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Show \ M MiTe. ». /. [mite, French; mijt, Datch. 1. A fmall infect found in cheefe or corn a weevil Virginity breeds mites, like a cheefe, confume itfelf to the very paring, and dies with feedin Shakefp its own ftomach The polifh'd glafs, whofe fmall conve Enlarges to ten millions of deg grees The mite invifible elfe, of nature's han Philips Leaft animal The idea of two is as diftin from the idea o three, as the magnitude of the earth from that of Locke MIE The twentieth part of a grain The Seville piece of eight contains thirtee pennyweight twenty-one grains and fifteen mites, o which there are twenty in the grain, of fterlin filver, and is in value forty-three Englifh pence an cl*un hundredths of a penny 3. An thin thir par Arbuthnot proverbiall {mall th of a farthing Though any man's corn they do bite They will not allow 11371\ a mite Are you defrauded Tuffer when he feeds the poor Qur mite decreafes nothing of your ftore Did I e'er my mite with-hol From the impotent and old blue bottles into an ant-hill they will b Mithridate is one of the capital medicines of th fhops, confifting of a great number of ingredients and has its name from its inventor Mithridates king of Pontus Luincy But you of learning and religion And virtue, and fuch ingredients, have mad A mithridate, whofe operatio Keeps off, or cures, what can be done or faid Donne MiTHRIDAT muflard. n. [. [thlafpi Lat. A plant Miller Mr'tiGaNT. adj. [mitigans, Latin.] Lenient; lenitive To MI'TIGATE. w. 4. [mitigo, Lat. mitigery Fr. To temper; to make lefs rigorous We could greatly with, that the rigour of thei opinion were a'ldyed and mitigated Hooker t mak mild t af fuage Mifhaps are mafter'd by advice difcreet And eounfel mitigates the greatet fmart Fairy Q All it can do 1s, to devife how that which muf be endured may be mitigated, and the inconveniencies thereof countervailed as near as may bc, that when the beft things are not poffible, the bei may be made of thofe that are Hooker 3. To mollify ; to mak lef foften fevere t I undertoo Before thee and not repenting, this obtai Of right, that 1 may mitigate their doom On me deriv'd Milton's Paradi) fe Loft To cool ; to moderate A ma ha frequent opportunity of mitigatin the fiercenefs of a party, of foftening the envious quieting the angry, and rectifying the pre jud?cc Mirica'rion mitigation Abatemen Addifon's Spectator #. / [mitigatio fro French of an thin Latin mitigate. penal harth or painful The king would not hav one penn abated o that granted to him by parliament, becaufe it migh encourag Q othe MilIgation countrie to pra b indi¢te e bills wer o found the committed them, and fu ered them to languit long in prifon, to extort from them great fines a.)x ranforns whic Lh.v terme tigations MI'TRE compofition and #2i . J [mitre French Latin. An ornament for the head Bithopricks or burning, mitres or faggots, hav been the rewards of different perfons, according a they pronounced thefe confecrated {yllables, or not Watts M1 TrE. } n. f. [Among workmen. kin of joining two board tonether Miller M1 rrED. adj. [mitre French fro mitre.] Adorned with a mitre lmll the loud herald our fuccefs relate mitred prieft appoint the folemn day Prior ed abbots, among us, were thofe that wer the like releaf Bacon vereign Ayiiffe's Parergon M1 rTENT. adj. [mittens, Laun. ing forth ; emitting Send The fluxion proceedeth from humours peccan in quantity or quality, thruft forth by the par wmittent upon the inferior weak parts. #ifeman's Sur M1 T TENS. #./. [mitaine, French. Iti faid that mi¢ 1s the original word whence mirten, the plural, and afterwards mittens, as in chicken December muft be exprefled with a horrid afpe& as alfo January clad in Irith rug, holding in furre mittens the fign of Capricorn, Peacham on Drawing Gloves that cover the arm withou covering the fingers 3. To handle one without miztens T ufe one roughly. A low phrafe. 