misy

[Ger. misy, from Gr. misy =vitriolic earth.] Min.: The same as COPIAPITE and JAROSITE (q. v.). mis-yōke,.t. [Pref. mis-, and Eng. yoke, v. (q. v.)] To yoke or join improperly. "By misyoking with a diversity of nature as well as of religion."-Milton: Doctrine of Divorce, bk. ii., ch. xix. *mis-zeal-oŭs, a . [Pref. mis- , and Eng. zealous (q.v.).] Actuated by false or mistaken zeal. "Go on now, ye mis zealous spirits."- Bp . Hall: Noah's Dove . *mit-aine, s. (Fr.) A mitten, a glove. *mitçhe, s . (Fr. miche.) A loaf of fine bread; a manchet. "He that hath mitches tweine." -Romaunt of the Rose. mitchell, s. [Prob. from some proper name.] Build.: A piece of hewn Purbeck stone, from fif teen to twenty-four inches square, used in building. mit-chěl-la, s. [Named after John Mitchell, an Irish man, who wrote on Virgin i an plants.] Bot. A genus of Cinchonacese, family Guettardi de. It has a funnel-shaped corolla with a four lobed limb and a four-lobed ovary, and succulent fruit with four or eight stones. Mitchell a repens is the plant most extensively spread in North America, covering the surface from lat. 28° to lat. 69° N. mite (1), s. [A. S. mite; cogn. with Low Ger. mite a mite; O. H. Ger. miz a =a mite, a midge.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. In the same sense as II. 1 or 2. 2. The name is improperly given to Dust-lice of the insect genus Psocus (q. v.). II. Zoology : 1. Sing.: The genus Acarus (q. v.). 2. Plural: (1) The family Acaride (q. v.). (2) The order A car in a (q. v.). The abdomen, in (q. v.).] To go wrong; to go astray. "And eche in his complainte telleth How that the worlde is miswent ." Gower: C. A. (Prol.) *mis-wěnt', pa . par . or a . [MISWEND.] *mis-wom-an, s. [Pref. mis- , and Eng. woman (q. v.).) A bad, wicked woman. Chaucer: Remedy of Love. "Fly the misroman , least she thee deceiue." *mis-wont-ing, s. [Pref. mis-, and Eng. wont ; -ing .] Want of use, habit, or custom; disuse. "For these feeble beginnings of luke war me grace by mis wonting , perish."-Bishop Hall: Divine Meditation, ch. vii. *mis-word', s. [Pref. mis- , and Eng. word (q.v.).] usage (q. v.).] 1. Bad or improper use; bad conduct. The fame of their misusage so prevented them, that the people of that place also, offended thereby, would bring in no wares." - Hackluyt : Voyages , ii. 21. 2. Ill-treatment, ill-usage. 1. Ord. Lang.: To adorn with a miter; to raise to a position or rank entitling the person raised to wear a miter. 2. Carp .: To join with a miter-joint. mi-tered, mi-tred (tred as terd), a. [Eng. miter; -ed.] IMG:content-1289.png:[blocks in formation] "From such apostles, O ye mitred heads, Preserve the church!"-Cowper: Task , ii. 992. 2. Joinery : A machine for mitering or slanting the ends of pieces which are to be united by a miter-joint. mi-ter-wort, s. [Eng. miter , and suff. -wort (q. v.).], Bot.: The genus Mitella (q. v.). *mith-ri-date, s. [Named after Mithridates, king of Pontus, who was supposed to have made himself poison-proof.] Pharm.: An antidote against poison; a compos i against poison. tion used either as a remedy for or a preservative Where all good things being met, no one presumes To govern, or to triumph on the rest." Donne: Progre of the Soul ; Second Anniversary. mithridate-mustard, s . Bot.: The same as PENNY-CRESS (q. v.). mith-ri-dat-Ic, a . [Latin mithridatic us , from Mithridates, king of Pontus.] Of or pertaining to mithridates or a mithridate (q. v.). *mith-ri-da-ti-on, s . [See extract.] An un- identified plant. 1. To make le rigorous, severe, or harsh; to "How cometh it then that the pope for so many hun- dred you sands that miscarry, will neither breake the ord in a unce or mitigat it."- Tyndall : Works, p. 316. 