Webster's Dictionary 1913

3511

Minutary

Min″u‐ta‐ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes. Fuller.

3512

Minute

Min″ute (?; 277), n. [LL. minuta a small portion, small coin, fr. L. minutus small: cf. F. minute. See 4th Minute.]1. The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; a...

3513

Minute (2)

Min″ute, a. Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.Minute bell, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to give notice of a death...

3514

Minute (3)

Min″ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Minuted; p. pr. & vb. n.Minuting.] To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.The Empress of Russia, ...

3515

Minute (4)

Mi‐nute″ (?), a. [L. minutus, p. p. of minuere to lessen. See Minish, Minor, and cf. Menu, Minuet.]1. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable. “Minute dr...

3516

Minute-jack

Mi‐nute″–jack′ (?), n. 1. A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; — called also jack of the clock house.2. A timeserver; an inconstant person. Shak.

3517

Minutely

Mi‐nute″ly (?), adv. [From 4th Minute.] In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.

3518

Minutely (2)

Min″ute‐ly (?), a. [From 1st Minute.] Happening every minute; continuing; unceasing.Throwing themselves absolutely upon God's minutely providence. Hammond.

3519

Minutely (3)

Min″ute‐ly, adv. At intervals of a minute; very often and regularly. J. Philips.Minutely proclaimed in thunder from heaven. Hammond.

3520

Minuteman

Min″ute‐man (?), n.; pl.Minutemen (�). A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; — a term used in the American Revolution.

3521

Minuteness

Mi‐nute″ness (?), n. The quality of being minute.

3522

Minutia

‖Mi‐nu″ti‐a, n.; pl.Minutiæ (–ē). [L., fr. minutus small, minute. See 4th Minute.] A minute particular; a small or minor detail; — used chiefly in the plural.

3523

Minx

Minx (?), n. [Prob. of Low German origin; cf. LG. minsk wench, jade, hussy, D. mensch; prop. the same word as D. & G. mensch man, human being, OHG. mennisco, AS. mennisc, fr. ma...

3524

Minx (2)

Minx, n. [See Mink.] (Zoöl.) The mink; — called also minx otter.

3525

Miny

Min″y (mīn″y̆), a. Abounding with mines; like a mine. “Miny caverns.” Thomson.

3526

Minyan

Min‐yan″ (?), n.(Jewish Relig.) A quorum, or number necessary, for conducting public worship.

3527

Miocene

Mi″o‐cene (mī″ō̍‐sēn), a. [Gr. μείων less + καινόσ new, fresh, recent.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary. — n. The Miocene period. See Chart of Ge...

3528

Miohippus

‖Mi′o‐hip″pus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μείων less + ιππὅσ horse.] (Paleon.) An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having thr...

3529

Miquelet

Miq″ue‐let (?), n. [Sp. miquelete.] (Mil.) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.

3530

Mir

Mir (mēr), n. [Russ. mir'.] A Russian village community. D. M. Wallace.

3531

Mir (2)

Mir, n. [Per. mīr.] Same as Emir.

3532

Mira

‖Mi″ra (?), n. [NL., from L. mirus wonderful.] (Astron.) A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (ο Ceti).

3533

Mirabilary

Mi‐rab″i‐la‐ry (?), n.; pl.Mirabilaries (�). One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one who writes of wonders. Bacon.

3534

Mirabilis

‖Mi‐rab″i‐lis (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.

3535

Mirabilite

Mi‐rab″i‐lite (?), n.(Min.) Native sodium sulphate; Glauber's salt.

3536

Mirable

Mi″ra‐ble (?), a. [L. mirabilis, fr. mirari to wonder: cf. OF. mirable. See Marvel.] Wonderful; admirable. Shak.

3537

Miracle

Mir″a‐cle (?), n. [F., fr. L. miraculum, fr. mirari to wonder. See Marvel, and cf. Mirror.]1. A wonder or wonderful thing.That miracle and queen of genus. Shak.2. Specifically: ...