This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...intellectual. men'sal, monthly men'tion, to name; state men'tor, wise monitor, mephit'lc, foul; noxious, mephl'tis, a noxious exhalation, mercantile, trading, mer'cenary, seeking gain mer'chandise, goods, mer'chant, a trader, mer'ciful, compassionate mer'ciless, void of mercy mercu'rlal, like mercury mer'cury, quicksilver, mer'cy, tenderness, mere, this oniy, mere'ly, simply; oniy; barely, meretri'clous, lewd;faise merge, to immerse, merid'lan, imaginary line merid'lonal, as to xneridmeringue', a pastry, ian meri'no.flnewooled sheep qr'lt, desert;due reward I Methodical merito'rious, with merit, mor7maid, sea nymph, mer'rily, in a merry manner. meVriment, gayety. mer'ry, gay; jovial, mesalliance, marriage with an inferior, am. mesdames', pluralof madmeseems', lt seems to me. m2sh, to catch in a net mesmeVic, of mesmerism mes'merism, abnormal nervous control, mes'merize, to put into an unnatural sleep, mesne, meen middle. law. mesozo'le, reptilian age mess, a dish; a medley. mes'sage, an errand, mes'senger, a carrier. messl'ah, Christ. mes'sleurs, gentiemen. mes'suage, house with land, met, did meet. metacar'pus, part of the human hand, met'al, a hard substance metal'lic, resembling metal. metal. metalliferous, to produce met'allist, a worker in metais. met'allurgy, art of working metais. able. metamor'phlc, change metamor'phose, transform. metamor'phosis, change. met'aphor, a comparison metaphor'lcally, figuratively. met'aphrase, verbal translation, metaphysics metaphjfs'lcal, relating to metaphysl'cian, one versed in metaphysics. metaphy'slcs, the philosophy of mind, metatar'sus, part of foot between ankle and toes metath'ests, transposition of letters etc. mete, a measure; limit. me'teor, a flying body. meteor'olite, meteoric stone. of meteors meteoroTogy, t
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