mellitate (melitat)

[L. mel ( mell- ), honey, + -ate1.] A salt of mellitic acid. mellitelt, a. [ME., Wyne mellite , as saide is, save hem shall. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 53. mellite2 (mel'it), n. [L. mel ( mell- ), honey, + -ite2 .] A rare mineral, first observed in the beds of brown-coal in Thu ring i a. It occurs in te tragonal crystals and nodular ma es of a honey-yellow color; it is a mellitate of aluminium. Also called honey stone. mellitic (me-lit'ik), a. [ IMG:content-0448.png:[blocks in formation] Quebec is the mellowest nook of this raw continent. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 356. 5. Softened or matured by length of years; toned down by the lapse of time; kindly disposed; good-humored; genial; jovial. As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. Irving . 6. Rendered good-humored or genial by liquor; somewhat under the influence of liquor; half tipsy. "Here, Hermes," says Jove, who with nectar was mellow. 7. Of sounds, soft and rich; characterized by many and well-balanced overtones. The quality is well illustrated by most of the tones of an orchestral horn when well played. Garrick, Epitaph on Goldsmith. mellow (mel'ō), v. [ My riper mellowed yeeres beginne to follow on as fast. Gas coigne, Gloze upon a Text. The Syrian and the Sign i an Pear, Mellow'd by Winter from their cruder Juice, Light of Digestion now. Congreve, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, xi. IMG:content-0449.png:[blocks in formation] Till us death lay To ripe and mellow there [in the grave), we're stubborn clay. Donne, On Himself, 1. 12. The apple mellowed or shriveled up, and then fell off. T. Parker , Historic Americans, Franklin. 2. To soften in character; become toned down. This country, gradually softening towards the neigh- bourhood of Mr. Bounder by's retreat, there mellowed into a rustic landscape. Dickens , Hard Times, ii. 7. mellowly (mel'ō-li), adv. [