mezzotinto (mez as metz)

[Ital.] [MEZ. ZOTINT.] měz-zo-tin-tō, měz-zo-tint (měz as mětz), v. t. [MEZZOTINTO, 8.] To engrave in mezzotinto. M. F. [See def.] Music: Mezzo forte. [MEZZO.] Entom.: A genus of moths, group Noctuina, family Apamide. It contains Miana literosa , the Rosy Minor, so called from a rosy hue with which its gray fore wings are tinged, and M. furuncula . Mi-a-na (2), s. [See def.] Geog.: A town in Persia, province Azerbijan. Miana-bug, s. Entom.: A bug, Argas persicus , the puncture of which is more severe than that of the bed bug. mi-ar-gy-rite, s. [Gr. meiōn =le , and argyros silver; Ger. miargyrit .] Min .: A rare mineral occurring only in crystals, which are thick, tabular, or short; prismatic in habit; crystallization, monoclinic; hardne , 2-2.5; specific gravity, 52-54; luster, sub metallic; color, iron-black, but in thin splinters by transmitted light, a deep blood-red; streak, dark-red; fracture, sub conchoidal. Composition: Sulphur, 21.8; antimony, 415; silver, 36.7=100, represented by the formula AgS+Sb2S3. Found a ociated with other silver minerals at Freiberg, Saxony: Przibram, Bohemia, and other silver-producing localities.