lytta

[Lat. lytta a worm under a dog's tongue, said to produce madne .] Entom.: A genus of beetles, tribe Heteromera, sub-tribe Trachelia. Lytta vesica to ria is the Blister fly. It exists in the south of Europe, feeding chiefly on the ash. L. a a mens is , L. giga , and L. violacea are used in India as blistering agents. ( Prof. Watt.) IMG:content-0792.png:[graphic] M THE thirteenth letter and the tenth consonant of the English alphabet, is cla ed among the liquids. It has a labial and a nasal articulation, the lips being compre ed and the uvula lowered, so as to form a humming noise through the nose. Mhas but one sound in English, as in man , much, time. It is always sounded in native English words, but is silent in some few words, as mnemonic, derived from other languages. M has been lost from some of the oldest English words, as, five =A. S. fif , Goth. fimf ; soft =A. S. softe , Ger. sanft samft . It has been weakened to n, as in ant =A. S. amete = emmet; count =0. Fr. cumte , Lat. comes; noun= Fr. nom, Lat. nomen; ransom=0. Fr. raancon , Lat. redemptio . M. Eng. ramson. In some cases m represents an original n, as in hemp =A. S. henep ,. hænep; tempt =0. Fr. tenter , Lat. ten to ; comfort = O. Fr. confort, Lat. con for to ; vellum =Fr. velin ; megrim Fr. migraine . I. As an initial M is used: For master (Lat. ma gister ), as A. M. ( magister artium )=Master of Arts; for medicine, as M. D. Doctor of Medicine; for mundi (Lat. of the world), as in A. M. ( anno mundi )=in the year of the world; for member, as M. C.=Member of Congre . JI. As a symbol M is used: In numer.: For 1,000; with a dash over it (M) for A. As adj .: A term applied to sponges having the 1,000,000. spicules loosely arranged. B. As subst.: A sponge having this structure. ly akine-hexactinellids (or sponges), s . pl . Zool .: Sponges of the Hexactinellid type. lys-ür-ŭs, s. [ Gr.lysis a loosing, setting free, and our on =urine.] Botany : Agenus of gasteromycetous fungals, sub- order Phalloidei (q. v.). Lysurus mokusin is pre- scribed by the Chinese in gangrenous ulcers. It is also eaten, but is often poisonous. ly-tër-i-an, a. [Gr. lyterios =loosing, deliver- ing; lyter =a looser; lyō =to loose, to free.] Med.: Terminating a disease; indicating the end of a disease. lythe, s. [Etym. doubtful.) A fish; the coal fish or whiting pollack in its fourth year. "There is no need for good fishing when you catch lythe."-Black: Prince of Thule , ch. ii. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; * To have an M under (or by ) the girdle : To have the courtesy to addre persons as Mr. , Mi , Mrs. , or Madame . ma, conj. [Ital.] Music: But; as, Allegro, ma non troppo fast, but not too fast.