medal machine (medal mas hen")

A machine for copying medals and similar works in relief or in intaglio, on a scale larger or smaller than the originals. It is an adaptation of the carving-machine. medal-tankard (med'al-tang"kärd), n. Same as medal - cup. meddle (med'l), v.; pret. and pp. meddled, ppr. meddling. [Early mod. E. also medle; Wordly [worldly] selyne e, Which clerkes callen fals felicitee, Ymedled is with many a bittern e e. IMG:content-0391.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0392.png:[blocks in formation] The shoemaker should meddle with his yard, and the tailor with his last. Shak ., R. and J., i. 2. 40. 3. To interfere or take part inappropriately, improperly, or impertinently; concern or busy one's self with or about something without nece ity or warrant; act in a matter with which one has no busine : used absolutely, or followed by in or with. Why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt? 2 Ki. xiv. 10. In those days nobody meddled with concerns above his comprehension. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 163. Mi Alethen was a lady of excellent sense, and did not meddle with him any more. J. E. Cooke, Virginia Comedians, I. xxx. To meddle or make, to have to do; take part; interfere. [Colloq.] For such kind of men, the le you meddle or make with them, why, the more is for your honesty. Shak., Much Ado, iii. 3. 55. Medea, famed as a sorcere .] A genus of liliaceous plants of the tribe Medeoleæ. It is characterized by a whorl of leaves at the middle of the stem, and by the flowers being in a terminal umbel, surrounded by three involucrate leaves. There is but a single species, M. Virginica, the Indian cucumber-root, which is common in damp, rich woods in North America. See cucumber -root. Medeoleæ (mē-dē-ō'lē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Bentham and Hooker, 1883),