Chapter 1016

Mu"ti*ny , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Mutinied (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mutinying (?) .] 1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority.

2. To fall into strifle; to quarrel. [Obs.]

Shak.

Mutism <Xpage=958>

Mut"ism (?) , n. The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech.

Max M\'81ller.

Mutter <Xpage=958>

Mut"ter (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Muttered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Muttering .] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. muttire , mutire .] 1. To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complains or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl.

Wizards that peep, and that mutter . Is. viii. 19.

Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. Dryden.

2. To sound with a low, rumbling noise.

Thick lightings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. Pope.

Mutter <Xpage=958>

Mut"ter , v. t. To utter with imperfect articulations, or with a low voice; as, to mutter threats .

Shak.

Mutter <Xpage=958>

Mut"ter , n. Repressing or obscure utterance.

Mutterer <Xpage=958>

Mut"ter*er (?) , n. One who mutters.

Mutteringly <Xpage=958>

Mut"ter*ing*ly , adv. With a low voice and indistinct articulation; in a muttering manner.

Mutton <Xpage=958>

Mut"ton (?) , n. [OE. motoun , OF. moton , molton , a sheep, wether, F. mouton , LL. multo , by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. See Mutilate .] 1. A sheep. [Obs.]

Chapman.

Not so much ground as will feed a mutton . Sir H. Sidney.

Muttons , beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. Hallam.

2. The flesh of a sheep.

The fat of roasted mutton or beef. Swift.

3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.]

Mutton bird (Zo\'94l.) , the Australian short-tailed petrel ( Nectris brevicaudus ). -- Mutton chop , a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off. -- Mutton fish (Zo\'94l.) , the American eelpout. See Eelpout . -- Mutton fist , a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] Dryden . -- Mutton monger , a pimp [Low & Obs.] Chapman . -- To return to one's muttons . [A translation of a phrase from a farce by De Brueys, revenons \'85 nos moutons let us return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [Humorous]

I willingly return to my muttons . H. R. Haweis.

Muttony <Xpage=958>

Mut"ton*y (?) , a. Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton.

Mutual <Xpage=958>

Mu"tu*al (?) , a. [F. mutuel , L. mutuus , orig., exchanged, borrowed, lent; akin to mutare to change. See Mutable .] 1. Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc.

Conspiracy and mutual promise. Sir T. More.

Happy in our mutual help, And mutual love. Milton.

A certain shyness on such subjects, which was mutual between the sisters. G. Eliot.

2. Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort.

Burke.

A vast accession of misery and woe from the mutual weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Bentley.

&hand; This use of mutual as synonymous with common is inconsistent with the idea of interchange, or reciprocal relation, which properly belongs to it; but the word has been so used by many writers of high authority. The present tendency is toward a careful discrimination.

Mutual , as Johnson will tell us, means something reciprocal, a giving and taking. How could people have mutual ancestors? P. Harrison.

Mutual insurance , agreement among a number of persons to insure each other against loss, as by fire, death, or accident. -- Mutual insurance company , one which does a business of insurance on the mutual principle, the policy holders sharing losses and profits pro rata .

Syn. -- Reciprocal; interchanged; common.

Mutualism <Xpage=958>

Mu"tu*al*ism (?) , n. (Ethics) The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare.

F. Harrison. H. Spencer. Mallock.

Mutuality <Xpage=958>

Mu`tu*al"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. mutualit\'82 .] 1. The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange; interaction; interdependence.

2. (Law) Reciprocity of consideration.

Wharton.

Mutually <Xpage=958>

Mu"tu*al*ly (?) , adv. In a mutual manner.

Mutuary <Xpage=958>

Mu"tu*a*ry (?) , n. [L. mutuarius mutual.See Mutuation .] (Law) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind.

Bouvier.

Mutuation <Xpage=958>

Mu`tu*a"tion (?) , n. [L. mutuatio , fr. mutuare , mutuari , to borrow, fr. mutuus . See Mutual .] The act of borrowing or exchanging. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Mutule <Xpage=958>

Mu"tule (?) , n. [F., fr. L. mutulus .] (Arch.) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust . of Gutta .

Oxf. Gloss.

Mux <Xpage=958>

Mux (?) , n. [Cf. Mixen .] Dirt; filth; muck. [Prov. Eng.]

ose.

Mux <Xpage=958>

Mux , v. t. To mix in an unitidy and offensive way; to make a mess of. [Prov. Eng.; Colloq. U.S.]

Muxy <Xpage=958>

Mux"y (?) , a. Soft; sticky, and dirty. [Prov. Eng.] See Mucky .

Muzarab <Xpage=958>

Muz"a*rab (?) , n. [Sp. mozarabe , fr. Ar. mosta'rib , a name applied to strange tribes living among the Arabs.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [Written also Mozarab , Mostarab .]

