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Show ME M Tike a gay infe&, in his fummer fhine Thom|on [imagine adj b Skinner to be corrupted from mildmouthed or mellow-mouthed : but perhap from the fore mouths of animals, that when they are unable to comminut their grain, muft be fed with meal. Soft mouthed ; unable to fpeak freely She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where natur I_,'/'f/}/w:gc fpeaks fo plain MeaLyMo UTHEDNESS. #. /. [from th Bafhfulnefs; reftraint o adjective. {peech Mgean. adj [meene, Saxon. 1. Wanting dignity ; of low rank or birth was ftricken with moft obftinat Sh love to young man but of mean parentage, in her father' court, named Antiphilus; fo mean, as that he wa but the fon of her nurfe, and by that means, withof hers know becam out other defert Sidney This faireft maid of fairer mind Sidney Bv fortune mean, in nature born a queen "Let pale-fac'd fear keep with the zzean-born man An find no harbour in a royal heart an is fwift hop Tru Shakefpeare flies wit fwallow wings Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings Shake[pearc 2. Low-mirded ; bafe; ungenerous ; {piritlefs The thepherd knows not thunder from a tabor More than I know the found of Marcius' tongu Shakefpeare's Coriclanus From every meaner man Can you imagine I fo mean could prove To fave my life by changing of my love ? Dryden We faft, not to pleafe men, nor to promot Smalridge's Sermons any mean, worldly intereft Contemptible; defpicable .3 4 The Roman legions, and great Caefar foun Philips Our fathers no mean foes th i Lo good qua Some things are good, yet in fo mean a degre of goodnefs, that many are only not difproved no difallowe Clsls of an in worth; low in power lity ; lo formt degre of Go Hooker for them French wheat is bearded, and requireth the bef foil, recompenfing the fame with a profitabl plenty; and not wheat, fo termed becaufe it i unbearded, is contented with a meaner earth, an Carew contenting with a fuitable gain The lands be not holden of her majefty, but b a mean tenure in foccage, or by knight's fervice a Bacon the .moft By this extortion he fuddenly grew from mean to a mighty eftate,infomuch thathis ancien inheritance being not one thoufand marks yearly = ) he became able to difpend ten thoufand pounds Dawies on Ireland To peaceful Rome new laws ordain Call'd from his mean abode a fceptre to fuftain Dryden I have facrificed muc preventin of m M 1. Mediocrity ; middle rate ; medium The fop light fluttering fpreads his mealy wings MEALY-MO'UTHED own felf-love, i not only many mean things from feein the light, but many whichI thought tolerable He tempering goodly wel Their contrary diflikes with loved means Did place them all in order, and compel To keep themfelves within their fundry reigns Together link'd with adamantine chains Spenfers Oft 'tis fee Qur mean fecurities, and our mere defeét Prove our commodities Shakefpeare's King Lear Temperance with golden {quare Betwixt them both can meafure out a mean \)'l‘u'/'l./}fl‘d}'(' There is a mean in all things, and a certain meafure wherein the good and the beautiful confift and out of which they never can depart Dryden But no authority of gods or me Allow of any mean in poefic Rofcommon Againft her then her forces prudence joins And to the golden mean herfelf confines. Denbam 2. Meafure regulation Not ufed The rolling fea refounding foft In his big bafe the fitly anfwered And on the rock the waves breaking aloft A folemn mean unto them meafured. Fairy Queen 3. Interval ; interim mea time And in the mean vouchfafe her honourable tomb Spenfer 4+ Inflrument; meafure; that which i ufed in order to any end Pamela's noble heart would needs gratefull make known the valiant mean of her fafety. Sidney As long as that which Chriftians did was good and no way fubjet to juft reproof, their virtuou converfation was a mean to work the heathen converfion unto Chrift Hooker It is no excufe unto him who, being drunk committeth inceft, and alledgeth that his wits wer not his ownj in as much as himfelf might hav chofen whether his wits thould by that mean hav been taken from him Hooker I'll devife a mean to draw the Moo Out of the way, that your converfe and bufinef May be more free Shakefpeare's Othello No place will pleafe me fo, no mean of death As here by Cafar and by you cut off. Shakefpeare Nature is made better by no mean But ndature makes that mean ; fo over that ar Which, you fay, adds to nature, is an ar Shakefpeare's Winter's Tale 5. It is often ufed in the plural, and b fome not very grammatically with a adje@ive fingular: the fingular is i