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i. & t. (MESS (1), 8.] A. In trans.: To take meals together, as members Contained in or derived from alloxan. mesoxalic-acid, s. Chem.: C3H2O5, OH2. A dibasic ketonic acid, obtained by boiling alloxan or alloxanic acid with aqueous alkalies. It has a strong acid reaction, is very soluble in water, and its solution is not decom posed by boiling. The barium salt, C3Ba2O5, which crystallizes in yellow laminse, is prepared by boiling a saturated solution of baric alloxan ate. The silver salt, C3Ag2O5, is produced when mesoxalic acid and ammonia are added to argentic nitrate. měs-ō-zō'-a, s. pl. [Pref. me so-, and Gr. zõa, pl. of zōon =an animal.] Zool.: A term proposed by Van Beneden for parasites in which no mesoderm is developed, nor any trace of an alimentary apparatus present. měs-ōzō-ic, a. [Pref. me so-: Gr. zōe =life, and Eng. suff. -ic.] Geol.: A term introduced by Prof. Phillips in lieu of the word Secondary. It is modeled on the word Paleozoic (q. v.), applied to older strata. Though Mesozoic is largely used, yet Sir Charles Lyell pre ferred the older and simpler word Secondary. měs-pi-lô-dăph'-nē, subst. [Lat. mespilus, and daphne; Gr. daphnē =a laurel tree.] Bot.: A genus of Lauraceae. It consists of Brazilian trees with netted leaves; flowers in axillary panicles, with nine to twelve stamens. Mespilo daphne pretiosa , the Casca pretiosa of the Portuguese, furnishes a kind of cinnamon. the medlar tree; mespilon =its fruit.] měs-pi-lūs, s. [Lat.=a medlar; Gr. mespile = cording to Sir Joseph Hooker, a sub-genus of Pyrus. Bot.: A genus of Pomacese (Apple worts); or, acT he fruit is large, five-celled; the cells one-seeded; the endocarp bony, the flowers solitary. Mespilus (or Prunus ) germanic a is the Medlar (q. v.). *měs'-prise, *měs'-prize, subst. [O. Fr. (Fr. [MISPRIZE.] mépris ), from mespriser (Fr. mépriser )=to despise.]