medjidite

[Named after the Sultan Abdul Medjid; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A ma ive mineral of a dark amber color; transparent; luster, vitreous; hardne , 2-5. Composition: A sulphate of uranium and lime. Found a ociated with uraninite or pitchblende at Adrianople, Turkey; since at Joachimsthal, Bohemia. Star of the Medjidie. Bot. & Hort.: Pyrus ( mespilus ) germanic a . A much-branched spinous tree. The leaves are obovate or oblong-lanceolate, entire or serrulate, pubescent beneath; the flowers white, with a woolly calyx; the fruit half an inch or an inch in diameter; depre ed at the top. It is eaten raw, but not until it is rotten. The large-flowered Medlar is Pyrus ( mespilus ) grand i flor us; the Medlar of Japan, Eriobotrya Japonica; the Medlar of Surinam is one of the Sapotaceae, and the West Indian Medlar Mimusops elengi. medlar-wood, s. Bot.: Myrtus orbiculata. *měd-lě, měd-leỹ, v . t . & i . [MEDLEY, 8. ] Το mingle, to mix. *měd'-lě, měd'-leě, a . [MEDLEY, 8.] Of a mixed stuff or color. ( Chaucer : C. T., 330.) měd-leň, *měd-lě, měd'-leě, s . & a. [O. Fr. medle, mesle, melle , pa. par. of medler , mesler, or meller (Fr. mêler )=to mix. [MEDDLE.] IMG:content-1057.png:[blocks in formation] *2. A mêlée; a hand-to-hand fight. "The medley continued above three hours, and the hope of victory hung on equal balance." -P. Holland: Livy, p. 1,119. II. Fabric : Cloth woven from wool dyed of various colors and spun. Technically, blue and black are excluded. First made in 1614. "Medleys are most made in other shires."-Fuller: Worthies, ii. 435. *B. As adj .: Mixed, mingled, compounded. "They drive and sing of Fusca's radiant eyes, Pleas'd with the medley draught." *měd-leỹ, v . t. [MEDLE, v.] J. Philips: Cider, ii. mě-doc', s. [See def.] A red French wine from Medoc in the department of the Gironde.