MUSROLE, muz'r[=o]l, _n._ the nose-band of a horse's bridle.
MUSS, mus, _n._ (_Shak._) a scramble: confusion, disorder.--_v.t._ (_U.S._)
to throw into confusion. [O. Fr. _mousche_, a fly--L. _musca_, a fly.]
MUSSEL, MUSCLE, mus'l, _n._ a. marine bivalve shellfish, used for
food.--_n._ MUS'C[=U]LITE, a petrified mussel or shell. [A.S. _muxle_; Ger.
_muschel_, Fr. _moule_; all from L. _musculus_.]
MUSSITATION, mus-i-t[=a]'shun, _n._ the movement of the tongue or lips as
if in speech, without producing articulate sounds, muttering.--_v.t._
MUSS'ITATE, to mutter.
MUSSULMAN, mus'ul-man, _n._ a Moslem or Mohammedan:--_pl._ MUSS'ULMANS
(-manz). [Turk. _musulm[=a]n_--Ar. _muslim_, _moslim_, Moslem.]
MUSSY, mus'i, _adj._ disordered.--_n._ MUSS'INESS.
MUST, must, _v.i._ to be obliged physically or morally. [A.S. _mót_,
_móste_; Ger. _müssen_.]
MUST, must, _n._ wine pressed from the grape, but not fermented:
potato-pulp prepared for fermentation. [A.S. _must_--L. _mustus_, new,
fresh.]
MUST, must, _n._ an occasional state of dangerous frenzy in adult male
elephants.
MUSTACHE. Same as MOUSTACHE.
MUSTANG, mus'tang, _n._ the wild horse of the American prairies: (_U.S._) a
naval officer from the merchant service in the Civil War.
MUSTARD, mus'tard, _n._ a plant of the genus Brassica, formerly classed as
Sinapis, having a pungent taste: the seed thereof ground and used as a
seasoning for meat, as a plaster, &c.--FRENCH MUSTARD, mustard prepared for
table by adding salt, sugar, vinegar, &c.; WILD MUSTARD, the charlock. [O.
Fr. _mostarde_ (Fr. _moutarde_)--L. _mustum_, must.]
MUSTELA, mus-t[=e]'la, _n._ the typical genus of _Mustelidæ_, the martens
and sables.--_adj._ MUS'TELINE, like a marten or weasel: tawny in
colour.--_n._ a musteline mammal.--_adj._ MUS'TELOID, like a weasel. [L.]
MUSTER, mus't[.e]r, _v.t._ to assemble, as troops for duty or inspection:
to gather, summon (with _up_).--_v.i._ to be gathered together, as
troops.--_n._ an assembling of troops: a register of troops mustered:
assemblage: collected show.--_ns._ MUS'TER-BOOK (_Shak._), a book in which
military forces are registered; MUS'TER-FILE (_Shak._), a muster-roll;
MUS'TER-MAS'TER, the master of the muster, or who takes an account of
troops, their arms, &c.; MUS'TER-ROLL, a register of the officers and men
in each company, troop, or regiment present at the time of muster.--PASS
MUSTER, to pass inspection uncensured. [O. Fr. _mostre_, _monstre_--L.
_monstrum_--_mon[=e]re_, to warn.]
MUSTY, must'i, _adj._ mouldy: spoiled by damp: sour: foul.--_adv._
MUST'ILY.--_n._ MUST'INESS. [Doublet of _moisty_--L. _musteus_, new.]
MUTABLE, m[=u]'ta-bl, _adj._ that may be changed: subject to change:
inconstant.--_ns._ MUTABIL'ITY, M[=U]'TABLENESS, state or quality of being
mutable.--_adv._ M[=U]'TABLY.--_n._ MUTAN'DUM, something to be
altered:--_pl._ MUTAN'DA.--_v.t._ M[=U]'TATE, to change a vowel-sound by
the influence of a vowel in the following syllable.--_n._ MUT[=A]'TION, act
or process of changing a vowel through the influence of one in the next
syllable--the German _umlaut_: change: succession.--_adjs._ M[=U]'TATIVE,
M[=U]'T[=A]TORY, changing, mutable. [Fr.,--L. _mutabilis_--_mut[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_, to change--_mov[=e]re_, _motum_, to move.]
