English Dictionary: myrtle spurge | by the DICT Development Group |
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Marital \Mar"i*tal\, a. [F., fr. L. maritalis, fr. maritus belonging to marriage, n., a husband. See {Marry}, v.] Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties, authority. [bd]Marital affection.[b8] --Ayliffe. | |
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Martel \Mar"tel\, v. i. [F. marteler, fr. martel, marteau, hammer, a dim. fr. L. martulus, marculus, dim. of marcus hammer. Cf. {March} to step.] To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Marteline \Mar"te*line\, n. [F.] A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors. | |
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Martello tower \Mar*tel"lo tow`er\ [It. martello hammer. The name was orig. given to towers erected on the coasts of Sicily and Sardinia for protection against the pirates in the time of Charles the Fifth, which prob. orig. contained an alarm bell to be struck with a hammer. See {Martel}.] (Fort.) A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction. Note: The English borrowed the name of the tower from Corsica in 1794. | |
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Martial \Mar"tial\, a. [F., fr. L. martialis of or belonging to Mars, the god of war. Cf. {March} the month.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance. [bd]Martial equipage.[b8] --Milton. 2. Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave. But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, Each other's poise and counterbalance are. --Dryden. 3. Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to {civil}; as, martial law; a court-martial. 4. Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars. --Sir T. Browne. 5. (Old Chem. & Old Med.) Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations. [Archaic] {Martial flowers} (Med.), a reddish crystalline salt of iron; the ammonio-chloride of iron. [Obs.] {Martial law}, the law administered by the military power of a government when it has superseded the civil authority in time of war, or when the civil authorities are unable to enforce the laws. It is distinguished from military law, the latter being the code of rules for the regulation of the army and navy alone, either in peace or in war. | |
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Martial \Mar"tial\, a. [F., fr. L. martialis of or belonging to Mars, the god of war. Cf. {March} the month.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance. [bd]Martial equipage.[b8] --Milton. 2. Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave. But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, Each other's poise and counterbalance are. --Dryden. 3. Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to {civil}; as, martial law; a court-martial. 4. Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars. --Sir T. Browne. 5. (Old Chem. & Old Med.) Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations. [Archaic] {Martial flowers} (Med.), a reddish crystalline salt of iron; the ammonio-chloride of iron. [Obs.] {Martial law}, the law administered by the military power of a government when it has superseded the civil authority in time of war, or when the civil authorities are unable to enforce the laws. It is distinguished from military law, the latter being the code of rules for the regulation of the army and navy alone, either in peace or in war. | |
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{Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}. {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under {International}. {Law of nature}. (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See {Law}, 4. (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural revelation or of municipal and social usages. {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the land. {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}. {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as it is made to change that state by external force. (2) Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the direction in which the force is impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and in opposite directions. {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea, such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like. --Bouvier. {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above). {Martial law}.See under {Martial}. {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law, consisting of rules ordained for the government of the military force of a state in peace and war, and administered in courts martial. --Kent. Warren's Blackstone. {Moral law},the law of duty as regards what is right and wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2. {Mosaic}, [or] {Ceremonial}, {law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3. {Municipal}, [or] {Positive}, {law}, a rule prescribed by the supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from international and constitutional law. See {Law}, 1. {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}. {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws of the several European countries and colonies founded by them. See {Civil law} (above). {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive enactments of the legislative body. {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}. {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute some one. {To} {take, [or] have}, {the law of}, to bring the law to bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor. --Addison. {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}. Syn: Justice; equity. Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict}, {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with reference to, or in connection with, the other words here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of justice. A regulation is a limited and often, temporary law, intended to secure some particular end or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A decree is a permanent order either of a court or of the executive government. See {Justice}. | |
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Martial \Mar"tial\, a. [F., fr. L. martialis of or belonging to Mars, the god of war. Cf. {March} the month.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance. [bd]Martial equipage.[b8] --Milton. 2. Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave. But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, Each other's poise and counterbalance are. --Dryden. 3. Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to {civil}; as, martial law; a court-martial. 4. Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars. --Sir T. Browne. 5. (Old Chem. & Old Med.) Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations. [Archaic] {Martial flowers} (Med.), a reddish crystalline salt of iron; the ammonio-chloride of iron. [Obs.] {Martial law}, the law administered by the military power of a government when it has superseded the civil authority in time of war, or when the civil authorities are unable to enforce the laws. It is distinguished from military law, the latter being the code of rules for the regulation of the army and navy alone, either in peace or in war. | |
