minacity (minas it i)

[L. minax (minac-), threatening, minacious (see menace ), + -ity.] Disposition to threaten. Coles, 1717. [Rare.] minar (mi-när'), n. [Ar. minār, a candlestick, lamp, lighthouse (cf. Heb. manōrāh, a candlestick); cf. nar, fire, nür, light, nawwir, enlight- 4. To effect mincingly. [Rare.] en, illumine, Heb. nür, shine.] In Moslem arch., a lighthouse; a tower; a minaret. In the burning sun the golden dome [of a mosque in the city of Meshed] seemed to cast out rays of dazzling light, and the roofs of the adjoining minars shone like brilliant beacons. O'Donovan, Merv, vi. Pg. minaret (min'a-ret), n. [= F. minaret min are to = It. min are to , minaret to , minarete , mināre = Hind. mināra , minār , a high slender tow- er, a minaret, manāra , a lamp, lighthouse, minaret, minār , candle- stick, lamp, lighthouse: see minar .] In Moslem arch . , a slender and lofty turret typically rising by several stages or stories, and surrounded by one or more projecting balco- nies, characteristic of Mohammedan mosques, and corresponding to the belfry of a Christian church. From the balconies of the minarets the people are summoned to prayer five times a day by criers. See muezzin , and cut under mosque . Another [mosque) has a very high minaret or tower, the out side of which is entirely cased with green tiles. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 121. min argent (mi-när'jent), n. [ alu ) min ( ium ) + L. argentum, silver.] A kind of aluminium bronze, the ingredients of which are copper 1,000 parts, nickel 700, antimony 50, and aluminium 20. = Minaret. Mosque of Achmet, Con