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Metre (mētẽr), n. See .
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Metric (mĕtrĭk), a. [L. metricus, Gr. �: cf. F. métrique. See rhythm.] 1. Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
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2. Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.
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Coloq. Metric analysis (Chem.), analysis by volume; volumetric analysis. -- Coloq. Metric system , See in the vocabulary.
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Metrical (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.
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2. Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system.
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Metrically, adv. In a metrical manner.
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metrication (mĕtrĭkāshŭn), n. The act or process of converting the standard system of units of a country to those of the ; metrification; as, Great Britain has completed its metrification, but the United States still resists complete change.
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Metrician (?), n. [Cf. F. métricien. See rhythm.] A composer of verses. [Obs.]
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Metric system (?) n. A system of weights and measures originating in France, the use of which is required by law in many countries, and permitted in many others, including the United States; the system is also called by its French name, Le Système International de Unités (abbreviated SI). The principal unit of length is the meter (see ). From this are formed the are, the liter, the stere, the gram, etc. These units, and others derived from them, are divided decimally, and larger units are formed from multiples by 10, 100, 1,000, and 10,000. The successive multiplies are designated by the prefixes, deka- (formerly deca-), hecto-, kilo-, and myria- (seldom used); successive parts by deci-, centi-, and milli-. The prefixes mega- and micro- are used to denote a multiple by one million, and the millionth part, respectively; giga- and nano- denote multiples of one billion (1,000,000,000) and one billionth, respectively. The prefix for one trillion (10¹²) is tera, and for one trillionth (10^-12) is pico; for one quintillion (10¹⁵) peta, and for (10^-15) (one quintillionth) femto; for (10^-18) atto. See the words formed with these prefixes in the Vocabulary. For metric tables, see p. 1682.
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Metric ton. A weight of 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
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Metrification (?), n. 1. Composition in metrical form; versification. [R.] Tennyson.
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2. The act or process of converting the standard system of units of a country to those of the metric system; metrication.
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Metrify (?), v. i. [L. metrum meter + -fy: cf. F. métrifier.] To make verse. [R.] Skelton.
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Metrist (?), n. A maker of verses. Bale.
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Spenser was no mere metrist, but a great composer. Lowell.
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Metritis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � womb + -tis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the womb.
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Metrochrome (?), n. [Gr. � + � color.] An instrument for measuring colors.
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Metrograph (?), n. [Gr. � measure + -graph.] An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops.
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Metrological (?), a. [Cf. F. métrologique.] Of or pertaining to metrology.
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Metrology (?), n. [Gr. � measure + -métrologie.] The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.
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Metromania (?), n. [Gr. � measure + E. mania.] A mania for writing verses.
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Metromaniac (?), n. One who has metromania.
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Metrometer (?), n. [Gr. � womb + -meter.] (Med.) An instrument for measuring the size of the womb. Knight.
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Metronome (?), n. [Gr. � measure + � distribute, assign: cf. F. métronome, It. metronomo.] An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music.
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Metronomy (?), n. [See .] Measurement of time by an instrument.
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Metronymic (?), a. [Gr. �; � mother + �, for � name.] Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- n. A metronymic appellation.
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Metropole (?), n. [Cf. F. métropole. See .] A metropolis. [Obs.] Holinshed.
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Metropolis (?), n. [L. metropolis, Gr. �, prop., the mother city (in relation to colonies); � mother + � city. See , and .]
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1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.
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[Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North. Tennyson.
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2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.
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The great metropolis and see of Rome. Shak.
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3. Any large city.
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Metropolitan (?; 277), a. [L. metropolitanus: cf. F. métropolitain.] 1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
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2. (Eccl.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority. “Bishops metropolitan.” Sir T. More.
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Metropolitan, n. [LL. metropolitanus.] 1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
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2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop.
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3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is a civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch; as, the metropolitan of Constantinople. Hook.
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Metropolitanate (?), n. The see of a metropolitan bishop. Milman.
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Metropolite (?), n. [L. metropolita, Gr. �.] A metropolitan. Barrow.
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Metropolitical (?), a. Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall.
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Metrorrhagia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � womb + � to break.] (Med.) Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.
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Metroscope (?), n. [Gr. � womb + -scope.] A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina.
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Metrosideros (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � heart of a tree + � iron.] (Bot.) A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in Australia and the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood. Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.
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Metrotome (?), n. [See .] (Surg.) An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neck of the uterus.
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Metrotomy (?), n. [Gr. � womb + � to cut: cf. F. métrotomie.] (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Cæsarean section.
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-metry (?). [See .] A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring; as, acidimetry, bathymetry, chlorometry, chronometry.
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Mette (?), obs. imp. of , to dream. Chaucer.
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Mettle (?), n. [E. metal, used in a tropical sense in allusion to the temper of the metal of a sword blade. See .] Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually in a good sense; as, to test a person's mettle.
