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Madras \Ma*dras"\, n. [So named after Madras, a city and presidency of India.] A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors, such as those often used by negroes for turbans. A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow madras turban . . . crouched against the wall. --G. W. Cable. | |
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Zebu \Ze"bu\, n. [[?]. z[82]bu; of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A bovine mammal ({Ros Indicus}) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff. Note: Some of the varieties are used as beasts of burden, and some fore for riding, while others are raised for their milk and flesh. The Brahmin bull, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos, also belongs to this species. The male is called also {Indian bull}, {Indian ox}, {Madras ox}, and {sacred bull}. | |
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Madrigal \Mad"ri*gal\, n. [It. madrigale, OIt. madriale, mandriale (cf. LL. matriale); of uncertain origin, possibly fr. It mandra flock, L. mandra stall, herd of cattle, Gr. [?] fold, stable; hence, madrigal, originally, a pastoral song.] 1. A little amorous poem, sometimes called a {pastoral poem}, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought. Whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. --Milton. 2. (Mus.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See {Glee}. | |
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Madrigaler \Mad"ri*gal*er\, n. A madrigalist. | |
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Madrigalist \Mad"ri*gal*ist\, n. A composer of madrigals. | |
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Mat \Mat\, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.] 1. A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes. 2. Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like. 3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair. 4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype. {Mat grass}. (Bot.) (a) A low, tufted, European grass ({Nardus stricta}). (b) Same as {Matweed}. {Mat rush} (Bot.), a kind of rush ({Scirpus lacustris}) used in England for making mats. | |
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Materious \Ma*te"ri*ous\, a. See {Material}. [Obs.] | |
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Bolthead \Bolt"head`\, n. 1. (Chem.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a {matrass} or receiver. 2. The head of a bolt. | |
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Matrass \Ma*trass"\, n. [F. matras; perh. so called from its long narrow neck; cf. OF. matras large arrow, L. materis, mataris, matara, a Celtic javelin, pike; of Celtic origin.] (Chem.) A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead. | |
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Bolthead \Bolt"head`\, n. 1. (Chem.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a {matrass} or receiver. 2. The head of a bolt. | |
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Matrass \Ma*trass"\, n. [F. matras; perh. so called from its long narrow neck; cf. OF. matras large arrow, L. materis, mataris, matara, a Celtic javelin, pike; of Celtic origin.] (Chem.) A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead. | |
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Mattress \Mat"tress\, n. [OF. materas, F. matelas, LL. matratium; cf. Sp. & Pg. almadraque, Pr. almatrac; all from Ar. ma[tsdot]rah a place where anything is thrown, what is thrown under something, fr. [tsdot]araha to throw.] 1. A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened. [Written also {matress}.] 2. (Hydraulic Engin.) A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a bank from being worn away by currents or waves. | |
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Matress \Mat"ress\, n. See {Matress}. | |
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Mattress \Mat"tress\, n. [OF. materas, F. matelas, LL. matratium; cf. Sp. & Pg. almadraque, Pr. almatrac; all from Ar. ma[tsdot]rah a place where anything is thrown, what is thrown under something, fr. [tsdot]araha to throw.] 1. A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened. [Written also {matress}.] 2. (Hydraulic Engin.) A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a bank from being worn away by currents or waves. | |
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Matress \Mat"ress\, n. See {Matress}. | |
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Matrice \Ma"trice\, n. [Cf. F. matrice. See {Matrix}.] See {Matrix}. | |
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Matrix \Ma"trix\, n.; pl. {Matrices}. [L., fr. mater mother. See {Mother}, and cf. {Matrice}.] 1. (Anat.) The womb. All that openeth the matrix is mine. --Ex. xxxiv. 19. 2. Hence, that which gives form or origin to anything; as: (a) (Mech.) The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type. (b) (Min.) The earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or crystallized minerals are found; the gangue. (c) pl. (Dyeing) The five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed. 3. (Biol.) The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular substance. 4. (Math.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations. | |
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Matricidal \Mat"ri*ci`dal\, a. Of or pertaining to matricide. | |
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Matricide \Mat"ri*cide\, n. [L. matricidium; mater mother + coedere to kill, slay: cf. F. matricide. See {Mother}, and cf. {Homicide}.] 1. The murder of a mother by her son or daughter. 2. [L. matricida: cf. F. matricide.] One who murders one's own mother. | |