4infw Mi‘rrimus. #./. [Latin. A warran by which a juftice commits an offende to prifon 7o MIX. @. a Latin. [miffchen, Dutch; mifceo To unite to fomething elfe b by junét mutu Ho/. vii. 8 To unite various ingredients into on mafs A mixed multitude went up with them flocks and herds Exod. xii He fent out of his mouth a blaft of fire out of his lips a flaming breath, and out o an 38 an hi he caft out fparks and tempefts ; and the were all mixt together Air, and ye elements 2 Efdr the eldeft birt Of nature's womb, that in quaternion ru Perpetual circle, multiform; and mi And nourifh all things of differen into on of furfaces bu L' vix wit one con If 111].31; em Mi'xEn #./. [mixen Saxon. A dung hill 5 a layftal Mi'xtioN mix. n. f. [mixtion French fro Mixture; confufion of one thin with another Other perceivin this rule to fall fhort, hav pieced it out by the mixtion of vacuity amon bodies, believing it is that which makes one rare than another Dighy on Bodies They are not to be lightly paft over as elementar or fubterraneous mixtions Brown My'xTLY. adv. [from mix. With coa lition of different parts into cne MI'VTURL. n. ). [mixtura, Latn. 1. The a& of mixing; the flate of bein mixed O hap p" mixture, wherein things contrary do f qualify and c« ,rw@t the one the dangcA of the other' excefs that neither boldnefs can make us p.g.umc as well as we are kept under with the fenfe of ou own wretchednefs; nor,' while we truft in th mercy of God through Chrift Jefus, fear be abl to tyrannize over us Hooker Thofe liquors are expelled out of the body which by their mixture, convert the aliment into an anima liquid Arbuthiot I, by baleful furies led With monftrous mixture ftain'd my mother's bed Milton fubftance 2. A mafs formed by mlngled ingredients Come vial--=What if {this mixture do not wor at all Shake[peare While we live in this world, where good an bad men are blended together, and where there i alfo a mixture of good and evil wifely diftribute by God, to ferve the ends of his providence Atterbury's Sermons That which is added and mixed Neither can God himfelf be otherwife under ftood, than as a mind free and difentangled fro all corporeal mixtures, perceiving and moving al things Stilling flect Cicero doubts whether it were pofiible for a com munity to exift, that had not a prevailing mixtur of piety inits conftitution Ephraim hath mixed himfelf among the people o I have chofen an argument, mixt of religiou and civil confiderations ; and likewife mixr betwee contemplative and active Bacon's Holy War 4. Tojoin; to mingle; to confufe Brothers no 2 o be unite Pope Coarfe gloves for the winter 3. To for kinds m;i‘s = Total they i x, union o Defiring; or reftrain'd conveyance nee As fleth to mix with flefh, or foul with foul, ilton Dryden 2. A kind of epifcopal crown tongue v mitra Nor Pantheus, thee, thy mitre nor the band Of awful Phesbus; fav'd from impious hands Mi'TERr 7o Mix /Y‘MA'/'.\I///;/'} VIii Saift Mite'LLa. 7 /. A plant Miller M1 THRIDATE. n. /. [mithridate, Fr. alleviate t excmpt from the diocefan's jurifdi¢tion, as havin within their own precinéts epifcopal autherity, an being lords in parliament were called abbots fo ftinging liquor, which hath the fame effet as oi of vitriol Ray on Creation T fu JuL O ftained with red, becaufe the ants thruft in thei ftings, and mitnl into them a fmall mite of thei 2 They caufed di Tundry crimes; and w Dryden A {mall particle Pu you mix your i.\dnc s with fome fear Mizmaze. z. f. [A cant word, forme from maxze b?l reduplication.] A mraze a labyrinth Thofe who are accuftomed to reafon have go the true key of books, and the clue to lea the through the mizmaze of variety of opinions an authors to truth Mi'zzex ‘What order, fo contriv'd as not to mi Taftes, nor wclljuiu'd, inelegant, but brin Tafte after tafte, upheld with kinde& change. Milt #. /. [mezaen, Dutch. The mizzen is a maft in the ftern or back part o a fhip: in fome large fhips there are t\‘ o £ ma (‘5, that ftanding next the main the main mizzen, .u:J the other near t maf bonaventure mizzen ¢ the length of a is half that of the main maft, or the fame wit that of‘ Lxe n‘a n Loon'\"t from the qua \t'_'nr'"l A commander at fea had his le Wifema fall of his mizzen topmaft #./ Mizzy This is the Englith not the Turkifh court Shakgfpeare She turns, on hofpitable thoughts intent XWhat choice to choofe for delicacy beft Addifer's Frecholder Mn~EMO'N1CKS A bog; a quagmir A LLIN[TROYI #./. [wmponxn. The a of memory Mo. edj. [ma Saxon; mae, Scottifh. ObMaking greater number; more {olete T Calliop |