MUTAGE, m[=u]'t[=a]j, _n._ a process for arresting fermentation in the must
of grapes. [Fr.]
MUTCH, much, _n._ (_Scot._) a woman's cap. [Old Dut. _mutse_; Dut. _muts_,
Ger. _mütze_.]
MUTCHKIN, much'kin, _n._ a Scottish liquid measure of four gills, or
forming one-fourth of a Scottish pint. [Scot. _mutch_, a cap, _kin_,
little.]
MUTE, m[=u]t, _adj._ incapable of speaking: dumb: silent:
unpronounced.--_n._ one dumb, or remaining silent: a person stationed by
undertakers at the door of a house at a funeral: a stopped sound, formed by
the shutting of the mouth-organs, esp. the surds _t_, _p_, _k_, but also
applied to the sonant or voiced consonants _d_, _b_, _g_, and even the
nasals _n_, _m_, _ng_: (_law_) one who refuses to plead.--_v.t._ to deaden
sound.--_adv._ MUTE'LY.--_n._ MUTE'NESS. [Fr.,--L. _mutus_.]
MUTE, m[=u]t, _v.i._ to dung, as birds. [O. Fr. _mutir_, _esmeutir_--Old
Dut. _smelten_, to smelt.]
MUTILATE, m[=u]'ti-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to maim: to cut off: to remove a material
part of.--_ns._ MUTIL[=A]'TION, act of mutilating: deprivation of a limb or
essential part; M[=U]'TILATOR, one who mutilates. [L.
_mutil[=a]re_--_mutilus_--Gr. _mutilos_, _mitulos_, curtailed.]
MUTINEER, m[=u]-ti-n[=e]r', _n._ one guilty of mutiny.--_v.i._ to
mutiny.--_n._ and _v.i._ M[=U]'TINE (_Shak._).
MUTINY, m[=u]'ti-ni, _v.i._ to rise against authority in military or naval
service: to revolt against rightful authority:--_pr.p._ m[=u]'tinying;
_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ m[=u]'tinied.--_n._ insurrection against constituted
authority, esp. naval or military: revolt, tumult, strife.--_adj._
M[=U]'TINOUS, disposed to mutiny: seditious.--_adv._ M[=U]'TINOUSLY.--_n._
M[=U]'TINOUSNESS.--MUTINY ACT, an act passed by the British parliament from
year to year, to regulate the government of the army, from 1689 down to
1879, when it was superseded by the Army Discipline and Regulation Act,
modified by the Army Act of 1881. [O. Fr. _mutiner_, _mutin_, riotous,
_meute_, a sedition--L. _motus_, rising--_mov[=e]re_, _motum_, to move.]
MUTISM, m[=u]t'izm, _n._ the state or habit of being mute.
MUTTER, mut'[.e]r, _v.i._ to utter words in a low voice: to murmur: to
sound with a low, rumbling noise.--_v.t._ to utter indistinctly.--_ns._
MUTT'ER (_Milt._), a murmuring; MUTTER[=A]'TION, act of muttering or
complaining; MUTT'ERER; MUTT'ERING.--_adv._ MUTT'ERINGLY, in a muttering or
grumbling manner: with indistinct articulation. [Prob. imit., like prov.
Ger. _mustern_; L. _mutt[=i]re_.]
MUTTON, mut'n, _n._ the flesh of sheep: an old Anglo-French gold coin
impressed with a lamb: (_slang_) a loose woman, hence illicit commerce: a
sheep.--_n._ MUTT'ON-CHOP, a rib of mutton chopped at the small end for
broiling or frying.--_adj._ like a mutton-chop (of whiskers cut round at
the ends).--_ns._ MUTT'ON-CUT'LET, a steak cut usually from a leg of mutton
for broiling or frying; MUTT'ON-FIST, a coarse, big hand; MUTT'ON-HAM, a
salted leg of mutton; MUTT'ON-HEAD, a heavy, stupid person.--_adj._
MUTT'ON-HEAD'ED, stupid.--_ns._ MUTT'ON-S[=U]'ET, the fat about the kidneys
and loins of sheep; MUTT'ON-THUMP'ER, a clumsy bookbinder.--_adj._
MUTT'ONY.--Laced mutton (_Shak._), a loose woman; RETURN TO ONE'S MUTTONS
(_coll._), to return to the subject of discussion--a humorous
mistranslation of the Fr. proverb, 'Revenons à nos moutons.' [O. Fr.
