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2. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.
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Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Jas. v. 13.
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3. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, a merry jest. “Merry wind and weather.” Spenser.
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Coloq. Merry dancers . See under . -- Coloq. Merry men , followers; retainers. [Obs.]
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His merie men commanded he
To make him bothe game and glee. Chaucer.
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-- Coloq. To make merry , to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. Judg. ix. 27.
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Syn. -- Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful; joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious.
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Merry (mĕrr�), n. (Bot.) A kind of wild red cherry.
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Merry-andrew (mĕrr�-ăndrṳ), n. One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor.
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☞ This term is said to have originated from one Andrew Borde, an English physician of the 16th century, who gained patients by facetious speeches to the multitude.
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Merry-go-round (?), n. Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a group of seats in the shape of hobbyhorses or other fanciful animals, arranged in a circle on a platform that is rotated by a mechanical drive, often to the accompaniment of music; the seats often move up and down in synchrony with the rotation; -- called also carousel. It is employed primarily for the amusement of children, and is typically found at an amusement park.
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Merrymake (?), n. Mirth; frolic; a meeting for mirth; a festival. [Written also merrimake.]
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Merrymake, v. i. To make merry; to be jolly; to feast. [Written also merrimake.]
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Merrymaker (?), n. One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovial comrade.
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Merrymaking (?), a. Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.
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Merrymaking, n. The act of making merry; conviviality; merriment; jollity. Wordsworth.
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Merrymeeting (?), n. A meeting for mirth.
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Merrythought (?), n. The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See .
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☞ It is a sportive custom for two persons to break this bone by pulling the ends apart to see who will get the longer piece, the securing of which is regarded as a lucky omen, signifying that the person holding it will obtain the gratification of some secret wish.
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Mersion (?), n. [L. mersio. See .] Immersion. [R.] Barrow.
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Merulidan (?), n. [L. merula, merulus, blackbird. See .] (Zoöl.) A bird of the Thrush family.
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Merus (?), n. [NL.] (Arch.) See .
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Mervaille (?), n. Marvel. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Mes- (?). See .
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Mesa (?), �. [Sp.] A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.
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Mesaconate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of mesaconic acid.
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Mesaconic (?), a. [Mes- + -aconic, as in citraconic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric acids obtained from citric acid.
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Mesad (?), adv. Same as .
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Mesal (?), a. Same as .
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Mésalliance (?), n. [F.] A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.
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Mesally (mĕs�ll�), adv. Same as .
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Mesamœboid (mĕsȧmēboid), n. [Mes- + amœboid.] (Biol.) One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation.
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Mesaraic (?), a. [Gr. mesaraion mesentery; mesos middle + 'araia flank.] (Anat.) Mesenteric.
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Mesaticephalic (?), a. [Gr. � midmost + E. cephalic.] (Anat.) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; neither brachycephalic nor dolichocephalic.
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Mesaticephalous (?), a. (Anat.) Mesaticephalic.
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Mescal (?), n. [Sp.] A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See .
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Mesdames (F. ?, E. ?), n., pl. of and .
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Meseems (?), v. impers. [imp. Meseemed (?).] It seems to me. [Poetic]
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Mesel (?), n. [See .] A leper. [Obs.]
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Meselry (?), n. Leprosy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Mesembryanthemum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. meshmbria midday + 'anqos flower.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and fleshy. The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.
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Mesencephalic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain.
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Mesencephalon (?), n. [NL. See and .] (Anat.) The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See .
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Mesenchyma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mesos middle + -enchyma, as in E. parenchyma.] (Biol.) The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connective tissues and blood.
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Mesenteric (?), a. [Cf. F. mésentérique.] (Anat.) Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.
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Mesenteron (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (Anat.) All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomodæum, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctodæum, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast.
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Mesentery (?; 277), n. [Gr. mesenterion, mesos + 'enteron intestine: cf. F. mésentère.]
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1. (Anat.) The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesocæcum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc.
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2. (Zoöl.) One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers.
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Meseraic (?), a. (Anat.) Mesaraic.
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Mesethmoid (?), a. [Mes- + ethmoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoid bone. -- n. (Anat.) The median vertical plate, or median element, of the ethmoid bone.
