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mail car
n 1: a railway car in which mail is transported and sorted

English Dictionary: milcher	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mail carrier n a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier]
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mail service n the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'" Synonym(s): mail, mail service, postal service, post
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mailsorter n a sorter for sorting mail according to the address
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Malus coronaria n medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit Synonym(s): American crab apple, garland crab, Malus coronaria
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melagra n rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs
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Melchior n United States operatic tenor (born in Denmark) noted for his Wagnerian roles (1890-1973) Synonym(s): Melchior, Lauritz Melchior, Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus; usually represented as a king of Nubia
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Meleagrididae n turkeys and some extinct forms [syn: Meleagrididae, family Meleagrididae]
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Meleagris n type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys Synonym(s): Meleagris, genus Meleagris
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Meleagris gallopavo n large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food Synonym(s): turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
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milcher n cattle that are reared for their milk [syn: dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milk cow, milcher, milker]
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Milk River n a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River Synonym(s): Milk, Milk River
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milker n cattle that are reared for their milk [syn: dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milk cow, milcher, milker]
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milkwort n any of various plants of the genus Polygala
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milkwort family n trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres Synonym(s): Polygalaceae, family Polygalaceae, milkwort family
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mill-girl n a girl who works in a mill
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millicurie n a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
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milligram n one thousandth (1/1,000) gram Synonym(s): milligram, mg
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mole cricket n digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots
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Molisch reaction n biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction with alpha-naphthol in the presence of sulfuric acid Synonym(s): alpha-naphthol test, Molisch's test, Molisch test, Molisch reaction
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Moloch horridus n desert lizard that feeds on ants [syn: mountain devil, spiny lizard, Moloch horridus]
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mule's ears n balsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks; northwestern United States Synonym(s): mule's ears, Wyethia amplexicaulis
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Mullus auratus n body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side Synonym(s): red goatfish, Mullus auratus
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Mullus surmuletus n brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels [syn: goatfish, red mullet, surmullet, Mullus surmuletus]
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myelogram n X-ray film of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots and subarachnoid space
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myelography n roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mail \Mail\, n. [OE. male bag, OF. male, F. malle bag, trunk, mail, OHG. malaha, malha, wallet; akin to D. maal, male; cf. Gael. & Ir. mala, Gr. [?] hide, skin.] 1. A bag; a wallet. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter. There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated Hague. --Tatler. 3. That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office. 4. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried. [Obs.] --Sir W. Scott. {Mail bag}, a bag in which mailed matter is conveyed under public authority. {Mail boat}, a boat that carries the mail. {Mail catcher}, an iron rod, or other contrivance, attached to a railroad car for catching a mail bag while the train is in motion. {Mail guard}, an officer whose duty it is to guard the public mails. [Eng.] {Mail train}, a railroad train carrying the mail.
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Male \Male\, a. [F. m[83]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man. Cf. {Masculine}, {Marry}, v. t.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs. 2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them. 3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage. 4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir. 5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc. {Male berry} (Bot.), a kind of coffee. See {Pea berry}. {Male fern} (Bot.), a fern of the genus {Aspidium} ({A. Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm. {Aspidium marginale} in America, and {A. athamanticum} in South Africa, are used as good substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See {Female fern}, under {Female}. {Male rhyme}, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree, as laid, afraid, dismayed. See {Female rhyme}, under {Female}. {Male screw} (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw. {Male thread}, the thread of a male screw.
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Malgracious \Mal*gra"cious\, a. [F. malgracieux.] Not graceful; displeasing. [Obs.] --Gower.
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Malgre \Mal"gre\, prep. See {Mauger}.
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Meleagrine \Mel`e*a"grine\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris.
