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Show M ME Me asURELESS 13. Any thing adjufted Chrif the meafures accordin t which God will proceed in difpenfing his rewards Smalridge's Sermons "y reveals to u 14. Syllables metrically numbered ; metre I addrefled them to a lady, and affected the foft 1 nefs of expreflion and the imoothnefs of meafurs rather than the height of thought Dryden ‘The numbers themfelves, though of the heroic meafure, fhould be the fmootheft imaginable. P ope w 15. Tune proportionate notes The joyous nymphs and light-foot fairies g » Portio 4 . Which thither came to hear their mufick fweet And to the meafures-of their melodie Did learn to move their nimble-fhifting feet Spenfer b end a t mea of aion Mea 16 fil The original of this phrafe refers to th neceflity of meafuring the ground upo any ftructure 1s to be raifed whic watdy any diftant effe® to Le produced, as i Hence he tha fhooting at a mark proportioned his means to his end wa By degree faid to take right meafures meafures and means were confounded an an aainy o fometime is called priety tha be faid t whe hi a fo don thin an end any tranfadtion abfolutely meafure, with no more proif, becaufe an archer migh have taken wrong mea/ure hi beyon wa mar reach we fhould fay that it was a bad meaJure to ufe a heavy arrow His majefty found what wrong meafures he ha taken in the conferring that truft, and lamente his error Clarendon 17. To have hard meafure; to be hardl treated ¥ To ME'ASURE. v. a. [mefurer, Fr. men18 fuye, Lat. "® 1. To compute the quantity of any thin by fome fettled rule Archidamus having received from Philip, afte the victory of Cheronea, proud letters, writ back ‘that if he meafured bis own fhadow he would fin it no longer than it was before his vi¢ory. Racon 2. To pafs through by marching over to judge of exten A true devoted pilgrim is not wear To meafure kingdoms with his feeble- fteps T'll tell thee all my whole devic At the park-gate ; and therefore hafte away For we muft meafure twenty miles to-day. Shakefp The vefiel ploughs the fea And meafures back with fpeed her former way 3. To judg greatnefs Dryden of quantity or extent Great are thy works, Jehovah Thy pow'r ! Wha though tongu Relate thee 4. To adjuft meafure thee o Miltorn's Paradife Loft to propertion To fecure a contente by your fortunes fires o infinit ca no fpirit meafure your defire your fortunes: by your deTaylor Silveris the inftrument as well as meafure o commerce'; and 'tis by the quantity of filver h gets for any commodity in exchange, that he meaJures thevalue of the commodit hedfells 5. To mark out in ftated quantities Locke What thou feeft is that portion of eternity whic .is called- time, meafured out by the fun, and reaching fro the beginnin fummation o th worl t its con Addifon's Speciator "6. 'To allot or diftribute by meafure With what meafure you mete, it fhall be mea Jwred to you again adj [fro meafure. Immenfe ; immeafurable He thut up in meafurclefs content. ~ Shake[peare MEe'asUREMENT. 2. /. [from meafure. Menfuration ; a&t of meafuring MEe'asurERr. #. /. [from meafure.] On that meafures ME:'asuriNG. adj. [from meafure. It i applied to a cait not to be diftinguifhe in its length from another but by meafuring When lufty thepherds, thro The bar by turns, and none the reft out-g So far, but that the beft are meas'ring: cafts Their emulation and their paftime lafts ly[lllfl‘ MEear. #. f. [met, French. 1. Flefh to be eaten To his father h corn way an bread fent ten the affes laden wit an mea for hi father by, th Gen. xlv. 23 Carnivorz, and birds of prey, are no good mcat but the reafon is, rather the cholerick nature o thofe birds than their feeding upon flefh ; fo pewets and ducks feed upon fleth, and yet are goo Bacor's Natural Hiffory meat There was a multitude of excifes gal macelli, a tax upon meat as, the vectiArbathnot 2. Food in general Never words were mufick to thine ear And never meat {fweet-favour'd in thy tafte th Meats for the belly, an but God fhall deftroy both belly for meats 1 Cor. vi. 13 ME'ATED. adj. [from meat. dered Fed fod Strong oxen and horfes, wel fhod and wel clad Tuffer's Hufbandry ‘Wel meated and ufed MEeATHE 7./. [medd, Welfh unde mede Drink, properl meddwi ebrius fum. of honey For drink the grap She crufhes From many. Me‘azring zling inoffenfive