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   Maitland
         n 1: English historian noted for his works on the history of
               English law (1850-1906) [syn: {Maitland}, {Frederic William
               Maitland}]

English Dictionary: middling	by the DICT Development Group
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Matthiola incana n European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental Synonym(s): brompton stock, Matthiola incana
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maudlin adj effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" Synonym(s): bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy
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Medaille Militaire n a French military decoration
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medal winner n (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament [syn: medalist, medallist, medal winner]
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medallion n any of various large ancient Greek coins a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat); "medallions of veal" an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event Synonym(s): decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon
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meddling adj intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" Synonym(s): interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied n the act of altering something secretly or improperly [syn: meddling, tampering]
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Medellin n city in western Colombia; important coffee center
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Medellin cartel n a drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed
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MEDLINE n the computer-based telephone system of the United States National Library of Medicine that provides rapid linkage to MEDLARS
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metal money n coins collectively [syn: coinage, mintage, specie, metal money]
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metalanguage n a language that can be used to describe languages
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methylene n the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane [syn: methylene group, methylene radical, methylene]
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methylene blue n a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning Synonym(s): methylene blue, methylthionine chloride
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methylene chloride n a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant Synonym(s): methylene chloride, dichloromethane
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methylene group n the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane [syn: methylene group, methylene radical, methylene]
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methylene radical n the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane [syn: methylene group, methylene radical, methylene]
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methylenedioxymethamphetamine n a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States; "MDMA is often used at parties because it enables partygoers to remain active for long periods of time" Synonym(s): methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA
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Middle English n English from about 1100 to 1450
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middle meningeal artery n branch of the maxillary artery; its branches supply meninges
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middle name n a name between your first name and your surname
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middleman n someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers Synonym(s): jobber, middleman, wholesaler the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk Synonym(s): interlocutor, middleman a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" Synonym(s): contact, middleman
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middlemost adj being in the exact middle Synonym(s): middlemost, midmost
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middling adv to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" Synonym(s): reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably Antonym(s): immoderately, unreasonably adj lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best" Synonym(s): average, fair, mediocre, middling n any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
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midland adj of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts" Synonym(s): interior, midland, upcountry n a town in west central Texas the interior part of a country
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midline n the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) Synonym(s): midplane, midline
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modeling n sculpture produced by molding [syn: mold, mould, molding, moulding, modeling, clay sculpture] a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied Synonym(s): modeling, modelling, molding, moulding the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) Synonym(s): model, modelling, modeling
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modelling n a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied Synonym(s): modeling, modelling, molding, moulding the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) Synonym(s): model, modelling, modeling
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modillion n (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice
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motilin n a gastrointestinal hormone that apparently participates in controlling smooth muscle contractions in the stomach and small intestine
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mottling n the act of coloring with areas of different shades
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Mt. Olympus n a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high) Synonym(s): Olympus, Mount Olympus, Mt. Olympus, Olimbos
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mutual inductance n a measure of the induction between two circuits; the ratio of the electromotive force in a circuit to the corresponding change of current in a neighboring circuit; usually measured in henries Synonym(s): coefficient of mutual induction, mutual inductance
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mutual induction n generation of electromotive forces in each other by two adjacent circuits
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mutual understanding n sympathy of each person for the other [syn: {mutual understanding}, mutual affection]
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mutualness n a reciprocality of sentiments; "the mutuality of their affection was obvious" Synonym(s): mutuality, mutualness
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Mytilene n an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry Synonym(s): Lesbos, Lesvos, Mytilene
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Black bass \Black" bass`\ (Zo[94]l.) 1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus {Micropterus}. the small-mouthed kind is {M. dolomie[c6]}; the large-mouthed is {M. salmoides}. 2. The sea bass. See {Blackfish}, 3.