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Turkey \Tur"key\, n.; pl. {Turkeys}. [So called because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See {Turk}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus {Meleagris}, especially the North American wild turkey ({Meleagris gallopavo}), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America. Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tall feathers and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American, or ocellated, turkey ({M. ocellata}) is more elegantly colored than the common species. See under {Ocellated}. The Australian, or native, turkey is a bustard ({Choriotis australis}). See under {Native}. {Turkey beard} (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial liliaceous herbs of the genus {Xerophyllum}. They have a dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called {turkey's beard}. {Turkey berry} (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of certain kinds of nightshade ({Solanum mammosum}, and {S. torvum}). {Turkey bird} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck. So called because it erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when disturbed. [Prov. Eng.] {Turkey buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a black or nearly black buzzard ({Cathartes aura}), abundant in the Southern United States. It is so called because its naked and warty head and neck resemble those of a turkey. Its is noted for its high and graceful flight. Called also {turkey vulture}. {Turkey cock} (Zo[94]l.), a male turkey. {Turkey hen} (Zo[94]l.), a female turkey. {Turkey pout} (Zo[94]l.), a young turkey. [R.] {Turkey vulture} (Zo[94]l.), the turkey buzzard.
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Ocellated \Ocel"lated\, a. [L. ocellatus, fr. ocellus a little eye, dim. of oculus an eye.] 1. Resembling an eye. 2. Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated blenny. {Ocellated turkey} (Zo[94]l.), the wild turkey of Central America ({Meleagris ocellata}).
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Melic grass \Mel"ic grass`\ (Bot.) A genus of grasses ({Melica}) of little agricultural importance.
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Melicerous \Melic"erous\, a. [L. meliceris a kind of tumor, fr. Gr. [?]; me`li honey + [?] wax.] (Med.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.
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Melicratory \Melic"rato*ry\, n. [Gr. meli`kraton.] A meadlike drink. [Obs.]
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Melograph \Mel"o*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] a song + -graph : cf. F. m[82]lographe.] Same as {Melodiograph}.
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Milk \Milk\, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[?]ok, Sw. mj[94]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. [?]. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Milch}, {Emulsion}, {Milt} soft roe of fishes.] 1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. [bd]White as morne milk.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See {Latex}. 3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. {Condensed milk}. See under {Condense}, v. t. {Milk crust} (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See {Eczema}. {Milk fever}. (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving. {Milk glass}, glass having a milky appearance. {Milk knot} (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands. {Milk leg} (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue. {Milk meats}, food made from milk, as butter and cheese. [Obs.] --Bailey. {Milk mirror}. Same as {Escutcheon}, 2. {Milk molar} (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. {Milk of lime} (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water. {Milk parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum palustre}) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice. {Milk pea} (Bot.), a genus ({Galactia}) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants. {Milk sickness} (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease, occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. {Milk snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless American snake ({Ophibolus triangulus}, or {O. eximius}). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also {milk adder}, {chicken snake}, {house snake}, etc. {Milk sugar}. (Physiol. Chem.) See {Lactose}, and {Sugar of milk} (below). {Milk thistle} (Bot.), an esculent European thistle ({Silybum marianum}), having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness. {Milk thrush}. (Med.) See {Thrush}. {Milk tooth} (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty. {Milk tree} (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America ({Brosimum Galactodendron}), and the {Euphorbia balsamifera} of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food. {Milk vessel} (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See {Latex}. {Rock milk}. See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Sugar of milk}. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See {Lactose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eczema \Ec"ze*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to boil.] (Med.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also {tetter}, {milk crust}, and {salt rheum}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Milk \Milk\, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[?]ok, Sw. mj[94]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. [?]. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Milch}, {Emulsion}, {Milt} soft roe of fishes.] 1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. [bd]White as morne milk.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See {Latex}. 3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. {Condensed milk}. See under {Condense}, v. t. {Milk crust} (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See {Eczema}. {Milk fever}. (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving. {Milk glass}, glass having a milky appearance. {Milk knot} (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands. {Milk leg} (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue. {Milk meats}, food made from milk, as butter and cheese. [Obs.] --Bailey. {Milk mirror}. Same as {Escutcheon}, 2. {Milk molar} (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. {Milk of lime} (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water. {Milk parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum palustre}) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice. {Milk pea} (Bot.), a genus ({Galactia}) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants. {Milk sickness} (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease, occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. {Milk snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless American snake ({Ophibolus triangulus}, or {O. eximius}). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also {milk adder}, {chicken snake}, {house snake}, etc. {Milk sugar}. (Physiol. Chem.) See {Lactose}, and {Sugar of milk} (below). {Milk thistle} (Bot.), an esculent European thistle ({Silybum marianum}), having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness. {Milk thrush}. (Med.) See {Thrush}. {Milk tooth} (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty. {Milk tree} (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America ({Brosimum Galactodendron}), and the {Euphorbia balsamifera} of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food. {Milk vessel} (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See {Latex}. {Rock milk}. See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Sugar of milk}. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See {Lactose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eczema \Ec"ze*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to boil.] (Med.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also {tetter}, {milk crust}, and {salt rheum}.
