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   Mathew B. Brady
         n 1: United States pioneer photographer famous for his
               portraits; was the official Union photographer for the
               American Civil War (1823-1896) [syn: {Brady}, {Mathew B.
               Brady}]

English Dictionary: meadow bright by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meadow bright
n
  1. swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
    Synonym(s): marsh marigold, kingcup, meadow bright, May blob, cowslip, water dragon, Caltha palustris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meadow fern
n
  1. fern of northeastern North America [syn: snuffbox fern, meadow fern, Thelypteris palustris pubescens, Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Medford
n
  1. a town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort
  2. town in northeastern Massachusetts; residential suburb of Boston
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metaphor
n
  1. a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metaphoric
adj
  1. expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language"
    Synonym(s): metaphorical, metaphoric
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metaphorical
adj
  1. expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language"
    Synonym(s): metaphorical, metaphoric
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metaphorically
adv
  1. in a metaphorical manner; "she expressed herself metaphorically"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metaproterenol
n
  1. a bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects include tachycardia and shakiness
    Synonym(s): metaproterenol, Alupent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metformin
n
  1. an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes
    Synonym(s): metformin, Glucophage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
methapyrilene
n
  1. antihistamine used to treat allergic responses (as rhinitis or dermatitis or pruritus)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metoprolol
n
  1. beta blocker (trade name Lopressor) used in treating hypertension and angina and arrhythmia and acute myocardial infarction; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.)
    Synonym(s): metoprolol, Lopressor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mid-April
n
  1. the middle part of April
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mid-forties
n
  1. the time of life between 40 and 50 [syn: forties, {mid- forties}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
midbrain
n
  1. the middle portion of the brain [syn: midbrain, mesencephalon]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Midi-Pyrenees
n
  1. a region in southwestern France
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
midwifery
n
  1. the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother
    Synonym(s): obstetrics, OB, tocology, midwifery
  2. assisting women at childbirth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mitford
n
  1. United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996)
    Synonym(s): Mitford, Jessica Mitford, Jessica Lucy Mitford
  2. English writer of comic novels (1904-1973)
    Synonym(s): Mitford, Nancy Mitford, Nancy Freeman Mitford
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
modifier
n
  1. a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
    Synonym(s): modifier, qualifier
  2. a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
  3. a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu"
    Synonym(s): changer, modifier
  4. a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
    Synonym(s): modifier, modifier gene
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
modifier gene
n
  1. a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
    Synonym(s): modifier, modifier gene
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mothproof
adj
  1. resistant to damage by moths [syn: mothproof, {moth- resistant}]
v
  1. protect from moths; "mothproof woollen clothes during the summer"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mouthbreeder
n
  1. any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouths
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mouthpart
n
  1. any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mt. Everest
n
  1. a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high)
    Synonym(s): Everest, Mount Everest, Mt. Everest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mud brick
n
  1. a brick made from baked mud
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mud dauber
n
  1. wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mud-brick
adj
  1. of or incorporating mud bricks
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Madbrain \Mad"brain`\, a.
      Hot-headed; rash. --Shak. -- n. A rash or hot-headed person.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Madbrained \Mad"brained`\, a.
      Disordered in mind; hot-headed. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Satyr \Sa"tyr\ (?; 277), n. [L. satyrus, Gr. [?]: cf. F.
      satyre.]
      1. (Class. Myth.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as
            part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous
            merriment and lasciviousness.
  
                     Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel,
                     From the glad sound would not be absent long.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of butterflies
            belonging to the family {Nymphalid[91]}. Their colors are
            commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings.
            Called also {meadow browns}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The orang-outang.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Parsnip \Pars"nip\, n. [OE. parsnepe, from a French form, fr. L.
      pastinaca; cf. pastinare to dig up, pastinum a kind of
      dibble; cf. OF. pastenade, pastenaque.] (Bot.)
      The aromatic and edible spindle-shaped root of the cultivated
      form of the Pastinaca sativa, a biennial umbelliferous plant
      which is very poisonous in its wild state; also, the plant
      itself.
  
      {Cow parsnip}. See {Cow parsnip}.
  
      {Meadow parsnip}, the European cow parsnip.
  
      {Poison parsnip}, the wild stock of the parsnip.
  
      {Water parsnip}, any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Sium},
            the species of which are poisonous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;
      produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow
      ground.[b8] --Milton.
  
      Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see
               the particular word in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}.
  
      {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass
            ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with
            softer spikes.
  
      {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the
            genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay
            and for pasture. See {Grass}.
  
      {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in
            uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or
            bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]
           
  
      {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}.
      (b) The American coot ({Fulica}).
      (c) The clapper rail.
  
      {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus
            of American birds allied to the starlings. The common
            species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black
            crescent.
  
      {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola},
            as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called
            also {field mouse}, and {field vole}.
  
      {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel
            ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.
  
      {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.
  
      {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}.
  
      {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}.
  
      {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus
            {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe.
  
      {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus
            {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white
            flowers. There are many species.
  
      {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}.
  
      {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}.
  
      {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe
            ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel.
  
      {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meat \Meat\, n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat, meti, D.
      met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel.
      matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. {Mast} fruit,
      {Mush}.]
      1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either
            by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as,
            the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. --Chaucer.
  
                     And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
                     bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.
                                                                              --Gen. i. 29.
  
                     Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
                     you.                                                   --Gen. ix. 3.
  
      2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle;
            as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
  
      3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {Meat biscuit}. See under {Biscuit}.
  
      {Meat earth} (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.
  
      {Meat fly}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Flesh fly}, under {Flesh}.
  
      {Meat offering} (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a
            cake made of flour with salt and oil.
  
      {To go to meat}, to go to a meal. [Obs.]
  
      {To sit at meat}, to sit at the table in taking food.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metabranchial \Met`a*bran"chi*al\, a. [Meta- + branchial.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs
      covering the posterior branchi[91].

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphor \Met"a*phor\, n. [F. m[82]taphore, L. metaphora, fr.
      Gr. [?], fr. [?] to carry over, transfer; meta` beyond, over
      + fe`rein to bring, bear.] (Rhet.)
      The transference of the relation between one set of objects
      to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a
      compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea. --Abbott &
      Seeley. [bd]All the world's a stage.[b8] --Shak.
  
      Note: The statement, [bd]that man is a fox,[b8] is a
               metaphor; but [bd]that man is like a fox,[b8] is a
               simile, similitude, or comparison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphoric \Met`a*phor"ic\, Metaphorical \Met`a*phor"ic*al\, a.
      [Gr. [?]: cf. F. m[82]taphorique.]
      Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not
      literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression;
      a metaphorical sense. -- {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
      {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphoric \Met`a*phor"ic\, Metaphorical \Met`a*phor"ic*al\, a.
      [Gr. [?]: cf. F. m[82]taphorique.]
      Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not
      literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression;
      a metaphorical sense. -- {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
      {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphoric \Met`a*phor"ic\, Metaphorical \Met`a*phor"ic*al\, a.
      [Gr. [?]: cf. F. m[82]taphorique.]
      Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not
      literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression;
      a metaphorical sense. -- {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
      {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphoric \Met`a*phor"ic\, Metaphorical \Met`a*phor"ic*al\, a.
      [Gr. [?]: cf. F. m[82]taphorique.]
      Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not
      literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression;
      a metaphorical sense. -- {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
      {Met`a*phor"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphorist \Met"a*phor*ist\, n.
      One who makes metaphors.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphrase \Met"a*phrase\, n. [Gr. meta`frasis, from metafrazein
      to paraphrase; meta` beyond, over + fra`zein to speak: cf. F.
      m[82]taphrase.]
      1. A verbal translation; a version or translation from one
            language into another, word for word; -- opposed to
            {paraphrase}. --Dryden.
  
      2. An answering phrase; repartee. --Mrs. Browning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphrased \Met"a*phrased\, a.
      Translated literally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphrasis \Me*taph"ra*sis\, n. [NL. See {Metaphrase}.]
      Metaphrase.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphrast \Met"a*phrast\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. m[82]taphraste.]
      A literal translator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphrastic \Met`a*phras"tic\, Metaphrastical
   \Met`a*phras"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].]
      Close, or literal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metaphrastic \Met`a*phras"tic\, Metaphrastical
   \Met`a*phras"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?].]
      Close, or literal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Midbrain \Mid"brain`\, n. [Mid, a. + brain.] (Anat.)
      The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See
      {Brain}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Midwifery \Mid"wife`ry\ (?; 277), n.
      1. The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth;
            obstetrics.
  
