Webster's Dictionary 1913

4159

Mixen

Mix″en (?), n. [AS. mixen, myxen, fr. meohx, meox, dung, filth; akin to E. mist. See Mist.] A compost heap; a dunghill. Chaucer. Tennyson.

4160

Mixer

Mix″er (?), n. One who, or that which, mixes.

4161

Mixer (2)

Mix″er, n. A person who has social intercourse with others of many sorts; a person viewed as to his casual sociability; — commonly used with some characterizing adjective; as, a...

4162

Mixogamous

Mix‐og″a‐mous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Pairing with several males; — said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning.

4163

Mixolydian mode

Mix′o‐lyd″i‐an mode′ (?). [Gr. � a mixing + E. Lydian.] (Mus.) The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G.

4164

Mixtilineal

{ Mix′ti‐lin″e‐al (?), Mix′ti‐lin″e‐ar (?), } a. [L. mixtus mixed (p. p. of miscere to mix) + E. lineal, linear.] Containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds, as stra...

4165

Mixtion

Mix″tion (?), n. [L. mixtio, mistio: cf. F. mixtion. See Mistion, Mix.] 1. Mixture.2. A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.

4166

Mixtly

Mixt″ly (?), adv. With mixture; in a mixed manner; mixedly. Bacon.

4167

Mixture

Mix″ture (?), n. [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix: cf. F. mixture. See Mix.] 1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients. Hoo...

4168

Mizmaze

Miz″maze′ (?), n. A maze or labyrinth.

4169

Mizzen

Miz″zen (?), a. [It. mezzana, fr. mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half: cf. F. misaine foresail. See Mezzo.] (Naut.) Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails...

4170

Mizzen (2)

Miz″zen, n.(Naut.) The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker.

4171

Mizzenmast

Miz″zen‐mast (?), n.(Naut.) The hindmost mast of a three-masted vessel, or of a yawl-rigged vessel.

4172

Mizzle

Miz″zle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Mizzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mizzling (?).] [See Misle, and cf. Mistle.] 1. To rain in very fine drops. Spenser.2. To take one's self off; to go.A...

4173

Mizzle (2)

Miz″zle, n. Mist; fine rain.

4174

Mizzy

Miz″zy (?), n. [Cf. F. moisi moldy, musty, p. p. of moisir to mold, fr. L. mucere to be moldy.] A bog or quagmire. Ainsworth.

4175

Mnemonic

{ Mne‐mon″ic (nē̍‐mŏn″ĭk), Mne‐mon″ic‐al (–ĭ‐kal), } a. [Gr. μνημονικόσ, fr. μνήμων mindful, remembering, μνήμη memory, μνα̑σθαι to think on, remember; akin to E. mind.] Assisti...

4176

Mnemonician

Mne′mo‐ni″cian (?), n. One who instructs in the art of improving or using the memory.

4177

Mnemonics

Mne‐mon″ics (?), n. [Gr. τὰ μνημονικά: cf. F. mnémonique.] The art of memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory.

4178

Mnemosyne

Mne‐mos″y‐ne (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. μνημοσύνη remembrance, memory, and the goddess of memory. See Mnemonic.] (Class Myth.) The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses.

4179

Mnemotechny

Mne″mo‐tech′ny (?), n. [Gr. � memory + � art: cf. F. mnémotechnie.] Mnemonics.

4180

Mo

Mo (?), a., adv., & n. [Written also moe.] [AS. mā. See More.] More; — usually, more in number.An hundred thousand mo. Chaucer.Likely to find mo to commend than to imitate it. F...

4181

Moa

Mo″a (mō″ȧ), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder Dinornithes, found in New...

4182

Moabite

Mo″ab‐ite (?), n. One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix. 37.) Also used adjectively.

4183

Moabite stone

Mo″ab‐ite stone (?). (Archæol.) A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A. Klein, Aug. 19, 1868, which bears an inscription of thirty-four lines, dating from ...

4184

Moabitess

Mo″ab‐i′tess (?), n. A female Moabite. Ruth i. 22.

4185

Moabitish

Mo″ab‐i′tish (?), a. Moabite. Ruth ii. 6.