Part 7057

<h1>Minacity</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mi*nac"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Disposition to threaten.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Minaret</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Min"a*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>minarete</ets>, Ar. <ets>man\'berat</ets> lamp, lantern, lighthouse, turret, fr. <ets>n\'ber</ets> to shine.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin.</def>

<h1>Minargent</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Min*ar"gent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. contr. from alu<ets>min</ets>ium + L. <ets>argent</ets>um silver.]</ety> <def>An alloy consisting of copper, nickel, tungsten, and aluminium; -- used by jewelers.</def>

<h1>Minatorially, Minatorily</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw><hw>Min`a*to"ri*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Min"a*to*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a minatory manner; with threats.</def>

<h1>Minatory</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Min"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>minatorius</ets>, fr. <ets>minari</ets> to threaten. See <er>Menace</er>.]</ety> <def>Threatening; menacing.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Minaul</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mi*naul"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Manul</er>.</def>

<h1>Mince</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mince</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Minced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Minging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>minsian</ets> to grow less, dwindle, fr. <ets>min</ets> small; akin to G. <ets>minder</ets> less, Goth. <ets>minniza</ets> less, <ets>mins</ets> less, adv., L. <ets>minor</ets>, adj. (cf. <er>Minor</er>); or more likely fr. F. <ets>mincer</ets> to mince, prob. from (assumed) LL. <ets>minutiare</ets>. <?/<?/<?/<?/. See <er>Minish</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; <as>as, to <ex>mince</ex> meat</as>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of.</def>

<blockquote>I know no ways to <b>mince</b> it in love, but directly to say -- "I love you." <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Siren, now <b>mince</b> the sin, And mollify damnation with a phrase. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If, to <b>mince</b> his meaning, I had either omitted some part of what he said, or taken from the strength of his expression, I certainly had wronged him. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To affect; to make a parade of.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Mince</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mince</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.</def>

<blockquote>The daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes,... <b>mincing</b> as they go. <i>Is. iii. 16.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I 'll... turn two <b>mincing</b> steps Into a manly stride. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.</def>