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sociated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ. Jerusalem artichoke Etym: [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e., sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.) (a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used as food…

A labionasal sound or letter.

A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.

Belonging to the table; transacted at table; as, mensa conversation.

Same as Mesial.

A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.

Same as Mesially.

Of or pertaining to the middle portion of the nasal region.

A metatarsal bone.

A erroneous statement or allegation. Bp. Hall.

To state erroneously.

A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance. A Leigh had made a misalliance, and blushed A Howard should know it. Mrs. Browning.

Wrongly allied or associated.

A wrong allotment.

To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse. Bp. Hall.

Of or pertaining to the Mass, or to a missal or Mass book. Bp. Hall.

A basic sulphate of iron; -- so named from Monsel, a Frenchman.

Of or pertaining to the Muses, or to Poetry. [R.]

ts m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance. Nasal bones (Anat.), two bones of the skull, in front of the frontals. -- Nasal index (Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of the transverse the base of the aperture to the nasion, w…

The quality or state of being nasal.