micellar (miselar)

[ Naegeli's micellar hypothesis. Science, VIII. 571. Mich. An abbreviation of Michael mas. mich a elite (mi'kel-it), n. [ Michael mas (mik'el-mas), n. [ + ma e, me e, ma : see ma 1.] 1. A festival celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican, and some other churches on September 29th, in honor of the archangel Michael. The festival is called in full the Festival or Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. It appears to have originated in a local celebration or celebrations, and seems to have already existed in the fifth century. The Greek Church dedicates November 8th to St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and All Angels; the Armenian and Coptic churches also observe this day. For lordes and lorelles luthere and goode, Fro Myhel -ma e to Myhel- ma e ich fynde mete and drynke. Piers Plowman (C), xvi. 215. 2. September the 29th as one of the four quarter-days in England on which rents are paid. And when the tenants come to pay their quarter's rent, They bring some fowl at Midsummer, a dish of fish in Lent, Christmas a capon, at Michael mas a goose. Gas coigne (1575), quoted in Chambers's Book of Days, [II. 390. All this, though perchance you read it not till Michael mas , was told you at Micham, 15th August, 1607. Donne, Letters, x. Michael mas daisy. See daisy . - Michael mas head court. See head - court . Michael mas moon, the harvest moon. Jamie son. [Scotch.] michael so nite (mik'el-son-it), n. [Named after C. A. Michaels on, a Swedish chemist.] In min eral., a rare mineral found in the zircon syenite of Norway: it is related to allanite.