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Show MI MI < fince nature was in her minority, this may be take for a good proof that fhe is not eternal Burnet's Theory of the Earth Their counfels are warlike and ambitious, thoug fomething tempere by the minority of r.hcn Lmi Temple 2. The ftate of being lefs Fro thi a minority Th narro time of geftation may enfu or fmalinefs in th exclufion {fmaller number as Brown the minorit held for that queftion in oppofition t the majority Mri'~voraur. z /. [minotaure, French A monfter invente minos and tavrus. by the poets, half man and half bull kept in Dadalus's labyrinth Thou may'ft not wander in thatlabyrinth There minotaurs, and ugly treafons lurk. Shakefp Mr'nsTER 2./. [ minpcene, Saxon. monaftery; a ecclefiaftica fraternity a cathedral church The word is ye ""'x(d at York and Lichfield STREL.Z./. [/ neftril, Spanifh5 meO)A /['1'/.) lo \,\"‘ pi? Y Latin. mufician rk how the minftrels *gin to fhrill alou merry mufick'that refounds from far he pipe the tabor, and the trembling croud Sgenfer That well agree withouten breach or jar I will give you the minfirel =Then I will give you the ferving creature Shake[peare I to the vulgar am become a jeft Efteemed as a minfirel at a feaft. Sandys's Paraphr Thefe fellow Were once the minfirels of a country thow Follow'd the prizes through each paltry town By trumpet-cheeks and bloated faces known Dryden Often our feers and poets have confefs'd That mufick's force can tame the furious beaf Can make the wolf, or foaming boar reftrai His rage; the lion drop his crefted mane Attentive to the fong ; the lynx forge His wrath to man, and lick the minftrel's feet MI'NSTRELSEY 1 Prior #. /. [from minftrel. Mufick ; inftrumental harmony Apollo's felf will envy at his play And all the world applaud his minfirelfey That loving wretch that {wears >Tis not the bodiés marry Dawijes but the minds ‘Which he in her angelick finds Would fwear as juftly, that he hears In that day's rude hourfe minftrelfey, the {pheres Donne I began Wrapt in a pleafing fit of melancholy To meditate my rural minfirelfcy "Till fancy had her fill Milton A number of muficians Miniftring {pirits train'd u in feaft, and fong Such haft thou arm'd the minftreljey of heav'n Milton MintT. 2. f. [mince, Saxon; menthe, Fr mentha, Latin. A plant Then rubb'd it o'er with newly-gathet'd mint A wholefome herb, that breath'd a grateful fcent 1)/;)‘.{(‘1} MixT. . /. [munte, Dutch ; mynezian 20 coin, Sax. The place where money is coined What is a perfon's name or face, that receive all his reputation from the mint, and would neve have been known had there not been medals Addifon on Medals Any place of invention A man in all the woéld's new fathion planted That hath a mint of phrafes in his brain. Shakefp As the mints of calumny are at work, a grea VYor. I number of eurious inventions are iffued out, whic grow current among the party Addifon To Mixwe.. . 4. [from the noun. 1. To coin; to ftamp money Another ‘law was, to bring in the filver of th realm to the mint, in mvkms all "clipped coins o filver not to be current in payments, without givin any remedy of weight; and fo to fet the min on work, and to give \\ay to new coins of filve which fhould be then minted Bacon's Henry VII ‘T'o invent to forge Look into the titles whereby they hold thefe ne portions of the crown, and you will find them o fuch natures as m'\y be eafily minted Bacon Mi'NTacE. #. /. [from mint. 1. That which s coined or ftamped The vifage quite transforms of him that drinks the inglorious likenefs ofa beaf Fixes inftead, unmoulding reafon's mintag Character'd in the face Milton 2. The duty paid for coining. Ainfworth Mi'NTER. 7. /. [from 77 m. Coiner Sterlin ough t b filver, the minter muf filver be not pure o pur ad othe filve calle weight lea if th Cagmden On M1UNTMASTER. 7./. [mint and mafler. 