matelote
         n 1: highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes
               (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock

English Dictionary: modality	by the DICT Development Group
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Mayetiola destructor n small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains [syn: Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor]
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medullated adj (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin [syn: myelinated, medullated] Antonym(s): unmyelinated
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medullated nerve fiber n a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin [syn: medullated nerve fiber, myelinated nerve fiber]
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metal detector n detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal; used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal
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metal drum n a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids Synonym(s): drum, metal drum
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metal wood n golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head
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metalhead n a fan of heavy metal music
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metalloid adj of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal; "arsenic is a metalloid element"
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methyl ethyl ketone n colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid Synonym(s): butanone, methyl ethyl ketone
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methylated adj having received a methyl group; "methylated alcohol"
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methylated spirit n ethyl alcohol denatured with methyl alcohol to prevent its use as an alcoholic beverage
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methyldopa n antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure Synonym(s): methyldopa, alpha methyl dopa, Aldomet
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methyltestosterone n an androgenic compound contained in drugs that are used to treat testosterone deficiency and female breast cancer and to stimulate growth and weight gain
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methylthionine chloride 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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middle Atlantic adj of a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey; "mid-Atlantic states" Synonym(s): middle Atlantic, mid-Atlantic
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middle distance n the part of a scene between the foreground and the background
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middle temporal vein n arises near the eye; joins the superficial temporal veins to form the retromandibular vein
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middle term n the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion
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middle thyroid vein n a vein on each side that drains the lateral part of the thyroid and empties into the internal jugular vein
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middle watch n a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.) [syn: graveyard watch, middle watch, midwatch, night watch]
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Middleton n English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627) [syn: Middleton, Thomas Middleton]
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Mitella diphylla n miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers Synonym(s): fairy cup, Mitella diphylla
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modality n a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility Synonym(s): modality, mode verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker Synonym(s): mood, mode, modality a particular sense Synonym(s): modality, sense modality, sensory system a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
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Model T n the first widely available automobile powered by a gasoline engine; mass-produced by Henry Ford from 1908 to 1927
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modeled adj resembling sculpture; "her finely modeled features"; "rendered with...vivid sculptural effect"; "the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies" Synonym(s): modeled, sculptural, sculptured, sculpturesque
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modulate v change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody" vary the pitch of one's speech Synonym(s): tone, inflect, modulate fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" Synonym(s): regulate, modulate adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
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modulated adj changed or adjusted in pitch, tone, or volume [ant: unmodulated] altered in volume as well as tone or pitch
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modulation n a musical passage moving from one key to another [syn: transition, modulation] (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase rise and fall of the voice pitch Synonym(s): intonation, modulation, pitch contour a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified Synonym(s): modulation, inflection the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
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motility n ability to move spontaneously and independently [ant: immotility] a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" Synonym(s): motion, movement, move, motility
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mottled adj having spots or patches of color [syn: dappled, mottled]
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muddled adj confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" Synonym(s): addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded
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muddleheaded adj stupid and confused; "blathering like the addlepated nincompoop that you are"; "a confused puddingheaded, muddleheaded fellow"- Isaac Sterne Synonym(s): addlebrained, addlepated, puddingheaded, muddleheaded
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mutilate v destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work" Synonym(s): mutilate, mangle, cut up alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" Synonym(s): mangle, mutilate, murder destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" Synonym(s): mutilate, mar
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mutilated adj having a part of the body crippled or disabled [syn: maimed, mutilated]
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mutilation n an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
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mutilator n a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples Synonym(s): mutilator, maimer, mangler
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Mutillidae n a family of wasps Synonym(s): Mutillidae, family Mutillidae
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mutual aid n arrangements made between nations to assist each other Synonym(s): mutual aid, international logistic support
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mutuality n a reciprocality of sentiments; "the mutuality of their affection was obvious" Synonym(s): mutuality, mutualness a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups) Synonym(s): mutuality, interdependence, interdependency
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mytilid n marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones Synonym(s): marine mussel, mytilid
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Mytilidae n marine mussels Synonym(s): Mytilidae, family Mytilidae
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Matelote \Mat"e*lote\, Matelotte \Mat"e*lotte\, n. [F. matelote,       fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as a sailors       prepare.]       1. A stew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and served             with a wine sauce containing onions, mushrooms, etc.          2. An old dance of sailors, in double time, and somewhat like             a hornpipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Matelote \Mat"e*lote\ (m[acr]t"[esl]*l[omac]t), n. [F., fr.       matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as sailors prepare.]       A dish of food composed of many kinds of fish.
