thoraks)

[NL., Metathorax, shaded, between entom., the third and last segment of the mesothorax ( a ) and abdomen (b); c, prothorax; d, head. thorax, succeeding the mesothorax, preceding the abdomen, and bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings. Declivity of the metathorax. See de clivity. meta to me (met'a-tom), n. [ + τομή, a cutting, ταμεῖν , cut.] between, + τομή, a cutting, me taxite (me-tak'sīt), n. [ min mineral., a variety of ser tween, + -ite2.] pentine occurring in fibrous or columnar forms IMG:content-0545.png:[blocks in formation] mete land and the seed, and the peasants do all the work with their own horses and implements. D. M. Wallace, Ru ia, p. 519. metayer (me-tā'yer; F. pron. ma-tā-yā'), n. [ The principle of the metayer system is that the labourer or peasant makes his engagement directly with the landowner, and pays, not a fixed rent, either in money or in kind, but a certain proportion of the produce, or rather of what remains of the produce after deducting what is considered nece ary to keep up the stock. The proportion is usually, as the name imports, one-half; but in several districts in Italy it is two-thirds. Respecting the supply of stock, the custom varies from place to place; in some places the landlord furnishes the whole, in others half, in others some particular part, as for instance the cattle and seed, the labourer providing the implements. J. S. Mill, Pol. Econ., II. viii. § 1. The metayer has le motive to exertion than the peasant proprietor, since only half the fruits of his industry, instead of the whole, are his own. J. S. Mill, Pol. Econ., II. viii. § 2.