}. {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}. {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe. {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species. {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}. {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}. {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel. {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe. | |
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Meeter \Meet"er\, n. One who meets. | |
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Meteor \Me"te*or\, n. [F. m[82]t[82]ore, Gr. [?], pl. [?] things in the air, fr. [?] high in air, raised off the ground; [?] beyond + [?], [?], a suspension or hovering in the air, fr. [?] to lift, raise up.] 1. Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc. Hail, an ordinary meteor. --Bp. Hall. 2. Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region. The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak. Note: The term is especially applied to fireballs, and the masses of stone or other substances which sometimes fall to the earth; also to shooting stars and to ignes fatui. Meteors are often classed as: aerial meteors, winds, tornadoes, etc.; aqueous meteors, rain, hail, snow, dew, etc.; luminous meteors, rainbows, halos, etc.; and igneous meteors, lightning, shooting stars, and the like. | |
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Meter \Me"ter\, n. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it. | |
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Meter \Me"ter\, Metre \Me"tre\, n. [OE. metre, F. m[8a]tre, L. metrum, fr. Gr. [?]; akin to Skr. m[be] to measure. See {Mete} to measure.] 1. Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. The only strict antithesis to prose is meter. --Wordsworth. 2. A poem. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See {Metric system}, under {Metric}. {Common meter} (Hymnol.), four iambic verses, or lines, making a stanza, the first and third having each four feet, and the second and fourth each three feet; -- usually indicated by the initials C.M. {Long meter} (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines of four feet each, four verses usually making a stanza; -- commonly indicated by the initials L. M. {Short meter} (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines, the first, second, and fourth having each three feet, and the third four feet. The stanza usually consists of four lines, but is sometimes doubled. Short meter is indicated by the initials S. M. | |
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-meter \-me"ter\ [L. metrum measure, or the allied Gr. [?]. See {Meter} rhythm.] A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as, barometer, chronometer, dynamometer. | |
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Meter \Me"ter\, n. [From {Mete} to measure.] 1. One who, or that which, metes or measures. See {Coal-meter}. 2. An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured. {Dry meter}, a gas meter having measuring chambers, with flexible walls, which expand and contract like bellows and measure the gas by filling and emptying. {W[?]t meter}, a gas meter in which the revolution of a chambered drum in water measures the gas passing through it. | |
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Meter \Me"ter\, n. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it. | |
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Meter \Me"ter\, Metre \Me"tre\, n. [OE. metre, F. m[8a]tre, L. metrum, fr. Gr. [?]; akin to Skr. m[be] to measure. See {Mete} to measure.] 1. Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. The only strict antithesis to prose is meter. --Wordsworth. 2. A poem. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See {Metric system}, under {Metric}. {Common meter} (Hymnol.), four iambic verses, or lines, making a stanza, the first and third having each four feet, and the second and fourth each three feet; -- usually indicated by the initials C.M. {Long meter} (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines of four feet each, four verses usually making a stanza; -- commonly indicated by the initials L. M. {Short meter} (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines, the first, second, and fourth having each three feet, and the third four feet. The stanza usually consists of four lines, but is sometimes doubled. Short meter is indicated by the initials S. M. | |
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-meter \-me"ter\ [L. metrum measure, or the allied Gr. [?]. See {Meter} rhythm.] A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as, barometer, chronometer, dynamometer. | |
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Meter \Me"ter\, n. [From {Mete} to measure.] 1. One who, or that which, metes or measures. See {Coal-meter}. 2. An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured. {Dry meter}, a gas meter having measuring chambers, with flexible walls, which expand and contract like bellows and measure the gas by filling and emptying. {W[?]t meter}, a gas meter in which the revolution of a chambered drum in water measures the gas passing through it. | |
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Meter \Me"ter\, n. A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it. | |