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Matriculate \Ma*tric"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matriculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Matriculating}.] [L. matricula a public roll or register, dim. of matrix a mother, in respect to propagation, also, a public register. See {Matrix}.] To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register. In discovering and matriculating the arms of commissaries from North America. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Matriculate \Ma*tric"u*late\, v. i. To go though the process of admission to membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college. | |
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Matriculate \Ma*tric"u*late\, a. Matriculated. --Skelton. -- n. One who is matriculated. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Matriculate \Ma*tric"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matriculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Matriculating}.] [L. matricula a public roll or register, dim. of matrix a mother, in respect to propagation, also, a public register. See {Matrix}.] To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register. In discovering and matriculating the arms of commissaries from North America. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Matriculate \Ma*tric"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matriculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Matriculating}.] [L. matricula a public roll or register, dim. of matrix a mother, in respect to propagation, also, a public register. See {Matrix}.] To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register. In discovering and matriculating the arms of commissaries from North America. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Matriculation \Ma*tric`u*la"tion\, n. The act or process of matriculating; the state of being matriculated. | |
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Matrix \Ma"trix\, n.; pl. {Matrices}. [L., fr. mater mother. See {Mother}, and cf. {Matrice}.] 1. (Anat.) The womb. All that openeth the matrix is mine. --Ex. xxxiv. 19. 2. Hence, that which gives form or origin to anything; as: (a) (Mech.) The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type. (b) (Min.) The earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or crystallized minerals are found; the gangue. (c) pl. (Dyeing) The five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed. 3. (Biol.) The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular substance. 4. (Math.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations. | |
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Matross \Ma*tross"\, n. [D. matroos, fr. F. matelot.] (Mil.) Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns. [Obs.] | |
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Mattress \Mat"tress\, n. [OF. materas, F. matelas, LL. matratium; cf. Sp. & Pg. almadraque, Pr. almatrac; all from Ar. ma[tsdot]rah a place where anything is thrown, what is thrown under something, fr. [tsdot]araha to throw.] 1. A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened. [Written also {matress}.] 2. (Hydraulic Engin.) A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a bank from being worn away by currents or waves. | |
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Maturescent \Mat`u*res"cent\, a. [L. maturescens, p. pr. of maturescere to become ripe, v. incho. from maturus. See {Mature}, a.] Approaching maturity. | |
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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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Medregal \Med"re*gal\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bonito}, 3. | |
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Medrick \Med"rick\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of gull or tern. [Prov.] --Lowell. | |
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Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m[82]t[82]orique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones. 2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions. 3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame. [bd]Meteoric politician.[b8] --Craik. {Meteoric iron}, {Meteoric stone}. (Min.) See {Meteorite}. {Meteoric paper}, a substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors. {Meteoric showers}, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods. | |
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Iron \I"ron\ ([imac]"[ucr]rn), n. [OE. iren, AS. [c6]ren, [c6]sen, [c6]sern; akin to D. ijzer, OS. [c6]sarn, OHG. [c6]sarn, [c6]san, G. eisen, Icel. [c6]sarn, j[be]rn, Sw. & Dan. jern, and perh. to E. ice; cf. Ir. iarann, W. haiarn, Armor. houarn.] 1. (Chem.) The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic weight 55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances. Note: The value of iron is largely due to the facility with which it can be worked. Thus, when heated it is malleable and ductile, and can be easily welded and forged at a high temperature. As cast iron, it is easily fusible; as steel, is very tough, and (when tempered) very hard and elastic. Chemically, iron is grouped with cobalt and nickel. Steel is a variety of iron containing more carbon than wrought iron, but less that cast iron. It is made either from wrought iron, by roasting in a packing of carbon (cementation) or from cast iron, by burning off the impurities in a Bessemer converter (then called Bessemer steel), or directly from the iron ore (as in the Siemens rotatory and generating furnace). 2. An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc. My young soldier, put up your iron. --Shak. 3. pl. Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles. Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons. --Macaulay. 4. Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron. {Bar iron}. See {Wrought iron} (below). {Bog iron}, bog ore; limonite. See {Bog ore}, under {Bog}. {Cast iron} (Metal.), an impure variety of iron, containing from three to six percent of carbon, part of which is united with a part of the iron, as a carbide, and the rest is uncombined, as graphite. It there is little free carbon, the product is white iron; if much of the carbon has separated as graphite, it is called gray iron. See also {Cast iron}, in the Vocabulary. {Fire irons}. See under {Fire}, n. {Gray irons}. See under {Fire}, n. {Gray iron}. See {Cast iron} (above). {It irons} (Naut.), said of a sailing vessel, when, in tacking, she comes up head to the wind and will not fill away on either tack. {Magnetic iron}. See {Magnetite}. {Malleable iron} (Metal.), iron sufficiently pure or soft to be capable of extension under the hammer; also, specif., a kind of iron produced by removing a portion of the carbon or other impurities from cast iron, rendering it less brittle, and to some extent malleable. {Meteoric iron} (Chem.), iron forming a large, and often the chief, ingredient of meteorites. It invariably contains a small amount of nickel and cobalt. Cf. {Meteorite}. {Pig iron}, the form in which cast iron is made at the blast furnace, being run into molds, called pigs. {Reduced iron}. See under {Reduced}. {Specular iron}. See {Hematite}. {Too many irons in the fire}, too many objects requiring the attention at once. {White iron}. See {Cast iron} (above). {Wrought iron} (Metal.), the purest form of iron commonly known in the arts, containing only about half of one per cent of carbon. It is made either directly from the ore, as in the Catalan forge or bloomery, or by purifying (puddling) cast iron in a reverberatory furnace or refinery. It is tough, malleable, and ductile. When formed into bars, it is called bar iron. | |
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Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m[82]t[82]orique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones. 2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions. 3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame. [bd]Meteoric politician.[b8] --Craik. {Meteoric iron}, {Meteoric stone}. (Min.) See {Meteorite}. {Meteoric paper}, a substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors. {Meteoric showers}, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods. | |
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Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m[82]t[82]orique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones. 2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions. 3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame. [bd]Meteoric politician.[b8] --Craik. {Meteoric iron}, {Meteoric stone}. (Min.) See {Meteorite}. {Meteoric paper}, a substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors. {Meteoric showers}, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods. | |
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Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m[82]t[82]orique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones. 2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions. 3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame. [bd]Meteoric politician.[b8] --Craik. {Meteoric iron}, {Meteoric stone}. (Min.) See {Meteorite}. {Meteoric paper}, a substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors. {Meteoric showers}, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods. | |
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Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m[82]t[82]orique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones. 2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions. 3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame. [bd]Meteoric politician.[b8] --Craik. {Meteoric iron}, {Meteoric stone}. (Min.) See {Meteorite}. {Meteoric paper}, a substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors. {Meteoric showers}, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods. | |
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Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?], a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a stone.[b8] --Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like. 2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8] --Shak. 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. 9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also {imposing stone}. Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc. {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton. {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit. {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}. {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}. {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze age} succeeded to this. {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; -- called also {sea perch}. {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish. {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. --Tylor. {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}. {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}). {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage. {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}. {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral. {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}). {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({A. fluviatilis}). {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above. {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above. {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin. {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) which grows on rocks and walls. {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larv[91] are aquatic. {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride. {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware. {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below. {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also {beech marten}. {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone. {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum. {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}. {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine}, and {Pi[a4]on}. {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug. {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch. {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E. recurvirostris}). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans}) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger}, {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}. {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Stone roller} (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}. {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object. | |
