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The smallest of the three orders of Fungi Imperfecti, including those with no asci nor pycnidia, but as a rule having the spores in cavities without special walls. They cause many of the plant diseases known as anthracnose.

Middle; middlemost. Ere night's midmost, stillest hour was past. Byron.

A milestone.

The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.

The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.

Of, pertaining to, or having a character of, a minim or minimum; least; smallest; as, a minimal amount or value.

To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum. Bentham.

A being of the smallest size. [Obs.] Shak.

ast a mist before his sense. Dryden. Mist flower (Bot.), a composite plant (Eupatorium coelestinum), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States.

rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ. Two mites, which make a farthing. Mark xii. 49.

. Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. Judg. xvi. 13. He will not ... Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence. Milton.

The smallest part of any substance which possesses the characteristic properties and qualities of that substance, and which can exist alone in a free state.

One of the smallest flangellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera.

The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eig…

er in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestial crown held above him.

ic of the spheres, the harmony supposed to be produced by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres. -- Music paper, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the use of composers and copyists. -- Music pen, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of the musical staff. -- Music shell (Zoöl.), a handsomely co…

te substance constituting the medullary sheats of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, albumin, and some fat.

Of or pertaining to Myrmica, a genus of ants including the small house ant (M. molesta), and many others.

lly occupied. Fie upon him, he will discredit our mystery. Shak. And that which is the noblest mystery Brings to reproach and common infamy. Spenser.

phere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.