Part 6918

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit.</def>

<h1>Medallic</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me*dal"lic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a medal, or to medals.</def> "Our <i>medallic</i> history."

<i>Walpole.</i>

<h1>Medallion</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Me*dal"lion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82daillion</ets>, It. <ets>medaglione</ets>, augm. of <ets>medaglia</ets>. See <er>Medal</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A large medal or memorial coin.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.</def>

<h1>Medalurgy</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"al*ur`gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Medal</ets> + the root of Gr. <?/ work.]</ety> <def>The art of making and striking medals and coins.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>medallurgy</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Meddle</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"dle`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Meddled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Meddling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>medlen</ets> to mix, OF. <ets>medler</ets>, <ets>mesler</ets>, F. <ets>m\'88ler</ets>, LL. <ets>misculare</ets>, a dim. fr. L. <ets>miscere</ets> to mix. <?/ See <er>Mix</er>, and cf. <er>Medley</er>, <er>Mellay</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To mix; to mingle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>More to know Did never <b>meddle</b> with my thoughts. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- <?/ a good sense.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<blockquote>Study to be quiet, and to <b>meddle</b> with your own business. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by <i>with</i> or <i>in</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Why shouldst thou <b>meddle</b> to thy hurt? <i>2 Kings xiv. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The civil lawyers . . . have <b>meddled</b> in a matter that belongs not to them. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To meddle and make</col>, <cd>to intrude one's self into another person's concerns. <mark>[Archaic]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.</syn>

<h1>Meddle</h1> <Xpage=907>

<hw>Med"dle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To mix; to mingle.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>"Wine <b>meddled</b> with gall." <i>Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Meddler</h1> <Xpage=907>