Brande & C.

Muzarabic <Xpage=958>

Muz`a*rab"ic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy . [Written also Mozarabic .]

Muzziness <Xpage=958>

Muz"zi*ness (?) , n. The state or quality of being muzzy.

Muzzle <Xpage=958>

Muz"zle (?) , n. [OE. mosel , OF. musel , F. museau muzzle or snout, LL. musellus , fr. musus , morsus . See Muse , v. i. , and cf. Morsel .] 1. The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout.

2. The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun .

3. A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting.

With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound Dryden.

Muzzle sight . (Gun.) See Dispart , n. , 2.

Muzzle <Xpage=958>

Muz"zle , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Muzzled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Muzzling (?) .] [F. museler .] 1. To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action. "My dagger muzzled ."

Shak.

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Deut. xxv. 4.

2. To fondle with the closed mouth. [Obs.]

L'Estrange.

Muzzle <Xpage=958>

Muz"zle , v. i. To bring the mouth or muzzle near.

The bear muzzles and smels to him. L'Estrange.

Muzzle-loader <Xpage=958>

Muz"zle-load`er (?) , n. A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.

Muzzle-loading <Xpage=958>

Muz"zle-load`ing , a. Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle .

Muzzy <Xpage=958>

Muz"zy (?) , a. [Cf. F. muse .] Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.

The whole company stared at me with a whimsical, muzzy look, like men whose senses were a little obfuscated by beer rather then wine. W. Irving.

My <Xpage=958>

My (?) , a. & poss. pron. [OE. mi , fr. min . See Mine , and cf., for loss of n , A , a. , An , a. ] Of or belonging to me; -- used always attributively; as, my body; my book ; -- mine is used in the predicate; as, the book is mine . See Mine .

Mya <Xpage=958>

My"a (?) , n. [L. mya a kind of mussel.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam.

Myalgia <Xpage=958>

My*al"gi*a (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ muscle + <?/ pain.] (Med.) Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.

Myall wood <Xpage=958>

My*all" wood` (?) . (Bot.) A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla .

Myaria <Xpage=958>

My*a"ri*a (?) , n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam ( Mya ) is the type.

Mycelium <Xpage=958>

My*ce"li*um (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. my`khs a mushroom.] (Bot.) The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn. -- My*ce"li*al (#) , a.

Myceloid <Xpage=958>

Myc"e*loid (?) , a. [ Mycel ium + -oid .] (Bot.) Resembling mycelium.

Mycetes <Xpage=958>

My*ce"tes (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. mykhth`s a bellower, fr. myka^sqai to bellow.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of South American monkeys, including the howlers. See Howler , 2, and Illust .

Mycetoid <Xpage=958>

Myc"e*toid (?) , [Gr. my`khs , -htos , a fungus + -oid .] (Bot.) Resembling a fungus.

Mycoderma <Xpage=958>

My`co*der"ma (?) , n. [NL., from Gr. my`khs a fungus + de`rma skin.] 1. (Biol.) One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed. This production differs from the zo\'94l\'d2a stage of bacteria by not having the intermediary mucous substance.

2. A genus of micro\'94rganisms of which the acetic ferment ( Mycoderma aceti ), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a representative. Cf. Mother .

Mycologic, Mycological <Xpage=958>

My`co*log"ic (?) , My`co*log"ic*al (?) , a. Of or relating to mycology, or the fungi.

Mycologist <Xpage=958>

My*col"o*gist (?) , n. One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology.

Mycology <Xpage=958>

My*col"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. my`khs fungus + -logy .] That branch of botanical science which relates to the musgrooms and other fungi.

Mycomelic <Xpage=958>

My`co*mel"ic (?) , a. [Gr. (spirious) <?/ mucus (L. mucus ) + <?/ honey.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid of the alloxan group, obtained as a honey-yellow powder. Its solutions have a gelatinous consistency.

Mycoprotein <Xpage=958>

My`co*pro"te*in (?) , n. [Gr. (spirious) <?/ mucus (L. mucus ) + E. protein .] (Biol.) The protoplasmic matter of which bacteria are composed.

Mycose <Xpage=958>

My"cose (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ a mushroom.] (Chem.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose . [Written also mykose .]

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Mycothrix <Xpage=959>

Myc"o*thrix (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. (spurious) <?/ mucus (L. mucus ) + <?/, <?/, hair.] (Biol.) The chain of micrococci formed by the division of the micrococci in multiplication.

Mydaleine <Xpage=959>

My*da"le*ine (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ to be clammy (from decay).] (Physiol. Chem.) A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrh\'d2a, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation.

Brieger.

Mydatoxin <Xpage=959>

Myd`a*tox"in (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ to be clammy (from decay) + tox ic + in .] (Physiol. Chem.) A poisonous amido acid, C6H13NO2 , separated by Brieger from decaying horseflesh. In physiological action, it is similar to curare.

