min1um

[Lat.=vermilion.] 1. Mineralogy ; (1) The same as CINNABAR (q. v.). (2) A pulverulent mineral of a bright red color. Hardne , 2-3; specific gravity, 46; luster dull; streak, orange-yellow; opaque. Composition: Oxy gen, 934; lead, 90-66=100, yielding the formula Pb3O4. Occurs mostly a ociated with galena. Known in Germany under the name of Mennige. 2. Chem .: [LEAD-OXIDE.] min'-I-ver, *men-e-ver, *men-y-ver, *min-evere, *min-i-vere, *myn-i-ver, s. & a. [O. Fr. menuver, menuveir , menuvair , from menu (Latin minutus )=small, and vair =fur.] A. As subst.: The Siberian squirrel, noted for its fine fur; also the fur itself. "On his right and left those suffragans of Canterbury who had taken the oaths were ranged in gorgeous vestments of scarlet and miniver ." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xiv. B. As adj .: Made of the fur of the Siberian squirrel. "And for a menyver mantel, he made leel matrimonye Departe er deth come." Piers Plowman, p. 399. min'-I-vět, s. [Etym. doubtful.] character, who devoted their talents to the produc tion of love songs. They enjoyed a certain amount of popularity in the higher grades of society for more than two hundred years (1138-1347), when they fell out of popular estimation, and were succeeded by the meister singers (q. v.). [TROUBADOURS.] Minn-e-sō-ta, s. [Am. Indian=sky-tinted water.] One of the States of the U. S. A., nicknamed "the Gopher State." Bounded W. by North and South Dakota, N. by Manitoba and Ontario, E. by Wisconsin and Lake Superior, and S. by low a. Area, 83,365 square miles. It abounds in lakes varying from 40 miles in extent to small ponds le than a mile in circuit. These give origin to rivers flowing N.. S. and E., some finding their way to the Atlantic through the Mi i ippi and the Gulf of Mexico; others, through the great lakes, Niagara and the St. Lawrence rivers; and others, again, pa off to the N. and seek the ocean through Hudson's bay and straits. It was organized as a Territory, March 3, 1849, and admitted as a State May 11, 1858. Agriculture forms the chief industry. Minnesota leads all the other States in the production of wheat. Live-stock is an important and growing industry Principal cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul, the capital; Duluth, Winona and Still water. min'-niě, s. [See def.] An infantine word for mamma or mother. ( Scotch.)