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Meteorical \Me`te*or"ic*al\, a. Meteoric. | |
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Meteorism \Me"te*or*ism\, n. (Med.) Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites. | |
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Meteorize \Me"te*or*ize\, v. i. [Gr. [?] to raise to a height.] To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor. --Evelyn. | |
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Meteorograph \Me`te*or"o*graph\, n. [Meteor + -graph.] An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions. | |
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Meteorographic \Me`te*or`o*graph"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to meteorography. | |
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Meteorography \Me`te*or*og"ra*phy\, n. [Meteor + -graphy.] The registration of meteorological phenomena. | |
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Meteoroscope \Me`te*or"o*scope\ (?; 277), n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] observing the heavenly bodies; [?] + [?] to view: cf. F. m[82]t[82]oroscope. See {Meteor}.] (Astron.) (a) An astrolabe; a planisphere. [Obs.] (b) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star. | |
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Meteorous \Me*te"o*rous\ (? [or] ?), a. [See {Meteor}.] Of the nature or appearance of a meteor. | |
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Meterage \Me"ter*age\, n. [See 1st {Meter}.] The act of measuring, or the cost of measuring. | |
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Metergram \Me"ter*gram`\, n. (Mech.) A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation. | |
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Metric \Met"ric\, a. [L. metricus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. m[82]trique. See {Meter} rhythm.] 1. Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement. 2. Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement. {Metric analysis} (Chem.), analysis by volume; volumetric analysis. {Metric system}, a system of weights and measures originating in France, the use of which is required by law in many countries, and permitted in many others, including the United States and England. The principal unit is the meter (see {Meter}). From this are formed the are, the liter, the stere, the gram, etc. These units, and others derived from them, are divided decimally, and larger units are formed from multiples by 10, 100, 1,000, and 10,000. The successive multiplies are designated by the prefixes, deca-, hecto-, kilo-, and myria-; successive parts by deci-, centi-, and milli-. The prefixes mega- and micro- are sometimes used to denote a multiple by one million, and the millionth part, respectively. See the words formed with these prefixes in the Vocabulary. For metric tables, see p. 1682. | |
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Metric \Met"ric\, a. [L. metricus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. m[82]trique. See {Meter} rhythm.] 1. Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement. 2. Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement. {Metric analysis} (Chem.), analysis by volume; volumetric analysis. {Metric system}, a system of weights and measures originating in France, the use of which is required by law in many countries, and permitted in many others, including the United States and England. The principal unit is the meter (see {Meter}). From this are formed the are, the liter, the stere, the gram, etc. These units, and others derived from them, are divided decimally, and larger units are formed from multiples by 10, 100, 1,000, and 10,000. The successive multiplies are designated by the prefixes, deca-, hecto-, kilo-, and myria-; successive parts by deci-, centi-, and milli-. The prefixes mega- and micro- are sometimes used to denote a multiple by one million, and the millionth part, respectively. See the words formed with these prefixes in the Vocabulary. For metric tables, see p. 1682. | |
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Metric \Met"ric\, a. [L. metricus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. m[82]trique. See {Meter} rhythm.] 1. Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement. 2. Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement. {Metric analysis} (Chem.), analysis by volume; volumetric analysis. {Metric system}, a system of weights and measures originating in France, the use of which is required by law in many countries, and permitted in many others, including the United States and England. The principal unit is the meter (see {Meter}). From this are formed the are, the liter, the stere, the gram, etc. These units, and others derived from them, are divided decimally, and larger units are formed from multiples by 10, 100, 1,000, and 10,000. The successive multiplies are designated by the prefixes, deca-, hecto-, kilo-, and myria-; successive parts by deci-, centi-, and milli-. The prefixes mega- and micro- are sometimes used to denote a multiple by one million, and the millionth part, respectively. See the words formed with these prefixes in the Vocabulary. For metric tables, see p. 1682. | |
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Metric system \Met"ric sys"tem\ See {Metric}, a. | |
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Metric ton \Met"ric ton\ A weight of 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois. | |
