Metropolitical Met`ro·po·lit"ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall.
Metrorrhagia Met`ror·rha"gi·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... womb + ... to break.]
(Medicine) Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.
Metroscope Met"ro·scope noun [ Greek ... womb +
-scope .]
A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina.
Metrosideros Met`ro·si·de"ros noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... heart of a tree + ... iron.]
(Botany) 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.
Metrotome Met"ro·tome noun [ See
Metrotomy .]
(Surg.) An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neck of the uterus.
Metrotomy Me·trot"o·my noun [ Greek ... womb + ... to cut: confer French
métrotomie .]
(Surg.) The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Cæsarean section.
Mette Mette obsolete
imperfect of Mete , to dream. Chaucer.
Mettle Met"tle noun [ English
metal , used in a tropical sense in allusion to the temper of the metal of a sword blade. See
Metal .]
Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually in a good sense. A certain critical hour which shall . . . try what mettle his heart is made of.
South. Gentlemen of brave mettle .
Shak. The winged courser, like a generous horse,
Shows most true mettle when you check his course.
Pope. To put one one's mettle ,
to cause or incite one to use one's best efforts.
Mettled Met"tled adjective Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire. Addison.
Mettlesome Met"tle·some adjective Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. --
Met"tle*some*ly ,
adverb --
Met"tle*some*ness ,
noun
Meum Me"um noun [ Latin , 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.
Meute Meute noun A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew , 1. Milman.
Meve Meve transitive verb & i. To move. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Mew Mew noun [ Anglo-Saxon
m...w , akin to Dutch
meeuw , German
möwe , Old High German
m...h , Icelandic
mār .]
(Zoology) A gull, esp. the common British species ( Larus canus ); called also sea mew , maa , mar , mow , and cobb .
Mew Mew transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mewed ;
present participle & verbal noun Mewing .] [ Middle English
muen , French
muer , from Latin
mutare to change, from
movere to move. See
Move , and confer
Mew a cage,
Molt .]
To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers. Nine times the moon had mewed her horns.
Dryden.
Mew Mew intransitive verb To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance. Now everything doth mew ,
And shifts his rustic winter robe.
Turbervile.
Mew Mew noun [ Middle English
mue , French
mue change of feathers, scales, skin, the time or place when the change occurs, from
muer to molt, mew, Latin
mutare to change. See 2d
Mew .]
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. Full many a fat partrich had he in mewe .
Chaucer. Forthcoming from her darksome mew .
Spenser. Violets in their secret mews .
Wordsworth. 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.
Mew Mew transitive verb [ From
Mew a cage.]
To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure. More pity that the eagle should be mewed .
Shak. Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air.
Dryden.
Mew Mew intransitive verb [ Of imitative origin; confer German
miauen .]
To cry as a cat. [ Written also
meaw ,
meow .]
Shak.
Mew Mew noun The common cry of a cat. Shak.
Mewl Mewl intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mewled ;
present participle & verbal noun Mewling .] [ Confer French
miauler to mew, English
mew to cry as a cat. Confer
Miaul .]
To cry, as a young child; to squall. [ Written also
meawl .]
Shak.
Mewler Mewl"er noun One that mewls.
Mews Mews noun sing. & plural [ Prop. plural of
mew . See
Mew a cage.]
An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place. [ Eng.]
Mr. Turveydrop's great room . . . was built out into a mews at the back.
Dickens.
Mexal, Mexical Mex·al", Mex"i·cal noun [ Spanish
mexcal. ]
See Mescal .
Mexican Mex"i·can adjective Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. --
noun A native or inhabitant of Mexico. Mexican poppy (Botany) ,
a tropical American herb of the Poppy family ( Argemone Mexicana ) with much the look of a thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms. --
Mexican tea (Botany) ,
an aromatic kind of pigweed from tropical America ( Chenopodium ambrosioides ).
Mexicanize Mex"i·can·ize transitive verb To cause to be like the Mexicans, or their country, esp. in respect of frequent revolutions of government.
Mexicanize Mex"i·can·ize intransitive verb To become like the Mexicans, or their country or government.
Meyne Meyn"e (mĕn"e)
noun [ Obsolete]
Same as Meine .
Mezcal Mez·cal" noun Same as Mescal .
Mezereon Me·ze"re·on noun [ French
mézéréon , Persian
māzriyūn .]
(Botany) A small European shrub ( Daphne Mezereum ), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.
Mezquita Mez·qui"ta noun [ Spanish ]
A mosque.
Mezuzoth Mez"u·zoth noun [ Hebrew
mĕzūzōth , plural of
mĕzūzāh doorpost.]
A piece of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews.
Mezza majolica Mez"za ma·jol"i·ca [ Italian See Mezzo ; Majolica .] (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.
Mezza voce Mez"za vo"ce [ Italian , from mezzo , fem. mezza middle, half + voce voice, Latin vox .] (Mus.) With a medium fullness of sound.
Mezzanine Mez"za·nine noun [ French
mezzanine , Italian
mezzanino , from
mezzano middle, from
mezzo middle, half. See
Mezzo .]
(Architecture) (a) Same as Entresol . (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.
Mezzanine Mez"za·nine noun 1. A flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level. 2. Also
mezzanine floor .
(Theat.) A floor under the stage, from which various contrivances, as traps, are worked.
Mezzo Mez"zo adjective [ Italian , from Latin
medius middle, half. See
Mid ,
adjective ]
(Mus.) Mean; not extreme.
Mezzo-relievo Mez"zo-re·lie"vo noun Mezzo- rilievo.
Mezzo-rilievo Mez"zo-ri·lie"vo noun [ Italian ]
(a) A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief. (b) Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo .
Mezzo-soprano Mez"zo-so·pra"no adjective (Mus.) Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer. --
noun (a) A mezzo-soprano voice. (b) A person having such a voice.
Mezzotint Mez"zo·tint noun [ Confer French
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.
Mezzotint Mez"zo·tint transitive verb To engrave in mezzotint.
Mezzotinter Mez"zo·tint`er noun One who engraves in mezzotint.
Mezzotinto Mez`zo·tin"to noun [ Italian
mezzo half +
tinto tinted, past participle of
tingere to dye, color, tinge, Latin
tingere . See
Mezzo .]
Mezzotint.
Mezzotinto Mez`zo·tin"to transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mezzotintoed ;
present participle & verbal noun Mezzotintoing .]
To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint.
Mho Mho noun [ Anagram of
ohm .]
(Electricity) A unit of conductivity, being the reciprocal of the ohm.
Mhometer Mhom"e·ter noun [
Mho +
- meter .]
(Electricity) An instrument for measuring conductivity.
Mhorr Mhorr noun (Zoology) See Mohr .
Mi Mi noun [ Italian ]
(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.
Miamis Mi·a"mis noun plural ; sing.
Miami (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country between the Wabash and Maumee rivers.
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