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<h1>Metoche</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Met"o*che</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a sharing, fr. <?/ to share in; <?/ with + <?/ to have.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The space between two dentils.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The space between two triglyphs.</def>

<h1>Metonic</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*ton"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82tonique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or discovered by, <i>Meton</i>, the Athenian.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Metonic</col> <col>cycle &or; year</col></mcol>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Cycle</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Metonymic, Metonymical</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw><hw>Met`o*nym"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Met`o*nym"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Metonymy</er>.]</ety> <def>Used by way of metonymy.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Met`o*nym"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Metonymy</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*ton"y*my</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>metonymia</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/, indicating change + <?/ , for <?/ a name: cf. F. <ets>m\'82tonymie</ets>. See <er>Name</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; <as>as, we say, a man keeps a good <ex>table</ex> instead of good <ex>provisions</ex>; we read <ex>Virgil</ex>, that is, his <ex>poems</ex>; a man has a warm <ex>heart</ex>, that is, warm <ex>affections</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Metope</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Met"o*pe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ with, between + <?/ opening, hole, the hole in the frieze between the beam ends.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Entablature</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The face of a crab.</def>

<note>&hand; In the Parthenon, groups of centaurs and heroes in high relief occupy the metopes.</note>

<h1>Metopic</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*top"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the forehead.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; <as>as, the <ex>metopic</ex> suture</as>.</def>

<h1>Metopomancy</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Met"o*po*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the forehead + <ets>-mancy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fortune telling by physiognomy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Urquhart.</i>

<h1>Metoposcopic, Metoposcopical</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw><hw>Met`o*po*scop"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Met`o*po*scop"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to metoposcopy.</def>

<h1>Metoposcopist</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Met`o*pos"co*pist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in metoposcopy.</def>

<h1>Metoposcopy</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Met`o*pos"co*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ observing the forehead; <?/ the forehead + <?/ to view: cf. F. <ets>m\'82toposcopie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.</def>

<h1>Metosteon</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me*tos"te*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ after + <?/ bone.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification.</def>

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