Part 7022

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

<hw>Mez"zo-re*lie"vo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Mezzo-rilievo.</def>

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

<hw>Mez"zo-ri*lie"vo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under <er>Alto-rilievo</er>.</def>

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

<hw>Mez"zo-so*pra"no</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A mezzo-soprano voice.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A person having such a voice.</def></def2>

<h1>Mezzotint</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mez"zo*tint</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mezzo-tinto</ets>.]</ety> <def>A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.</def>

<h1>Mezzotint</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mez"zo*tint</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To engrave in mezzotint.</def>

<h1>Mezzotinter</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mez"zo*tint`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who engraves in mezzotint.</def>

<h1>Mezzotinto</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mez`zo*tin"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>mezzo</ets> half + <ets>tinto</ets> tinted, p. p. of <ets>tingere</ets> to dye, color, tinge, L. <ets>tingere</ets>. See <er>Mezzo</er>.]</ety> <def>Mezzotint.</def>

<h1>Mezzotinto</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mez`zo*tin"to</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mezzotintoed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mezzotintoing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint.</def>

<h1>Mhorr</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mhorr</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Mohr</er>.</def>

<h1>Mi</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mi</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, <it>i. e.</it>, to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the American system.</def>

<h1>Miamis</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mi*a"mis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt>; <sing>sing. <singw>Miami</singw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country between the Wabash and Maumee rivers.</def>

<h1>Miargyrite</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mi*ar"gy*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ less + <?/ silver. So called because it contains less silver than some kindred ore.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver.</def>

<h1>Mias</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mi"as</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malayan.]</ety> <def>The orang-outang.</def>

<h1>Miascite</h1> <Xpage=920>

<hw>Mi*asc"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named from <ets>Miask</ets>, in the Ural Mountains.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, el\'91olite, and sodalite.</def>