      2. Assistance at childbirth; help or co[94]peration in
            production.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Epistolographic \E*pis`to*lo*graph"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] : cf. F.
      [82]pistolographique.]
      Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing
      letters; epistolary.
  
      {Epistolographic character} [or] {mode of writing}, the same
            as {Demotic character}. See under {Demotic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Modifier \Mod"i*fi`er\, n.
      One who, or that which, modifies. --Hume.

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mud \Mud\, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw.
      modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a
      scum on liquors.]
      Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
  
      {Mud bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum
            pomotis}) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep
            grunting note.
  
      {Mud bath}, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in
            mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for
            disease.
  
      {Mud boat}, a large flatboat used in deredging.
  
      {Mud cat}. See {Catfish}.
  
      {Mud crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several American marine
            crabs of the genus {Panopeus}.
  
      {Mud dab} (Zo[94]l.), the winter flounder. See {Flounder},
            and {Dab}.
  
      {Mud dauber} (Zo[94]l.), a mud wasp.
  
      {Mud devil} (Zo[94]l.), the fellbender.
  
      {Mud drum} (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into
            which sediment and mud in the water can settle for
            removal.
  
      {Mud eel} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian
            ({Siren lacertina}), found in the Southern United States.
            It has persistent external gills and only the anterior
            pair of legs. See {Siren}.
  
      {Mud frog} (Zo[94]l.), a European frog ({Pelobates fuscus}).
           
  
      {Mud hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The American coot ({Fulica Americana}).
      (b) The clapper rail.
  
      {Mud lark}, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
            [Slang]
  
      {Mud minnow} (Zo[94]l.), any small American fresh-water fish
            of the genus {Umbra}, as {U. limi}. The genus is allied to
            the pickerels.
  
      {Mud plug}, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
  
      {Mud puppy} (Zo[94]l.), the menobranchus.
  
      {Mud scow}, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
            [U.S.]
  
      {Mud turtle}, {Mud tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous
            species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
  
      {Mud wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            hymenopterous insects belonging to {Pep[91]us}, and allied
            genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
            side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
            etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
            spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
            as food for the larva. Called also {mud dauber}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mud \Mud\, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw.
      modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a
      scum on liquors.]
      Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
  
      {Mud bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum
            pomotis}) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep
            grunting note.
  
      {Mud bath}, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in
            mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for
            disease.
  
      {Mud boat}, a large flatboat used in deredging.
  
      {Mud cat}. See {Catfish}.
  
      {Mud crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several American marine
            crabs of the genus {Panopeus}.
  
      {Mud dab} (Zo[94]l.), the winter flounder. See {Flounder},
            and {Dab}.
  
      {Mud dauber} (Zo[94]l.), a mud wasp.
  
      {Mud devil} (Zo[94]l.), the fellbender.
  
      {Mud drum} (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into
            which sediment and mud in the water can settle for
            removal.
  
      {Mud eel} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian
            ({Siren lacertina}), found in the Southern United States.
            It has persistent external gills and only the anterior
            pair of legs. See {Siren}.
  
      {Mud frog} (Zo[94]l.), a European frog ({Pelobates fuscus}).
           
  
      {Mud hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The American coot ({Fulica Americana}).
      (b) The clapper rail.
  
      {Mud lark}, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
            [Slang]
  
      {Mud minnow} (Zo[94]l.), any small American fresh-water fish
            of the genus {Umbra}, as {U. limi}. The genus is allied to
            the pickerels.
  
      {Mud plug}, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
  
      {Mud puppy} (Zo[94]l.), the menobranchus.
  
      {Mud scow}, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
            [U.S.]
  
      {Mud turtle}, {Mud tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous
            species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
  
      {Mud wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            hymenopterous insects belonging to {Pep[91]us}, and allied
            genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
            side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
            etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
            spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
            as food for the larva. Called also {mud dauber}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mud \Mud\, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw.
      modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a
      scum on liquors.]
      Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
  
      {Mud bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum
            pomotis}) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep
            grunting note.
  
      {Mud bath}, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in
            mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for
            disease.
  
      {Mud boat}, a large flatboat used in deredging.
  
      {Mud cat}. See {Catfish}.
  
      {Mud crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several American marine
            crabs of the genus {Panopeus}.
  
      {Mud dab} (Zo[94]l.), the winter flounder. See {Flounder},
            and {Dab}.
  
