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<h1>Mesh</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mesh</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Meshed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Meshing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To catch in a mesh.</def>

<i>Surrey.</i>

<h1>Mesh</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mesh</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Gearing)</fld> <def>To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.</def>

<h1>Meshed</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Meshed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mashed; brewed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Meshy</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mesh"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Formed with meshes; netted.</def>

<h1>Mesiad</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"i*ad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ middle + L. <ets>ad</ets> to.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; -- opposed to <i>laterad</i>.</def>

<h1>Mesial</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Me"sial</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ middle.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to <i>lateral</i>.</def>

<cs><col>Mesial plane</col>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Meson</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mesially</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Me"sial*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad.</def>

<h1>Mesityl</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"i*tyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hypothetical radical formerly supposed to exist in mesityl oxide.</def>

<cs><col>Mesityl oxide</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a volatile liquid having the odor of peppermint, obtained by certain dehydrating agents from acetone; -- formerly called also <altname>dumasin</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mesitylenate</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Me*sit"y*le*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of mesitylenic acid.</def>

<h1>Mesitylene</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Me*sit"y*lene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless, fragrant liquid, <chform>C6H3(CH3)3</chform>, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Me*sit`y*len"ic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Mesitylol</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Me*sit"y*lol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mesityl</ets>ene + <ets>-ol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A crystalline substance obtained from mesitylene.</def>

<h1>Meslin</h1> <Xpage=915>

<hw>Mes"lin</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Maslin</er>.</def>

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