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Milker \Milk"er\, n. 1. One who milks; also, a mechanical apparatus for milking cows. 2. A cow or other animal that gives milk.
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Milkwort \Milk"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A genus of plants ({Polygala}) of many species. The common European {P. vulgaris} was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses. Note: The species of {Campanula}, or bellflower, are sometimes called milkwort, from their juice.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Milligram \Mil"ligram\, Milligramme \Mil"ligramme\, n. [F. milligramme; milli- milli- + gramme. See 3d {Gram}.] A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Milligram \Mil"ligram\, Milligramme \Mil"ligramme\, n. [F. milligramme; milli- milli- + gramme. See 3d {Gram}.] A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Surmullet \Sur*mul"let\, n. [F. surmulet; saur, saure, brownish yellow, red + mulet a mullet. See {Sorrel}, a., and {Mullet}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of various species of mullets of the family {Millid[91]}, esp. the European species ({Millus surmulletus}), which is highly prized as a food fish. See {Mullet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Duck mole}. See under {Duck}. {Golden mole}. See {Chrysochlore}. {Mole cricket} (Zo[94]l.), an orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllotalpa}, which excavates subterranean galleries, and throws up mounds of earth resembling those of the mole. It is said to do damage by injuring the roots of plants. The common European species ({Gryllotalpa vulgaris}), and the American ({G. borealis}), are the best known. {Mole rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World rodents of the genera {Spalax}, {Georychus}, and several allied genera. They are molelike in appearance and habits, and their eyes are small or rudimentary. {Mole shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of short-tailed American shrews of the genus {Blarina}, esp. {B. brevicauda}. {Water mole}, the duck mole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Duck mole}. See under {Duck}. {Golden mole}. See {Chrysochlore}. {Mole cricket} (Zo[94]l.), an orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllotalpa}, which excavates subterranean galleries, and throws up mounds of earth resembling those of the mole. It is said to do damage by injuring the roots of plants. The common European species ({Gryllotalpa vulgaris}), and the American ({G. borealis}), are the best known. {Mole rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World rodents of the genera {Spalax}, {Georychus}, and several allied genera. They are molelike in appearance and habits, and their eyes are small or rudimentary. {Mole shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of short-tailed American shrews of the genus {Blarina}, esp. {B. brevicauda}. {Water mole}, the duck mole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrew \Shrew\, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or else that good men have adversity. --Chaucer. A man had got a shrew to his wife, and there could be no quiet in the house for her. --L'Estrange. 2. [AS. scre[a0]wa; -- so called because supposed to be venomous. ] (Zo[94]l.) Any small insectivore of the genus {Sorex} and several allied genera of the family {Sorecid[91]}. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals. Note: The common European species are the house shrew ({Crocidura araneus}), and the erd shrew ({Sorex vulgaris}) (see under {Erd}.). In the United States several species of {Sorex} and {Blarina} are common, as the broadnosed shrew ({S. platyrhinus}), Cooper's shrew ({S. Cooperi}), and the short-tailed, or mole, shrew ({Blarina brevicauda}). Th American water, or marsh, shrew ({Neosorex palustris}), with fringed feet, is less common. The common European water shrews are {Crossopus fodiens}, and the oared shrew (see under {Oared}). {Earth shrew}, any shrewlike burrowing animal of the family {Centetid[91]}, as the tendrac. {Elephant shrew}, {Jumping shrew}, {Mole shrew}. See under {Elephant}, {Jumping}, etc. {Musk shrew}. See {Desman}. {River shrew}, an aquatic West African insectivore ({Potamogale velox}) resembling a weasel in form and size, but having a large flattened and crested tail adapted for rapid swimming. It feeds on fishes. {Shrew mole}, a common large North American mole ({Scalops aquaticus}). Its fine, soft fur is gray with iridescent purple tints.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moloch \Mo"loch\, n. [Heb. molek king.] 1. (Script.) The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A spiny Australian lizard ({Moloch horridus}). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mulligrubs \Mul"li*grubs\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. mull to squeeze, pull about, mulling numb or dull.] 1. A griping of the intestines; colic. [Slang] Whose dog lies sick of the mulligrubs? --Beau. & Fl. 2. Hence, sullenness; the sulks. [Slang]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Melcher-Dallas, IA (city, FIPS 50935) Location: 41.22783 N, 93.24085 W Population (1990): 1302 (532 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Melcher-dallas, IA Zip code(s): 50163