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Mesh (mĕsh), n. [AS. masc, max, mæscre; akin to D. maas, masche, OHG. masca, Icel. möskvi; cf. Lith. mazgas a knot, megsti to weave nets, to knot.] 1. The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.
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A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men. Shak.
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2. (Gearing) The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
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Coloq. Mesh stick , a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting.
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Mesh, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meshed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Meshing.] To catch in a mesh. Surrey.
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Mesh, v. i. (Gearing) To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.
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Meshed (?), a. Mashed; brewed. [Obs.] Shak.
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Meshy (?), a. Formed with meshes; netted.
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Mesiad (?), adv. [Gr. mesos middle + L. ad to.] (Anat.) Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; -- opposed to laterad.
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Mesial (?; 277), a. [Gr. mesos middle.] (Anat.) Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to lateral.
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Coloq. Mesial plane . (Anat.) See .
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Mesially, adv. (Anat.) In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad.
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Mesityl (?), n. (Chem.) A hypothetical radical formerly supposed to exist in mesityl oxide.
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Coloq. Mesityl oxide (Chem.), a volatile liquid having the odor of peppermint, obtained by certain dehydrating agents from acetone; -- formerly called also dumasin.
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Mesitylenate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of mesitylenic acid.
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Mesitylene (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3(CH3)3, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid. -- Mesitylenic (#), a.
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Mesitylol (?), n. [Mesitylene + -ol.] (Chem.) A crystalline substance obtained from mesitylene.
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Meslin (? or ?), n. See .
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Mesmeree (?), n. A person subjected to mesmeric influence; one who is mesmerized. [R.]
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{ Mesmeric (?), Mesmerical (?), } a. [Cf. F. mesmérique.] Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; as, mesmeric sleep.
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Mesmerism (?), n. [From Mesmer, who first brought it into notice at Vienna, about 1775: cf. F. mesmérisme.] An earlier name for hypnosis or hypnotism, the art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. It is believed to be a state between sleep and wakefulness, in which a person is more susceptible to suggestion than when awake. See Animal magnetism, under .
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Mesmerist, n. One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism.
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Mesmerization (?), n. The act of mesmerizing; the state of being mesmerized.
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Mesmerize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mesmerized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mesmerizing (?).] [Also spelled mesmerise.]1. To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep; to hypnotize.
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2. To produce an intense fascination in; to spellbind.
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Mesmerizer (?), n. One who mesmerizes.
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Mesne (?), a. [Cf. intermediate.] (Law) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord.
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Coloq. Mesne process , intermediate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the whole process preceding the execution. Blackstone. Burrill. -- Coloq. Mesne profits , profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. Burrill.
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{ Meso- (?), Mes- (?) }. [Gr. mesos in the middle.] 1. A combining form denoting in the middle, intermediate.
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2. specif. (Chem.), Denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives. Also used adjectively.
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3. (Chem.) Optically inactive due to compensating optical activity at two or more asymmetric centers, often due to a plane of symmetry within the molecular structure; as, meso-tartaric acid.
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4. Attached to a carbon atom located between two hereoatoms in a heterocyclic ring.
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Mesoarium (?), n. [NL., from Gr. mesos middle + 'w,arion, dim. of 'w,on an egg.] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity; the mesovarium.
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Mesoblast (?), n. [Meso- + -blast.] (Biol.) (a) The mesoderm. (b) The cell nucleus; mesoplast.
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Mesoblastic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer.
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Mesobranchial (?), a. [Meso- + branchial.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.
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Mesobronchium (?), n.; pl. Mesobronchia (#). [NL. See , and .] (Anat.) The main bronchus of each lung.
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Mesocæcum (?), n. (Anat.) [NL. See , and .] The fold of peritoneum attached to the cæcum. -- Mesocæcal (#), a.
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Mesocarp (?), n. [Meso- + Gr. karpos fruit.] (Bot.) The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers. Gray.
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Mesocephalic (?), a. [Meso- + cephalic.] (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the middle of the head; as, the mesocephalic flexure. (b) Having the cranial cavity of medium capacity; neither megacephalic nor microcephalic. (c) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; mesaticephalic.