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Matelote \Mat"e*lote\, Matelotte \Mat"e*lotte\, n. [F. matelote,       fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as a sailors       prepare.]       1. A stew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and served             with a wine sauce containing onions, mushrooms, etc.          2. An old dance of sailors, in double time, and somewhat like             a hornpipe.
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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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Medalet \Med"al*et\, n.       A small medal.
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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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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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Medullated \Me*dul"la*ted\, a. (Anat.)       Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary       sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.
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{Nerve fiber} (Anat.), one of the fibers of which nerves are             made up. These fibers are either {medullated} or             {nonmedullated}. in both kinds the essential part is the             translucent threadlike axis cylinder which is continuous             the whole length of the fiber.          {Nerve stretching} (Med.), the operation of stretching a             nerve in order to remedy diseases such as tetanus, which             are supposed to be influenced by the condition of the             nerve or its connections.
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Medullated \Me*dul"la*ted\, a. (Anat.)       Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary       sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.
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{Nerve fiber} (Anat.), one of the fibers of which nerves are             made up. These fibers are either {medullated} or             {nonmedullated}. in both kinds the essential part is the             translucent threadlike axis cylinder which is continuous             the whole length of the fiber.          {Nerve stretching} (Med.), the operation of stretching a             nerve in order to remedy diseases such as tetanus, which             are supposed to be influenced by the condition of the             nerve or its connections.
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Metaldehyde \Me*tal"de*hyde\, n. [Pref. met- + aldehyde.]       (Chem.)       A white crystalline substance isomeric with, and obtained       from, acetic aldehyde by polymerization, and reconvertible       into the same.
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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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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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Metalloid \Met"al*loid\, n. [L. metallum metal + -oid: cf. F.       m[82]tallo[8b]de.]             (a) Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or                   alkaline earth; -- applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium,                   potassium, and some other metallic substances whose                   metallic character was supposed to be not well                   defined.             (b) Now, one of several elementary substances which in the                   free state are unlike metals, and whose compounds                   possess or produce acid, rather than basic,                   properties; a nonmetal; as, boron, carbon, phosphorus,                   nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, bromine, etc.,                   are metalloids.
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Metalloid \Met"al*loid\, a.       1. Having the appearance of a metal.          2. (Chem.) Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic;             acid; negative.
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Metalloidal \Met`al*loid"al\, a.       Metalloid.
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Metallotherapy \Me*tal`lo*ther"a*py\, n. [L. metallum metal + E.       therapy.] (Med.)       Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the       surface of the body.
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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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Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [Sylva + furfuran.] (Chem.)       A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol)       by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also {methyl       tetrol}, or {methyl furfuran}.
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Thiotolene \Thi`o*to"lene\, n. [Thio- + toluene.] (Chem.)       A colorless oily liquid, {C4H3S.CH3}, analogous to, and       resembling, toluene; -- called also {methyl thiophene}.
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Methylate \Meth"yl*ate\, n. [Methyl + alcoholate.] (Chem.)       An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl       hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a       hydrate; as, sodium methylate, {CH3ONa}.
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Methylate \Meth"yl*ate\, v. t.       To impregnate or mix with methyl or methyl alcohol.
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Methylated \Meth"yl*a`ted\, a. (Chem.)       Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood       spirit; as, methylated spirits.