_moton_ (Fr. _mouton_), a sheep--Low L. _multo_, acc. to Diez, from L.
_mutilus_, mutilated.]
MUTUAL, m[=u]'t[=u]-al, _adj._ interchanged: in return: given and received,
equally affecting two or more: common, conjoint, shared alike, as in
'mutual friend.'--_ns._ M[=U]'TUALISM, MUTUAL'ITY.--_adv._
M[=U]'TUALLY.--MUTUAL ACCOUNTS, accounts in which each of two have charges
against the other; MUTUAL INSURANCE, a reciprocal contract among several
persons to indemnify each other against certain designated losses, the
system of a company in which policy-holders receive a certain share of the
profits, &c.; MUTUAL WALL, a wall equally belonging to each of two houses.
[Fr. _mutuel_--L. _mutuus_--_mut[=a]re_, to change.]
MUTULE, m[=u]t'[=u]l, _n._ a kind of square, flat bracket used in the Doric
order of architecture, above each triglyph and each metope, having round
projections like nail-heads on the lower surface.
MUTUUM, m[=u]'t[=u]-um, _n._ a bailment consisting of a loan of goods for
consumption, as corn, coal, &c., to be returned in goods of the same
amount.
MUX, muks, _v.t._ to spoil, botch.--_n._ a mess.
MUZHIK, m[=oo]-zhik', _n._ a Russian peasant.
MUZZLE, muz'l, _n._ the projecting jaws and nose of an animal: a fastening
for the mouth to prevent biting, by a strap or a cage: the extreme end of a
gun, &c.--_v.t._ to put a muzzle on: to restrain from biting: to keep from
hurting: to gag or silence.--_ns._ MUZZ'LE-BAG, a canvas bag fixed to the
muzzle of a gun at sea, to keep out water; MUZZ'LE-LOAD'ER, a firearm
loaded through the muzzle--opp. to _Breech-loader_.--_adj._
MUZZ'LE-LOAD'ING.--_n._ MUZZ'LE-VELOC'ITY, the velocity of a projectile the
moment it leaves the muzzle of a gun. [O. Fr. _musel_ (Fr. _museau_), prob.
from L. _morsus_--_mord[=e]re_, to bite.]
MUZZY, muz'i, _adj._ dazed, bewildered, tipsy.--_n._ MUZZ'INESS.
MY, (when emphatic or distinct) m[=i], (otherwise) me, _poss. adj._
belonging to me. [Contr. of _mine_, A.S. _mín_, of me.]
MYA, m[=i]'a, _n._ a genus of bivalve shells: a clam of this genus.--_n._
MY[=A]'RIA, an old name for the _Myidæ_, a family of dimyarian
bivalves.--_adj._ MY[=A]'RIAN. [Gr. _myax_, a sea-mussel.]
MYALGIA, m[=i]-al'ji-a, _n._ a morbid state of a muscle.--_adj._ MYAL'GIC.
[Gr. _mys_, muscle, _algos_, pain.]
MYALL, m[=i]'al, _n._ a hard, scented wood yielded by several Australian
acacias, esp. good for tobacco-pipes and whip-handles.
MYCELIUM, m[=i]-s[=e]'li-um, _n._ the white thread-like parts from which a
mushroom or a fungus is developed: mushroom spawn:--_pl._ MYC[=E]'LIA. [Gr.
_myk[=e]s_, a fungus, _[=e]los_, a nail or wart.]
MYCETES, m[=i]-s[=e]'t[=e]z, _n._ a kind of South American monkey, called
also _Howlers._ [Gr. _myk[=e]t[=e]s_, bellower.]
