Meat

met, n. Food in general; flesh of animals; edible portion of anything. One who works with ma- Mechanic, chines orinstniments; me-kan'ik 1 a workman employed in the mechanic arts; artificer; artisan; opera t i v e. — Mechanic, -ical, a. Pert, to, gov- Ij=«^ erned by, or in accordance with, the principles or laws chanics; of depending meupon mechanism or machinery; done as if by a machine, or without conscious exertion of will; pert, to artisans or mechanics: made by mechanical means, and not by chemical action. — Me- Mechanical Powers. chanical poivers. Cerlever; 2, inclined plane; c, tain simple instruwheel and axle; 4, screw; 5, ments (the lever, inclined plane, wheel pulley; G, wedge. and axle, screw, pulley, wedge, and their modificaor ipk, then, boNboN, chair, get. tions) which convert a small force acting through great space into a great force acting through space, or vice vers a. — Mechanically, adv. chanlcalne , n. — Mechanician, -nish'an, skilled in mechanics; a machinist. — Mechanics, sing. That science which treats of forces and ers, and the construction and use of machines instruments to utilize the laws of matter and — Mecb/anism, -nizm, n. The construction of chine; the parts of a machine taken collectively. 256