Webster's Dictionary 1913

3403

Mineralize (3)

Min″er‐al‐ize, v. t. To charge or impregnate with ore.

3404

Mineralizer

Min″er‐al‐i′zer (?), n. An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a minerali...

3405

Mineralogical

Min′er‐al‐og″ic‐al (?), a. [Cf. F. minéralogique. See Mineralogy.] Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table.

3406

Mineralogically

Min′er‐al‐og″ic‐al‐ly, adv. According to the principles of, or with reference to, mineralogy.

3407

Mineralogist

Min′er‐al″o‐gist (?), n. [Cf. F. minéralogiste.]1. One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.2. (Zoöl.) A carrier shell (Phorus).

3408

Mineralogize

Min′er‐al″o‐gize (?), v. i. To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals. Miss Edgeworth.

3409

Mineralogy

Min′er‐al″o‐gy (?), n.; pl.Mineralogies (#). [Mineral + -logy: cf. F. minéralogie.]1. The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classif...

3410

Minerva

Mi‐ner″va (?), n.(Rom. Myth.) The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences, of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; — identified with the Grecian Pallas Athene.

3411

Minette

Mi‐nette″ (?), n. The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.

3412

Minever

Min″e‐ver (?), n. Same as Miniver.

3413

Minge

Minge (?), v. t. [AS. myngian; akin to E. mind.] To mingle; to mix.

3414

Minge (2)

Minge, n. [Prob. corrupt. fr. midge.] (Zoöl.) A small biting fly; a midge.

3415

Mingle

Min″gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mingling (?).] [From OE. mengen, AS. mengan; akin to D. & G. mengen, Icel. menga, also to E. among, and possibly to m...

3416

Mingle (2)

Min″gle, v. i. To become mixed or blended.

3417

Mingle (3)

Min″gle, n. A mixture. Dryden.

3418

Mingle-mangle

Min″gle–man′gle (?), v. t. [Reduplicated fr. mingle.] To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of. Udall.

3419

Mingle-mangle (2)

Min″gle–man′gle, n. A hotchpotch. Latimer.

3420

Mingleable

Min″gle‐a‐ble (?), a. That can be mingled. Boyle.

3421

Mingledly

Min″gled‐ly (?), adv. Confusedly.

3422

Minglement

Min″gle‐ment (?), n. The act of mingling, or the state of being mixed.

3423

Mingler

Min″gler (?), n. One who mingles.

3424

Minglingly

Min″gling‐ly (?), adv. In a mingling manner.

3425

Miniard

Min″iard (?), a. Migniard.

3426

Miniardize

Min″iard‐ize (?), v. t. To render delicate or dainty. Howell.

3427

Miniate

Min″i‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Miniated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Miniating (?).] [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See Minium.] To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, t...

3428

Miniate (2)

Min″i‐ate (?), a. Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.

3429

Miniature

Min″i‐a‐ture (?; 277), n. [It. miniatura, fr. L. miniare. See Miniate, v., Minium.]1. Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediæval manuscripts; in modern times, an...