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A certain critical hour which shall . . . try what mettle his heart is made of. South.
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Gentlemen of brave mettle. Shak.
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The winged courser, like a generous horse,
Shows most true mettle when you check his course. Pope.
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Coloq. To put one one's mettle , to cause or incite one to use one's best efforts.
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Mettled (?), a. Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire. Addison.
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Mettlesome (?), a. Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse.
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-- Mettlesomely, adv. -- Mettlesomeness, n.
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Meum (?), n. [L., neut. of meus mine.] Lit., mine; that which is mine; -- used in the phrase meum et tuum, or meum and tuum; as, to confound meum and tuum, to fail to distinguish one's own property from that of others; to be dishonest.

Ancestors . . . generally esteemed more renowned for ancient family and high courage than for accurately regarding the trifling distinction of meum and tuum. Sir W. Scott.
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Meuse prop. n. 1. A European river, flowing into the North Sea.
Syn. -- Meuse River.
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2. An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the Armistice on November 11.
Syn. -- Meuse River, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation.
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Meuse-Argonne prop. n. an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the Armistice on November 11.
Syn. -- Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne operation.
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Meute (?), n. A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th , 1. Milman.
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Meve (?), v. t. & i. To move. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Mew (?), n. [AS. m�w, akin to D. meeuw, G. möwe, OHG. m�h, Icel. mār.] (Zoöl.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
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Mew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mewing.] [OE. muen, F. muer, fr. L. mutare to change, fr. movere to move. See , and cf. a cage, .] To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.
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Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. Dryden.
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Mew, v. i. To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.
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Now everything doth mew,
And shifts his rustic winter robe. Turbervile.
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Mew, n. [OE. mue, F. mue change of feathers, scales, skin, the time or place when the change occurs, fr. muer to molt, mew, L. mutare to change. See 2d .]
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1. A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural.
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Full many a fat partrich had he in mewe. Chaucer.
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Forthcoming from her darksome mew. Spenser.
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Violets in their secret mews. Wordsworth.
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2. A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks.
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Mew, v. t. [From a cage.] To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.
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More pity that the eagle should be mewed. Shak.
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Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air. Dryden.
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Mew, v. i. [Of imitative origin; cf. G. miauen.] To cry as a cat. [Written also meaw, meow.] Shak.
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Mew, n. The common cry of a cat. Shak.
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Mewl (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mewled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mewling.] [Cf. F. miauler to mew, E. mew to cry as a cat. Cf. .] To cry, as a young child; to squall. [Written also meawl.] Shak.
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Mewler (?), n. One that mewls.
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Mews (?), n. sing. & pl. [Prop. pl. of mew. See a cage.] An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place. [Eng.]
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Mr. Turveydrop's great room . . . was built out into a mews at the back. Dickens.
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Mexal (?), Mexical (#), n. [Sp. mexcal.] See .
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Mexican (?), prop. a. Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Mexico.
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Coloq. Mexican poppy prop. n. (Bot.), a tropical American herb of the Poppy family (Argemone Mexicana) with much the look of a thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms. -- Coloq. Mexican tea prop. n. (Bot.), an aromatic kind of pigweed from tropical America (Chenopodium ambrosioides).
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Mexicanize (?), prop. v. t. To cause to be like the Mexicans, or their country. At one time this word referred to frequent revolutions of government, considered characteristic of Mexican politics.
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Mexicanize, prop. v. i. To become like the Mexicans, or their country or government.
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Meyne (mĕn�), n. [Obs.] Same as .
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Mezcal (?), n. Same as .
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Mezereon (?), n. [F. mézéréon, Per. māzriyūn.] (Bot.) A small European shrub (Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.
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Mezquita (?), n. [Sp.] A mosque.
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Mezuza, Mezuzah, Mezuzoth (?), n. [Heb. mĕzūzōth, pl. of mĕzūzāh doorpost.] A piece of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews. The term is also used to refer to the small case containing this scroll, together with the biblical inscription inside. The text is usually taken from Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21.
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Mezza majolica (?). [It. See ; .] (Ceramics) Italian pottery of the epoch and general character of majolica, but less brilliantly decorated, esp. such pottery without tin enamel, but painted and glazed.
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Mezzanine (?), n. [F. mezzanine, It. mezzanino, fr. mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half. See .] 1. (Arch.) (a) Same as . (b) A partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house.
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2. A flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level.
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3. Also Coloq. mezzanine floor . (Theat.) A floor under the stage, from which various contrivances, as traps, are worked.
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4. The lowest balcony in a theater, or the forward part of the first balcony.
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Mezza voce (?). [It., fr. mezzo, fem. mezza middle, half + voce voice, L. vox.] (Mus.) With a medium fullness of sound.
