mias

[For etym. see def. and extract.] Zool.: The Malayan name of the Orang-out an, introduced into zoological literature by Mr. A. R. Wallace. "I will now give some account of my experience in hunting the Orang-utan, or Mias , as it is called by the natives; and, as this name is short and easily pronounced, I shall generally use it in preference to Simia satyr us or Orang-utan." -Malay Archipelago (1872), p. 40. mi-ask-ite, mi-asc-ite, s . [Named from Miask in the Ural Mountains, where it is found.] Petrol.: A granular slaty rock resembling granite, but having the quartz replaced by elœolite. mi-ăşm, *mi-ăş'-mą ( pl . *mi-ăşmş, mi-ăş'maş, mì ăşma tạ), s. [Gr. miasma (gen it. mias matos )=pollution, stain, from miaino =to stain; Fr. miasme .] The effluvia or fine particles of any putrefying matter, rising and floating in the atmosphere, and dangerous to health; noxious exhalations, emanations, or effluvia; malaria; infectious substances floating in the air.