MYCETES, m[=i]-s[=e]'t[=e]z, _n.pl._ mushrooms or fungi.--_ns._ MYCETOL'OGY
(same as MYCOLOGY); MYCET[=O]'MA, a chronic disease of the feet and hands
in India.--_n.pl._ MYCETOZ[=O]'A, a group of fungus-like organisms, now
mostly contained in the division Myxomycetes or slime-fungi.--_adjs._
MYCOLOG'IC, -AL.--_ns._ MYCOL'OGIST; MYCOL'OGY, the science treating of the
fungi or mushrooms; MYCOPH'AGIST; MYCOPH'AGY, the eating of fungi; MY'COSE,
a kind of sugar obtained from certain lichens and fungi, as ergot of
rye--also _Trehalose_; MYC[=O]'SIS, the presence of fungus growth within
the body.--_adj._ MYCOT'IC. [Gr. _myk[=e]t[=e]s_, pl. of _myk[=e]s_ a
mushroom.]
MYDRIASIS, mi-dr[=i]'a-sis, _n._ morbid dilatation of the pupil of the
eye.--_adj._ MYDRIAT'IC.--_n._ a drug causing this.
MYELITIS, m[=i]-e-l[=i]'tis, _n._ inflammation of the substance of the
spinal cord.--_ns._ MYELASTHEN[=I]'A, spinal exhaustion; MYELATR[=O]'PHIA,
atrophy of the spinal cord.--_adjs._ MYELIT'IC, MY'ELOID, medullary.--_ns._
MYELOMAL[=A]'CIA, softening of the spinal cord; MYELOMENING[=I]'TIS, spinal
meningitis; MY'ELON, the spinal cord.--_adjs._ MY'ELONAL, MYELON'IC. [Gr.
_myelos_, marrow.]
MYGALE, mig'a-l[=e], _n._ an American tarantula or bird-catching spider.
[Gr. _mygal[=e]_, a field-mouse.]
MYLODON, m[=i]'l[=o]-don, _n._ a genus of large fossil sloths.--_adj._
MY'LODONT. [Gr. _myl[=e]_, a mill, _odous_, _odontos_, a tooth.]
MYLOHYOID, m[=i]-l[=o]-h[=i]'oid, _adj._ pertaining to the molar teeth and
to the hyoid bone.--_n._ the mylohyoid muscle. [Gr. _myl[=e]_, a mill.]
MYNA, m[=i]'na, _n._ one of several sturnoid passerine birds of
India.--Also M[=I]'NA.
MYNHEER, m[=i]n-h[=a]r', _n._ my lord: Dutch form of _Mr_ or _Sir_: a
Dutchman. [Dut. _mijn_, my, _heer_, lord.]
MYOID, m[=i]'oid, _adj._ like muscle.--_n._ MY'OBLAST, a cell producing
muscle-tissue.--_adj._ MYOBLAST'IC.--_ns._ MYOCARD[=I]'TIS, inflammation of
the myocardium; MYOCAR'DIUM, the muscular substance of the heart;
MYODYN[=A]'MIA, muscular force; MY'OGRAM, the tracing of a contracting and
relaxing muscle by the myograph; MY'OGRAPH, an instrument for noting and
recording muscular contractions.--_adjs._ MYOGRAPH'IC, -AL, relating to
myography.--_ns._ MYOG'RAPHIST; MYOG'RAPHY, a description of the muscles of
the body.--_adj._ MYOLOG'ICAL.--_ns._ MYOL'OGIST; MYOL'OGY, the part of
anatomy which treats of the muscles; MY[=O]'MA, a tumour composed of
muscular tissue; MYONIC'ITY, the contractile property of muscular tissue.
[Gr. _mys_, _myos_, muscle.]
MYOMANCY, m[=i]'o-man-si, _n._ divination from the movements of
mice.--_adj._ MYOMAN'TIC. [Gr. _mys_, a mouse, _manteia_, divination.]
MYOPIA, m[=i]-[=o]'pi-a, _n._ shortness or nearness of sight.--_adj._
MYOP'IC.--_ns._ MY'OPS, MY'OPE, a short-sighted person. [Gr.,--_myein_, to
close, _[=o]ps_, the eye.]
