mindedness (mindednes)

Disposition; inclination toward anything; moral tendency: only in composition: as, heavenly- mindedne ; clear- mindedne . This base mindedne e is fit for the evil one. Bp . Hall , Holy Panegyrick. Open- mindedne had a still greater profit. Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 463. minder (min'der), n. [ [This] must be rea uring doctrine to the minders of Westminster Rev., CXXV. 22. mules. The history of invention shows how frequently important improvements in machinery are made by the workman or minder in charge of it. Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 107. "Doffing," which is the operation of removing the full bobbins, and supplying the spindles with another set, is performed by the attendant called a minder -always a female. Spons' Encyc . Manuf., I. 761. 2. One who is minded or taken care of; specifically, a pauper child intrusted by the poorlaw authorities to the care of a private person. [Rare.] "Those [children] are not his brother and sister!" said Mrs. Boffin. "Oh dear no, Ma'am. Those are the Minders , ... left to be minded." Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, i. 16.