MINIATE
MIN'IATE, verb transitive [Latin minium, vermillion.] To paint or tinge with vermillion.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MINIATURE
MIN'IATURE, noun1. A painting in water colors on vellum, ivory or paper, with points or dots; sometimes in oil colors. The term is usually applied to portraits painted on a very...
MINIKIN
MIN'IKIN, adjective Small; diminutive; used in slight contempt.MIN'IKIN, noun A small sort of pins.1. A darling; a favorite. [See Minion.]
MINIM
MIN'IM, noun1. A little man or being; a dwarf.2. One of a certain reformed order of Franciscans or Minimi.3. A note in music, equal to half a semi-breve or two crotchets.4. A sh...
MINIMUM
MIN'IMUM, noun [Latin] The least quantity assignable in a given case.
MINIMUS
MIN'IMUS, noun [Latin] A being of the smallest size.
MINING
MI'NING, participle present tense Digging into the earth, as for fossils and minerals; sapping.1.adjective Designating the business of digging mines; as the mining districts of ...
MINION
MIN'ION, adjective [infra.] Fine; trim; dainty. [Not used.]MINION, noun min'yon. A favorite; a darling; particularly, the favorite of a prince, on whom he lavishes his favors; o...
MINIONING
MIN'IONING, noun Kind treatment.
MINIONLIKE
MIN'IONLIKEMIN'IONLY, adverb Finely; daintily.
MINIONSHIP
MIN'IONSHIP, noun State of being a minion.
MINIOUS
MIN'IOUS, noun [from Latin minium.] Of the color of red lead or vermillion.
MINISH
MIN'ISH, verb transitive [Latin minuo, to lessen.]To lessen; to diminish. [See Diminish.]
MINISTER
MIN'ISTER, noun [Latin]1. Properly, a chief servant; hence, an agent appointed to transact or manage business under the authority of another; in which sense, it is a word of ver...
MINISTERED
MIN'ISTERED, participle passive Served; afforded; supplied.
MINISTERIAL
MINISTE'RIAL, adjective Attending for service; attendant; acting at command.Enlight'ning spirits and ministerial flames.1. Acting under superior authority; pertaining to a minis...
MINISTERIALLY
MINISTE'RIALLY, adverb In a ministerial manner or character.
MINISTERING
MIN'ISTERING, participle present tense Attending and serving as a subordinate agent; serving under superior authority. Hebrews 1:14.1. Affording aid or supplies; administering t...
MINISTERY
MINISTERY. [See Ministry.]
MINISTRAL
MIN'ISTRAL, adjective Pertaining to a minister. [Little used.]
MINISTRANT
MIN'ISTRANT, adjective Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command.Princedoms and dominations ministrant
MINISTRATION
MINISTRA'TION, noun [Latin ministratio.] The act of performing service as a subordinate agent; agency; intervention for aid or service.-- Because their widows were neglected in ...
MINISTRESS
MIN'ISTRESS, noun A female that ministers.
MINISTRY
MIN'ISTRY, noun [Latin ministerium.] The office, duties or functions of a subordinate agent of any kind.1. Agency; service; aid; interposition; instrumentality.He directs the af...
MINISTRYSHIP
MINISTRYSHIP, for ministry, is little used and hardly proper.
MINIUM
MIN'IUM, noun [Latin] The red oxyd of lead, produced by calcination. Lead exposed to air while melting is covered with a gray dusky pellicle. This taken off and agitated becomes...
MINK
MINK, noun An American quadruped of the genus Mustela, an amphibious animal that burrows in the earth on the side of a river or pond, whose fur is more valuable than that of the...