muft berry and meatbe Miltow's Paradife. Loft part. generally called mix The air feels more moift when the water is i fmall than in great drops; in meaz/ing and foakin rain, than in great thawers Arbuthnot on Air MecHA'NI1CAL. ) adj. [mechanicus, Lat Mecua''Nick mechanique, Fr. fro Matths vils 2 1. Conftruéted by the laws of mechanicks Many. a fair preeept in poetry, is like a feeming demonftration in mathematicks, very fpeciou in the diagram, but failing in the mechauick operaDryden tion The main bufinefs of natural philofophy, is t argue from phenomena without feigning hypothefes, and to deduce caufes from effeéts till w come to the very firft caufe, which certainly i not mechanical 5 and not only: to. unfold the mechanifm of the world, but chicfly to refolve thefe and fuch like queftions Nevton 2. Skilled in mechanicks ; bred to manua labour 3. Mean ; fervile ; of mean occupation Shakefpeare Hang him, mechanical falt-butter rogue; I wil ftare him out of his wits; I will hew him wit my cudgel Shakefpeare Mechanick flaves With greafy aprons, rules, and hammers, fhal Uplift us to the view Shak. Ant. and Clespatra To make a god, a hero, or a king Defcend to a mechanick dialeét MecHa'NICK. 7./ low workman Again with Rome's smechanicks. Shake[ps Coriclanus A third proves a very heayy philofopher, wh poflibly would have made a good mechanick, an have done well enough at the ufeful philofoph of the fpade or the anvil South MEecua'NICKS 2. / [mechanica, Latin. Dr. Wallis defines mecharicks to be the geometry of motion, a mathematical fcience, whic thews the effets of powers, or moving forces, f far as they are applied to engines, and demonftrates the laws of motion Harris The rudiments of geography, with fomething o mechanicks, may be eafily conveyed into the mind of acute young perfons. Watts's Impre of the Mind Salmoneus was a great proficient in mechanicks and'inventor of ‘a veffel which imitated thunder Broome Mecua'vicaLLy. nick. Accordin chani{m adv [fro mecha to the laws of me They fuppofe even the common animals tha are in being, to have been formed mechanicall among the reft Later philofopher Ray feign hypothefes for explain ing all things mechanically, and refer other caufe to metaphyficks Neawton 'MEcHA'NICALNESS #. /. [fro mecha Rofcommon A manufaturer to the laws of mecha nifm 2. Meannefs MEecua~t'c1aN 2./ [mechanicien Fr. A man profefling or ftudying the confiruétion of machines Some were figured like male, others like femal fcrews, as mechanicians fpeak Boyle MEe'cuHaNISM. 7./. [mechanifme, Fr. 1. A&ion according to mechanick laws After the chyle has pafled through the lungs nature continues her ufual mechanifm, to conver it'into animal fubftances Arbuthnot on Aliments He acknowledged nothing befides matter an motion; fo that all muft be performed. either b mechanifm or accident, either of which is wholl unaccountable Bentley 2. Conftruétion of parts depending o each other in any complicated fabrick Mecuo'acan. z. /. [from the place. Mechoaca is a large root, twelv or fourtee inches long; the plant which affords it is a fpecie of bindweed, and its ftalksare angular : the roo in powder is a gentie and mild purgative Hi/l Meconium. 7. fo [unxw e 1. Exprefied juice of poppy z. The firft excrement of children Infant new-bor have a meconium dark-coloured excrement in the bowels Me'pavr z. f [medaille bably from metallum 1. An ancient coin Th whe or for o Arburbyot French pro Latin. Roma medals were their current money a&io deferved to be recorded en a coin a it was ftampt, an 2. A piec iffued out of the mint ftamped in honou Addif of {om remarkable performance Know you not, being mechanical, yon ough not to walk upon a labouring day, without the fig of your profeffion Difmifs my. foldiers, or capitulat 1. Agreeablenef Shak. Comedy of Errours Unlefs I fpake or carv'd Do not bid ng nick. ;m',xaw,. Shakelpeare Jasi ME MEepa'LLICK. adj. [from medal.] Pertaining to medals You will never, with all your medallick eloquence, perfuade Eugenius, that it is better to hav a pocketful of Otho's than of Jacobus's. Addifon Mepa'LLioN. #z. /. [medaillon, French. A large antique ftamp or medal Medalions, in refpeét of the other coins, wer the fame as modern medals in refpe@ of moder Addifon money MEe‘DALLIST. 7. f. [medailliffe, Fr. man fkilled or curious in medals Pi A |
