Part 7011

<i>Ascham.</i>

<h1>Meteyard</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Mete"yard`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>metgeard</ets>. See <er>Mete</er> to measure, and <er>Yard</er> stick.]</ety> <def>A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Meth</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Meathe</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Meth\'91moglobin</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Met`h\'91m*o*glo"bin</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>met-</ets> + <ets>h<?/moglobin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A stable crystalline compound obtained by the decomposition of hemoglobin. It is found in old blood stains.</def>

<h1>Methal</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>M</ets>yristic + <ets>eth</ets>er + <ets>al</ets>cohol.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series.</def>

<h1>Methane</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"ane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Methal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, <chform>CH4</chform>; marsh gas. See <cref>Marsh gas</cref>, under <er>Gas</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Methane series</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a series of saturated hydrocarbons, of which methane is the first member and type, and (because of their general chemical inertness and indifference) called also the <altname>paraffin (little affinity) series</altname>. The lightest members are gases, as methane, ethane; intermediate members are liquids, as hexane, heptane, etc. (found in benzine, kerosene, etc.); while the highest members are white, waxy, or fatty solids, as paraffin proper.</cd></cs>

<h1>Metheglin</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*theg"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W. <ets>meddyglyn</ets>; <ets>medd</ets> mead + <ets>llyn</ets> liquor, juice. See <er>Mead</er> a drink.]</ety> <def>A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead.</def>

<i>Gay.</i>

<h1>Methene</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"ene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meth</ets>yl + ethyl<ets>ene</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Methylene</er>.</def>

<h1>Methenyl</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"e*nyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Methene</ets> + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical <chform>CH</chform>, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds.</def>

<h1>Methide</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"ide</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Methyl</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A binary compound of methyl with some element; <as>as, aluminium <ex>methide</ex>, <chform>Al2(CH3)6</chform></as>.</def>

<h1>Methinks</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*thinks"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. impers.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Methought</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>&thorn;yncan</ets> to seem, <ets>m&emac; &thorn;ynce&edh;</ets>, <ets>m&emac; &thorn;&umac;hte</ets>, OE. <ets>me thinketh</ets>, <ets>me thoughte</ets>; akin to G. <ets>d\'81nken</ets> to seem, <ets>denken</ets> to think, and E. <ets>think</ets>. See <er>Me</er>, and <er>Think</er>.]</ety> <def>It seems to me; I think. See <er>Me</er>.</def> <mark>[R., except in poetry.]</mark>

<blockquote>In all ages poets have been had in special reputation, and, <b>methinks</b>, not without great cause. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Methionate</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*thi"on*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of methionic acid.</def>