      {Mud dauber} (Zo[94]l.), a mud wasp.
  
      {Mud devil} (Zo[94]l.), the fellbender.
  
      {Mud drum} (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into
            which sediment and mud in the water can settle for
            removal.
  
      {Mud eel} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian
            ({Siren lacertina}), found in the Southern United States.
            It has persistent external gills and only the anterior
            pair of legs. See {Siren}.
  
      {Mud frog} (Zo[94]l.), a European frog ({Pelobates fuscus}).
           
  
      {Mud hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The American coot ({Fulica Americana}).
      (b) The clapper rail.
  
      {Mud lark}, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
            [Slang]
  
      {Mud minnow} (Zo[94]l.), any small American fresh-water fish
            of the genus {Umbra}, as {U. limi}. The genus is allied to
            the pickerels.
  
      {Mud plug}, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
  
      {Mud puppy} (Zo[94]l.), the menobranchus.
  
      {Mud scow}, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
            [U.S.]
  
      {Mud turtle}, {Mud tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous
            species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
  
      {Mud wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            hymenopterous insects belonging to {Pep[91]us}, and allied
            genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
            side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
            etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
            spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
            as food for the larva. Called also {mud dauber}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Madbury, NH
      Zip code(s): 03820

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maywood Park, OR (city, FIPS 46700)
      Location: 45.55273 N, 122.56085 W
      Population (1990): 781 (306 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Meadow Bridge, WV (town, FIPS 52780)
      Location: 37.86228 N, 80.85536 W
      Population (1990): 325 (161 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 25976

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Meadowbrook, AL (CDP, FIPS 47740)
      Location: 33.40193 N, 86.69680 W
      Population (1990): 4621 (1760 housing units)
      Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Meadowbrook, PA
      Zip code(s): 19046
   Meadowbrook, WV
      Zip code(s): 26404

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Meadowbrook Farm, KY (city, FIPS 51176)
      Location: 38.27865 N, 85.57554 W
      Population (1990): 163 (51 housing units)
      Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Medford, MA (city, FIPS 39835)
      Location: 42.42245 N, 71.10874 W
      Population (1990): 57407 (22650 housing units)
      Area: 21.1 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 02155
   Medford, MN (city, FIPS 41426)
      Location: 44.17175 N, 93.24447 W
      Population (1990): 733 (287 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55049
   Medford, NY (CDP, FIPS 46404)
      Location: 40.82245 N, 72.98472 W
      Population (1990): 21274 (6458 housing units)
      Area: 28.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 11763
   Medford, OK (city, FIPS 47300)
      Location: 36.80433 N, 97.73788 W
      Population (1990): 1172 (611 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73759
   Medford, OR (city, FIPS 47000)
      Location: 42.33980 N, 122.85310 W
      Population (1990): 46951 (19684 housing units)
      Area: 47.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97504
   Medford, WI (city, FIPS 50425)
      Location: 45.13865 N, 90.34790 W
      Population (1990): 4283 (1833 housing units)
      Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54451

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Medford Lakes, NJ (borough, FIPS 45210)
      Location: 39.85940 N, 74.80575 W
      Population (1990): 4462 (1567 housing units)
      Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 08055

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Midpark, OH
      Zip code(s): 44130

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Midway Park, NC
      Zip code(s): 28544

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   metaprogram
  
      A program which modifies or generates other programs.   A
      {compiler} is an example of a metaprogram: it takes a program
      as input and produces another (compiled) one as output.
  
      (1994-10-24)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   modifier
  
      An operation that alters the state of an
      {object}.   Modifiers often have names that begin with "set"
      and corresponding {selector} functions whose names begin with
      "get".
  
      (1998-01-12)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Meat-offering
      (Heb. minhah), originally a gift of any kind. This Hebrew word
      came latterly to denote an "unbloody" sacrifice, as opposed to a
      "bloody" sacrifice. A "drink-offering" generally accompanied it.
      The law regarding it is given in Lev. 2, and 6:14-23. It was a
      recognition of the sovereignty of God and of his bounty in
      giving all earthly blessings (1 Chr. 29:10-14; Deut. 26:5-11).
      It was an offering which took for granted and was based on the
      offering for sin. It followed the sacrifice of blood. It was
      presented every day with the burnt-offering (Ex. 29:40, 41), and
      consisted of flour or of cakes prepared in a special way with
      oil and frankincense.
     
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