Part 7021

<h1>Mews</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mews</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <ety>[Prop. pl. of <ets>mew</ets>. See <er>Mew</er> a cage.]</ety> <def>An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<blockquote>Mr. Turveydrop's great room... was built out into a <b>mews</b> at the back. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<mhw><h1>Mexal, Mexical</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mex*al"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mex"i*cal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <tt>mexcal.</tt>]</ety> <def>See <er>Mescal</er>.</def>

<h1>Mexican</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mex"i*can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Mexico.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Mexican poppy</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a tropical American herb of the Poppy family (<spn>Argemone Mexicana</spn>) with much the look of a thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms.</cd> -- <col>Mexican tea</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an aromatic kind of pigweed from tropical America (<spn>Chenopodium ambrosioides</spn>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Mexicanize</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mex"i*can*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to be like the Mexicans, or their country, esp. in respect of frequent revolutions of government.</def>

<h1>Mexicanize</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mex"i*can*ize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become like the Mexicans, or their country or government.</def>

<h1>Neyne</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Neyn"e</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>Same as <er>Meine</er>.</def>

<h1>Mezcal</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mez*cal"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Mescal</er>.</def>

<h1>Mezereon</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Me*ze"re*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'82z\'82r\'82on</ets>, Per. <ets>m\'bezriy&umac;n</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small European shrub (<spn>Daphne Mezereum</spn>), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.</def>

<h1>Mezquita</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mez*qui"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A mosque.</def>

<h1>Mezuzoth</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mez"u*zoth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>m&ecr;z&umac;z&omac;th</ets>, pl. of <ets>m&ecr;z&umac;z\'beh</ets> doorpost.]</ety> <def>A piece of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews.</def><-- now mezuzah or mezuzah, used for the scroll together with the case in which it is contained -->

<h1>Mezzanine</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mez"za*nine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>mezzanine</ets>, It. <ets>mezzanino</ets>, fr. <ets>mezzano</ets> middle, fr. <ets>mezzo</ets> middle, half. See <er>Mezzo</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Entresol</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house.</def>

<h1>Mezza voce</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mez"za vo"ce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[It., fr. <ets>mezzo</ets>, fem. <ets>mezza</ets> middle, half + <ets>voce</ets> voice, L. <ets>vox</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>With a medium fullness of sound.</def>

<h1>Mezzo</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mez"zo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[It., from L. <ets>medius</ets> middle, half. See <er>Mid</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Mean; not extreme.</def>