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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pulverize; <as>as, <ex>mealed</ex> powder</as>.</def>

<h1>Mealies</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meal"ies</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Mealy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Maize or Indian corn; -- the common name in South Africa.</def>

<h1>Mealiness</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meal"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being mealy.</def>

<h1>Meal-mouthed</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meal"-mouthed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Mealy-mouthed</er>.</def>

<h1>Mealtime</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meal"time`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The usual time of eating a meal.</def>

<h1>Mealy</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meal"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Mealier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Mealiest</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; <as>as, a <ex>mealy</ex> potato</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Overspread with something that resembles meal; <as>as, the <ex>mealy</ex> wings of an insect</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Mealy bug</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a scale insect (<spn>Coccus adonidum</spn>, and related species), covered with a white powderlike substance. It is a common pest in hothouses.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mealy-mouthed</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Meal"y-mouthed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.</def> "<i>Mealy-mouthed</i> philanthropies."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<blockquote>She was a fool to be <b>mealy-mouthed</b> where nature speaks so plain. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Meal"y-mouth`ness</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Mean</h1> <Xpage=905>

<hw>Mean</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Meant</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Meaning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>menen</ets>, AS. <ets>m&aemac;nan</ets> to recite, tell, intend, wish; akin to OS. <ets>m&emac;nian</ets> to have in mind, mean, D. <ets>meenen</ets>, G. <ets>meinen</ets>, OHG. <ets>meinan</ets>, Icel. <ets>meina</ets>, Sw. <ets>mena</ets>, Dan. <ets>mene</ets>, and to E. <ets>mind</ets>. <?/. See <er>Mind</er>, and cf. <er>Moan</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; <as>as, what do you <ex>mean</ex> to do ?</as></def>

<blockquote>What <b>mean</b> ye by this service ? <i>Ex. xii. 26.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ye thought evil against me; but God <b>meant</b> it unto good. <i>Gen. 1. 20.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I am not a Spaniard To say that it is yours and not to <b>mean</b> it. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.</def>

<blockquote>What <b>mean</b> these seven ewe lambs ? <i>Gen. xxi. 29.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Go ye, and learn what that <b>me<?/neth</b>. <i>Matt. ix. 13.</i></blockquote>