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Martialism \Mar"tial*ism\, n. The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war. [Obs.] | |
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Martialist \Mar"tial*ist\, n. A warrior. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Martialize \Mar"tial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Martialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Martializing}.] To render warlike; as, to martialize a people. | |
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Martialize \Mar"tial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Martialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Martializing}.] To render warlike; as, to martialize a people. | |
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Martialize \Mar"tial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Martialized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Martializing}.] To render warlike; as, to martialize a people. | |
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Martially \Mar"tial*ly\, adv. In a martial manner. | |
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Martialness \Mar"tial*ness\, n. The quality of being martial. | |
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Martinmas \Mar"tin*mas\, n. [St. Martin + mass religious service.] (Eccl.) The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often called {martlemans}. {Martinmas summer}, a period of calm, warm weather often experienced about the time of Martinmas; Indian summer. --Percy Smith. | |
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Martlemas \Mar"tle*mas\, n. See {Martinmas}. [Obs.] | |
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Martlet \Mart"let\, n. [F. martinet. See {Martin} the bird, and cf. {Martinet} a disciplinarian.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The European house martin. 2. [Cf. F. merlette.] (Her.) A bird without beak or feet; -- generally assumed to represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son. | |
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Merithal \Mer"i*thal\, d8Merithallus \[d8]Mer`i*thal"lus\, n. [NL. merithallus, fr. Gr. [?], or [?], a part + [?] a young shoot.] (Bot.) Same as {Internode}. | |
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Mero de lo alto \Me"ro de lo al"to\, and a species called also {rock hind}, distinguished as Mero cabrolla \Me"ro ca*brol"la\ Merozoite \Mer`o*zo"ite\, n. [Gr. [?] part + Sporozoa.] (Zo[94]l.) A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat am[d2]boid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite. | |
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Mirthless \Mirth"less\, a. Without mirth. -- {Mirth"less*ness}, n. | |
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Mirthless \Mirth"less\, a. Without mirth. -- {Mirth"less*ness}, n. | |
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Mortal \Mor"tal\, a. [F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis, death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See {Murder}, and cf. {Filemot}, {Mere} a lake, {Mortgage}.] 1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal. 2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin. 3. Fatally vulnerable; vital. Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. --Milton. 4. Of or pertaining to the time of death. Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour. --Pope. 5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. --Dryden. 6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power. The voice of God To mortal ear is dreadful. --Milton. 7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott. {Mortal foe}, {Mortal enemy}, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction. | |
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Mortal \Mor"tal\, n. A being subject to death; a human being; man. [bd]Warn poor mortals left behind.[b8] --Tickell. | |
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Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s[81]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is. Cf. {Authentic}, {Sooth}.] 1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. --John viii. 34. Sin is the transgression of the law. --1 John iii. 4. I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly win. --Shak. Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. --Milton. 2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners. I grant that poetry's a crying sin. --Pope. 3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. --2 Cor. v. 21. 4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.] Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham. --Shak. Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred, sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like. {Actual sin}, {Canonical sins}, {Original sin}, {Venial sin}. See under {Actual}, {Canonical}, etc. {Deadly}, [or] {Mortal}, {sins} (R. C. Ch.), willful and deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace; -- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth. {Sin eater}, a man who (according to a former practice in England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself. {Sin offering}, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin. Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See {Crime}. | |
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Mortal \Mor"tal\, a. [F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis, death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See {Murder}, and cf. {Filemot}, {Mere} a lake, {Mortgage}.] 1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal. 2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin. 3. Fatally vulnerable; vital. Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. --Milton. 4. Of or pertaining to the time of death. Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour. --Pope. 5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. --Dryden. 6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power. The voice of God To mortal ear is dreadful. --Milton. 7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott. {Mortal foe}, {Mortal enemy}, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction. | |