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Mettled \Met"tled\, a.       Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire.       --Addison.
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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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Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,       following, fr. sequi to follow. See {Sue} to follow, and cf.       {Secund}.]       1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in             order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another;             other.                         And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.                                                                               xli. 5.          2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or             rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.                         May the day when we become the second people upon                      earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.                                                                               --Landor.          3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;             another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy;             a second deluge.                         A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.          {Second Adventist}. See {Adventist}.          {Second cousin}, the child of a cousin.          {Second-cut file}. See under {File}.          {Second distance} (Art), that part of a picture between the             foreground and the background; -- called also {middle             ground}, or {middle distance}. [R.]          {Second estate} (Eng.), the House of Peers.          {Second girl}, a female house-servant who does the lighter             work, as chamber work or waiting on table.          {Second intention}. See under {Intention}.          {Second story}, {Story floor}, in America, the second range             of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is             called the {first floor}, the one beneath being the ground             floor.          {Second} {thought [or] thoughts}, consideration of a matter             following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration.                         On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had                      known him.                                          --Dickens.
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3. (Racing) A space marked out in the last part of a race             course.                         The horse that ran the whole field out of distance.                                                                               --L'Estrange.          Note: In trotting matches under the rules of the American                Association, the distance varies with the conditions of                the race, being 80 yards in races of mile heats, best                two in three, and 150 yards in races of two-mile heats.                At that distance from the winning post is placed the                distance post. If any horse has not reached this                distance post before the first horse in that heat has                reached the winning post, such horse is distanced, and                disqualified for running again during that race.          4. (Mil.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured             from front to rear; -- contrasted with {interval}, which             is measured from right to left. [bd]Distance between             companies in close column is twelve yards.[b8] --Farrow.          5. Space between two antagonists in fencing. --Shak.          6. (Painting) The part of a picture which contains the             representation of those objects which are the farthest             away, esp. in a landscape.          Note: In a picture, the          {Middle distance} is the central portion between the             foreground and the distance or the extreme distance. In a             perspective drawing, the          {Point of distance} is the point where the visual rays meet.          7. Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety. --Locke.          8. Length or interval of time; period, past or future,             between two eras or events.                         Ten years' distance between one and the other.                                                                               --Prior.                         The writings of Euclid at the distance of two                      thousand years.                                 --Playfair.          9. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence,             respect; ceremoniousness.                         I hope your modesty Will know what distance to the                      crown is due.                                    --Dryden.                         'T is by respect and distance that authority is                      upheld.                                             --Atterbury.          10. A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness;             disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.                         Setting them [factions] at distance, or at least                      distrust amongst themselves.            --Bacon.                         On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and                      distaste.                                          --Milton.          11. Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance             between a descendant and his ancestor.          12. (Mus.) The interval between two notes; as, the distance             of a fourth or seventh.          {Angular distance}, the distance made at the eye by lines             drawn from the eye to two objects.          {Lunar distance}. See under {Lunar}.          {North polar distance} (Astron.), the distance on the heavens             of a heavenly body from the north pole. It is the             complement of the declination.          {Zenith distance} (Astron.), the arc on the heavens from a             heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the             complement of the altitude.          {To keep one's distance}, to stand aloof; to refrain from             familiarity.                         If a man makes keep my distance, the comfort is he                      keeps his at the same time.               --Swift.
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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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Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,       following, fr. sequi to follow. See {Sue} to follow, and cf.       {Secund}.]       1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in             order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another;             other.                         And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.                                                                               xli. 5.          2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or             rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.                         May the day when we become the second people upon                      earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.                                                                               --Landor.          3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;             another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy;             a second deluge.                         A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.          {Second Adventist}. See {Adventist}.          {Second cousin}, the child of a cousin.          {Second-cut file}. See under {File}.          {Second distance} (Art), that part of a picture between the             foreground and the background; -- called also {middle             ground}, or {middle distance}. [R.]          {Second estate} (Eng.), the House of Peers.          {Second girl}, a female house-servant who does the lighter             work, as chamber work or waiting on table.          {Second intention}. See under {Intention}.          {Second story}, {Story floor}, in America, the second range             of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is             called the {first floor}, the one beneath being the ground             floor.          {Second} {thought [or] thoughts}, consideration of a matter             following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration.                         On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had                      known him.                                          --Dickens.
