MINCE, mins, _v.t._ to cut into small pieces: to chop fine: to diminish or
suppress a part in speaking: to pronounce affectedly.--_v.i._ to walk with
affected nicety: to speak affectedly:--_pr.p._ minc'ing; _pa.p._ minced
(minst).--_ns._ MINCE'-MEAT, meat chopped small--hence anything thoroughly
broken or cut to pieces; MINCE'-PIE, a pie made with minced meat,
&c.--_adj._ MINC'ING, not speaking fully out: speaking or walking with
affected nicety.--_adv._ MINC'INGLY.--MINCE MATTERS, to speak of things
with affected delicacy, or to soften an account unduly.--MINCED COLLOPS
(see COLLOPS). [A.S. _minsian_--_min_, small; prob. cog. with Fr. _mince_,
thin, also Teut.]
MIND, m[=i]nd, _n._ the faculty by which we think, &c.: the understanding:
the whole spiritual nature: memory: choice: intention: thoughts or
sentiments: belief: cast of thought and feeling: (_B._)
disposition.--_v.t._ to attend to: to obey: (_orig._) to remind: (_Scot._)
to remember.--_v.i._ (_B._) to intend.--_adj._ MIND'ED, having a mind:
disposed: determined.--_ns._ MIND'EDNESS, inclination toward anything;
MIND'ER, a care-taker: one taken care of, as a pauper child by a private
person.--_adj._ MIND'FUL, bearing in mind: taking thought or care:
attentive: observant.--_adv._ MIND'FULLY.--_n._ MIND'FULNESS.--_adj._
MIND'LESS, without mind: stupid.--_n._ MIND'-TRANS'FERENCE,
thought-transference.--MIND ONE'S P'S AND Q'S, to be accurate and precise;
MIND YOUR EYE (_slang_), take care what you are about.--ABSENCE OF MIND,
inattention to what is going on at the time; BEAR IN MIND, to remember; BE
OUT OF ONE'S MIND, to be forgotten: to be insane; HAVE A MIND, to wish or
to be inclined strongly; HAVE HALF A MIND, to be somewhat inclined; LOSE,
or BE OUT OF, ONE'S MIND, to become insane; MAKE UP ONE'S MIND, to
determine; MONTH'S MIND, continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a
month after death, with masses esp. on 3d, 7th, and 30th days (also A
MONTHLY MIND): any very strong desire or inclination; NEVER MIND, do not
concern yourself; OF ONE MIND, agreed; Of two minds, uncertain what to
think or do; PRESENCE OF MIND, a state of calmness in which all the powers
of the mind are on the alert and ready for action; PUT IN MIND, to warn or
remind; YEAR'S MIND, a commemorative service of a similar kind to the
month's mind, on the anniversary of a death. [A.S. _ge-mynd_--_munan_, to
think; Ger. _meinen_, to think, L. _mens_, the mind.]
MINDERERUS SPIRIT, min-der-[=e]'rus spir'it, _n._ acetate of ammonia, much
used in cases of fever.