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Stock \Stock\ (st[ocr]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw. stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.] 1. The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. --Job xiv. 8,9. 2. The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted. The scion overruleth the stock quite. --Bacon. 3. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. --Milton. Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or metal, and in no case of brick. --Fuller. 4. Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense. Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks. --Shak. 5. The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached. Specifically: (a) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage. (b) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace. (c) (Joinery) The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock. (d) (Naut.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of {Anchor}. (e) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself. (f) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock. (g) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See {Counterfoil}. [Eng.] 6. The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family. And stand betwixt them made, when, severally, All told their stock. --Chapman. Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stock From Dardanus. --Denham. 7. Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also {the public funds}; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; -- so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called {stocks}, and the former {shares}. 8. (Bookkeeping) Same as {Stock account}, below. 9. Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions. Add to that stock which justly we bestow. --Dryden. 10. (Agric.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also {live stock}. 11. (Card Playing) That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank. I must buy the stock; send me good cardings. --Beau. & Fl. 12. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. [Obs.] 13. [Cf. {Stocking}.] A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings). [Obs.] With a linen stock on one leg. --Shak. 14. A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock. 15. pl. A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment. He shall rest in my stocks. --Piers Plowman. 16. pl. (Shipbuilding) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building. 17. pl. Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings. [Eng.] 18. (Bot.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus {Matthiola}; as, common stock ({Matthiola incana}) (see {Gilly-flower}); ten-weeks stock ({M. annua}). 19. (Geol.) An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone. 20. A race or variety in a species. 21. (Biol.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see {Person}), as trees, chains of salp[91], etc. 22. The beater of a fulling mill. --Knight. 23. (Cookery) A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc. {Bit stock}. See {Bitstock}. {Dead stock} (Agric.), the implements of husbandry, and produce stored up for use; -- in distinction from live stock, or the domestic animals on the farm. See def. 10, above. {Head stock}. See {Headstock}. {Paper stock}, rags and other material of which paper is made. {Stock account} (Bookkeeping), an account on a merchant's ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or contribution, the other side showing the amounts withdrawn. {Stock car}, a railway car for carrying cattle. {Stock company} (Com.), an incorporated company the capital of which is represented by marketable shares having a certain equal par value.
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Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl[82]e gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. [?] clove tree; [?] nut + [?] leaf, akin to E. foliage. Cf. {Caryophyllus}, {July-flower}.] (Bot.) 1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink ({Dianthus Caryophyllus}) but now to the common stock ({Matthiola incana}), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white. 2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core. [Written also {gilliflower}.] {Clove gillflower}, the clove pink. {Marsh gillyflower}, the ragged robin ({Lychnis Flos-cuculi}). {Queen's, [or] Winter}, {gillyflower}, damewort. {Sea gillyflower}, the thrift ({Armeria vulgaris}). {Wall gillyflower}, the wallflower ({Cheiranthus Cheiri}). {Water gillyflower}, the water violet.
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Maudlin \Maud"lin\, Maudeline \Maude"line\, n. (Bot.) An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.
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Maudlin \Maud"lin\, a. [From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE. Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with weeping.] 1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. [bd]Maudlin eyes.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Maudlin eloquence.[b8] --Roscommon. [bd]A maudlin poetess.[b8] --Pope. [bd]Maudlin crowd.[b8] --Southey. 2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. --Byron.
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Maudlin \Maud"lin\, Maudeline \Maude"line\, n. (Bot.) An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.
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Maudlinwort \Maud"lin*wort`\, n. (Bot.) The oxeye daisy.
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Medal \Med"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Medaled}, or {Medalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Medaling} or {Medalling}.] To honor or reward with a medal. [bd]Medaled by the king.[b8] --Thackeray.
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Medal \Med"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Medaled}, or {Medalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Medaling} or {Medalling}.] To honor or reward with a medal. [bd]Medaled by the king.[b8] --Thackeray.
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Medallion \Me*dal"lion\, n. [F. m[82]daillion, It. medaglione, augm. of medaglia. See {Medal}.] 1. A large medal or memorial coin. 2. A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.
