Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 59
Misuse (n.) Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use.
Words little suspected for any such misuse. -- Locke.
Misuse (n.) Violence, or its effects. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Misuse (n.) Improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" [syn: misuse, abuse].
Misuse (v.) Apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group" [syn: misapply, misuse].
Misuse (v.) Change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" [syn: pervert, misuse, abuse].
Misusement (n.) Misuse. [Obs.]
Misuser (n.) One who misuses. "Wretched misusers of language." -- Coleridge.
Misuser (n.) (Law) Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right. -- Bouvier.
Misuser. () An unlawful use of a right.
Misuser. () In cases of public officers and corporations, a misuser is sufficient to cause the right to be forfeited. 2 Bl. Com. 153; 5 Pick. R. 163.
Misvalue (v. t.) To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.
But for I am so young, I dread my work Wot be misvalued both of old and young. -- W. Browne.
Misvouch (v. t.) To vouch falsely.
Miswander (v. i.) To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Misway (n.) A wrong way. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Miswear (v. t.) To wear ill. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Miswed (v. t.) To wed improperly.
Misween (v. i.) To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Miswend (v. i.) To go wrong; to go astray. [Obs.] "The world is miswent." -- Gower.
Misword (v. t.) To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence.
Misword (n.) A word wrongly spoken; a cross word. [Obs.] -- Sylvester. -- Breton.
Misworship (n.) Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. -- Bp. Hall.
Such hideous jungle of misworships. -- Carlyle.
Misworship (v. t.) To worship wrongly. -- Bp. Hall.
Misworshiper (n.) One who worships wrongly.
Miswrite (v. t.) To write incorrectly.
Miswrought (a.) Badly wrought. -- Bacon.
Misy (n.) (Min.) An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.
Misyoke (v. t.) To yoke improperly.
Miszealous (a.) Mistakenly zealous. [Obs.]
Mite (n.) (Zool.) 微小的東西；一點點 [S]；【口】（可憐的）小孩 [C]；極少的錢；微小的貢獻；小硬幣 [C]； 小蜘蛛，小蝨 [C] ；蟎 A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.
Mite (n.) [D. mijt; prob. the same word.] A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
Two mites, which make a farthing. --Mark xii. 49.
Mite (n.) A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
Mite (n.) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
For in effect they be not worth a myte. -- Chaucer.
Mite (n.) A slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon].
Mite (n.) Any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods.
Mite, () Contraction of minute, from the Latin minutum, the translation of the Greek word lepton, the very smallest bronze of copper coin (Luke 12:59; 21:2). Two mites made one quadrans, i.e., the fourth part of a Roman as, which was in value nearly a halfpenny. (See FARTHING.)
Miter (n.) Alt. of Mitre
Mitre (n.) A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks. -- Fairholt.
Mitre (n.) The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
Mitre (n.) (Numis.) A sort of base money or coin.
Miter box (Carp. & Print.), An apparatus for guiding a handsaw at the proper angle in making a miter joint; esp., a wooden or metal trough with vertical kerfs in its upright sides, for guides.
Miter dovetail (Carp.), A kind of dovetail for a miter joint in which there is only one joint line visible, and that at the angle.
Miter gauge (Carp.), A gauge for determining the angle of a miter.
Miter joint, A joint formed by pieces matched and united upon a line bisecting the angle of junction, as by the beveled ends of two pieces of molding or brass rule, etc.
The term is used especially when the pieces form a right angle, such as the edges of a window frame, and the edge of each piece at the point of junction is cut at a 45[deg] angle to its long direction. See Miter, 2.
Miter shell (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells of the genus Mitra.
Miter square (Carp.), A bevel with an immovable arm at an angle of 45[deg], for striking lines on stuff to be mitered; also, a square with an arm adjustable to any angle.
Miter wheels, A pair of bevel gears, of equal diameter, adapted for working together, usually with their axes at right angles. Miter
Mitered (imp. & p. p.) of Mitre.
Mitred () of Mitre.
Mitering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mitre.
Mitring () of Mitre.
Miter (v. t.) Alt. of Mitre.
Mitre (v. t.) To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.
Mitre (v. t.) To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle.
Miter (v. i.) Alt. of Mitre
Mitre (v. i.) To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.
Miterwort (n.) Any plant of the genus Mitella, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap.
Mithic (a.) See Mythic.
Mithras (n.) The sun god of the Persians.
Mithridate (n.) An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; -- so called from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor.
Mithridatic (a.) Of or pertaining to King Mithridates, or to a mithridate.
Mitigable (a.) Admitting of mitigation; that may be mitigated.
Mitigant (a.) Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lentitive.
Mitigated (imp. & p. p.) of Mitigate.
Mitigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mitigate.
Mitigate (v. t.) 使緩和；減輕 (v. i.) 緩和下來；減輕 To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.
Mitigate (v. t.) To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons. [Obs.]
This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions. -- Burke.
Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See {Alleviate}.
Mitigate (v.) Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" [syn: {extenuate}, {palliate}, {mitigate}].
Mitigate (v.) Make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances".