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Meter \Me"ter\, Metre \Me"tre\, n. [OE. metre, F. m[8a]tre, L. metrum, fr. Gr. [?]; akin to Skr. m[be] to measure. See {Mete} to measure.] 1. Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. The only strict antithesis to prose is meter. --Wordsworth. 2. A poem. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See {Metric system}, under {Metric}. {Common meter} (Hymnol.), four iambic verses, or lines, making a stanza, the first and third having each four feet, and the second and fourth each three feet; -- usually indicated by the initials C.M. {Long meter} (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines of four feet each, four verses usually making a stanza; -- commonly indicated by the initials L. M. {Short meter} (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines, the first, second, and fourth having each three feet, and the third four feet. The stanza usually consists of four lines, but is sometimes doubled. Short meter is indicated by the initials S. M. | |
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-meter \-me"ter\ [L. metrum measure, or the allied Gr. [?]. See {Meter} rhythm.] A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as, barometer, chronometer, dynamometer. | |
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Meter \Me"ter\, n. [From {Mete} to measure.] 1. One who, or that which, metes or measures. See {Coal-meter}. 2. An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured. {Dry meter}, a gas meter having measuring chambers, with flexible walls, which expand and contract like bellows and measure the gas by filling and emptying. {W[?]t meter}, a gas meter in which the revolution of a chambered drum in water measures the gas passing through it. | |
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Meter \Me"ter\, Metre \Me"tre\, n. [OE. metre, F. m[8a]tre, L. metrum, fr. Gr. [?]; akin to Skr. m[be] to measure. See {Mete} to measure.] 1. Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter. The only strict antithesis to prose is meter. --Wordsworth. 2. A poem. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See {Metric system}, under {Metric}. {Common meter} (Hymnol.), four iambic verses, or lines, making a stanza, the first and third having each four feet, and the second and fourth each three feet; -- usually indicated by the initials C.M. {Long meter} (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines of four feet each, four verses usually making a stanza; -- commonly indicated by the initials L. M. {Short meter} (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines, the first, second, and fourth having each three feet, and the third four feet. The stanza usually consists of four lines, but is sometimes doubled. Short meter is indicated by the initials S. M. | |
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Metre \Me"tre\, n. See {Meter}. | |
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-metry \-me*try\ [See {-meter}.] A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring; as, acidmetry, chlorometry, chronometry. | |
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Miter \Mi"ter\, Mitre \Mi"tre\, n. [F. mitre, fr. L. mitra headband, turban, Gr. [?].] 1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks. --Fairholt. 2. The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint. 3. (Numis.) A sort of base money or coin. {Miter box} (Carp. & Print.), an apparatus for guiding a handsaw at the proper angle in making a miter joint; esp., a wooden or metal trough with vertical kerfs in its upright sides, for guides. {Miter dovetail} (Carp.), a kind of dovetail for a miter joint in which there is only one joint line visible, and that at the angle. {Miter gauge} (Carp.), a gauge for determining the angle of a miter. {Miter joint}, a joint formed by pieces matched and united upon a line bisecting the angle of junction, as by the beveled ends of two pieces of molding or brass rule, etc. The term is used especially when the pieces form a right angle. See {Miter}, 2. {Miter shell} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells of the genus {Mitra}. {Miter square} (Carp.), a bevel with an immovable arm at an angle of 45[deg], for striking lines on stuff to be mitered; also, a square with an arm adjustable to any angle. {Miter wheels}, a pair of bevel gears, of equal diameter, adapted for working together, usually with their axes at right angles. | |
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Miter \Mi"ter\, Mitre \Mi"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mitered}or {Mitred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mitering}or {Mitring}.] 1. To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter. [bd]Mitered locks.[b8] --Milton. 2. To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Miter \Mi"ter\, Mitre \Mi"tre\, v. i. To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Miter \Mi"ter\, Mitre \Mi"tre\, n. [F. mitre, fr. L. mitra headband, turban, Gr. [?].] 1. A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks. --Fairholt. 2. The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint. 3. (Numis.) A sort of base money or coin. {Miter box} (Carp. & Print.), an apparatus for guiding a handsaw at the proper angle in making a miter joint; esp., a wooden or metal trough with vertical kerfs in its upright sides, for guides. {Miter dovetail} (Carp.), a kind of dovetail for a miter joint in which there is only one joint line visible, and that at the angle. {Miter gauge} (Carp.), a gauge for determining the angle of a miter. {Miter joint}, a joint formed by pieces matched and united upon a line bisecting the angle of junction, as by the beveled ends of two pieces of molding or brass rule, etc. The term is used especially when the pieces form a right angle. See {Miter}, 2. {Miter shell} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells of the genus {Mitra}. {Miter square} (Carp.), a bevel with an immovable arm at an angle of 45[deg], for striking lines on stuff to be mitered; also, a square with an arm adjustable to any angle. {Miter wheels}, a pair of bevel gears, of equal diameter, adapted for working together, usually with their axes at right angles. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Miter \Mi"ter\, Mitre \Mi"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mitered}or {Mitred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mitering}or {Mitring}.] 1. To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter. [bd]Mitered locks.[b8] --Milton. 2. To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Miter \Mi"ter\, Mitre \Mi"tre\, v. i. To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mitre \Mi"tre\, n. & v. See {Miter}. | |