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3. (Racing) A space marked out in the last part of a race             course.                         The horse that ran the whole field out of distance.                                                                               --L'Estrange.          Note: In trotting matches under the rules of the American                Association, the distance varies with the conditions of                the race, being 80 yards in races of mile heats, best                two in three, and 150 yards in races of two-mile heats.                At that distance from the winning post is placed the                distance post. If any horse has not reached this                distance post before the first horse in that heat has                reached the winning post, such horse is distanced, and                disqualified for running again during that race.          4. (Mil.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured             from front to rear; -- contrasted with {interval}, which             is measured from right to left. [bd]Distance between             companies in close column is twelve yards.[b8] --Farrow.          5. Space between two antagonists in fencing. --Shak.          6. (Painting) The part of a picture which contains the             representation of those objects which are the farthest             away, esp. in a landscape.          Note: In a picture, the          {Middle distance} is the central portion between the             foreground and the distance or the extreme distance. In a             perspective drawing, the          {Point of distance} is the point where the visual rays meet.          7. Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety. --Locke.          8. Length or interval of time; period, past or future,             between two eras or events.                         Ten years' distance between one and the other.                                                                               --Prior.                         The writings of Euclid at the distance of two                      thousand years.                                 --Playfair.          9. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence,             respect; ceremoniousness.                         I hope your modesty Will know what distance to the                      crown is due.                                    --Dryden.                         'T is by respect and distance that authority is                      upheld.                                             --Atterbury.          10. A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness;             disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.                         Setting them [factions] at distance, or at least                      distrust amongst themselves.            --Bacon.                         On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and                      distaste.                                          --Milton.          11. Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance             between a descendant and his ancestor.          12. (Mus.) The interval between two notes; as, the distance             of a fourth or seventh.          {Angular distance}, the distance made at the eye by lines             drawn from the eye to two objects.          {Lunar distance}. See under {Lunar}.          {North polar distance} (Astron.), the distance on the heavens             of a heavenly body from the north pole. It is the             complement of the declination.          {Zenith distance} (Astron.), the arc on the heavens from a             heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the             complement of the altitude.          {To keep one's distance}, to stand aloof; to refrain from             familiarity.                         If a man makes keep my distance, the comfort is he                      keeps his at the same time.               --Swift.
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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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Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,       following, fr. sequi to follow. See {Sue} to follow, and cf.       {Secund}.]       1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in             order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another;             other.                         And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.                                                                               xli. 5.          2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or             rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.                         May the day when we become the second people upon                      earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.                                                                               --Landor.          3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;             another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy;             a second deluge.                         A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.          {Second Adventist}. See {Adventist}.          {Second cousin}, the child of a cousin.          {Second-cut file}. See under {File}.          {Second distance} (Art), that part of a picture between the             foreground and the background; -- called also {middle             ground}, or {middle distance}. [R.]          {Second estate} (Eng.), the House of Peers.          {Second girl}, a female house-servant who does the lighter             work, as chamber work or waiting on table.          {Second intention}. See under {Intention}.          {Second story}, {Story floor}, in America, the second range             of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is             called the {first floor}, the one beneath being the ground             floor.          {Second} {thought [or] thoughts}, consideration of a matter             following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration.                         On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had                      known him.                                          --Dickens.