2. To make le severe, painful, or hard. "I may mitigate their doom, 3. To a uage, to le en, to abate, to soften. "Grief which is rather to be mitigated by comfort than increased and exasperated by blame." -Barrow : Sermons vol. i., ser. 21. *4. To cool, to temper, to moderate. "A man has frequent opportunity of mitigating the fiercene of a party." -Add is on: Spectator. A. As adj .: Tending to mitigate; mitigative. B. As subst.: A mitigation. IMG:content-1290.png:[blocks in formation] mitral even thin iron plates are the Gatling (caliber '65inch), the Nordenfeldt (caliber 1-inch), and the Hotch ki (caliber 1'46-inch), and all these have fixed barrels without any scattering machinery. The first-mentioned fires 200 rounds per minute; the Nordenfeldt, 100 rounds in the same time. The Nordenfeldt pattern consists of four barrels fastened side by side horizontally in a frame. It is fed from a carrier on top of the breech of the machine, which is filled by hand as it becomes empty. In the Hotch ki gun the barre is, five in number, revolve, and in addition to solid cast-iron and steel shots, it fires explosive shells and canister, at the rate of 25 per minute. [AUTOMATIC GUN.] *mi'-tral, *mi-trali, a . (Fr.) Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter. "Wholly omitted in the mitrall crown."- Browne : Gar • den of Cyrus, ch. ii. mitral-valve, s. 1. Anat .: A valve situated at the left auricular opening of the heart. Called also the Bicuspid valve. 2. Pathol .: The chief diseases of the mitral valve are mitral-obstruction, mitral-regurgitant disease, and mitral-valvular disease. mi-tri-form, mi-træ-form, a. [Lat. mitra = a miter, and form a =form, shape.] Bot .: Formed like a miter, conical. Used of the calyptra of a mo when it is torn away equally from the base, so as to hang equally over the sporangium. †mi-tri-næ, s.pl. [Lat. mitra , and fem. pl. adj. suff. -ine .] Zool.: Asub-family of Volutide, type Mitra (q. v.). mi-try, a. [Eng. mit(e)r; -y.] Her.: Charged with eight miters. (Said of a bordure.) mitt, s . [An abbreviation of mitten (q. v.).] A mitten; a covering for the hand and the wrist only, but not for the fingers. Mitry. mit-těn, *mit-aine, *mit-tain, s . [Fr. mitaine , a word of disputed origin: perhaps from M. H. Ger. mittemo, mittamo =the middle; Gael. miotag ; Ir. miotoga mitten; Gael. & Ir. mutana muff, a thick glove.] 1. A hand-covering, generally of worsted, worn as a protection against cold or other injury. It differs from a glove in not having separate and distinct cells for each finger, the thumb alone being 2. A covering for the forearm only. separate. (1) To get the mitten : To be jilted or discarded, as a lover. (2) To give one the mitten: To jilt, to discard, as a lover. (3) To handle without mittens : To handle roughly. *mit-tent, a. [Lat. mittens , pr. par. of mit to = to send.] Sending out or forth; emitting. "The fluxion proceed eth from humors peccant in quantity or quality, thrust forth by the part mittent upon the inferior weak parts." - Wiseman: Surgery. mit-ti-mus, s. [Lat. we send; 1st pers. pl. pres. indic. of mit to =to send.] Law : IMG:content-1291.png:[blocks in formation] #4. To join, to a ociate, to unite. "Ephraim hath mixed himself among the people." the conflict of foreign and domestic laws. Hosea vii. 8. B. Intransitive : IMG:content-1292.png:[blocks in formation] 1. United or blended into one compound or ma . 2. Consisting of various kinds, qualities, or varie ties; promiscuous. "The company is ' mixed (the phrase I quote is As much as saying, they're below your notice)." Byron : Beppo , lviii. (1) Mixed ratio or proportion : Math .: A ratio or proportion in which the sum of the antecedent and consequent is compared with the difference of the antecedent and consequent: Thus, if a : b ::c: d , then a + b : a - b::c+d: c -d is the mixed ratio or proportion . (2) Mixed subjects of property : Such as fall within the definition of things real, but which, neverthele , are attended with some of the legal qualities of things personal, or vice vers a . IMG:content-1293.png:[blocks in formation] mixed-larceny, s. Law: Larceny of an aggravated type, as when it 1. A precept or command in writing given by a justice of the peace, or other proper officer, directed to the keeper of a prison, requiring him to receive and hold in safe keeping an offender charged with is attended by violence to the person or theft from any crime until he be delivered by due course of law; a warrant of commitment to prison. 2. A writ for removing records from one court to another. mi-tu, s . [Brazilian mitu poranga .] Ornith.: Ourax mitu , one of the Cracide (Cura ows). It is found in South America. [OURAX.]