Part 6949

<hw>Mel"o*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a song + <ets>-graph</ets> : cf. F. <ets>m\'82lographe</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Melodiograph</er>.</def>

<h1>Melolonthidian</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mel`o*lon*thid"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the cockchafer.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A beetle of the genus <spn>Melolontha</spn>, and allied genera. See <cref>May beetle</cref>, under <er>May</er>.</def>

<h1>Melon</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mel"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>melo</ets>, for <ets>melopepo</ets> an apple-shaped melon, Gr. <?/ ; <?/ apple + <?/ a species of large melon; cf. L. <ets>malum</ets> apple. Cf. <er>Marmalade</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus <spn>Melo</spn>.</def>

<cs><col>Melon beetle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small leaf beetle (<spn>Diabrotiea vittata</spn>), which damages the leaves of melon vines.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Melon cactus</col>, <col>Melon thistle</col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>A genus of cactaceous plants (<spn>Melocactus</spn>) having a fleshy and usually globose stem with the surface divided into spiny longitudinal ridges, and bearing at the top a prickly and woolly crown in which the small pink flowers are half concealed</cd>. <spn>M. communis</spn>, from the West Indies, is often cultivated, and sometimes called <stype>Turk's cap</stype>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The related genus <spn>Mamillaria</spn>, in which the stem is tubercled rather than ribbed, and the flowers sometimes large. See <i>Illust<i>. under <er>Cactus</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Melopiano</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mel`o*pi*a"no</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ song + E. <ets>piano</ets>.]</ety> <def>A piano having a mechanical attachment which enables the player to prolong the notes at will.</def>

<h1>Meloplastic</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mel`o*plas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to meloplasty, or the artificial formation of a new cheek.</def>

<h1>Meloplasty</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mel"o*plas`ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ an apple, a cheek + <ets>-plasty</ets>: cf. F. <ets>m\'82loplastie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The process of restoring a cheek which has been destroyed wholly or in part.</def>

<h1>Melop</ia</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mel`o*p<?/"ia</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/; song + <?/ to make.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody.</def>

<h1>Melotype</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mel"o*type</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>A picture produced by a process in which development after exposure may be deferred indefinitely, so as to permit transportation of exposed plates; also, the process itself.</def>

<h1>Melpomene</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mel*pom"e*ne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, lit., the songstress, fr. <?/, <?/, to sing.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>The Muse of tragedy.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The eighteenth asteroid.</def>

<h1>Melrose</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Mel"rose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Honey of roses.</def>

<h1>Melt</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Melt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See 2d <er>Milt</er>.</def>

<h1>Melt</h1> <Xpage=911>

<hw>Melt</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Melted</er> <mark>(obs.)</mark> <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Molten</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Melting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>meltan</ets>; akin to Gr. <?/, E. <ets>malt</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>smelt</ets>, v. <?/. Cf. <er>Smelt</er>, <tt>v.</tt>, <er>Malt</er>, <er>Milt</er> the spleen.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; <as>as, to <ex>mell</ex> wax, tallow, or lead; to <ex>melt</ex> ice or snow.</as></def>