Part 6993

<h1>Mester</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Mister</er>, a trade.</def>

<h1>Mestino</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes*ti"no</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Mestinos</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>See <er>Mestizo</er>.</def>

<h1>Mestizo</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mes*ti"zo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Mestizos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Sp. <ets>mestizo</ets>; akin to OF. <ets>mestis</ets>, F. <ets>m\'82tis</ets>; all fr. (assumed) LL. <ets>mixtitius</ets>, fr. L. <ets>mixtus</ets> mixed, p. p. of <ets>miscere</ets> to mix. See <er>Mix</er>, and cf. <er>Mestee</er>, <er>M\'90tif</er>, <er>M\'90tis</er>, <er>Mustee</er>.]</ety> <def>The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock.</def> <mark>[Spanish America]</mark>

<cs><col>Mestizo wool</col>, <cd>wool imported from South America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mestling</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Mest"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of brass. See <er>Maslin</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Mesymnicum</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Me*sym"ni*cum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ middle + <?/ a festive song. See <er>Hymn</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Poetry)</fld> <def>A repetition at the end of a stanza.</def>

<h1>Met</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Met</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Meet</er>.</def>

<h1>Met</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Met</hw>, <tt>obs. imp. & p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Mete</er>, to measure.</def>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Met</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Met</hw>, <tt>obs. p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Mete</er>, to dream.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Meta-, Met-</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw><hw>Met"a-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Met-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ between, with, after; akin to AS. <ets>mid</ets> with, G. <ets>mit</ets>, Goth. <ets>mi\'ed</ets>, E. <ets>mid</ets>, in <ets>midwife</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A prefix meaning <i>between</i>, <i>with</i>, <i>after</i>, <i>behind</i>, <i>over</i>, <i>about</i>, <i>reversely</i>; <as>as, <ex>meta</ex>chronism, the error of placing after the correct time; <ex>meta</ex>phor, lit., a carrying over; <ex>meta</ex>thesis, a placing reversely.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> A prefix denoting: <sd>(a)</sd> <def><i>Other</i>; <i>duplicate</i>, <i>corresponding to</i>; <i>resembling</i>; hence, <i>metameric</i>; <as>as, <ex>meta</ex>-arabinic, <ex>met</ex>aldehyde</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Organic Chem.)</fld> <def>That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the <i>relative positions</i> of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; <as>as, <ex>meta</ex>cresol, etc.</as> See <er>Ortho-</er>, and <er>Para-</er>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Inorganic Chem.)</fld> <def>Having <i>less than the highest number</i> of hydroxyl groups; -- said of acids; <as>as, <ex>meta</ex>phosphoric acid</as>. Also used adjectively.</def>

<-- 3. A prefix meaning <i>at a level above<i>, as metaphysics, metalanguage. -->

<h1>Metabasis</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw>Me*tab"a*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Metabases</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to pass over; <?/ beyond, over + <?/ to go.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A transition from one subject to another.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Metabola</er>.</def>

<h1>Metabola, Metabole</h1> <Xpage=916>

<hw><hw>Me*tab"o*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Me*tab"o*le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ change; <?/ beyond + <?/ to throw.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment.</def>