MYOSIN, m[=i]'[=o]-sin, _n._ an albuminous compound contained in the
contractile muscular tissue.
MYOSIS, m[=i]-[=o]'sis, _n._ abnormal contraction of the pupil of the
eye.--_adjs._ MYOSIT'IC; MYOT'IC. [Gr. _myein_, to close.]
MYOSITIS, m[=i]-o-s[=i]'tis, _n._ inflammation of a muscle--properly
MY'ITIS.
MYOSOTIS, m[=i]-[=o]-s[=o]'tis, _n._ a genus of annual or perennial herbs
of the borage family, with alternate leaves and simple or branched racemes
of bractless blue, pink, or white flowers: a flower of this genus, as the
common blue forget-me-not. [Gr. _mys_, _myos_, a mouse, _ous_, _[=o]tos_,
an ear.]
MYOTOMY, m[=i]-ot'o-mi, _n._ the dissection of the muscles. [Gr. _mys_,
_myos_, muscle, _temnein_, to cut.]
MYRIAD, mir'i-ad, _n._ any immense number.--_adj._ numberless. [Gr.
_myrias_, _myriados_, ten thousand.]
MYRIAPOD, mir'i-a-pod, (more correctly) MYR'IOPOD, _n._ a worm-shaped
animal with many-jointed legs.--_n._ MYRIAP'ODA, a class of jointed
animals, of which some of the lower kinds have an immense number of legs.
[Gr. _myrios_, numberless, _pous_, _podos_, a foot.]
MYRICA, mi-r[=i]'ka, _n._ a genus of shrubs of the sweet-gale family,
including the bay-berry or wax-myrtle, yielding a tallow used for candles.
[Gr. _myrik[=e]_.]
MYRIORAMA, mir-i-o-rä'ma, _n._ a picture composed of interchangeable parts
which can be combined into a variety of pictures. [Gr. _myrios_,
numberless, _horama_, a view.]
MYRIOSCOPE, mir'i-o-sk[=o]p, _n._ a variety of kaleidoscope, esp. a form of
it consisting of mirrors so arranged as by multiplied reflection from a
small piece of carpet to show how it looks covering a whole floor. [Gr.
_myrios_, numberless, _skopein_, to view.]
MYRISTICA, m[=i]-ris'ti-ka, _n._ a genus of fragrant apetalous trees--the
nutmegs: the kernel of the seed of _Myristica fragrans_, as used in
cookery. [Gr. _myrizein_, to anoint.]
MYRMIDON, m[.e]r'mi-don, _n._ one of a tribe of warriors who accompanied
Achilles to Troy: one of a ruffianly band under a daring leader: one who
carries out another's orders without fear or pity.--_adj._
MYRMID[=O]'NIAN.--MYRMIDONS OF THE LAW, policemen, bailiffs, &c. [L.,--Gr.]
MYROBALAN, m[=i]-rob'a-lan, _n._ the astringent fruit of certain Indian
mountain species of _Terminalia_. [Gr. _myron_, an unguent, _balanos_, a
corn.]
MYRRH, m[.e]r, _n._ a bitter, aromatic, transparent gum, exuded from the
bark of a shrub in Arabia.--_adj._ MYR'RHIC.--_ns._ MYR'RHIN, the fixed
resin of myrrh; MYR'RHOL, the volatile oil of myrrh. [O. Fr. _mirre_ (Fr.
_myrrhe_)--L. and Gr. _myrrha_--Ar. _murr_.]
MYRRHINE. Same as MURRINE.
MYRTLE, m[.e]r'tl, _n._ an evergreen shrub with beautiful and fragrant
leaves.--_n._ MYR'TLE-WAX, wax from the candle-berry. [O. Fr. _myrtil_,
dim. of _myrte_--L. and Gr. _myrtus_.]
MYSELF, m[=i]-self', or me-self', _pron._ I or me, in person--used for the
sake of emphasis and also as the reciprocal of me.