1. One who prefides in coinage whic is coined as nmzrmaflu confefled Boyle One who invents The great mintmafters of thefe terms, the {choolmen and metaphyficians, have wherewithal to content him Locke French. The tender creature could not fee his fate fhe danc'd a minuet {o late Steppey John has aflurance to fet up for a minuet dancer wpeciator Mi‘NumMm. #. / 1. [With printers.] A fmall fort ofprinting letter [With muficians.] A note of flow time two of whic mak a femibrief as tw crotchets make a minum ; two quaver a crotchet, and two femiguavers a quaver Bailey He's the courageous captain of compliments ep time, di).hmcc he fights as you fing prickfons and proportion; tefts his the third in your bofom MiNv'rEe adj [minutus little; flender in coniequence fmal Lat. i bulk ; xmm Some minute philofophers pretend That with our days our pains and pleafures end Denba Such an univerfal fuperintendency has the ey and hand of providence over all, even the mof minute and inconfiderable things th's Sermons Into fmall parts thc wond'rous ftone divide Ten thoufand of mihuteft fize expref The fame propenfion which the large pofiefs '1(/ walk'd about me ev'ry minute while And if I did but ftir out of my bed Leady they were to fhoot me to the heart J/;H(*:.j]}[fl:‘ The fpeed of god Tim counts not, though with fwifteft mn-' wing'd Milton's ParadifeL vy,Gods ! that the world fhould tur I go this mizute to attend the king T The ferum is attenuated b lation, fo a to pafs into the sminuteft channels, and become fi nutriment for the body Arbuthriot In all divifions we fhould confider the large an vide it at onc parts part of th into the mor fubje¢t mirut Dryden The firft draught of any agreement i wr:*wg ; this 1s cominon in the Scottith 1law : as, have you made a minut o that contraé‘t To Mi'svuTE. @. a. [minuter To fet down in fhort hints French. I no fooner heard this critick talk of my works I minuted wha he ha enlarge the plan of m M1i'NUTE-BOOK Boo faid an refolve fpeculations 7. f t Speclator [minute and book. of fhort hints M1 'NUTE-GLASS. 7. /. [minute and glafs. Glafs of which the fand meafares Mixv'reLy. edv {fmall point and not di and remot Vatis's Logick [from minite. To exaétly ; to the leaft part nicely pofture of min it was impoffible fo him to keep that flow pace, and obferve minutel that order of ranging all he faid, from which refults an obvious perfpicuity Locke Change of night and day And of the feafons ever ftealing round ]'/Imm/) faithful T bomfon' S'/m;m M1 NUTELY. adv. [from minute, the fubftantive. Every minute; with very little tim intervening ‘What is it but a continue from heaven if it wer perpetuate voic refounding for ever in our ears minutel proclaime A in thunder fro heaven, to gnc men no reft in their fins, no quie from Chrift's importunity till they arife from f mortiferous a fate Hammond' Fundamentals 2. [In the following pafi.we it feems rathe to be an adj &IVL as hourly is bot th adverband 1dxeCrwe 1 Happening ever minute Thofe he ly revolts upbraid his faith-breach 1mar ms, move only in command Nothing in l Macbeth Shat MiNu'TENESS. . /. [from minute.] Smallnefs; exility mconbuemb'enti The animal fall under our fenfes b inf Y Mi'NUTE-WATCH #. J [minut an avatch.] A watch in which minutes ar xr‘b'e diftinée I" marked thanin commo }es x f"on lu t'hu hour Blackmore more immediat {mall fpace of time A In thi Mi'NUET. #n. /. [menuet ftately regular dance we mlnutc is allayed with about a twelfth part of copper With who and i whe not fin Shakelp. Henry VI His hour oflr)uch a minute bu He that thinketh Spain to be fome great overmatch for this Lf'rne, is no good mintinan; bu takes greatnefs of kingdoms according to their bul and currency, and not after their intrinfick value Bacon's War with Sgain Tha ‘Who was enroll'd 'mongft wonders Almoft with lift'ning ravifh'd, coul On minutes and on morments Denbam's Soply Experience does every minute prove the fad trut of t}m affertion South's Sermons Tell her, that I fome certainty may bring Its pleafing poifo An MI'NUTE. #. /. [minutum, Lating 1. The fixtieth part of an hoaur This man fo complet Mi'~xtman. 2. /. [mint and man. fkilled in coinage mfium('ntS U"O‘ MI P patled b Minx 7';5):,‘;‘6(/:'._ Come [contradled z./ young Lewd min go with me apar pe v,'. we foun |