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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"

_ that by which anything is measured; proportion; quantity;
time; degree
MECHA'NIC, _s._ a workman
MECHA'NICAL, _a._ constructed by the laws of mechanics
ME'DAL, _s._ a piece of metal stamped in honour of some remarkable
performance
MEDI'CINAL, _a._ having the power of healing; belonging to physic
MEDITA'TION, _s._ deep thought; contemplation
ME'DIUM, _s._ the centre point between two extremes
ME'LANCHOLY, _a._ gloomy; dismal; sorrowful
ME'LLOW, _a._ soft with ripeness; soft; unctuous
MELO'DIOUS, _a._ musical; harmonious
ME'MBRANE, _s._ a web of several sorts of fibres, interwoven for the
wrapping up some parts; the fibres give them an elasticity, whereby
they can contract and closely grasp the parts they contain
MEMBRA'NOUS, _a._ consisting of membranes
ME'MOIR, _s._ an account of anything
ME'MORABLE, _a._ worthy of memory; not to be forgotten
ME'MORY, _s._ the power of retaining or recollecting things past;
recollection
MENA'GERIE, _s._ a place for keeping foreign birds and other curious
animals
ME'NTION, _v.a._ to express in words or in writing
ME'RCHANDISE, _s._ commerce; traffic; wares; anything to be bought or
sold
ME'RCHANTMAN, _s.


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