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Metrical \Met"ric*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions. 2. Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system. | |
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Algometer \Al*gom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] pain + -meter.] (Psychol.) An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- {Al*gom"e*try}, n. -- {Al`go*met"ric}, {*met"ric*al}, a. -- {Al`go*met"ric*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Metrical \Met"ric*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions. 2. Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system. | |
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Algometer \Al*gom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] pain + -meter.] (Psychol.) An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- {Al*gom"e*try}, n. -- {Al`go*met"ric}, {*met"ric*al}, a. -- {Al`go*met"ric*al*ly}, adv. | |
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d8Arsis \[d8]Ar"sis\ ([aum]r"s[icr]s), n. [L. arsis, Gr. 'a`rsis a raising or lifting, an elevation of the voice, fr. a'i`rein to raise or lift up. Its ordinary use is the result of am early misapprehension; originally and properly it denotes the lifting of the hand in beating time, and hence the unaccented part of the rhythm.] 1. (Pros.) (a) That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice. --Hermann. (b) That elevation of voice now called {metrical accentuation}, or the rhythmic accent. Note: It is uncertain whether the arsis originally consisted in a higher musical tone, greater volume, or longer duration of sound, or in all combined. 2. (Mus.) The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to {thesis}. --Moore. | |
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Metrically \Met"ric*al*ly\, adv. In a metrical manner. | |
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Metrician \Me*tri"cian\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]tricien. See {Meter} rhythm.] A composer of verses. [Obs.] | |
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Metrist \Me"trist\, n. A maker of verses. --Bale. Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer. --Lowell. | |
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Metrochrome \Met"ro*chrome\, n. [Gr. [?] + [?] color.] An instrument for measuring colors. | |
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Metrograph \Met"ro*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] measure + -graph.] An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops. | |
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Metroscope \Met"ro*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] womb + -scope.] A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina. | |
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d8Lignum-vitae \[d8]Lig"num-vi"tae\ (-v[imac]"t[emac]), n. [L., wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[91], life.] (Bot.) A tree ({Guaiacum officinale}) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the {guaiacum} of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See {Guaiacum}. Note: In New Zealand the {Metrosideros buxifolia} is called lignum-vit[91], and in Australia a species of {Acacia}. The bastard lignum-vit[91] is a West Indian tree ({Sarcomphalus laurinus}). | |
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Rata \Ra"ta\, n. [Maori.] (Bot.) A New Zealand forest tree ({Metrosideros robusta}), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs. | |
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Ironwood \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.) A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood. Note: In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam are so called; also the {Olneya Tesota}, a small tree of Arizona; in the West Indies, the {Erythroxylon areolatum}, and several other unrelated trees; in China, the {Metrosideros vera}; in India, the {Mesua ferrea}, and two species of {Inga}; in Australia, the {Eucalyptus Sideroxylon}, and in many countries, species of {Sideroxylon} and {Diospyros}, and many other trees. | |
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Sago \Sa"go\ (s[amac]"g[osl]), n. [Malay. s[amac]gu.] A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the {Metroxylon Sagu}; also from several cycadaceous plants ({Cycas revoluta}, {Zamia integrifolia}, etc.). {Portland sago}, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint ({Arum maculatum}). {Sago palm}. (Bot.) (a) A palm tree which yields sago. (b) A species of Cycas ({Cycas revoluta}). {Sago spleen} (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen, produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies looking like grains of sago. | |
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Gomuti \Go*mu"ti\, n. [Malayan gumuti.] A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, {Metroxylon Sagu}, and {Arenga saccharifera}, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also {ejoo}. | |
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d8Midrash \[d8]Mid*rash"\, n.; pl. {Midrashim}, {Midrashoth}. [Heb., explanation.] A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it. | |
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d8Midrash \[d8]Mid*rash"\, n.; pl. {Midrashim}, {Midrashoth}. [Heb., explanation.] A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it. | |