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Meddle \Med"dle`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Meddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Meddling}.] [OE. medlen to mix, OF. medler, mesler, F. m[88]ler, LL. misculare, a dim. fr. L. miscere to mix. [?] See {Mix}, and cf. {Medley}, {Mellay}.] 1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts. --Shak. 2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- [?] a good sense. [Obs.] --Barrow. Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business. --Tyndale. 3. To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in. Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? --2 Kings xiv. 10. The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them. --Locke. {To meddle and make}, to intrude one's self into another person's concerns. [Archaic] --Shak. Syn: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
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Meddling \Med"dling\, a. Meddlesome. --Macaulay.
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Meddlingly \Med"dling*ly\, adv. In a meddling manner.
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Half-moon \Half"-moon`\, n. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. 2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. 3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a {ravelin}. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California ({C[91]siosoma Californiense}). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also {medialuna}.
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Medullin \Me*dul"lin\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]dulline.] (Bot. Chem.) A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants. Cf. {Lignin}, and {Cellulose}.
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Metalammonium \Met`alammo"ni*um\, n. [Metal + ammonium.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical derived from ammonium by the substitution of metallic atoms in place of hydrogen.
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Metal \Met"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Metaled} (? [or] ?) or {Metalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metaling} or {Metalling}.] To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road.
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Metalline \Met"al*line\, a. [Cf. F. m[82]tallin.] (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or resembling, a metal; metallic; as, metalline properties. (b) Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate; as, metalline water. [R.]
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Metalline \Met"al*line\ (? [or] ?), n. (Chem.) A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for obviating friction, and as a substitute for lubricants.
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Metal \Met"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Metaled} (? [or] ?) or {Metalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metaling} or {Metalling}.] To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road.
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Metalman \Met"al*man\, n.; pl. {Metalmen}. A worker in metals.
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Metalman \Met"al*man\, n.; pl. {Metalmen}. A worker in metals.
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; -- called also {methol}, {carbinol}, etc. {Methyl amine} (Chem.), a colorless, inflammable, alkaline gas, {CH3.NH2}, having an ammoniacal, fishy odor. It is produced artificially, and also occurs naturally in herring brine and other fishy products. It is regarded as ammonia in which a third of its hydrogen is replaced by methyl, and is a type of the class of substituted ammonias. {Methyl ether} (Chem.), a light, volatile ether {CH3.O.CH3}, obtained by the etherification of methyl alcohol; -- called also {methyl oxide}. {Methyl green}. (Chem.) See under {Green}, n. {Methyl orange}. (Chem.) See {Helianthin}. {Methyl violet} (Chem.), an artificial dye, consisting of certain methyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline.
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Methylamine \Meth`yl*am"ine\ (? [or] ?), n. (Chem.) See {Methyl amine}, under {Methyl}.
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Methylene \Meth"yl*ene\, n. [F. m[82]thyl[8a]ne, from Gr. [?] wine + [?] wood; -- a word coined to correspond to the name wood spirit.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, {CH2}, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, {CH2Br2}; -- formerly called also {methene}. {Methylene blue} (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; -- called also {pure blue}.
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Methylene \Meth"yl*ene\, n. [F. m[82]thyl[8a]ne, from Gr. [?] wine + [?] wood; -- a word coined to correspond to the name wood spirit.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, {CH2}, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, {CH2Br2}; -- formerly called also {methene}. {Methylene blue} (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; -- called also {pure blue}.
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Middle \Mid"dle\, a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [?][?][?][?]. See {Mid}, a.] 1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age. 2. Intermediate; intervening. Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. --Sir J. Davies. Note: Middle is sometimes used in the formation of selfexplaining compounds; as, middle-sized, middle-witted. {Middle Ages}, the period of time intervening between the decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters. Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending with the fifteenth century. {Middle class}, in England, people who have an intermediate position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small landed proprietors The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. --M. Arnold. {Middle distance}. (Paint.) See {Middle-ground}. {Middle English}. See {English}, n., 2. {Middle Kingdom}, China. {Middle oil} (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170[deg] and 230[deg] Centigrade; -- distinguished from the light, and the heavy or dead, oil. {Middle passage}, in the slave trade, that part of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies. {Middle post}. (Arch.) Same as {King-post}. {Middle States}, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern States (or New England) and the Southern States. [U.S.] {Middle term} (Logic), that term of a syllogism with which the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of which they are brought together in the conclusion. --Brande. {Middle tint} (Paint.), a subdued or neutral tint. --Fairholt. {Middle voice}. (Gram.) See under {Voice}. {Middle watch}, the period from midnight to four A. M.; also, the men on watch during that time. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Middle weight}, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in distinction from those classed as {light weights}, {heavy weights}, etc.