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Mortal \Mor"tal\, a. [F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis, death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See {Murder}, and cf. {Filemot}, {Mere} a lake, {Mortgage}.] 1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal. 2. Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin. 3. Fatally vulnerable; vital. Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. --Milton. 4. Of or pertaining to the time of death. Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour. --Pope. 5. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. --Dryden. 6. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power. The voice of God To mortal ear is dreadful. --Milton. 7. Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott. {Mortal foe}, {Mortal enemy}, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction. | |
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Mortality \Mor*tal"i*ty\, n. [L. mortalitas: cf. F. mortalit[82].] 1. The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying. When I saw her die, I then did think on your mortality. --Carew. 2. Human life; the life of a mortal being. From this instant There 's nothing serious in mortality. --Shak. 3. Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace; humanity; human nature. Take these tears, mortality's relief. --Pope. 4. Death; destruction. --Shak. 5. The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming. {Bill of mortality}. See under {Bill}. {Law of mortality}, a mathematical relation between the numbers living at different ages, so that from a given large number of persons alive at one age, it can be computed what number are likely to survive a given number of years. {Table of mortality}, a table exhibiting the average relative number of persons who survive, or who have died, at the end of each year of life, out of a given number supposed to have been born at the same time. | |
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Mortalize \Mor"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortalizing}.] To make mortal. [R.] | |
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Mortalize \Mor"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortalizing}.] To make mortal. [R.] | |
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Mortalize \Mor"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mortalizing}.] To make mortal. [R.] | |
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Mortally \Mor"tal*ly\, adv. 1. In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded. 2. In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings. I was mortally brought forth. --Shak. 3. In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing death; desperately; as, mortally jealous. Adrian mortally envied poets, painters, and artificers, in works wherein he had a vein to excel. --Bacon. | |
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Mortalness \Mor"tal*ness\, n. Quality of being mortal; mortality. | |
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Mortling \Mort"ling\, n. [See {Morling}.] 1. An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a mortling. [Eng.] 2. Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling. | |
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Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[etil]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my`rtos; cf. Per. m[umac]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning. Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle. {Bog myrtle}, the sweet gale. {Crape myrtle}. See under {Crape}. {Myrtle warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a North American wood warbler ({Dendroica coronata}); -- called also {myrtle bird}, {yellow-rumped warbler}, and {yellow-crowned warbler}. {Myrtle wax}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry tallow}, under {Bayberry}. {Sand myrtle}, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({Leiophyllum buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward. {Wax myrtle} ({Myrica cerifera}). See {Bayberry}. | |
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Periwinkle \Per"i*win`kle\, n. [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca.] (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus {Vinca}. Note: The common perwinkle ({Vinca minor}) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled {myrtle}. See under {Myrtle}. | |
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Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[etil]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my`rtos; cf. Per. m[umac]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning. Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle. {Bog myrtle}, the sweet gale. {Crape myrtle}. See under {Crape}. {Myrtle warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a North American wood warbler ({Dendroica coronata}); -- called also {myrtle bird}, {yellow-rumped warbler}, and {yellow-crowned warbler}. {Myrtle wax}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry tallow}, under {Bayberry}. {Sand myrtle}, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({Leiophyllum buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward. {Wax myrtle} ({Myrica cerifera}). See {Bayberry}. | |
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Periwinkle \Per"i*win`kle\, n. [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca.] (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus {Vinca}. Note: The common perwinkle ({Vinca minor}) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled {myrtle}. See under {Myrtle}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[etil]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my`rtos; cf. Per. m[umac]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning. Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle. {Bog myrtle}, the sweet gale. {Crape myrtle}. See under {Crape}. {Myrtle warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a North American wood warbler ({Dendroica coronata}); -- called also {myrtle bird}, {yellow-rumped warbler}, and {yellow-crowned warbler}. {Myrtle wax}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry tallow}, under {Bayberry}. {Sand myrtle}, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({Leiophyllum buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward. {Wax myrtle} ({Myrica cerifera}). See {Bayberry}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[etil]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my`rtos; cf. Per. m[umac]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning. Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle. {Bog myrtle}, the sweet gale. {Crape myrtle}. See under {Crape}. {Myrtle warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a North American wood warbler ({Dendroica coronata}); -- called also {myrtle bird}, {yellow-rumped warbler}, and {yellow-crowned warbler}. {Myrtle wax}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry tallow}, under {Bayberry}. {Sand myrtle}, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({Leiophyllum buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward. {Wax myrtle} ({Myrica cerifera}). See {Bayberry}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[etil]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my`rtos; cf. Per. m[umac]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning. Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle. {Bog myrtle}, the sweet gale. {Crape myrtle}. See under {Crape}. {Myrtle warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a North American wood warbler ({Dendroica coronata}); -- called also {myrtle bird}, {yellow-rumped warbler}, and {yellow-crowned warbler}. {Myrtle wax}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry tallow}, under {Bayberry}. {Sand myrtle}, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({Leiophyllum buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward. {Wax myrtle} ({Myrica cerifera}). See {Bayberry}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bayberry \Bay"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the bay tree or {Laurus nobilis}. (b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle ({Pimenta acris}). (c) The fruit of {Myrica cerifera} (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also {candleberry tree}. {Bayberry tallow}, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also {myrtle wax}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[etil]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my`rtos; cf. Per. m[umac]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning. Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle. {Bog myrtle}, the sweet gale. {Crape myrtle}. See under {Crape}. {Myrtle warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a North American wood warbler ({Dendroica coronata}); -- called also {myrtle bird}, {yellow-rumped warbler}, and {yellow-crowned warbler}. {Myrtle wax}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry tallow}, under {Bayberry}. {Sand myrtle}, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({Leiophyllum buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward. {Wax myrtle} ({Myrica cerifera}). See {Bayberry}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bayberry \Bay"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the bay tree or {Laurus nobilis}. (b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle ({Pimenta acris}). (c) The fruit of {Myrica cerifera} (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also {candleberry tree}. {Bayberry tallow}, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also {myrtle wax}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mardela Springs, MD (town, FIPS 50525) Location: 38.45818 N, 75.75657 W Population (1990): 360 (151 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21837 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marietta-Alderwood, WA (CDP, FIPS 43482) Location: 48.78898 N, 122.55479 W Population (1990): 2766 (1146 housing units) Area: 15.5 sq km (land), 3.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Martel, OH Zip code(s): 43335 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Martell, NE Zip code(s): 68404 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Martelle, IA (city, FIPS 49845) Location: 42.02042 N, 91.35763 W Population (1990): 290 (115 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52305 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Martha Lake, WA (CDP, FIPS 43815) Location: 47.85098 N, 122.23805 W Population (1990): 10155 (3863 housing units) Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marydel, DE Zip code(s): 19964 Marydel, MD (town, FIPS 51025) Location: 39.11391 N, 75.74848 W Population (1990): 143 (50 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21649 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Meridale, NY Zip code(s): 13806 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Merrydale, LA (CDP, FIPS 49940) Location: 30.50100 N, 91.10843 W Population (1990): 10395 (3453 housing units) Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Myrtle, MN (city, FIPS 44890) Location: 43.56318 N, 93.16288 W Population (1990): 72 (36 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Myrtle, MO Zip code(s): 65778 Myrtle, MS (town, FIPS 50280) Location: 34.55928 N, 89.11581 W Population (1990): 358 (159 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38650 Myrtle, WV Zip code(s): 25670 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Myrtle Beach, SC (city, FIPS 49075) Location: 33.69879 N, 78.89216 W Population (1990): 24848 (13327 housing units) Area: 40.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29572, 29577 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Myrtle Creek, OR (city, FIPS 50950) Location: 43.02578 N, 123.28256 W Population (1990): 3063 (1198 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97457 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Myrtle Grove, FL (CDP, FIPS 47550) Location: 30.41594 N, 87.30378 W Population (1990): 17402 (6471 housing units) Area: 17.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Myrtle Grove, NC (CDP, FIPS 45840) Location: 34.12438 N, 77.88375 W Population (1990): 4275 (1828 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Myrtle Point, OR (city, FIPS 51050) Location: 43.06222 N, 124.13188 W Population (1990): 2712 (1125 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97458 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Myrtletown, CA (CDP, FIPS 50188) Location: 40.78896 N, 124.12908 W Population (1990): 4413 (1697 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Myrtlewood, AL (town, FIPS 53112) Location: 32.24711 N, 87.94713 W Population (1990): 197 (83 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Moreh, the Hill of probably identical with "little Hermon," the modern Jebel ed-Duhy, or perhaps one of the lower spurs of this mountain. It is a gray ridge parallel to Gilboa on the north; and between the two lay the battle-field, the plain of Jezreel (q.v.), where Gideon overthrew the Midianites (Judg. 7:1-12). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Myrtle (Isa. 41:19; Neh. 8:15; Zech. 1:8), Hebrew hadas, known in the East by the name _as_, the Myrtus communis of the botanist. "Although no myrtles are now found on the mount (of Olives), excepting in the gardens, yet they still exist in many of the glens about Jerusalem, where we have often seen its dark shining leaves and white flowers. There are many near Bethlehem and about Hebron, especially near Dewir Dan, the ancient Debir. It also sheds its fragrance on the sides of Carmel and of Tabor, and fringes the clefts of the Leontes in its course through Galilee. We meet with it all through Central Palestine" (Tristram). |