Webster's Dictionary 1913

1837

Measured

Meas″ured (?), a. Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no meas...

1838

Measureless

Meas″ure‐less (?), a. Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable. — Meas″ure‐less‐ness, n.Syn. — Boundless; limitless; endless; unbounded; unlimited; vast; immense; infinite; imme...

1839

Measurement

Meas″ure‐ment (?), n. 1. The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required.2. The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as...

1840

Measurer

Meas″ur‐er (?), n. One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market.

1841

Measuring

Meas″ur‐ing, a. Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure.Measuring faucet, a faucet which permits only a given quantity of liquid to pass each ...

1842

Meat

Meat (?), n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat, meti, D. met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel. matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. Mast fruit, Mush...

1843

Meat (2)

Meat, v. t. To supply with food. Tusser.His shield well lined, his horses meated well. Chapman.

1844

Meatal

Me‐a″tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus. Owen.

1845

Meated

Meat″ed (?), a. 1. Fed; fattened. Tusser.2. Having (such) meat; — used chiefly in composition; as, thick-meated.

1846

Meath

{ Meath, Meathe (?) }, n. [See Mead.] A sweet liquor; mead. Chaucer. Milton.

1847

Meatiness

Meat″i‐ness (?), n. Quality of being meaty.

1848

Meatless

Meat″less, a. Having no meat; without food.“Leave these beggars meatless.” Sir T. More.

1849

Meatoscope

Me‐at″o‐scope (?), n. [Meatus + -scope.] (Med.) A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.

1850

Meatotome

Me‐at″o‐tome (?), n. [Meatus + Gr. τέμνειν to cut.] (Surg.) An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.

1851

Meatus

‖Me‐a″tus (?), n. sing. & pl.; E. pl.Meatuses (�). [L., a going, passage, fr. meare to go.] (Anat.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of ...

1852

Meaty

Meat″y (?), a. Abounding in meat.

1853

Meaw

Meaw (?), n. The sea mew. Spenser.

1854

Meaw (2)

Meaw, v. i. See Mew, to cry as a cat.

1855

Meawl

Meawl (?), v. i. See Mewl, and Miaul.

1856

Meazel

Mea″zel (?), n. See 1st Measle.

1857

Meazling

Meaz″ling (?), a. Falling in small drops; mistling; mizzing. Arbuthnot.

1858

Mebles

Me″bles (?), n. pl. See Moebles.

1859

Mecate

‖Me‐ca″te (?), n. A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc.

1860

Meccawee

Mec′ca‐wee″ (?), a. Of or pertaining to Mecca, in Arabia. — n. A native or inhabitant of Mecca.

1861

Mechanic

Me‐chan″ic (?), n. [F. mécanique mechanics. See Mechanic, a.] 1. The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction.2. A mechanician; an artisan; an artif...

1862

Mechanic (2)

Me‐chan″ic (mē̍‐kăn″ĭk), a. [F. mécanique, L. mechanicus, Gr. μηχανικόσ, fr. μηχανή a machine. See Machine.] 1. Having to do with the application of the laws of motion in the ar...

1863

Mechanical

Me‐chan″ic‐al (?), a. [From Mechanic, a.]1. Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of forc...