Part 7014

<h1>Methylamine</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth`yl*am"ine</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Methyl amine</cref>, under <er>Methyl</er>.</def>

<h1>Methylate</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"yl*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Methyl</ets> + alcohol<ets>ate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; <as>as, sodium <ex>methylate</ex>, <chform>CH3ONa</chform></as>.</def>

<h1>Methylate</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"yl*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To impregnate or mix with methyl or methyl alcohol.</def>

<h1>Methylated</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"yl*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood spirit; <as>as, <ex>methylated</ex> spirits</as>.</def>

<h1>Methylene</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Meth"yl*ene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82thyl\'8ane</ets>, from Gr. <?/ wine + <?/ wood; -- a word coined to correspond to the name <ets>wood spirit</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hydrocarbon radical, <chform>CH2</chform>, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; <as>as, <ex>methylene</ex> bromide, <chform>CH2Br2</chform></as>; -- formerly called also <altname>methene</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Methylene blue</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an artificial dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; -- called also <altname>pure blue</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Methylic</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*thyl"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, methyl; specifically, designating methyl alcohol. See under <er>Methyl</er>.</def>

<h1>Methysticin</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*thys"ti*cin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the thick rootstock of a species of pepper (<spn>Piper methysticum</spn>) of the South Sea Islands; -- called also <altname>kanakin</altname>.</def>

<h1>Metic</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Met"ic</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, prop., changing one's abode; <?/, indicating change + <?/ house, abode: cf. L. <ets>metoecus</ets>, F. <ets>m\'82t\'8aque</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.</def>

<i>Mitford.</i>

<blockquote>The whole force of Athens, <b>metics</b> as well as citizens, and all the strangers who were then in the city. <i>Jowett (Thucyd. ).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Meticulous</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*tic"u*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>meticulosus</ets>, fr. <ets>metus</ets> fear: cf. F. <ets>m\'82ticuleux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Timid; fearful.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Me*tic"u*lous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>M\'82tif, n. m. M\'82tive</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw><hw>M\'82`tif"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. m.</tt> <hw>M\'82`tive"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. f.</tt><hw><ety>[F.]</ety> <def>See <er>M\'82tis</er>.</def>

<h1>M\'82tis, n. m. M\'82tisse</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw><hw>M\'82`tis"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. m.</tt> <hw>M\'82`tisse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. f.</tt><hw><ety>[F.; akin to Sp. <ets>mestizo</ets>. See <er>Mestizo</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an octoroon.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>