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The act or art of divination. [R.]

A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.

The natural history of Mammalia.

A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry. [R.]

Same as Mastology.

The science which treats of membranes.

A register of months. Bp. Stillingfleet.

The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.

The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method. Coleridge.

The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.

That department of medical science which treats of miasma.

The part of geology relating to structure and organisms which require to be studied with a microscope.

The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria. -- Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al (#), a. -- Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist (#), n.

That part of science which treats of microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation.

Science or study of microseisms.

The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.

Hatred of argument or discussion; hatred of enlightenment. G. H. Lewes.

The doctrine or theory of monads.

lizing conversation. It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life. De Quincey.

Foolish talk; nonsense; folly. [Obs.]