Mitigating (a.) 減輕的；和緩的；節制的；mitigate 的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Serving to reduce blame; -- of situations; as, mitigating factors; mitigating circumstances. Opposite of aggravating. [Narrower terms: exculpatory]
Syn: extenuating.
Mitigation (n.) 緩和；減輕 The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty.
Syn: Alleviation; abatement; relief.
Mitigation (n.) To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [syn: {extenuation}, {mitigation}, {palliation}].
Mitigation (n.) A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances [syn: {extenuation}, {mitigation}].
Mitigation (n.) The action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" [syn: {moderation}, {mitigation}].
Mitigation (n.) To make less rigorous or penal.
Mitigation (n.) Crimes are frequently committed under circumstances which are not justifiable nor excusable, yet they show that the offender has been greatly tempted; as, for example, when a starving man steals bread to satisfy his hunger, this circumstance is taken into consideration in mitigation of his sentence.
Mitigation (n.) In actions for damages, or for torts, matters are frequently proved in mitigation of damages. In an action for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife, for example, evidence may be given of the wife's general bad character for want of chastity; or of particular acts of adultery committed by her, before she became acquainted with the defendant; 12 Mod. R. 232; Bull. N. P. 27, 296; Selw. N. P. 25; 1 Johns. Cas, 16: or that the plaintiff has carried on a criminal conversation with other women; Bull. N. P. 27; or that the plaintiff's wife has made the first advances to the defendant, 2 Esp. N. P. C. 562; Selw. N. P. 25. See 3 Am. Jur. 287, 313; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Mitigation (n.) In actions for libel, although the defendant cannot under the general issue prove the crime, which is imputed to the plaintiff, yet he is in many cases allowed to give evidence of the plaintiff's general character in mitigation of damages. 2 Campb. R. 251; 1 M. & S. 284.
Mitigative (a.) 緩和的；減輕的 Tending to mitigate; alleviating.
Mitigator (n.) [C] 緩和者；減輕者；緩解劑；緩解物 One who, or that which, mitigates.
Mitigatory (a.) Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.
Mitigatory (a.) Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear [syn: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative].
Miting (n.) A little one; -- used as a term of endearment. [Obs.] -- Skelton.
Mitome (n.) (Biol.) The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell. [archaic]
Compare:Karyokinesis
Karyokinesis (n.) (Biol.) The indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei.
Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell.
Karyokinesis (n.) The changes that occur in the nucleus of a cell, especially movements of the chromosomes, in the process of cell division.
Mitosis (n.) (Biol.) See Karyokinesis.
Mitosis (n.) Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes.
Mitraille (n.) Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon.
Mitrailleur (n.) (Mil.) One who serves a mitrailleuse.
Mitrailleur (n.) A mitralleuse.
Mitrailleuse (n.) (Mil.) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly. [obsolescent]
Mitral (a.) Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart.
Mitral (a.) Of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve; "mitral insufficiency".
Mitral (a.) Relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics.
Miter (n.) A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by bishops and other church dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a lofty cap with two points or peaks. -- Fairholt.
Miter (n.) The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.
Miter (n.) (Numis.) A sort of base money or coin.
Miter box (Carp. & Print.), An apparatus for guiding a handsaw at the proper angle in making a miter joint; esp., a wooden or metal trough with vertical kerfs in its upright sides, for guides.
Miter dovetail (Carp.), A kind of dovetail for a miter joint in which there is only one joint line visible, and that at the angle.
Miter gauge (Carp.), A gauge for determining the angle of a miter.
Miter joint, A joint formed by pieces matched and united upon a line bisecting the angle of junction, as by the beveled ends of two pieces of molding or brass rule, etc.
The term is used especially when the pieces form a right angle, such as the edges of a window frame, and the edge of each piece at the point of junction is cut at a 45[deg] angle to its long direction. See Miter, 2.
Miter shell (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells of the genus Mitra.
Miter square (Carp.), A bevel with an immovable arm at an angle of 45[deg], for striking lines on stuff to be mitered; also, a square with an arm adjustable to any angle.
Miter wheels, A pair of bevel gears, of equal diameter, adapted for working together, usually with their axes at right angles. Miter
Miter, Mitre (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Miteredor Mitred; p. pr. & vb. n. Miteringor Mitring.] To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter. "Mitered locks." -- Milton.
Miter, Mitre (v. t.) To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to fit together in a miter joint.
Miter, Mitre (v. t.) To bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle. Miter
Miter, Mitre (v. i.) To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on a line bisecting the angle of junction.
Mitre (n. & v.) See Miter.
Mitre (n.) Joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner [syn: miter joint, mitre joint, miter, mitre].
Mitre (n.) The surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made; "he covered the miter with glue before making the joint" [syn: miter, mitre].
Mitre (n.) A liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions [syn: miter, mitre].
Mitre, ( (Heb. mitsnepheth), something rolled round the head; the turban or head-dress of the high priest (Ex. 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6, etc.).
In the Authorized Version of Ezek. 21:26, this Hebrew word is rendered "diadem," but in the Revised Version, "mitre." It was a twisted band of fine linen, 8 yards in length, coiled into the form of a cap, and worn on official occasions (Lev. 8:9; 16:4; Zech. 3:5). On the front of it was a golden plate with the inscription, "Holiness to the Lord." The mitsnepheth differed from the mitre or head-dress (migba'ah) of the common priest. (See BONNET.)