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Moder \Mo"der\, n. [OE. See {Mother} female parent.] 1. A mother. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed. [Obs.] | |
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Moder \Mod"er\, v. t. To moderate. [Obs.] | |
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Moider \Moi"der\, v. i. To toil. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Moidore \Moi"dore\, n. [Pg. moeda d'ouro, lit., coin of gold. Cf. {Money}, and {Aureate}.] A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling. | |
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Moither \Moi"ther\, v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.] To perplex; to confuse. [Prov. Eng.] --Lamb. | |
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Moither \Moi"ther\, v. i. To toil; to labor. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Mooder \Moo"der\, n. Mother. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Moody \Mood"y\, a. [Compar. {Moodier}; superl. {Moodiest}.] [AS. m[d3]dig courageous.] 1. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed. 2. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy. [bd]Every peevish, moody malcontent.[b8] --Rowe. Arouse thee from thy moody dream! --Sir W. Scott. Syn: Gloomy; pensive; sad; fretful; capricious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mooter \Moot"er\, n. A disputer of a mooted case. | |
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Mother \Moth"er\, n. [OE. moder, AS. m[d3]dor; akin to D. moeder, OS. m[d3]dar, G. mutter, OHG. muotar, Icel. m[d3][edh]ir, Dan. & Sw. moder, OSlav. mati, Russ. mate, Ir. & Gael. mathair, L. mater, Gr. mh`thr, Skr. m[be]t[rsdot]; cf. Skr. m[be] to measure. [fb]268. Cf. {Material}, {Matrix}, {Metropolis}, {Father}.] 1. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child. 2. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix. Alas! poor country! . . . it can not Be called our mother, but our grave. --Shak. I behold . . . the solitary majesty of Crete, mother of a religion, it is said, that lived two thousand years. --Landor. 3. An old woman or matron. [Familiar] 4. The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc. 5. Hysterical passion; hysteria. [Obs.] --Shak. {Mother Carey's chicken} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small petrels, as the stormy petrel ({Procellaria pelagica}), and Leach's petrel ({Oceanodroma leucorhoa}), both of the Atlantic, and {O. furcata} of the North Pacific. {Mother Carey's goose} (Zo[94]l.), the giant fulmar of the Pacific. See {Fulmar}. {Mother's mark} (Med.), a congenital mark upon the body; a n[91]vus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mother \Moth"er\, n. [Akin to D. modder mud, G. moder mold, mud, Dan. mudder mud, and to E. mud. See {Mud}.] A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation. Note: The film is composed of a mass of rapidly developing micro[94]rganisms of the genus {Mycoderma}, and in the {mother of vinegar} the micro[94]rganisms ({Mycoderma aceti}) composing the film are the active agents in the Conversion of the alcohol into vinegar. When thickened by growth, the film may settle to the bottom of the fluid. See {Acetous fermentation}, under {Fermentation}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mother \Moth"er\, a. Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating. It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. --T. Arnold. {Mother cell} (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions, gives rise to other cells (daughter cells); a parent cell. {Mother church}, the original church; a church from which other churches have sprung; as, the mother church of a diocese. {Mother country}, the country of one's parents or ancestors; the country from which the people of a colony derive their origin. {Mother liquor} (Chem.), the impure or complex residual solution which remains after the salts readily or regularly crystallizing have been removed. {Mother queen}, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen mother. {Mother tongue}. (a) A language from which another language has had its origin. (b) The language of one's native land; native tongue. {Mother water}. See {Mother liquor} (above). {Mother wit}, natural or native wit or intelligence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mother \Moth"er\, v. i. To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mother \Moth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mothered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mothering}.] To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to. The queen, to have put lady Elizabeth besides the crown, would have mothered another body's child. --Howell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mauther \Mau"ther\, n. [Cf. AS. m[91]g[?] a maid.] [Also spelled {mawther}, {mother}.] A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mother \Moth"er\, n. [OE. moder, AS. m[d3]dor; akin to D. moeder, OS. m[d3]dar, G. mutter, OHG. muotar, Icel. m[d3][edh]ir, Dan. & Sw. moder, OSlav. mati, Russ. mate, Ir. & Gael. mathair, L. mater, Gr. mh`thr, Skr. m[be]t[rsdot]; cf. Skr. m[be] to measure. [fb]268. Cf. {Material}, {Matrix}, {Metropolis}, {Father}.] 1. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child. 2. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix. Alas! poor country! . . . it can not Be called our mother, but our grave. --Shak. I behold . . . the solitary majesty of Crete, mother of a religion, it is said, that lived two thousand years. --Landor. 