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Melcher-Dallas, IA (city, FIPS 50935) Location: 41.22783 N, 93.24085 W Population (1990): 1302 (532 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Melcher-dallas, IA Zip code(s): 50163
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Melcroft, PA Zip code(s): 15462
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mill Creek, IL (village, FIPS 49178) Location: 37.34150 N, 89.25420 W Population (1990): 87 (42 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Mill Creek, IN Zip code(s): 46365 Mill Creek, OK (town, FIPS 48500) Location: 34.40260 N, 96.82488 W Population (1990): 336 (143 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74856 Mill Creek, PA (borough, FIPS 49552) Location: 40.43738 N, 77.92942 W Population (1990): 392 (167 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17060 Mill Creek, WA (city, FIPS 45865) Location: 47.85771 N, 122.20585 W Population (1990): 7172 (3131 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98012 Mill Creek, WV (town, FIPS 54100) Location: 38.73164 N, 79.97249 W Population (1990): 685 (290 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 26280
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Millcreek, IL Zip code(s): 62961 Millcreek, MO Zip code(s): 63645 Millcreek, UT (CDP, FIPS 50150) Location: 40.68688 N, 111.87472 W Population (1990): 32230 (14530 housing units) Area: 19.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
molly-guard /mol'ee-gard/ n. [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some {Big Red Switch} by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalized to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment. In hardware catalogues, you'll see the much less interesting description "guarded button".
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
mail server 1. A program that distributes files or information in response to requests sent via {electronic mail}. Examples on the {Internet} include {Almanac} and {netlib}. Mail servers are also used on {Bitnet}. In the days before {Internet} access was widespread and {UUCP} mail links were common, mail servers could be used to provide remote services which might now be provided via {FTP} or {WWW}. 2. (Or "mail hub") A computer used to store and/or forward {electronic mail}. (1995-05-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
mail user agent (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read {electronic mail} messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the {Message Transfer Agent}. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using {POP}). Popular MUAs for {Unix} include {elm}, {mush}, {pine}, and {RMAIL}. {FAQ (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/mail/setup/unix/part2/faq-doc-3.html)}. (1996-03-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Mail Users' Shell (mush) A {MUA} for {Unix} and {MS-DOS}. It has both {line-mode} and {full-screen} interfaces as well as a {SunView} interface. mush provides a very powerful shell interface with a {csh}-like {scripting language}, plenty of {environment variables}, command-line {aliases}, filename {completion}, {conditionals}, and command {piping}. {z-mail} is a more recent commercial version of mush. {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.mail.mush}. (1996-02-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
molly-guard /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some {Big Red Switch} by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment. [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Maaleh-acrabbim ascent of the scorpions; i.e., "scorpion-hill", a pass on the south-eastern border of Palestine (Num. 34:4; Josh. 15:3). It is identified with the pass of Sufah, entering Palestine from the great Wady el-Fikreh, south of the Dead Sea. (See {AKRABBIM}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Melzar probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at the Babylonian court (Dan. 1:11, 16) who had charge of the diet of the Hebrew youths.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Maale-akrabbim, ascent of scorpions
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Melzar, circumcision of a narrow place, or of a bond