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<p><b>4.</b> <def>A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule.</def>

<h1>Methodist</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"o*dist</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; <as>as, <ex>Methodist</ex> hymns; a <ex>Methodist</ex> elder.</as></def>

<h1>Methodistic, Methodistical</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw><hw>Meth`o*dis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Meth`o*dis"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Meth`o*dis"tic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Methodization</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth`od*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized.</def>

<h1>Methodize</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"od*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Methodized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Methodizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; <as>as, to <ex>methodize</ex> one's work or thoughts</as>.</def>

<i>Spectator.</i>

<h1>Methodizer</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"od*i`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who methodizes.</def>

<h1>Methodological</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth`od*o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to methodology.</def>

<h1>Methodology</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth`od*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ method + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Methol</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"ol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ wine + <ets>-ol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit; also, by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which <i>methol</i> proper is the type. See <cref>Methyl alcohol</cref>, under <er>Methyl</er>.</def>

<h1>Methought</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*thought"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Methinks</er>.</def>

<h1>Methoxyl</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth*ox"yl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meth</ets>yl + hydr<ets>oxyl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hypothetical radical, <chform>CH3O</chform>, analogous to hydroxyl.</def>

<h1>Methyl</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"yl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Methylene</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hydrocarbon radical, <chform>CH3</chform>, not existing alone but regarded as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part of many derivatives; <as>as, <ex>methyl</ex> alcohol, <ex>methyl</ex> ether, <ex>methyl</ex> amine, etc.</as></def> <altsp>[Formerly written also <asp>methule</asp>, <asp>methyle</asp>, etc.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Methyl alcohol</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a light, volatile, inflammable liquid, <chform>CH3.OH</chform>, obtained by the distillation of wood, and hence called <altname>wood spirit</altname><-- wood alcohol -->; -- called also <altname>methol</altname>, <altname>carbinol</altname>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Methyl amine</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a colorless, inflammable, alkaline gas, <chform>CH3.NH2</chform>, having an ammoniacal, fishy odor. It is produced artificially, and also occurs naturally in herring brine and other fishy products. It is regarded as ammonia in which a third of its hydrogen is replaced by methyl, and is a type of the class of <i>substituted ammonias<i>.</cd> -- <col>Methyl ether</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a light, volatile ether <chform>CH3.O.CH3</chform>, obtained by the etherification of methyl alcohol; -- called also <altname>methyl oxide</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Methyl green</col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Green</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>Methyl orange</col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Helianthin</er>.</cd> -- <col>Methyl violet</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an artificial dye, consisting of certain methyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline.</cd></cs>

<h1>Methylal</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"yl*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Methyl</ets>ene + <ets>al</ets>cohol.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A light, volatile liquid, <chform>H2C(OCH3)2</chform>, regarded as a complex ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also <altname>formal</altname>.</def>