method01ogy

[Gr. methodos a method, and logos a discourse, a treatise.] A discourse concerning method; the science of method or cla ification. mě-thon-I-ca, subst. [Latinized from the native Malabar name.] Bot.: A genus of Liliaceae, tribe Tulipese, or, according to Dr. Wight, of Melanthacese. It is a synonym of Gloriosa, and Methonica superb a is better known as Gloriosa superb a . It is a climbing plant from India, cultivated in greenhouses as are M. grandiflora and M. virescens . me-thought' (ought as ât), pret. of v. [METHINKS.] It seemed to me; it appeared to me; I thought. "And one, the pensive Marmaduke, Methought, was yielding inwardly." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone , ii. měth-ox-ý-a-çět-Ic, adj . [Eng. meth (yl); oxy( gen ), and acetic .] Derived trom or containing methyl and oxygen. methoxy acetic-acid, s. Chem.: C3H6O3. Methyl glycollic acid. A colorle liquid prepared by decomposing a chlor-acetate with sodic methylate. It has a specific gravity of 1'18, and boils at 198°. měth-ul-mēne, subst. [Eng. meth (yl); ulm(in), and suff. -ene.] Chem.: C5H8. A substance obtained, together with methulmic acid, by the action of sodium and methylic alcohol on chloroform. It is a brown uncrystallizable body, resembling one of the ulmic compounds, and is only known in combination. měth-ul-mic, adj. [Eng. methulm (ene); -ic.] Derived from or contained in methulmene.