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Mesocephalon (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (Anat.) The pons Varolii.
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Mesocephalous (?), a. (Anat.) Mesocephalic.
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{ Mesocœle (?), Mesocœlia (?), } n. [NL. mesocoelia. See , and .] (Anat.) The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter.
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Mesocolon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; mesos middle + � the colon : cf. F. mésocôlon.] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the colon. -- Mesocolic (#), a.
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Mesocoracoid (?), n. [Meso- + coracoid.] (Anat.) A process from the middle of the coracoid in some animals.
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{ Mesocuneiform (?), Mesocuniform (?), } n. [Meso- + cuneiform, cuniform.] (Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d .
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Mesoderm (?), n. [Meso- + Gr. derma skin.] (Biol.) (a) The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of and . (b) The middle body layer in some invertebrates. (c) The middle layer of tissue in some vegetable structures.
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Mesodermal (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mesoderm; as, mesodermal tissues.
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Mesodermic (?), a. Same as .
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Mesodont (?), a. [Meso- + Gr. 'odoys, 'odontos, a tooth.] (Anat.) Having teeth of moderate size.
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Mesogaster (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mesos middle + � belly.] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.
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Mesogastric (?), a. [Meso- + gastric.]
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1. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach. (b) Of or pertaining to the mesogaster.
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2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.
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Mesogastrium (?), n. [NL. See .] (Anat.) (a) The umbilical region. (b) The mesogaster.
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Mesoglœa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mesos middle + � a glutinous substance.] (Zoöl.) A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and endoderm in certain cœlenterates. -- Mesoglœal (#), a.
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Mesognathous (?), a. [Meso- + Gr. gnaqos jaw.] (Anat.) Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under .
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Mesohepar (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (Anat.) A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.
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Mesohippus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mesos middle + � a horse.] (Paleon.) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.
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Mesolabe (?), n. [L. mesolabium, Gr. �; mesos middle + � to take.] An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube. Brande & C.
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Mesole (?), n. [Gr. mesos middle.] (Min.) Same as .
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Mesolite (?; 277), n. [Meso- + -lite.] (Min.) A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina, lime, and soda.
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Mesologarithm (?), n. [Meso- + logarithm : cf. F. mésologarithme.] (Math.) A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent. [Obs.] Kepler. Hutton.
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Mesometrium (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (Anat.) The fold of the peritoneum supporting the oviduct.
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Mesomycetes (?), n. pl. [NL.; meso- + mycetes.] (Bot.) One of the three classes into which the fungi are divided in Brefeld's classification. -- Mesomycetous (#), a.
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Mesomyodian (?), n. (Zoöl.) A bird having a mesomyodous larynx.
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Mesomyodous (?), a. [Meso- + Gr. �, �, a muscle.] (Zoöl.) Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.
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Meson (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. meson middle, neut. of mesos, a., middle.] 1. (Anat.) The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface has been called the dorsimeson, and the corresponding ventral edge the ventrimeson. B. G. Wilder.
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2. (Physics) An elementary particle made up of two quarks; a hadron having a baryon number of zero; any hadron other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons with integral values of spin, having a mass intermediate between those of the electron and a nucleon; they may have positive or negative charges, or may be neutral. Mesons are of three types: the pion ( π-meson), kaon (K-mesons), and η-mesons.
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Coloq. mu meson (Physics) the former name for the muon, a particle which is not a true meson{2}. The term is no longer used in technical literature, except historically.
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mesonic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a meson.
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Mesonasal (?), a. [Meso- + nasal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the middle portion of the nasal region.
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Mesonephric (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct.
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Mesonephros (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mesos middle + nefros kidney.] (Anat.) The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body.
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Mesonotum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mesos middle + nw^ton the back.] (Zoöl.) The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.
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Mesophlœum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mesos middle + floios bark.] (Bot.) The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark, usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated.
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Mesophryon (?), n. [NL., from Gr. mesofryon.] (Anat.) See .
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Mesophyllum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mesos middle + fyllon leaf.] (Bot.) The parenchyma of a leaf between the skin of the two surfaces. Gray.
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Mesoplast (?), n. [Meso- + -plast.] (Biol.) The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast. Agassiz.
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