METTLED
MET'TLED, adjective High spirited; ardent; full of fire.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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METTLESOME
MET'TLESOME, adjective Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; brisk; fiery; as a mettlesome horse.
METTLESOMENESS
MET'TLESOMENESS, noun The state of being high spirited.
MEW
MEW, noun A seafowl of the genus Larus; a gull.MEW, noun A cage for birds; an inclosure; a place of confinement.MEW, verb transitive [from the noun.] To shut up; to inclose; to ...
MEWING
MEW'ING, participle present tense Casting the feathers or skin; crying.
MEWL
MEWL, verb intransitive [Latin mugio, to low.] To cry or squall, as a child.
MEWLER
MEWL'ER, noun One that squalls or mewls.
MEZEREON
MEZE'REON, noun A plant of the genus Daphne; the spurge olive.
MEZZO
MEZZO, in music, denotes middle, mean.
MEZZORELIEVO
MEZZORELIE'VO, noun Middle relief.
MEZZOTINTO
MEZZOTINT'O, noun [Latin tinctus, painted.] A particular manner of engraving or representation of figures on copper, in imitation of painting in Indian ink. To perform this the ...
MIASM
MI'ASMMIAS'MA, noun [Gr. to pollute.] Infecting substances floating in the air; the effluvia or fine particles of any putrefying bodies, rising and floating in the atmosphere, a...
MIASMA
MIAS'MA, n. [Gr. to pollute.] Infecting substances floating in the air; the effluvia or fine particles of any putrefying bodies, rising and floating in the atmosphere, and consi...
MIASMATIC
MIASMAT'IC, adjective Pertaining to miasma; partaking of the qualities of noxious effluvia.
MICA
MI'CA, noun [Latin mica a grain or particle; mico, to shine.] A mineral of a foliated structure, consisting of thin flexible lamels or scales, having a shining surface. The scal...
MICACEOUS
MICA'CEOUS, adjective Pertaining to mica; resembling mica or partaking of its properties.
MICAREL
MIC'AREL, noun A species of argillaceous earth; a mineral of a brownish or blackish red color, commonly crystallized in rhomboidal prisms, or in prisms of six sides.
MICE
MICE, plural of mouse.
MICHAELITE
MI'CHAELITE, noun A subvariety of siliceous sinter, found in the isle of St. Michael.
MICHAELMAS
MICH'AELMAS, noun The feast of St. Michael, a festival of the Romish church, celebrated Sept.29; hence,1. In colloquial language, autumn.
MICHE
MICHE, verb intransitive1. To lie hid; to skulk; to retire or shrink from view.2. To pilfer.
MICHER
MICH'ER, noun One who skulks, or creeps out of sight; a thief.
MICHERY
MICH'ERY, noun Theft, cheating.
MICHING
MICH'ING, participle present tense Retiring; skulking; creeping from sight; mean; cowardly. [Vulgar.]
MICKLE
MICK'LE, adjective Much; great. [Obsolete, but retained in the Scottish language.]
MICO
MI'CO, noun A beautiful species of monkey.
MICROCOSM
MIC'ROCOSM, noun [Gr. small, and world.] Literally, the little world; but used for man, supposed to be an epitome of the universe or great world.Microcosmic salt, a triple salt ...