Part 7058

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

<hw>Mince</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A short, precise step; an affected manner.</def>

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

<hw>Mince"-meat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and raisins are added; -- used in making mince pie.</def>

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

<hw>Mince" pie`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A pie made of mince-meat.</def>

<h1>Mincer</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Min"cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who minces.</def>

<h1>Mincing</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Min"cing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.</def>

<h1>Mincingly</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Min"cing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a mincing manner; not fully; with affected nicety.</def>

<h1>Mind</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mind</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>mynd</ets>, <ets>gemynd</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>minna</ets> memory, love, G. <ets>minne</ets> love, Dan. <ets>minde</ets> mind, memory, remembrance, consent, vote, Sw. <ets>minne</ets> memory, Icel. <ets>minni</ets>, Goth. <ets>gamunds</ets>, L. <ets>mens</ets>, <ets>mentis</ets>, mind, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>manas</ets> mind, <ets>man</ets> to think. <?/<?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/. Cf. <er>Comment</er>, <er>Man</er>, <er>Mean</er>, <tt>v.</tt>, 3d <er>Mental</er>, <er>Mignonette</er>, <er>Minion</er>, <er>Mnemonic</er>, <er>Money</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; -- often in distinction from the <i>body</i>.</def>

<blockquote>By the <b>mind</b> of man we understand that in him which thinks, remembers, reasons, wills. <i>Reid.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What we mean by <b>mind</b> is simply that which perceives, thinks, feels, wills, and desires. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let every man be fully persuaded in his own <b>mind</b>. <i>Rom. xiv. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>mind</b> shall banquet, though the body pine. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking, willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state; as: <sd>(a)</sd> Opinion; judgment; belief.</def>

<blockquote>A fool uttereth all his <b>mind</b>. <i>Prov. xxix. 11.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Being so hard to me that brought your <b>mind</b>, I fear she'll prove as hard to you in telling her <b>mind</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will</def>.

<blockquote>If it be your <b>minds</b>, then let none go forth. <i>2 Kings ix. 15.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(c)</sd> <def>Courage; spirit</def>.

<i>Chapman.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Memory; remembrance; recollection; <as>as, to have or keep in <ex>mind</ex>, to call to <ex>mind</ex>, to put in <ex>mind</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<cs><mcol><col>To have a mind</col> &or; <col>great mind</col></mcol>, <cd>to be inclined or strongly inclined in purpose; -- used with an infinitive. "Sir Roger de Coverly... told me that he <i>had a great mind<i> to see the new tragedy with me." <i>Addison</i>.</cd> -- <col>To lose one's mind</col>, <cd>to become insane, or imbecile.</cd> -- <col>To make up one's mind</col>, <cd>to come to an opinion or decision; to determine.</cd> -- <col>To put in mind</col>, <cd>to remind. "Regard us simply as <i>putting you in mind<i> of what you already know to be good policy." <i>Jowett (Thucyd. )</i>.</cd></cs>