this fenfe now rarely ufed To mak The more bafe art thou fuch means for her as thou haft done Middle moderate age and a mean ftature Now read wit enabl men-t the difcourf Sidney thofe organick.arts whic and write and accoxdin to the fitiet ftyle of lofty, mean, or lowly L®ton on Education Intervening; intermediate In the mean while the heaven was black wit clouds and wind, and there was a great rain 1 Kings, %Viile 45 ch. 8. Means are likewife ufed for revenue fortune ; probably from defmenes Your means are flender, your wafte i For competence, of life I will allo That lack of means enforce you not t great Shakefpeare you evi And, as we hear you do reform yourfelves Give you advancement Shakefpeare's Henry 1 Efiex did not build or adorn any houfe; th queen perchance fpending his time, and himfel his means Wotton 9. MEan-TIME In the intervenin MeaN-WHILE. time: fometime an adverbial mode of fpeech Mean-whil The world fhall burn, and from her afhes fprin New heav'n and earth Miltor's Paradife Loft Mean-time the rapid heav''ns rowl'd down th light Mean-time, in fhades of night Alneas lies Care feiz'd his foul, and fleep forfook his eyes Dryden Mean-awhile T'll draw up my Numidian troops And, as I fee occafion, favour thee. Addifon's Cato The Roman legions were all recalled to help thei country againft the Goths ; mean-time the Britons left to fhift for themfelves, and harrafled by inroads from the Pifts, were forced to call in th Saxons for their defence Sawift 7o Mean @. n [meenen, Dutch. 1. To have in the mind ; to purpofe Thefe delights if thou canft give Mirth, with thee I mean to live z. To think thought to hav th Milton powe o And he who now to fenfe, now nonfenfe leaning Means not, but blunders round about a meaning Poge 7o MEAN. . a 1. To purpofe; tointend; to defign Ye thought evil againft me; but God meant i unto good, to fave much people alive. Ger. 1. 20 And life more perfe&t have attain'd than fat Meant me, by venturing higher than my lot Milton T pra&is'd it to make you tafte your chee With double pleafure, firft prepar'd by fear So loyal {ubjects often fejze their prince Yet mean his facred perfon not the leaft offence Dryden 2. To intend ; to hint covertly; to un derftand Bacon's Henry 111 Becaufe he wanted means to perform any grea action, he made means to return the fooner Dawies on Ireland Exod. xii. 26 Strong was their plot Their parties great, means good, the feafon fit Their pra&ice clofe, their faith fufpected not Daniel By this means not only many helplefs perfons wil be provided for, but a generation will be bred up no He faw this gentleman, one of the propereft an beft-graced men that ever I faw, being of middl The wine on this fide of the lake is by 7 fo good as that on the other Addifon on Ttal And leave her on fuch flight conditions Shakefp By this means he had them the more at vantage being tired and harraffed with a long march Pa])i 5. [Moyen, French. without excefs Not in any degree; And on the fhaded ocean rufh'd the night. Dryden Mean-time her warlike brother on the feas His waving ftreamers to the winds difplays. Dryd But fith this wretched weman overcome Of anguifh rather than of crime hath been Referve her caufe to her eternal doom That nature makes 7. By no MEans not at all perverted by any other hopes Spratt's Sermons Who is there that hath the leifure and mean to colle¢t all the proofs concerning moft of th opinions he has, fo as fafely to conclude that h hath a clear and full view Locke A good charatter, when eftablifhed, thould no be refted in as an end, but only employed as means of doing ftill farther good Atrerbury It renders us -carelefs of approving ourfelves t God by religious duties, and, by that means, fecuring the continuance of his goodnefs. Arterbury 6. By all Means. Without doubt ous hefitation ; without fail with When your children fhall fay, What mea#yo by this fervice ¥ ye fhall fay, It is the paflover I forfake an argument on which I could deligh to dwell ; I mea your judgment in your choice o friends Diyden Whatever was mcant by them, it could not b that Cain, as elder, had a natural dominio ov Abel MEea'NDER, . /. [Meander is Phrygia remarkable for it courfe. ~Maze; labyrinth paflage; ferpentine winding courfe o Eocke river i windin flexuou windin Phyficians, by the help of anatomical diffeions hav fearche int thofe various meander veins, arteries, and integrals of the body *Tis well, that while mankin Throug fate's perverf of th Hae ider errs He can imagin'd pleafures find To combat againft real cares Prior , While ling'ring rivers in They fcatter verdant life on eith Th |