Mitriform (a.) Having the form of a miter, or a peaked cap; as, a mitriform calyptra. -- Gray.
Mitt (n.) A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers , usually worn by women.
Mitt (n.) (Baseball) A large glove, usually made of leather or similar material, with differing degrees of padding and usually some form of webbing in the large space between the thumb insert and the insert for the index finger; a baseball glove. It is used to assist in catching the baseball. The catcher's mitt has more padding and less webbing.
Mitt (n.) A hand; -- used mostly in slang expressions; as, keep your mitts off my box of chocolates!
Mitt (n.) The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: hand, manus, mitt, paw].
Mitt (n.) The handwear used by fielders in playing baseball [syn: baseball glove, glove, baseball mitt, mitt].
Mitten (n.) A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger. -- Chaucer.
Mitten (n.) A cover for the wrist and forearm.
To give the mitten to, to dismiss as a lover; to reject the suit of. [Colloq.]
To handle without mittens, to treat roughly; to handle without gloves. [Colloq.]
Mitten (n.) Glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together.
Mittened (a.) Covered with a mitten or mittens. "Mittened hands." -- Whittier.
Mittent (a.) Sending forth; emitting. [Obs.] -- Wiseman.
Mittimus (n.) (Law) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison. -- Burrill.
Mittimus (n.) (Law) A writ for removing records from one court to another. -- Brande & C.
Mittimus, () English practice. A writ enclosing a record sent to be tried in a county palatine; it derives its name from the Latin word mittimus, "we send." It is the jury process of these counties, and commands the proper officer of the county palatine to command the sheriff to summon the jury for the trial of the cause, and to return the record, &c. 1 M. R. 278; 2 M. R. 88.
Mittimus, () crim. law, practice. A precept in writing, under the hand and seal of a justice of the peace, or other competent officer, directed to the gaoler or keeper of a prison, commanding him to receive and safely keep, a person charged with an offence therein named until he shall be delivered by due course of law. Co. Litt. 590.
Mittler's green () (Chem.) A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium.
Mitty (n.) The stormy petrel. [Prov. Eng.]
Mitu (n.) (Zool.) A South American curassow of the genus Mitua.
Mity (a.) Having, or abounding with, mites.
Mixed (imp. & p. p.) of Mix.
Mixt () of Mix.
Mixing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mix.
Mix (v. t.) To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.
Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. -- Shak.
Mix (v. t.) To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. -- Hos. vii. 8.
Mix (v. t.) To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
Hast thou no poison mixed? -- Shak.
I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. -- Bacon.
Mix (v. t.) To combine (two or more activities) within a specified or implied time frame; as, to mix studying and partying while at college.
Mix (v. i.) To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.
Mix (v. i.) To associate; to mingle ; as, Democrats and Republicans mixed freely at the party.
He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind. -- Byron.
Mixable (a.) Capable of being mixed.
Mixed (a.) Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i.
Mixed action (Law), A suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action.
Mixed angle, A mixtilineal angle.
Mixed fabric, A textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin.
Mixed marriage, A marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant.
Mixed number, A whole number and a fraction taken together.
Mixed train, A railway train containing both passenger and freight cars.
Mixed voices (Mus.), Voices of both males and females united in the same performance.
Mixedly (adv.) In a mixed or mingled manner.
Mixen (n.) A compost heap; a dunghill. -- Chaucer. Tennyson.
Mixer (n.) One who, or that which, mixes.
Mixer (n.) A person who has social intercourse with others of many sorts; a person viewed as to his casual sociability; -- commonly used with some characterizing adjective; as, a good mixer; a bad mixer. [Colloq. or Slang, U. S.]
Mixer (n.) A social gathering, game, or dance organized to provide an opportunity for people to meet each other; as, on the first night of the conference they had a wine-and-cheese mixer.
Mixer (n.) A nonalcoholic beverage (such as fruit juice, club soda or ginger ale) added to an alcoholic beverage to produce a mixed drink.
Mixer (n.) any device used for mixing.
Mixer (n.) An electronic device for blending or manipulating sounds from different sources to produce a composite soundtrack, for an audio recording, video recording, or a movie.
Mixer (n.) The technician who operates a mixer[6].
Mixogamous (a.) (Zool.) Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning.
Mixolydian mode () (Mus.) The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G. Mixtilineal
Mixtilineal (a.) Alt. of Mixtilinear
Mixtilinear (a.) Containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a mixtilinear angle, that is, an angle contained by a straight line and a curve. [R.]
Mixtion (n.) Mixture. [Obs.]
Mixtion (n.) A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.
Mixtly (adv.) With mixture; in a mixed manner; mixedly. --Bacon.
Mixture (n.) 混合，混合物，混淆 The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients. -- Hooker.
Mixture (n.) That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley.
There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence. -- Atterbury.
Mixture (n.) An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient.
Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution. -- Addison.
Mixture (n.) (Med.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved.
Mixture (n.) (Physics & Chem.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter.