Part 6942

<h1>Melchite</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"chite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>melek</ets> king.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the Eastern Church.</def>

<h1>Meleagrine</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`e*a"grine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris.</def>

<h1>Meleagris</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel`e*a"gris</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., the Guinea fowl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys.</def>

<h1>M\'88l\'82e</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>M\'88`l\'82e"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>m\'88ler</ets> to mix. See <er>Meddle</er>, <er>Mell</er>, and cf. <er>Mellay</er>.]</ety> <def>A fight in which the combatants are mingled<?/in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.</def>

<h1>Melena</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Me*le"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Mel<?/na</er>.</def>

<h1>Melene</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"ene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mel</ets>issic + ethyl<ets>ene</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An unsaturated hydrocarbon, <chform>C30H60</chform>, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also <altname>melissene</altname>, and <altname>melissylene</altname>.</def>

<h1>Melenite</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"e*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>me`li</grk> honey.]</ety> <def>An explosive of great destructive power; -- so called from its color, which resembles honey.</def>

<h1>Meletin</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"e*tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Quercitin</er>.</def>

<h1>Melezitose</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Me*lez"i*tose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82l\'8aze</ets> the larch + mel<ets>itose</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (<spn>Larix</spn>).</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>melicitose</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Meliaceous</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Me`li*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a natural order (<spn>Meliac\'91</spn>) of plants of which the genus <spn>Melia</spn> is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.</def>

<h1>Melibean, Melib</an</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw><hw>Mel`i*be"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mel`i*b<?/"an</hw><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>Meliboeus</ets>, one of the interlocutors in Virgil's first Eclogue.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Alternately responsive, as verses.</def>

<h1>Melic</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ song.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful.</def>

<h1>Melicerous</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Me*lic"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>meliceris</ets> a kind of tumor, fr. Gr. <?/; <grk>me`li</grk> honey + <?/ wax.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.</def>

<h1>Melic grass</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"ic grass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of grasses (<spn>Melica</spn>) of little agricultural importance.</def>