MYSTAGOGUE, mis'ta-g[=o]g, _n._ an initiator into religious mysteries, a
teacher or catechist--also MYSTAG[=O]'GUS.--_adj._ MYSTAGOG'IC
(-goj'-).--_n._ MYS'TAGOGY (-goj-), the practice of a mystagogue: the
sacraments. [Gr. _myst[=e]s_, one initiated, _ag[=o]gos_, a leader.]
MYSTERY, mis't[.e]r-i, _n._ a secret doctrine: anything very obscure: that
which is beyond human knowledge to explain: anything artfully made
difficult: (_pl._) secret rites, in ancient religions rites known only to
and practised by initiated persons, as the Eleusinian mysteries in Greece,
&c.: a sacrament: a rude medieval drama founded on the historical parts of
the Bible and the lives of the saints--the Basque _pastorales_ are a
survival.--_adj._ MYST[=E]'RIOUS, containing mystery: obscure: secret:
incomprehensible.--_adv._ MYST[=E]'RIOUSLY.--_n._ MYST[=E]'RIOUSNESS. [M.
E. _mysterie_--L. _mysterium_--Gr. _myst[=e]rion_--_myst[=e]s_, one
initiated--_muein_, to close the eyes.]
MYSTERY, mis't[.e]r-i, _n._ a trade, handicraft. [M. E. _mistere_--O. Fr.
_mestier_ (Fr. _métier_)--L. _ministerium_--_minister_. Prop. _mistery_;
the form _mystery_ is due to confusion with the above.]
MYSTIC, -AL, mis'tik, -al, _adj._ relating to, or containing, mystery:
sacredly obscure or secret: involving a sacred or a secret meaning hidden
from the eyes of the ordinary reader, only revealed to a spiritually
enlightened mind, allegorical: belonging to mysticism.--_n._ MYS'TIC, one
who seeks for direct intercourse with God in elevated religious feeling or
ecstasy.--_adv._ MYS'TICALLY.--_ns._ MYS'TICALNESS, the quality of being
mystical; MYS'TICISM, the doctrine of the mystics, a tendency of religious
feeling marked by an effort to attain to direct and immediate communion
with God: obscurity of doctrine; MYSTIFIC[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ MYS'TIFY, to
make mysterious, obscure, or secret: to involve in mystery:--_pr.p._
mys'tifying; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ mys'tified.--MYSTIC RECITATION, the
recitation of parts of the Greek liturgy in an inaudible voice; MYSTICAL
THEOLOGY, the knowledge of divine things attained by spiritual insight and
experience only, without authority, the process of reason, &c. [L.
_mysticus_--Gr. _mystikos_. Cf. _Mystery_, a secret doctrine.]
MYTACISM, m[=i]'ta-sizm, _n._ a too recurrent use of the letter _m_ in
speech or writing.
MYTH, mith, _n._ a fable, a legend, a fabulous narrative founded on a
remote event, esp. those made in the early period of a people's existence:
an invented story: a falsehood.--_adjs._ MYTH'IC, -AL, relating to myths:
fabulous: untrue.--_adv._ MYTH'ICALLY.--_ns._ MYTH'ICIST, MYTH'ICISER, an
adherent of the mythical theory; MYTH'IST, a maker of myths; MYTHOGEN'ESIS,
the production of, or the tendency to originate, myths; MYTHOG'RAPHER, a
writer or narrator of myths; MYTHOG'RAPHY, representation of myths in
graphic or plastic art, art-mythology; MYTHOL'OGER, MYTHOL[=O]'GIAN, a
mythologist.--_adjs._ MYTHOLOG'IC, -AL, relating to mythology,
fabulous.--_adv._ MYTHOLOG'ICALLY.--_v.t._ MYTHOL'OGISE, to interpret or
explain myths: to render mythical.--_ns._ MYTHOL'OGISER, one who, or that
which, mythologises; MYTHOL'OGIST, one versed in, or who writes on,
mythology; MYTHOL'OGY, the myths or stories of a country: a treatise
regarding myths: a collection of myths: the science which investigates
myths; MYTHON'OMY, the deductive and predictive stage of mythology;
MYTH'OPLASM, a narration of mere fable; MYTHOPOE'IST, a
myth-maker.--_adjs._ MYTHOPOET'IC, MYTHOPOE'IC, myth-making, tending to
generate myth.--_n._ MYTH'US, the same as _myth_:--_pl._
MYTH'[=I].--MYTHICAL THEORY, the theory of D. F. Strauss (1808-74) and his
school, that the Gospels are mainly a collection of myths, developed during
the first two centuries, from the imagination of the followers of Jesus;
COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY, the science which investigates myths and seeks to
relate those of different races. [Gr. _mythos_.]
