Part 6946

<hw>Mel*liph"a*gan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Meliphagan</er>.</def>

<h1>Melliphagous</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel*liph"a*gous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Meliphagous</er>.</def>

<h1>Mellitate</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"li*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mellitate</ets>. See <er>Mellitic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of mellitic acid.</def>

<h1>Mellite</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mel</ets>, <ets>mellis</ets>, honey: cf. F. <ets>mellite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a mellitate of alumina.</def>

<h1>Mellitic</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel*lit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mellitique</ets>. See <er>Mellite</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; <as>as, <ex>mellitic</ex> diabetes</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.</def>

<cs><col>Mellitic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a white, crystalline, organic substance, <chform>C6(CO2H)6</chform>, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and hence called also <altname>graphitic acid</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mellone</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"lone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A yellow powder, <chform>C6H3N9</chform>, obtained from certain sulphocyanates. It has acid properties and forms compounds called <i>mellonides</i>.</def>

<h1>Mellonide</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"lon*ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Mellone</er>.</def>

<h1>Mellow</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Mellower</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Mellowest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>melwe</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>mearu</ets> soft, D. <ets>murw</ets>, Prov. G. <ets>mollig</ets> soft, D. <ets>malsch</ets>, and E. <ets>meal</ets> flour.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; <as>as, a <ex>mellow</ex> apple</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> Hence: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; <as>as, a <ex>mellow</ex> soil</as>.</def> "<i>Mellow</i> glebe." <i>Drayton</i> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.</def> "The <i>mellow</i> horn." <i>Wordsworth</i>. "The <i>mellow</i>-tasted Burgundy." <i>Thomson</i>.

<blockquote>The tender flush whose <b>mellow</b> stain imbues Heaven with all freaks of light. <i>Percival.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.</def>

<blockquote>May health return to <b>mellow</b> age. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>As merry and <b>mellow</b> an old bachelor as ever followed a hound. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Mellow</h1> <Xpage=910>

<hw>Mel"low</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mellowed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mellowing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make mellow.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>If the Weather prove frosty to <b>mellow</b> it [the ground], they do not plow it again till April. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>