mecate (mekate)

[Mex.] 1. A Mexican square measure, equal to about one tenth of an acre. 2. A rope made of hair or of the fiber of the maguey. [Southwestern U. S.] Mecca balsam. Same as balm of Gilead. Meccan (mek'an), a. and n. [ Only about one-third of the Meccan pilgrims proceed thither [to the tomb of Mohammed at Medina]. Encyc. Brit ., XIX. 93. of being meaty, in any sense; fleshine ; pith i- II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Mecca. ne : as, the meatine of an ox, or of a dismech. An abbreviation of mechanics and me- chanical. course.