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[Perhaps a dial. corruption of men's house, a cottage attached to a farmhouse, where the men-servants cook their victuals (Jamie son).] A roadside inn. Then lay at a minch - house in the road. being a good inne for the country; for most of the public houses I mett with before in country places were no better than ale houses, which they call here minch houses. Gott to Lesmahago, which I found to be but a small village, but in it is a sort of inne or minsh - house of considerable note kept by a ffariner of great dealings. Quoted in N. and Q., 7th ser., VI. 44. mincing (min's ing), p . a . Speaking or walking affectedly or with caution; affectedly elegant and nice; simpering. Fast by her side did sitt the bold Sansloy, Fitt mate for such a mincing mine on. phenomena" above referred to; or (ii.) the subject of these feelings, for whom they are phenomena; or (iii.) the subcold. ject of these feelings or phenomena + the series of feel- ings or phenomena themselves, the two being in that re- lati on to each other in which alone the one is subject and the other a series of feelings, phenomena, or objects. J. Ward , Encyc. Brit., XX. 39. Mind consists of feelings and the relations among feel- ings. H. Spencer , Data of Ethics, § 41. Whatever all men inevitably mean by the word "I" (the empirical ego of philosophy), whenever they say I think, or feel, or intend this or that; and whatever they under- stand others to mean by using similar language - thus much, and no more, we propose at first to include under the term mind. G. T. Ladd , Physiol. Psychology, Int., p. 4. Mind is the sum of our proce es of knowing, our feel- ings of pleasure and pain, and our voluntary doings. 2. The intellect, or cognitive faculty or part of the soul, as distinguished from feeling and volition; intelligence. The old psychologists made intellect and will the only faculties c the soul. Years that bring the philosophic mind . Words worth, Immortality. Words worth says of him [Milton that "His soul was as a star and dwelt apart." But I should rather be inclined to say that it was his mind that was alienated from the present. Lowell, New Princeton Rev., I. 154. 3. The field of consciousne ; contemplation; thought; opinion. Yesterday he thought so moc he in his minde on her that in the houre of euyn songe he gaf to her in Iapyng a buffet. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 168. "But that," quod he, "it fill in my mynde that I myght not kepe me ther-fro." Luc. Yet here they [papers) shall not lie, for catching Jul. I see you have a month's mind to them. For if a trumpet sound, or drum beat, Who hath not a month's mind to combat? S. Butler, Hudibras, I. ii. 111. A year's mind, a service similar to that of the month's mind, on the anniversary of a person's death. Each returning year's mind or anniversary only of their death. Rock , Church of our Fathers, ii. 329. Master mind. See masterl. - Sound and disposing mind and memory. See memory . The mind's eye. See eyel .-Time out of mind. See time. To bear in mind. See bear1 . - To be in two minds about a thing, to be in doubt. At first I was in two minds about taking such a liberty. Dickens , Bleak House. To be out of one's mind. (a) To be forgotten by one. What so euer he dede in eny wise Thoo ij princes wer neuer out of his mynde. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2958. IMG:content-0657.png:[blocks in formation] Have mind upon your health, tempt me no further. Shak ., J. C., iv. 3. 36. Others esteeme the Riuer Cantan to be that Gan- ges: of which minde are Mercat or, Maginus, Gotardus Arthus, and their disciples. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 451. Consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds . mind1 (mind), n. [ gemynd (not * mynd , as commonly cited, this form, without the prefix, occurring only in derivatives), memory, remembrance, memorial, mind, thought, = Icel. minni (for * mind i ), memory, = Sw. minne = Dan. minde (developed from minne , itself from orig. * minde ) , memory, Goth. gamunds (also gaminthi), boistrously and violently, much against the Kings Minde . Shak., T. N., i. 3. 120. The truth is, that Godwin and his Sons did many things Milton, Hist. Eng., vi. The Duke had a very noble and honourable mynde al- wayes to pay his debts well, and when he lacked money, would not stick to sell the greatest part of his plate. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 230. Drayton, Polyolbion, i. 168. Who can beleive that whole Par laments elected by the People from all parts of the Land, should meet in one mind, and resolution not to advise him, but to conspire against him? Milton , Eikon ok las tes, xV. My lady herself is of no mind in the world, and for that reason her woman is of twenty minds in a moment. Steele , Spectator, No. 137. Religious bodies which have a mind of their own, and are strong enough to make it felt. To whom thou speke, haue good mynde , And of whom, how, when, and where. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), i. 110. To have half a mind, to be pretty much disposed; have a certain inclination: generally used lightly. I've half a mind to die with you. Man, among thi myrthis haue in mynde From whens thou come & whidir thou teend is. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 114. Nor do I particularly affect simple-minded old ladies. By-the-bye, I must have mine in mind ; it won't do to neglect her. Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, xiv. To make up one's mind. See make1 . - To put in mind, to remind. 6. Memory; remembrance: as, to call to mind ; to have, to keep, or to bear in mind . Whare-so I be, whare-so I sytt, what-so I doo the mynd of the sauoyre of the name Ihesu depart is noghte fra my mynde. Hampole , Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 2. Sithe tyme of mend this land ded neuer soo, And as for vs we will not [now] begynne. Some comforte vs two for to kythe. Thou knowes we are comen of thi kynde. All this from my remembrance brutish wrath Sinfully pluck'd, and not a man of you Had so much grace to put it in my mind . mind. See absence . A month's mind. (a) In the Rom . Cath. Ch., constant prayer in behalf of a dead person dur- ing the whole month immediately following his decease, the sacrifice of the ma being offered in a more than usually solemn manner especially on the third, seventh, and thirtieth days after the person's death. Also called a monthly mind. That is to wete, in the day or morow after disce e vij. trental lis; and every weke folowing unto my monthes mynde oon trentall, and iij. trental les at my monthes mynde biside the solempne dirige and ma e. Paston Letters , III. 463. another's mind, remind (cf. Icel. minna , re- mind, recollect, = Dan. minde , remind); from the noun: see mind1 , n. This verb has ab- sorbed in part the orig. diff. verbs mine3 ( minen , mynen , mun an ) and ming2 ( mynegian , myngian , bring to mind): see mine3 , ming2 .] I. trans . 1. To call to mind; bear in mind; remember; recall. [Now chiefly collo- quial.] We loved when we were children small, Which yet you well may mind . Ae hairst afore the Sherra-moor, I mind't as weel's yestreen. Burns , Halloween. D'ya moind the waäste, my la ? naw, naw, tha was not born then. Tennyson, Northern Farmer, Old Style. Dirges, requiems, ma es, monthly minds , anniversaries, 2. To put in mind; remind. and other offices for the dead. Jer . Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 373. Ne mynd not thes men of the mykyll harme That a sone of our folke before hom has done. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary mind I do thee wrong to mind thee of it. Shak., Hen. V., iv. 3. 13. There's not a bonnie bird that sings, But minds me o' my Jean. Burns, Of a' the Airts the Wind can Blaw. 3. To regard with attention; pay attention to; heed; notice. Men must sometimes mind their affairs to make more room for their pleasures. Cotton, in Walton's Angler, ii. 238. Did you mind how he put the young fellow out of countenance that pretended to talk to him? Steele, Tatler, No. 242. Arch i me des, the famous mathematician, was so intent upon his problems that he never minded the soldiers who came to kill him. Swift, Tritical E ay. Never mind the difference, we'll balance that another Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 1. time. 4. To have the care of; attend to; specifically, to take or have the oversight of: as, a boy to mind the door. Old women-some go iping, some sitting vacant at the house door, some spinning or weaving, or minding little children. J. A. Symonds, Italy and Greece, p. 14. Mrs. Duncan minded the two children most of the day, to the jealous rage of Tippie. The Century, XXXVI. 5. To care for; be concerned about; be affected by. Whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. Phil. iii. 19. They (the Brazil i ans) minde the day, and are not care full for the morrow. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 836. They [the kine of Bashan] minded nothing but ease, softne , and pleasure. Stilling fleet , Sermons, I. i. I did not mind his being a little out of humour. Steele, Tatler, No. 206. In the open chimney-place of the parlor was a wood fire blazing cheerfully on the backs of a couple of bra griffins T. B. Aldrich , Ponkapog to Pesth, p. 63. The peculiarity of liquids and gases is that they do not mind being bent and having their shapes altered. W. K. Clifford , Lectures, I. 175. 6. To look out for; be watchful against. [Colloq.] "You'd better mind that fellow, Mr. Fitzgerald," said the native. A. C. Grant, Bush-life in Queensland, I. 130. 7. To regard with submi ion; heed the commands of; obey: as, a headstrong child that will mind no one.-8. In the Rom. Cath. Ch., to pray for. See a month's mind, under mind1, n.-9t. To intend; mean; purpose. As for me, be sure I mind no harm To thy grave person. Chapman , Iliad. IMG:content-0659.png:[blocks in formation] Joseph was minded to put her away privily. Mat. i. 19. If thou be minded to peruse this little booke. Levins, Manip. Vocab. (E. E. T. S.), Pref., p. 4. Ne'er a Sir Lucius O'Trigger in the kingdom should make me fight, when I wa'n't so minded . Sheridan, The Rivals, iv. 1. To mind one's own busine . See busine . - To mind one's p's and q's, to be circumspect or exact: probably in allusion to the early difficulty of distinguishing the forms of the letters. II. in trans. 1. To remember.-2. To be inclined or disposed; design; intend. When one of them mindeth to go into rebellion, he will Spenser , State of Ireland. I mind to tell him plainly what I think. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., iv. 1. 8. convey away all his lordships to feoffees in trust. I never minded to upbraid you. J. Bradford , Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 181. 3. To give heed; take note. She, busied, heard the sound Of rustling leaves, but minded not. Milton , P. L., ix. 519.