Mydaus <Xpage=959>

Myd"a*us (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ to be clammy or damp.] (Zo\'94l.) The teledu.

Mydriasis <Xpage=959>

My*dri"a*sis (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/.] (Physiol. & Med.) A long-continued or excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye.

Mydriatic <Xpage=959>

Myd`ri*at"ic (?) , a. Causing dilatation of the pupil. -- n. A mydriatic medicine or agent, as belladonna.

Myelencephala <Xpage=959>

My`e*len*ceph"a*la (?) , n. pl. [NL. See Myelencephalon .] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Vertebrata .

Myelencephalic <Xpage=959>

My`e*len`ce*phal"ic (?) , a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon; cerebro-spinal.

Myelencephalon <Xpage=959>

My`e*len*ceph"a*lon (?) , n. [NL., from Gr. <?/ marrow + E. encephalon .] (Anat.) (a) The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal . (b) The metencephalon.

Huxley.

Myelencephalous <Xpage=959>

My`e*len*ceph"a*lous (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Myelencephala.

Myelin <Xpage=959>

My"e*lin (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ marrow.] (Physiol. Chem.) (a) A soft white substance constituting the medullary sheats of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, albumin, and some fat. (b) One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers.

Myelitis <Xpage=959>

My`e*li"tis (?) , n. [NL., from Gr. <?/ marrow + -itis .] (Med.) Inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes.

Myeloc\'d2le <Xpage=959>

My"e*lo*c\'d2le` (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ marrow + <?/ hollow.] (Anat.) The central canal of the spinal cord.

Myelogenic <Xpage=959>

My`e*lo*gen"ic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ marrow + the root of <?/ to be born.] (Physiol.) Derived from, or pertaining to, the bone marrow.

Myeloid <Xpage=959>

My"e*loid (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ marrow + -oid .] Resembling marrow in appearance or consistency; as, a myeloid tumor .

Myeloidin <Xpage=959>

My`e*loid"in (?) , n. [ Myelin + -oid + -in .] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinal epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the substance ( myelin ) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers.

Myelon <Xpage=959>

My"e*lon (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ marrow.] (Anat.) The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel .)

Myelonal <Xpage=959>

My"e*lo`nal (?) , a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the myelon; as, the myelonal , or spinal, nerves .

Myeloneura <Xpage=959>

My`e*lo*neu"ra (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ + <?/ a nerve.] (Zo\'94l.) The Vertebrata.

Myeloplax <Xpage=959>

My*el"o*plax (?) , n. ; pl. E. Myeloplaxes (#) , L. Myeloplaces (#) . [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ marrow + <?/ anything flat and broad.] (Anat.) One of the huge multinucleated cells found in the marrow of bone and occasionally in other parts; a giant cell. See Osteoclast .

Mygale <Xpage=959>

Myg"a*le (?) , n. [L., a field mouse, Gr. <?/.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider ( Mygale avicularia ), and the crab spider, or matoutou ( M. cancerides ) are among the largest species. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas , as the Texas tarantula ( M. Hentzii ). <-- = the trapdoor spiders; they are of the family Ctenizidae -->

Mylodon <Xpage=959>

Myl"o*don (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ a mill + <?/, <?/, a tooth.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates, allied to Megatherium.

Mylohyoid <Xpage=959>

My`lo*hy"oid (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ the molar teeth + E. hyoid .] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus; as, the mylohyoid nerve .

Myna <Xpage=959>

My"na (?) , n. [See Mino bird .] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the genera Acridotheres , Sturnopastor , Sturnia , Gracula , and allied genera. In habits they resemble the European starlings, and like them are often caged and taught to talk. See Hill myna , under Hill , and Mino bird . [Spelt also mynah .]

Mynchen <Xpage=959>

Myn"chen (?) , n. [AS. mynecen , fr. munec monk. See Monk .] A nun. [Obs.]

Mynchery <Xpage=959>

Myn"cher*y (?) , n. A nunnery; -- a term still applied to the ruins of certain nunneries in England.

Mynheer <Xpage=959>

Myn*heer" (?) , n. [D. mijnheer .] The Dutch equivalent of Mr . or Sir ; hence, a Dutchman.

Myo- <Xpage=959>

My"o- (?) . A combining form of Gr. <?/, <?/, a muscle ; as, myo graph, myo chrome .

Myocarditis <Xpage=959>

My`o*car*di"tis (?) , n. [NL. see Myocardium .] (Med.) Inflammation of the myocardium.

Myocardium <Xpage=959>

My`o*car"di*um (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, muscle + <?/ heart.] (Anat.) The main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosed between the epicardium and endocardium.

Myochrome <Xpage=959>