Part 6959

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Menge</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Menge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Mente</er>, <er>Meinte</er>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Ment</er>, <er>Meint</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Mingle</er>.]</ety> <def>To mix.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Menhaden</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men*ha"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An American marine fish of the Herring familt (<spn>Brevoortia tyrannus</spn>), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also <altname>mossbunker</altname>, <altname>bony fish</altname>, <altname>chebog</altname>, <altname>pogy</altname>, <altname>hardhead</altname>, <altname>whitefish</altname>, etc.</def>

<h1>Menhir</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"hir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. Armor. <ets>men</ets> stone + <ets>hir</ets> high.]</ety> <def>A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout Northern Europe.</def>

<h1>Menial</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"ial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>meneal</ets>, fr. <ets>meine</ets>, <ets>maine</ets>, household, OF. <ets>maisni\'82e</ets>, <ets>maisnie</ets>, LL. <ets>mansionaticum</ets>. See <er>Mansion</er>, and cf. <er>Meine</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Meiny</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.</def>

<blockquote>Two <b>menial</b> dogs before their master pressed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile; low; mean.</def> " <i>Menial</i> offices."

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Menial</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"ial</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A person of a servile character or disposition.</def>

<h1>M\'82ni\'8are's disease</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>M\'82`ni\'8are's" dis*ease"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in inco\'94rdination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after <i>M\'82ni\'8are</i>, a French physician.</def>

<h1>Menilite</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men"i*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82nilite</ets>; -- so called because it is found at <ets>M\'82nil</ets>montant, near Paris.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Opal</er>.</def>

<h1>Meningeal</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Me*nin"ge*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the meninges.</def>

<h1>Meninges</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Me*nin"ges</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>; <sing>sing. <singw>Meninx</singw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></sing>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a membrane.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord; the pia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane.</def>

<h1>Meningitis</h1> <Xpage=912>

<hw>Men`in*gi"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Meninges</er>, and <er>-itis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.</def>

<cs><col>Cerebro-spinal meningitis</col>. <cd>See under <er>Cerebro-spinal</er>.</cd></cs>