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Mezzo (?), a. [It., from L. medius middle, half. See , a.] (Mus.) Mean; not extreme.
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Mezzo-relievo (?), n. Mezzo-rilievo.
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Mezzo-rilievo (?), n. [It.] (a) A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief. (b) Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under .
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Mezzo-soprano (?), a. (Mus.) Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer. -- n. (a) A mezzo-soprano voice. (b) A person having such a voice.
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Mezzotint (?), n. [Cf. F. mezzo-tinto.] A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.
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Mezzotint, v. t. To engrave in mezzotint.
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Mezzotinter (?), n. One who engraves in mezzotint.
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Mezzotinto (?), n. [It. mezzo half + tinto tinted, p. p. of tingere to dye, color, tinge, L. tingere. See .] Mezzotint.
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Mezzotinto, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mezzotintoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mezzotintoing (?).] To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint.
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Mho (?), n. [Anagram of ohm.] (Elec.) A unit of conductivity, being the reciprocal of the ohm.
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Mhometer (?), n. [Mho + -meter.] (Elec.) An instrument for measuring conductivity.
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Mhorr (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Mi (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e., to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the American system.
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Miamis (?), n. pl.; sing. Miami (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country between the Wabash and Maumee rivers.
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Miargyrite (?), n. [Gr. � less + � silver. So called because it contains less silver than some kindred ore.] (Min.) A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver.
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Mias (?), n. [Malayan.] The orang-outang.
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Miascite (?), n. [Named from Miask, in the Ural Mountains.] (Min.) A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elæolite, and sodalite.
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Miasm (?), n. [Cf. F. miasme.] Miasma.
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Miasma (?), n.; pl. Miasmata (#). [NL., fr. Gr. � defilement, fr. � to pollute.] Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
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Miasmal (?), a. Containing miasma; miasmatic.
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{ Miasmatic (?), Miasmatical (?), } a. [Cf. F. miasmatique.] Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases.
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Miasmatist (?), n. One who has made a special study of miasma.
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Miasmology (?), n. [Miasma + -logy.] That department of medical science which treats of miasma.
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Miaul (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Miauled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Miauling.] [Cf. F. miauler, of imitative origin, and E. mew. Cf. .] To cry as a cat; to mew; to caterwaul. Sir W. Scott.
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Miaul, n. The crying of a cat.
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Mica (?), n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer.
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☞ The important species of the mica group are: muscovite, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including damourite (also called hydromica and muscovy glass); biotite, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; lepidomelane, iron, mica, black; phlogopite, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; lepidolite, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac.
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Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; biotite is common in many eruptive rocks; phlogopite in crystalline limestone and serpentine.
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Coloq. Mica diorite (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende. -- Coloq. Mica powder , a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica. -- Coloq. Mica schist , Coloq. Mica slate (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar.
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Micaceo-calcareous (?), a. (Geol.) Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime; -- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of lime.
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Micaceous (?), a. [Cf. F. micacé.] Pertaining to, or containing, mica; splitting into laminæ or leaves like mica.
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mice (mīs), n., pl. of .
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Micella (?), n.; pl. Micellæ (#). [NL., dim. of L. mica a morsel, grain.] (Biol.) A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution without change in chemical nature.
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{ Mich, Miche } (?), v. i. [OE. michen; cf. OE. muchier, mucier, to conceal, F. musser, and OHG. mūhhen to waylay. Cf. , , .] To lie hid; to skulk; to act, or carry one's self, sneakingly. [Obs. or Colloq.] [Written also meach and meech.] Spenser.
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Michaelmas (?), n. [Michael + mass religious service; OE. Mighelmesse.] The feast of the archangel Michael, a church festival, celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn.
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Coloq. Michaelmas daisy . (Bot.) See under .
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Michelangelesque prop. adj. Of or pertaining to Michelangelo.
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Michelangelo (mīkĕlănj�l�; It. pron. m�kĕlänj�l�) prop. n. Michelangelo Buonarroti, renowned Italian painter, sculptor and architect; 1475-1564.