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3. (Racing) A space marked out in the last part of a race             course.                         The horse that ran the whole field out of distance.                                                                               --L'Estrange.          Note: In trotting matches under the rules of the American                Association, the distance varies with the conditions of                the race, being 80 yards in races of mile heats, best                two in three, and 150 yards in races of two-mile heats.                At that distance from the winning post is placed the                distance post. If any horse has not reached this                distance post before the first horse in that heat has                reached the winning post, such horse is distanced, and                disqualified for running again during that race.          4. (Mil.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured             from front to rear; -- contrasted with {interval}, which             is measured from right to left. [bd]Distance between             companies in close column is twelve yards.[b8] --Farrow.          5. Space between two antagonists in fencing. --Shak.          6. (Painting) The part of a picture which contains the             representation of those objects which are the farthest             away, esp. in a landscape.          Note: In a picture, the          {Middle distance} is the central portion between the             foreground and the distance or the extreme distance. In a             perspective drawing, the          {Point of distance} is the point where the visual rays meet.          7. Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety. --Locke.          8. Length or interval of time; period, past or future,             between two eras or events.                         Ten years' distance between one and the other.                                                                               --Prior.                         The writings of Euclid at the distance of two                      thousand years.                                 --Playfair.          9. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence,             respect; ceremoniousness.                         I hope your modesty Will know what distance to the                      crown is due.                                    --Dryden.                         'T is by respect and distance that authority is                      upheld.                                             --Atterbury.          10. A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness;             disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.                         Setting them [factions] at distance, or at least                      distrust amongst themselves.            --Bacon.                         On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and                      distaste.                                          --Milton.          11. Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance             between a descendant and his ancestor.          12. (Mus.) The interval between two notes; as, the distance             of a fourth or seventh.          {Angular distance}, the distance made at the eye by lines             drawn from the eye to two objects.          {Lunar distance}. See under {Lunar}.          {North polar distance} (Astron.), the distance on the heavens             of a heavenly body from the north pole. It is the             complement of the declination.          {Zenith distance} (Astron.), the arc on the heavens from a             heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the             complement of the altitude.          {To keep one's distance}, to stand aloof; to refrain from             familiarity.                         If a man makes keep my distance, the comfort is he                      keeps his at the same time.               --Swift.
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Temple \Tem"ple\, n. [AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked       out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. [?] a piece of land marked       off, land dedicated to a god: cf. F. t[82]mple, from the       Latin. Cf. {Contemplate}.]       1. A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity;             as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in             India. [bd]The temple of mighty Mars.[b8] --Chaucer.          2. (Jewish Antiq.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the             worship of Jehovah.                         Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.                                                                               --John x. 23.          3. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of             public worship; a church.                         Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the                      authority of God enter with any pleasure a temple                      consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer?                                                                               --Buckminster.          4. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially             resides. [bd]The temple of his body.[b8] --John ii. 21.                         Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that                      the spirit of God dwelleth in you?      --1 Cor. iii.                                                                               16.                         The groves were God's first temples.   --Bryant.          {Inner Temple}, [and] {Middle Temple}, two buildings, or             ranges of buildings, occupied by two inns of court in             London, on the site of a monastic establishment of the             Knights Templars, called the Temple.
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Tenor \Ten"or\, n. [L., from tenere to hold; hence, properly, a       holding on in a continued course: cf. F. teneur. See       {Tenable}, and cf. {Tenor} a kind of voice.]       1. A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of             continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course;             career.                         Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept                      the noiseless tenor of their away.      --Gray.          2. That course of thought which holds on through a discourse;             the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent;             meaning; understanding.                         When it [the bond] is paid according to the tenor.                                                                               --Shak.                         Does not the whole tenor of the divine law                      positively require humility and meekness to all men?                                                                               --Spart.          3. Stamp; character; nature.                         This success would look like chance, if it were                      perpetual, and always of the same tenor. --Dryden.          4. (Law) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words             and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only             the substance or general import of the instrument.             --Bouvier.          5. [F. t[82]nor, L. tenor, properly, a holding; -- so called             because the tenor was the voice which took and held the             principal part, the plain song, air, or tune, to which the             other voices supplied a harmony above and below: cf. It.             tenore.] (Mus.)             (a) The higher of the two kinds of voices usually                   belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the                   harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four                   parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base,                   and originally the air, to which the other parts were                   auxillary.             (b) A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that                   play it.          {Old Tenor}, {New Tenor}, {Middle Tenor}, different             descriptions of paper money, issued at different periods,             by the American colonial governments in the last century.
