Part 6913

<h1>Meatal</h1> <Xpage=906>

<hw>Me*a"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus.</def>

<i>Owen.</i>

<h1>Meated</h1> <Xpage=906>

<hw>Meat"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fed; fattened.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Tusser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having (such) meat; -- used chiefly in composition; <as>as, thick-<ex>meated</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Meath, Meathe</h1> <Xpage=906>

<hw><hw>Meath</hw>, <hw>Meathe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Mead</er>.]</ety> <def>A sweet liquor; mead.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer. Milton.</i>

<h1>Meatiness</h1> <Xpage=906>

<hw>Meat"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being meaty.</def>

<h1>Meatless</h1> <Xpage=906>

<hw>Meat"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no meat; without food.</def>

<blockquote>"Leave these beggars <b>meatless</b>." <i>Sir T. More.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Meatoscope</h1> <Xpage=906>

<hw>Me*at"o*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meatus</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.</def>

<h1>Meatotome</h1> <Xpage=906>

<hw>Me*at"o*tome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meatus</ets> + Gr. <?/ to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge its orifice.</def>

<h1>Meatus</h1> <Xpage=906>

<hw>Me*a"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt>; <plu>E. <it>pl.</it> <plw>Meatuses</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a going, passage, fr. <ets>meare</ets> to go.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A natural passage or canal; <as>as, the external auditory <ex>meatus</ex></as>. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Ear</er>.</def>

<h1>Meaty</h1> <Xpage=906>

<hw>Meat"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Abounding in meat.</def>

<h1>Meaw</h1> <Xpage=906>

<hw>Meaw</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The sea mew.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Meaw</h1> <Xpage=906>

<hw>Meaw</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>See <er>Mew</er>, to cry as a cat.</def>