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Born Michelagnolo Buonarroti at Caprese, March 6, 1475: died at Rome, Feb. 18, 1564. A famous Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet. He came of an ancient but poor Florentine family. He was apprenticed to the painter Ghirlandajo April 1, 1488, and with other boys from the atelier began soon after to study the antique marbles collected by Lorenzo de' Medici in the garden of San Marco. Lorenzo discovered him there, and in 1489 took him into his palace, where he had every opportunity for improvement and study. The Centaur relief in the Casa Buonarroti was made at this time, at the suggestion of Angelo Poliziano. In 1491 he came under the influence of Savonarola, whom he always held in great reverence. In 1492 Lorenzo died, and Michelangelo's intimate relations with the Medici family terminated. In 1493 he made a large wooden crucifix for the prior of S. Spirito, and with the assistance of the prior began the profound study of anatomy in which he delighted. Before the expulsion of the Medici he fled to Bologna, where he was soon engaged upon the Arca di San Domenico begun by Niccolo Pisano in 1265, to which he added the well-known kneeling angel of Bologna. He was probably much influenced by the reliefs of Della Quercia about the door of San Petronio: two of these he afterward imitated in the Sistine chapel. In 1495 he returned to Florence, when he is supposed to have made the San Giovannino in the Berlin Museum. From 1496 to 1501 he lived in Rome. To this period are attributed the Bacchus of the Bargello and the Cupid of the South Kensington Museum. The most important work of this time is the Pietà di San Pietro (1408). In 1501 he returned to Florence, and Sept. 18 began the great David of the Signoria, made from a block of marble abandoned by Agostino di Duccio, which was placed in position May 18, 1504. The two roundels of the Madonna and Child in Burlington House and the Bargello were probably made then, and also the picture of the Holy Family in the Uffizi. In 1503 Piero Soderini, gonfaloniere, projected two frescos for the Sala Grande of the Palazzo Vecchio. The commission for one was given to Leonardo da Vinci, that for the other to Michelangelo in 1504. For it he prepared the great cartoon of the Battle of Cascina, an incident in the war with Pisa when, July 28, 1364, a band of 400 Florentines were attacked while bathing by Sir John Hawkwood's English troopers. This cartoon contained 288 square feet of surface, and was crowded with nude figures in every position. It had, probably, more influence upon the art of the Renaissance than any other single work. To about this time may be attributed the beginning of his poetic creations, of the multitude of which undoubtedly written a few only have come down to us. In Nov., 1505, he was called to Rome by Pope Julius II. to design his mausoleum, the history of which runs through the entire life of the master. Repeated designs and repeated attempts to carry them out were made, only to be frustrated by the successors of the great Pope. The matter finally ended in the reign of Paul III. by the placing in San Pietro in Vincoli of the statue of Moses surrounded by mediocre works finished by Raffaello da Montelupo and others. The Two Captives of the Louvre are part of the work as originally designed. In the spring of 1506 he assisted in the discovery of the Laocoon in the palace of Titus. His favorite antique was the Belvedere Torso, supposed to be a copy of the Hercules Epitrapezius of Lysippus. In April, 1506, probably as a result of the intrigues of Bramante, he was forced to abandon Rome for Florence. In the autumn he joined the Pope at Bologna, and made (1506-07) the bronze statue of Julius which stood over the door of San Petronio and was destroyed in 1511. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was begun early in 1508, and finished in Oct., 1512. Julius II. died Feb. 21, 1513, and was succeeded by Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici, son of the great Lorenzo, as Leo X, Michelangelo was diverted from the tomb of Julius by Leo, and employed from 1517 to 1520 in an abortive attempt to build the façade of San Lorenzo in Florence, and in developing the quarries of Carrara and Seravezza. In 1520 he began, by order of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, the sacristy of San Lorenzo and the tombs of Giuliano and Lorenzo de' Medici with the famous reclining figures on the sarcophagi, perhaps the most thoroughly characteristic of all his works. Leo X. was succeeded by Adrian VI. in 1521, and he in turn by Giulio de' Medici as Clement VII. in 1523. On April 6, 1529, Michelangelo was appointed governor and procurator-general over the construction and fortification of the city walls in Florence. On Sept. 21, 1529, occurred his unexplained flight to Venice. He returned Nov. 20 of the same year, and was engaged in the defense of the city until its capitulation, Aug. 12, 1530. Before the end of the year 1534 he left Florence, never to return. The statues of the sacristy, including the Madonna and Child, were arranged after his departure. Alessandro Farnese succeeded Clement VII. as Paul III., Oct., 1534. The Last Judgment was begun about Sept. 1, 1535, and finished before Christmas, 1541. Michelangelo's friendship for Vittoria Colonna began about 1538. (See Colonna, Vittoria.) The frescos of the Pauline Chapel were painted between 1542 and 1549. They represent the conversion of St. Paul and the martyrdom of St. Peter. He succeeded Antonio da Sangallo in 1546 in the offices which he held, and became architect of St Peter's Jan. 1, 1547. From this time until his death he worked on the church without compensation. The dome alone was completed with any regard to his plans.
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Micher (?), n. [OE. michare, muchare. See .] One who skulks, or keeps out of sight; hence, a truant; an idler; a thief, etc. [Obs.] Shak.
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Michery (?), prop. n. Theft; cheating. [Obs.] Gower.
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Michigander n. A resident of Michigan.
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Miching, a. Hiding; skulking; cowardly. [Colloq.] [Written also meaching and meeching.]
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Mick, Mickey n. a person of Irish descent; -- an ethnic slur, offensive and disparaging.
Syn. -- Paddy.
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