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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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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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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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Warbler \War"bler\, n.       1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; --             applied chiefly to birds.                         In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo.                                                                               --Tickell.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small Old World             singing birds belonging to the family {Sylviid[91]}, many             of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap,             reed warbler (see under {Reed}), and sedge warbler (see             under {Sedge}) are well-known species.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, often             bright colored, American singing birds of the family or             subfamily {Mniotiltid[91]}, or {Sylvicolin[91]}. They are             allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not             particularly musical.          Note: The American warblers are often divided, according to                their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers,                fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers,                wormeating warblers, etc.          {Bush warbler} (Zo[94]l.) any American warbler of the genus             {Opornis}, as the Connecticut warbler ({O. agilis}).          {Creeping warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             very small American warblers belonging to {Parula},             {Mniotilta}, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed             warbler ({Parula Americana}), and the black-and-white             creeper ({Mniotilta varia}).          {Fly-catching warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species             of warblers belonging to {Setophaga}, {Sylvania}, and             allied genera having the bill hooked and notched at the             tip, with strong rictal bristles at the base, as the             hooded warbler ({Sylvania mitrata}), the black-capped             warbler ({S. pusilla}), the Canadian warbler ({S.             Canadensis}), and the American redstart (see {Redstart}).                      {Ground warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any American warbler of the             genus {Geothlypis}, as the mourning ground warbler ({G.             Philadelphia}), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see             {Yellowthroat}).          {Wood warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous American             warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. Among the most common             wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or             yellow warbler (see under {Yellow}), the black-throated             green warbler ({Dendroica virens}), the yellow-rumped             warbler ({D. coronata}), the blackpoll ({D. striata}), the             bay-breasted warbler ({D. castanea}), the chestnut-sided             warbler ({D. Pennsylvanica}), the Cape May warbler ({D.             tigrina}), the prairie warbler (see under {Prairie}), and             the pine warbler ({D. pinus}). See also {Magnolia             warbler}, under {Magnolia}, and {Blackburnian warbler}.
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Creeper \Creep"er\ (kr[emac]p"[etil]r), n.       1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.                         Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of                      mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. --Burton.          2. (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to             the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper             (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).          3. (Zo[94]l.) A small bird of the genus {Certhia}, allied to             the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is {C.             familiaris}, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits             America; -- called also {tree creeper} and {creeptree}.             The American black and white creeper is {Mniotilta varia}.          4. A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead             of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe             to prevent one from slipping.          5. pl. A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables             one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often {telegraph             creepers}.          6. A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.          7. pl. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at             the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and             bringing up what may lie there.          8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one             part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding             machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.          9. pl. (Arch.) Crockets. See {Crocket}.
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Modality \Mo*dal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. modalit[82].]       1. The quality or state of being modal.          2. (Logic & Metaph.) A modal relation or quality; a mode or             point of view under which an object presents itself to the             mind. According to Kant, the quality of propositions, as             assertory, problematical, or apodeictic.
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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.
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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.
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Modulate \Mod"u*late\, v. i. (Mus.)       To pass from one key into another.
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Modulate \Mod"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modulated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Modulating}.] [L. modulatus, p. p. of modulari to       measure, to modulate, fr. modulus a small measure, meter,       melody, dim. of modus. See {Mode}.]       1. To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain             portion.          2. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical             manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in             reading or speaking.                         Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive                      so many?                                             --Broome.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modulate \Mod"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modulated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Modulating}.] [L. modulatus, p. p. of modulari to       measure, to modulate, fr. modulus a small measure, meter,       melody, dim. of modus. See {Mode}.]       1. To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain             portion.          2. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical             manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in             reading or speaking.                         Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive                      so many?                                             --Broome.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Modulate \Mod"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modulated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Modulating}.] [L. modulatus, p. p. of modulari to       measure, to modulate, fr. modulus a small measure, meter,       melody, dim. of modus. See {Mode}.]       1. To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain             portion.          2. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical             manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in             reading or speaking.                         Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive                      so many?                                             --Broome.
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Modulation \Mod`u*la"tion\, n. [L. modulatio: cf. F.       modulation.]       1. The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated;             as, the modulation of the voice.          2. Sound modulated; melody. [R.] --Thomson.          3. (Mus.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the             music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of             the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center             upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of             the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it             may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote.             There are also sudden and unprepared modulations.
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Modulator \Mod"u*la`tor\, n. [L.]       One who, or that which, modulates. --Denham.
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Gossat \Gos"sat\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A small British marine fish ({Motella tricirrata}); -- called       also {whistler} and {three-bearded rockling}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Motility \Mo*til"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. motilit[82].] (Physiol.)       Capability of motion; contractility.
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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.
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Mottled \Mot"tled\, a. [From {Motley}.]       Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted;       as, mottled wood. [bd]The mottled meadows.[b8] --Drayton.
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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.
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Muddlehead \Mud"dle*head`\, n.       A stupid person. [Colloq.] --C. Reade. -- {Mud"dle-head`ed},       a. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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Muddlehead \Mud"dle*head`\, n.       A stupid person. [Colloq.] --C. Reade. -- {Mud"dle-head`ed},       a. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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Mutilate \Mu"ti*late\, a. [L. mutilatus, p. p. of mutilare to       mutilate, fr. mutilus maimed; cf. Gr. [?], [?]. Cf.       {Mutton}.]       1. Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.             --Sir T. Browne.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of             legs, as a cetacean.
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Mutilate \Mu"ti*late\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A cetacean, or a sirenian.
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Mutilate \Mu"ti*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mutilated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Mutilating}.]       1. To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim;             to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue,             etc.          2. To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render             imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.                         Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is                      none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of                      Sappho.                                             --Addison.          {Mutilated gear}, {Mutilated wheel} (Mach.), a gear wheel             from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It             is used for giving intermittent movements.
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Mutilate \Mu"ti*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mutilated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Mutilating}.]       1. To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim;             to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue,             etc.          2. To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render             imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.                         Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is                      none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of                      Sappho.                                             --Addison.          {Mutilated gear}, {Mutilated wheel} (Mach.), a gear wheel             from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It             is used for giving intermittent movements.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutilate \Mu"ti*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mutilated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Mutilating}.]       1. To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim;             to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue,             etc.          2. To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render             imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.                         Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is                      none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of                      Sappho.                                             --Addison.          {Mutilated gear}, {Mutilated wheel} (Mach.), a gear wheel             from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It             is used for giving intermittent movements.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutilate \Mu"ti*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mutilated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Mutilating}.]       1. To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim;             to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue,             etc.          2. To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render             imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.                         Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is                      none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of                      Sappho.                                             --Addison.          {Mutilated gear}, {Mutilated wheel} (Mach.), a gear wheel             from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It             is used for giving intermittent movements.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutilate \Mu"ti*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mutilated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Mutilating}.]       1. To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim;             to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue,             etc.          2. To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render             imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.                         Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is                      none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of                      Sappho.                                             --Addison.          {Mutilated gear}, {Mutilated wheel} (Mach.), a gear wheel             from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It             is used for giving intermittent movements.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutilation \Mu`ti*la"tion\, n. [L. mutilatio: cf. F.       mutilation.]       The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated;       deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.
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Mutilator \Mu"ti*la"tor\, n. [Cf. F. mutilateur.]       One who mutilates.