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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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Joint \Joint\ (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See {Join}.] 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe. 2. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See {Articulation}. A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel, Must glove this hand. --Shak. To tear thee joint by joint. --Milton. 3. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg. 4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. 5. (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. 6. (Arch.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint. 7. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. {Coursing joint} (Masonry), the mortar joint between two courses of bricks or stones. {Fish joint}, {Miter joint}, {Universal joint}, etc. See under {Fish}, {Miter}, etc. {Joint bolt}, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood, one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of the pieces. {Joint chair} (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of abutting rails. {Joint coupling}, a universal joint for coupling shafting. See under {Universal}. {Joint hinge}, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge. {Joint splice}, a re[89]nforce at a joint, to sustain the parts in their true relation. {Joint stool}. (a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool. --Shak. (b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint; a joint chair. {Out of joint}, out of place; dislocated, as when the head of a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well together; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8] --Shak. | |
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\, 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\, 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]: | |
Mitter's green \Mit"ter's green`\ (Chem.) A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium. | |
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. [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]: | |
{Glutton bird} (Zo[94]l.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga gigantea}); -- called also {Mother Carey's goose}, and {mollymawk}. | |
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\, 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\, 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\, 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]: | |
Most \Most\, adv. {Most-favored-nation clause} (Diplomacy), a clause, often inserted in treaties, by which each of the contracting nations binds itself to grant to the other in certain stipulated matters the same terms as are then, or may be thereafter, granted to the nation which receives from it the most favorable terms in respect of those matters. There was a [bd]most-favored-nation[b8] clause with provisions for the good treatment of strangers entering the Republic. --James Bryce. Steam navigation was secured by the Japanese as far as Chungking, and under the most-favored-nation clause the right accrued to us. --A. R. Colquhoun. Mother's Day \Moth"er's Day\ A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the performance of some act of kindness, visit, tribute, or letter. The founder of the day is Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who designated the second Sunday in May, or for schools the second Friday, as the time, and a white carnation as the badge. | |
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]: | |
Motor car \Motor car\, [or] Motorcar \Mo"tor*car`\, n. 1. An automobile, locomobile, or locomotive designed to run and be steered on a street or roadway; esp., an automobile specially designed for passengers. 2. (Elec. Railroads) Any car containing motors for propulsion. [U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Automobile \Au`to*mo"bile\, n. [F.] An automobile vehicle or mechanism; esp., a self-propelled vehicle suitable for use on a street or roadway. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from about 4 to 50 H. P. for ordinary vehicles, ranging from the run-about to the touring car, up to as high as 200 H. P. for specially built racing cars. Automobiles are also commonly, and generally in British usage, called {motor cars}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor cycle \Motor cycle\, [or] Motorcycle \Mo"tor*cy`cle\, n. A bicycle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled. In Great Britain the term motor cycle is treated by statute (--3 Ed VII. c. 36) as limited to motor cars (self-propelled vehicles) designed to travel on not more than three wheels, and weighing unladen (that is, without water, fuel, or accumulators necessary for propulsion) not more than three hundred weight (336 lbs.). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor generator \Motor generator\ The combination consisting of a generator and a driving motor mechanically connected, usually on a common bedplate and with the two shafts directly coupled or combined into a single shaft. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor car \Motor car\, [or] Motorcar \Mo"tor*car`\, n. 1. An automobile, locomobile, or locomotive designed to run and be steered on a street or roadway; esp., an automobile specially designed for passengers. 2. (Elec. Railroads) Any car containing motors for propulsion. [U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motor cycle \Motor cycle\, [or] Motorcycle \Mo"tor*cy`cle\, n. A bicycle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled. In Great Britain the term motor cycle is treated by statute (--3 Ed VII. c. 36) as limited to motor cars (self-propelled vehicles) designed to travel on not more than three wheels, and weighing unladen (that is, without water, fuel, or accumulators necessary for propulsion) not more than three hundred weight (336 lbs.). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motorize \Mo"tor*ize\ (m[omac]"t[etil]r*[imac]z), v. t. [Motor + -ize.] To substitute motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for the horses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department, city, etc.). -- {Mo`tor*i*za"tion}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motorize \Mo"tor*ize\ (m[omac]"t[etil]r*[imac]z), v. t. [Motor + -ize.] To substitute motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for the horses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department, city, etc.). -- {Mo`tor*i*za"tion}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS. m[umac][edh]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[umac][edh], G. mund, Icel. mu[edh]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m[umac]la, Icel. m[umac]li, and Skr. mukha mouth.] 1. The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity. 2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; as: (a) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc. (b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den. (c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged. (d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged. (e) The entrance into a harbor. 3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal. 4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece. Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives. --Addison. 5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] --Dryden. 6. Speech; language; testimony. That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. --Matt. xviii. 16. 7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow. Counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. --Shak. {Down in the mouth}, chapfallen; of dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or Colloq.] {Mouth friend}, one who professes friendship insincerely. --Shak. {Mouth glass}, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or teeth. {Mouth honor}, honor given in words, but not felt. --Shak. {Mouth organ}. (Mus.) (a) Pan's pipes. See {Pandean}. (b) An harmonicon. {Mouth pipe}, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the escaping air and make a sound. {To stop the mouth}, to silence or be silent; to put to shame; to confound. The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. --Ps. lxiii. 11. Whose mouths must be stopped. --Titus i. 11. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Madera Acres, CA (CDP, FIPS 45050) Location: 37.01922 N, 120.06587 W Population (1990): 5245 (1535 housing units) Area: 30.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Madera County, CA (county, FIPS 39) Location: 37.21968 N, 119.76514 W Population (1990): 88090 (30831 housing units) Area: 5538.5 sq km (land), 38.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Madras, OR (city, FIPS 45250) Location: 44.62987 N, 121.12901 W Population (1990): 3443 (1374 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97741 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Matrix n. [FidoNet] 1. What the Opus BBS software and sysops call {FidoNet}. 2. Fanciful term for a {cyberspace} expected to emerge from current networking experiments (see {the network}). The name of the rather good 1999 {cypherpunk} movie "The Matrix" played on this sense, which however had been established for years before. 3. The totality of present-day computer networks (popularized in this sense by John Quarterman; rare outside academic literature). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MathWorks {The MathWorks, Inc.} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Matrix [FidoNet] 1. What the Opus BBS software and sysops call {FidoNet}. 2. Fanciful term for a {cyberspace} expected to emerge from current networking experiments (see {network, the}). 3. The totality of present-day computer networks. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Matrix Compiler Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MATRIX MATH [Listed in CACM 2(5):1959-05-16]. (1997-02-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Matrix Math eXtensions according to Intel, but an Intel brand name) A set of 57 extra instructions built into some versions of {Intel}'s {Pentium} {microprocessors} for supporting {SIMD} operations on {multimedia} and communications data types. MMX-enhanced processors are due to be released early in 1997. They will be fully compatible with previous Intel processors and software but software will only benefit if it is written to use the new instructions. They can handle many common multimedia operations, such as {digital signal processing}, normally handled by a separate {sound card} or {video card}. (1996-12-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
metaheuristic strategy which guides other {heuristics} to search for feasible solutions in domains where the task is hard. Metaheuristics have been most generally applied to problems classified as {NP-Hard} or {NP-Complete} by the theory of {computational complexity}. However, metaheuristics would also be applied to other {combinatorial} {optimisation} problems for which it is known that a {polynomial-time} solution exists but is not practical. Examples of metaheuristics are {Tabu Search}, {simulated annealing}, {genetic algorithms} and {memetic algorithms}. (1997-10-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
metric {software metric} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
metric space called a metric function or distance function. The function assigns a positive {real number} to each pair of points, called the distance between them, such that: 1. For any point x, d(x,x)=0; 2. For any two distinct points x and y, d(x,y)>0; 3. For any two points x and y, not necessarily distinct, d(x,y) = d(y,x). 4. For any three points x, y, and z, that are not necessarily distinct, d(x,z) <= d(x,y) + d(y,z). The distance from x to z does not exceed the sum of the distances from x to y and from y to z. The sum of the lengths of two sides of a triangle is equal to or exceeds the length of the third side. (2003-06-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MIT Research Laboratory for Electronics See also {Jay Forrester}, {core memory}, the {Whirlwind} computer, {MIT Lincoln Laboratory}. [Summary?] (1999-12-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MITRE Corporation A US federally funded R&D center, spun off in 1958 from the {MIT Lincoln Laboratory} (also an FFRDC). MITRE is a non-profit corporation chartered to do R&D in the public interest. MITRE were responsible for system engineering and implementation oversight of {SAGE}. MITRE does not stand for MIT Research and Engineering, though it could have. {Home (http://www.mitre.org/)}. (1999-12-16) |