3. An old woman or matron. [Familiar] 4. The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc. 5. Hysterical passion; hysteria. [Obs.] --Shak. {Mother Carey's chicken} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small petrels, as the stormy petrel ({Procellaria pelagica}), and Leach's petrel ({Oceanodroma leucorhoa}), both of the Atlantic, and {O. furcata} of the North Pacific. {Mother Carey's goose} (Zo[94]l.), the giant fulmar of the Pacific. See {Fulmar}. {Mother's mark} (Med.), a congenital mark upon the body; a n[91]vus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mother \Moth"er\, n. [Akin to D. modder mud, G. moder mold, mud, Dan. mudder mud, and to E. mud. See {Mud}.] A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation. Note: The film is composed of a mass of rapidly developing micro[94]rganisms of the genus {Mycoderma}, and in the {mother of vinegar} the micro[94]rganisms ({Mycoderma aceti}) composing the film are the active agents in the Conversion of the alcohol into vinegar. When thickened by growth, the film may settle to the bottom of the fluid. See {Acetous fermentation}, under {Fermentation}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mother \Moth"er\, a. Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating. It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. --T. Arnold. {Mother cell} (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions, gives rise to other cells (daughter cells); a parent cell. {Mother church}, the original church; a church from which other churches have sprung; as, the mother church of a diocese. {Mother country}, the country of one's parents or ancestors; the country from which the people of a colony derive their origin. {Mother liquor} (Chem.), the impure or complex residual solution which remains after the salts readily or regularly crystallizing have been removed. {Mother queen}, the mother of a reigning sovereign; a queen mother. {Mother tongue}. (a) A language from which another language has had its origin. (b) The language of one's native land; native tongue. {Mother water}. See {Mother liquor} (above). {Mother wit}, natural or native wit or intelligence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mother \Moth"er\, v. i. To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mother \Moth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mothered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mothering}.] To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to. The queen, to have put lady Elizabeth besides the crown, would have mothered another body's child. --Howell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mauther \Mau"ther\, n. [Cf. AS. m[91]g[?] a maid.] [Also spelled {mawther}, {mother}.] A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mothery \Moth"er*y\, a. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar). | |
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Motor \Mo"tor\, Motory \Mo"to*ry\, Motorial \Mo*to"ri*al\, a. [L. motorius that has motion. See {Motor}, n.] Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor \Mo"tor\, n. [L., fr. movere, motum, to move.] 1. One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power. 2. (Mach.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diesel engine \Die"sel en`gine\ [or] motor \mo`tor\ [After Dr. Rudolf Diesel, of Munich, the inventor.] A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the heat generated ignites the fuel (usually crude oil), the fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor \Mo"tor\, n. A motor car; an automobile. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor \Mo"tor\, Motory \Mo"to*ry\, Motorial \Mo*to"ri*al\, a. [L. motorius that has motion. See {Motor}, n.] Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor \Mo"tor\, n. [L., fr. movere, motum, to move.] 1. One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power. 2. (Mach.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diesel engine \Die"sel en`gine\ [or] motor \mo`tor\ [After Dr. Rudolf Diesel, of Munich, the inventor.] A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the heat generated ignites the fuel (usually crude oil), the fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor \Mo"tor\, n. A motor car; an automobile. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor \Mo"tor\, Motory \Mo"to*ry\, Motorial \Mo*to"ri*al\, a. [L. motorius that has motion. See {Motor}, n.] Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor \Mo"tor\, n. [L., fr. movere, motum, to move.] 1. One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power. 2. (Mach.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diesel engine \Die"sel en`gine\ [or] motor \mo`tor\ [After Dr. Rudolf Diesel, of Munich, the inventor.] A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the heat generated ignites the fuel (usually crude oil), the fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor \Mo"tor\, n. A motor car; an automobile. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor \Mo"tor\, Motory \Mo"to*ry\, Motorial \Mo*to"ri*al\, a. [L. motorius that has motion. See {Motor}, n.] Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mouther \Mouth"er\, n. One who mouths; an affected speaker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muddy \Mud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Muddier}; superl. {Muddiest}.] 1. Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots. 2. Turbid with mud; as, muddy water. 3. Consisting of mud or earth; gross; impure. This muddy vesture of decay. --Shak. 4. Confused, as if turbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. Cold hearts and muddy understandings. --Burke. Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. --Shak. 5. Not clear or bright. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Moodir \[d8]Moo"dir\, n. [Ar. mud[c6]r.] The governor of a province in Egypt, etc. [Written also {mudir}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mudir \Mu"dir\, n. Same as {Moodir}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Moodir \[d8]Moo"dir\, n. [Ar. mud[c6]r.] The governor of a province in Egypt, etc. [Written also {mudir}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mudir \Mu"dir\, n. Same as {Moodir}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Muttered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muttering}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. muttire, mutire.] 1. To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl. Wizards that peep, and that mutter. --Is. viii. 19. Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. --Dryden. 2. To sound with a low, rumbling noise. Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. t. To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mutter \Mut"ter\, n. Repressed or obscure utterance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mutuary \Mu"tu*a*ry\, n. [L. mutuarius mutual.See {Mutuation}.] (Law) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind. --Bouvier. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Madeira, OH (city, FIPS 46312) Location: 39.18420 N, 84.37482 W Population (1990): 9141 (3565 housing units) Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45243 | |
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Madera, CA (city, FIPS 45022) Location: 36.96758 N, 120.07672 W Population (1990): 29281 (9530 housing units) Area: 26.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93637, 93638 Madera, PA Zip code(s): 16661 | |
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Mather, PA Zip code(s): 15346 Mather, WI Zip code(s): 54641 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Meador, WV Zip code(s): 25682 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Medora, IL (village, FIPS 48138) Location: 39.17602 N, 90.14169 W Population (1990): 420 (170 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62063 Medora, IN (town, FIPS 48240) Location: 38.82461 N, 86.17070 W Population (1990): 805 (330 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47260 Medora, KS Zip code(s): 67502 Medora, ND (city, FIPS 51900) Location: 46.91370 N, 103.52435 W Population (1990): 101 (77 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58645 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Metairie, LA (CDP, FIPS 50115) Location: 29.99760 N, 90.17740 W Population (1990): 149428 (67021 housing units) Area: 60.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70001, 70002, 70003, 70005, 70006 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Metter, GA (city, FIPS 51072) Location: 32.39596 N, 82.06119 W Population (1990): 3707 (1480 housing units) Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30439 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
meatware n. Synonym for {wetware}. Less common. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
mutter vt. To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears, eyes, or fingers of ordinary mortals. Often used in `mutter an {incantation}'. See also {wizard}. = N = | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
meatware Less common synonym for {wetware}. [Was it Marvin Minsky who described brains as "machines?/computers? made of meat"?] [{Jargon File}] (1994-10-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
METEOR A version of COMIT with Lisp-like syntax, written in MIT Lisp 1.5 for the IBM 7090. "METEOR - A List Interpreter for String Transformation", D.G. Bobrow in The Programming Language LISP and its Interpretation, E.D. and D.G. Bobrow eds, 1964. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
meter (1998-02-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
metre From 1889 to 1960, the metre was defined to be the distance between two scratches in a platinum-iridium bar kept in the vault beside the Standard Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris. This replaced an earlier definition as 10^-7 times the distance between the North Pole and the Equator along a meridian through Paris; unfortunately, this had been based on an inexact value of the circumference of the Earth. From 1960 to 1984 it was defined to be 1650763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red line of krypton-86 propagating in a vacuum. It is now defined as the length of the path traveled by light in a vacuum in the time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second. (1998-02-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
mother {parent} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MTTR {Mean Time To Recovery} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
mutter To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears, eyes, or fingers of ordinary mortals. Often used in "mutter an {incantation}". See also {wizard}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-06) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Mitre (Heb. mitsnepheth), something rolled round the head; the turban or head-dress of the high priest (Ex. 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6, etc.). In the Authorized Version of Ezek. 21:26, this Hebrew word is rendered "diadem," but in the Revised Version, "mitre." It was a twisted band of fine linen, 8 yards in length, coiled into the form of a cap, and worn on official occasions (Lev. 8:9; 16:4; Zech. 3:5). On the front of it was a golden plate with the inscription, "Holiness to the Lord." The mitsnepheth differed from the mitre or head-dress (migba'ah) of the common priest. (See {BONNET}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Matri, rain; prison |