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d8Media \[d8]Me"di*a\, n.; pl. {Medi[91]} (-[emac]). [NL., fr. L. medius middle.] (Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes [beta], [delta], [gamma] (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, [pi], [tau], [kappa] (p, t, k), and the aspirat[91] (aspirates) [phi], [theta], [chi] (ph or f, th, ch). Also called {middle mute}, or {medial}, and sometimes {soft mute}.
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Middleman \Mid"dle*man\, n.; pl. {Middlemen}. 1. An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry. 2. A person of intermediate rank; a commoner. 3. (Mil.) The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Middleman \Mid"dle*man\, n.; pl. {Middlemen}. 1. An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry. 2. A person of intermediate rank; a commoner. 3. (Mil.) The man who occupies a central position in a file of soldiers.
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Middlemost \Mid"dle*most`\, a. [Cf. {Midmost}.] Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost.
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Middling \Mid"dling\, a. Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary. [bd]A town of but middling size.[b8] --Hallam. Plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling circumstances of its inhabitants. --Hawthorne. -- {Mid"dlingly}, adv. -- {Mid"dlingness}, n.
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Middling \Mid"dling\, a. Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary. [bd]A town of but middling size.[b8] --Hallam. Plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling circumstances of its inhabitants. --Hawthorne. -- {Mid"dlingly}, adv. -- {Mid"dlingness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Middling \Mid"dling\, a. Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary. [bd]A town of but middling size.[b8] --Hallam. Plainly furnished, as beseemed the middling circumstances of its inhabitants. --Hawthorne. -- {Mid"dlingly}, adv. -- {Mid"dlingness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Middlings \Mid"dlings\, n. pl. 1. A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in bolting; -- formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour. Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten. 2. In the southern and western parts of the United States, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon; -- called also {middles}. --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Midland \Mid"land\, a. 1. Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants. --Howell. 2. Surrounded by the land; mediterranean. And on the midland sea the French had awed. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Midland \Mid"land\, n. The interior or central region of a country; -- usually in the plural. --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Model \Mod"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modeled}or {Modelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Modeling} or {Modelling}.] [Cf. F. modeler, It. modellare.] To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modeling \Mod"el*ing\, n. (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also {modelling}.] {Modeling plane}, a small plane for planing rounded objects. {Modeling wax}, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modeling \Mod"el*ing\, n. (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also {modelling}.] {Modeling plane}, a small plane for planing rounded objects. {Modeling wax}, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modeling \Mod"el*ing\, n. (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also {modelling}.] {Modeling plane}, a small plane for planing rounded objects. {Modeling wax}, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Model \Mod"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modeled}or {Modelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Modeling} or {Modelling}.] [Cf. F. modeler, It. modellare.] To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modeling \Mod"el*ing\, n. (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also {modelling}.] {Modeling plane}, a small plane for planing rounded objects. {Modeling wax}, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Model \Mod"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modeled}or {Modelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Modeling} or {Modelling}.] [Cf. F. modeler, It. modellare.] To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modeling \Mod"el*ing\, n. (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also {modelling}.] {Modeling plane}, a small plane for planing rounded objects. {Modeling wax}, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modillion \Mo*dil"lion\, n. [F. modillon, It. modiglione. Cf. {Module}, n.] (Arch.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mussel \Mus"sel\, n. [See {Muscle}, 3.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus {Mytilus}, and related genera, of the family {Mytid[91]}. The common mussel ({Mytilus edulis}; see Illust. under {Byssus}), and the larger, or horse, mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europe. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of {Unio}, and related fresh-water genera; -- called also {river mussel}. See {Naiad}, and {Unio}. {Mussel digger} (Zo[94]l.), the grayback whale. See {Gray whale}, under {Gray}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motley-minded \Mot"ley-mind`ed\, a. Having a mind of a jester; foolish. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mottle \Mot"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mottled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mottling}.] [From {Mottled}.] To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Muadlinism \Muad"lin*ism\, n. A maudlin state. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Muddle \Mud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muddling}.] [From {Mud}.] 1. To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] He did ill to muddle the water. --L'Estrange. 2. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially. Epicurus seems to have had brains so muddled and confounded, that he scarce ever kept in the right way. --Bentley. Often drunk, always muddled. --Arbuthnot. 3. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated. [R.] They muddle it [money] away without method or object, and without having anything to show for it. --Hazlitt. 4. To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify. --F. W. Newman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutual \Mu"tu*al\, a. [F. mutuel, L. mutuus, orig., exchanged, borrowed, lent; akin to mutare to change. See {Mutable}.] 1. Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc. Conspiracy and mutual promise. --Sir T. More. Happy in our mutual help, And mutual love. --Milton. A certain shyness on such subjects, which was mutual between the sisters. --G. Eliot. 2. Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort. --Burke. A vast accession of misery and woe from the mutual weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. --Bentley. Note: This use of mutual as synonymous with common is inconsistent with the idea of interchange, or reciprocal relation, which properly belongs to it; but the word has been so used by many writers of high authority. The present tendency is toward a careful discrimination. Mutual, as Johnson will tell us, means something reciprocal, a giving and taking. How could people have mutual ancestors? --P. Harrison. {Mutual insurance}, agreement among a number of persons to insure each other against loss, as by fire, death, or accident. {Mutual insurance company}, one which does a business of insurance on the mutual principle, the policy holders sharing losses and profits pro rata. Syn: Reciprocal; interchanged; common.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutual \Mu"tu*al\, a. [F. mutuel, L. mutuus, orig., exchanged, borrowed, lent; akin to mutare to change. See {Mutable}.] 1. Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc. Conspiracy and mutual promise. --Sir T. More. Happy in our mutual help, And mutual love. --Milton. A certain shyness on such subjects, which was mutual between the sisters. --G. Eliot. 2. Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort. --Burke. A vast accession of misery and woe from the mutual weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. --Bentley. Note: This use of mutual as synonymous with common is inconsistent with the idea of interchange, or reciprocal relation, which properly belongs to it; but the word has been so used by many writers of high authority. The present tendency is toward a careful discrimination. Mutual, as Johnson will tell us, means something reciprocal, a giving and taking. How could people have mutual ancestors? --P. Harrison. {Mutual insurance}, agreement among a number of persons to insure each other against loss, as by fire, death, or accident. {Mutual insurance company}, one which does a business of insurance on the mutual principle, the policy holders sharing losses and profits pro rata. Syn: Reciprocal; interchanged; common.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mydaleine \Myda"leine\, n. [Gr. [?] to be clammy (from decay).] (Physiol. Chem.) A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrh[d2]a, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation. --Brieger.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Maitland, FL (city, FIPS 42575) Location: 28.62795 N, 81.36712 W Population (1990): 9110 (3890 housing units) Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water) Maitland, MO (city, FIPS 45596) Location: 40.20307 N, 95.07871 W Population (1990): 338 (183 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64466
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Meadowlands, MN (city, FIPS 41372) Location: 47.07278 N, 92.73139 W Population (1990): 92 (56 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55765
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Metaline, WA (town, FIPS 45285) Location: 48.85457 N, 117.38811 W Population (1990): 198 (92 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Metaline Falls, WA (town, FIPS 45320) Location: 48.86238 N, 117.36939 W Population (1990): 210 (127 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99153
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Middle Amana, IA Zip code(s): 52307