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Mutuality \Mu`tu*al"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. mutualit[82].]       1. The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange;             interaction; interdependence.          2. (Law) Reciprocity of consideration. --Wharton.
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Mytiloid \Myt"i*loid\, a. [Mytilus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)       Like, or pertaining to, the genus Mytilus, or family       {Mytilid[91]}.
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Mytilotoxine \Myt`i*lo*tox"ine\, n. [Mytilus + toxic.] (Physiol.       Chem.)       A poisonous base (leucomaine) found in the common mussel. It       either causes paralysis of the muscles, or gives rise to       convulsions, including death by an accumulation of carbonic       acid in the blood.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Middleton, ID (city, FIPS 52660)       Location: 43.70766 N, 116.62398 W       Population (1990): 1851 (666 housing units)       Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 83644    Middleton, MA       Zip code(s): 01949    Middleton, MI       Zip code(s): 48856    Middleton, TN (town, FIPS 48340)       Location: 35.06030 N, 88.89143 W       Population (1990): 536 (247 housing units)       Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 38052    Middleton, WI (city, FIPS 51575)       Location: 43.10287 N, 89.50633 W       Population (1990): 13289 (5895 housing units)       Area: 16.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 53562
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Middletown, CA       Zip code(s): 95461    Middletown, CT (city, FIPS 47290)       Location: 41.54837 N, 72.65426 W       Population (1990): 42762 (18102 housing units)       Area: 105.9 sq km (land), 3.7 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 06457    Middletown, DE (town, FIPS 47030)       Location: 39.45112 N, 75.71466 W       Population (1990): 3834 (1475 housing units)       Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 19709    Middletown, IA (city, FIPS 51735)       Location: 40.82917 N, 91.26082 W       Population (1990): 386 (162 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 52638    Middletown, IL (village, FIPS 48853)       Location: 40.10064 N, 89.59134 W       Population (1990): 436 (185 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 62666    Middletown, IN (town, FIPS 49014)       Location: 40.05950 N, 85.54275 W       Population (1990): 2333 (993 housing units)       Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 47356    Middletown, KY (city, FIPS 51978)       Location: 38.24247 N, 85.51963 W       Population (1990): 5016 (2106 housing units)       Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 40243    Middletown, MD (town, FIPS 52425)       Location: 39.44224 N, 77.54419 W       Population (1990): 1834 (738 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 21769    Middletown, MI (CDP, FIPS 53730)       Location: 42.98571 N, 84.14491 W       Population (1990): 1010 (393 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Middletown, MO (town, FIPS 47900)       Location: 39.12853 N, 91.41451 W       Population (1990): 217 (114 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 63359    Middletown, NC       Zip code(s): 27824    Middletown, NY (city, FIPS 47042)       Location: 41.44566 N, 74.42247 W       Population (1990): 24160 (9475 housing units)       Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Middletown, OH (city, FIPS 49840)       Location: 39.50570 N, 84.37358 W       Population (1990): 46022 (19385 housing units)       Area: 52.3 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 45042    Middletown, PA (CDP, FIPS 49144)       Location: 40.64370 N, 75.32577 W       Population (1990): 6866 (2444 housing units)       Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)    Middletown, PA (borough, FIPS 49128)       Location: 40.20090 N, 76.72935 W       Population (1990): 9254 (4201 housing units)       Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 17057    Middletown, RI       Zip code(s): 02840    Middletown, VA (town, FIPS 51512)       Location: 39.02874 N, 78.27787 W       Population (1990): 1061 (456 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 22645
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Middletown Sprin, VT       Zip code(s): 05757
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Midlothian, IL (village, FIPS 48892)       Location: 41.62630 N, 87.72427 W       Population (1990): 14372 (5004 housing units)       Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Midlothian, TX (city, FIPS 48096)       Location: 32.49397 N, 96.99771 W       Population (1990): 5141 (2068 housing units)       Area: 62.5 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 76065    Midlothian, VA       Zip code(s): 23112, 23113
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
middle-out implementation   See {bottom-up implementation}.