MYTILUS, mit'i-lus, _n._ a genus of bivalves, or an individual bivalve
belonging to it.--_adjs._ MYTIL'IFORM, MYT'ILOID.
MYXOEDEMA, mik-s[=e]-d[=e]'ma, _n._ a diseased condition occurring in
adults, generally females, characterised by a thickening of the
subcutaneous tissue, most noticeable in the face, with a simultaneous
dulling of all the faculties and slowing of the movements of the body. A
precisely similar condition occurs in many cases where the thyroid gland
has been removed for disease. [Gr. _myxa_, mucus, and Eng. _edema_.]
MYXOMA, mik-s[=o]'ma, _n._ a tumour consisting of mucous tissue--also
_Collonema_. [Gr. _myxa_, mucus.]
MYXOMYCETES, mik-s[=o]-m[=i]-s[=e]'t[=e]z, _n.pl._ a class of very simple
organisms, often claimed by botanists as fungi, generally regarded by
zoologists as primitive Protozoa, living on damp surfaces exposed to air,
esp. on rotting wood, and feeding on organic débris forming composite
masses or _plasmodia_. [Gr. _myxa_, mucus, _myk[=e]tes_, pl. of _myk[=e]s_,
a mushroom.]
MYXOPOD, mik'so-pod, _n._ and _adj._ a protozoan animal having pseudopodia,
as distinguished from a _mastigopod_, which has cilia or flagella.--_n.pl._
MYXOP'ODA, protozoans whose locomotive appendages are pseudopodia--the same
as _Rhizopoda_.--_adj._ MYXOP'ODOUS. [Gr. _myxa_, mucus, _pous_, _podos_, a
foot.]
MYXOSARCOMA, mik-s[=o]-sär-k[=o]'ma, _n._ a tumour composed of mucous and
sarcomatous tissue:--_pl._ MYXOSARC[=O]'MATA. [Gr. _myxa_, mucus,
_sarc[=o]ma_, a fleshy lump.]
MYZONTES, m[=i]-zon't[=e]z, _n.pl._ a class of vertebrates with an
incomplete cartilaginous skull, no lower jaw, and pouch-like
gills--including the lampreys and hags.--_adj._ and _n._ suctorial as the
lamprey, belonging to the Myzontes. [Gr. _myz[=o]n_, _myzontos_, pr.p. of
_myzein_, to suck.]
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Corrections made to printed original.
Under "Egophony":--"Ægoph'ony", printed as "Ægoph'any" in original.
Under "Empiric":--"empiricism", printed as "empericism" in original.
Under "Enterprise" (before Enterprisingly):--"adv.", printed as "adj." in
original.
Under "Experiment":--"Experiment'al", printed as "Eperiment'al" in
original.
Under "Friend":--"acquaintance", printed as "acqaintance" in original.
Under "Gabbatha":--"tessellated", printed as "tesselated" in original.
Under "Heterochrony":--"ontogenetic", printed as "octogenetic" in original.
Under "Hither":--"to come", printed as "to come thither" in original.
Under "Hot" (before Hotspur):--"n.", printed as "ns." in original.
Under "In":--"Gr.", printed as "Ger." in original.
Under "Jowl" (etymology):--"the jaw", printed as "the law" in original.
Under "Jungermannia":--"Jungermann", printed as "Junggermann" in original.
Under "Kantian":--"philosophy", printed as "philosphy" in original.
Under "Libken" (pronunciation):--"lib'ken", printed as "lik'ken" in
original.