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Midland, AR (town, FIPS 45500) Location: 35.09300 N, 94.35266 W Population (1990): 220 (105 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Midland, GA Zip code(s): 31820 Midland, LA Zip code(s): 70559 Midland, MD (town, FIPS 52475) Location: 39.58975 N, 78.94903 W Population (1990): 574 (231 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Midland, MI (city, FIPS 53780) Location: 43.62362 N, 84.22937 W Population (1990): 38053 (15447 housing units) Area: 71.5 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48640, 48642 Midland, NC Zip code(s): 28107 Midland, OH (village, FIPS 49896) Location: 39.30585 N, 83.91039 W Population (1990): 319 (130 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45148 Midland, PA (borough, FIPS 49184) Location: 40.63986 N, 80.45791 W Population (1990): 3321 (1688 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15059 Midland, SD (town, FIPS 42140) Location: 44.07096 N, 101.15452 W Population (1990): 233 (103 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Midland, TX (city, FIPS 48072) Location: 32.02649 N, 102.10015 W Population (1990): 89443 (38453 housing units) Area: 170.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79701, 79703, 79705, 79707 Midland, VA Zip code(s): 22728 Midland, WA (CDP, FIPS 45495) Location: 47.17230 N, 122.40890 W Population (1990): 5587 (2337 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Midland City, AL (town, FIPS 48400) Location: 31.31628 N, 85.49338 W Population (1990): 1819 (781 housing units) Area: 15.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36350
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Midland County, MI (county, FIPS 111) Location: 43.64296 N, 84.38597 W Population (1990): 75651 (29343 housing units) Area: 1350.0 sq km (land), 17.3 sq km (water) Midland County, TX (county, FIPS 329) Location: 31.88861 N, 102.02021 W Population (1990): 106611 (45181 housing units) Area: 2331.8 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Midland Park, NJ (borough, FIPS 46110) Location: 40.99483 N, 74.14216 W Population (1990): 7047 (2615 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07432
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
middle-endian adj. Not {big-endian} or {little-endian}. Used of perverse byte orders such as 3-4-1-2 or 2-1-4-3, occasionally found in the packed-decimal formats of minicomputer manufacturers who shall remain nameless. See {NUXI problem}. Non-US hackers use this term to describe the American mm/dd/yy style of writing dates (Europeans write little-endian dd/mm/yy, and Japanese use big-endian yy/mm/dd for Western dates).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Madaline A structure of many ADALINE units.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
META element An {element}, with tag name of "META", expressing {meta-data} about a given {HTML} document. HTML standards do not require that documents have META elements; but if META elements occur, they must be inside the document's HEAD element. The META element can be used to identify properties of a document (e.g., author, expiration date, a list of key words, etc.) and assign values to those properties, typically by specifying a NAME {attribute} (to name the property) and a CONTENT attribute (to assign a value for that property). The HTML 4 specification doesn't standardise particular NAME properties or CONTENT values; but it is conventional to use a "Description" property to convey a short summary of the document, and a "Keywords" property to provide a list of {keywords} relevant to the document, as in: META elements with HTTP-EQUIV and CONTENT attributes can simulate the effect of {HTTP} header lines, as in: Other properties may be application-specific. For example, the {Robots Exclusion (http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/norobots.html)}. standard uses the "robots" property for asserting that the given document should not be indexed by robots, nor should links in it be followed: (2001-02-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
metalanguage 1. [theorem proving] A language in which proofs are manipulated and tactics are programmed, as opposed to the logic itself (the "{object language}"). The first {ML} was the metalanguage for the Edinburgh {LCF} proof assistant. 2. [logic] A language in which to discuss the truth of statements in another language.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
middle-endian Neither {big-endian} nor {little-endian}. Used of perverse byte orders such as 3-4-1-2 or 2-1-4-3, occasionally found in the {packed decimal} formats of some {minicomputer} manufacturers. See {-endian}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-08-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
modeling US spelling of "{model}ling". (1999-12-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
modelling {model}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Mitylene the chief city of the island of Lesbos, on its east coast, in the AEgean Sea. Paul, during his third missionary journey, touched at this place on his way from Corinth to Judea (Acts 20:14), and here tarried for a night. It lies between Assos and Chios. It is now under the Turkish rule, and bears the name of Metelin.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Mitylene, purity; cleansing; press