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Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies. J. S. Mill.

so, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars. To bear a loss, to make a loss good; also, to sustain a loss without sinking under it. -- To be at a loss, to be in a state of uncertainty.

That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.

Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure.

Erroneous observation. J. S Mill.

The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats.

spicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance. -- Mark"ed*ly, adv. J. S. Mill. A marked man, a man who is noted by a community, or by a part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; -- usually with an unfavorable suggestion.

ated for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. J. S. Mill.

o a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort. Mashing tub, a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; -- called also mash tun, and mas…

A million times, a million of; as, megameter, a million meters; megafarad, a million farads; megohm, a million ohms.

A million coulombs.

One of the larger measures of force, amounting to one million dynes.

One of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad.

A million ergs; a megerg.

In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand kilometers.

A million ampères.

One of the larger measures of electro-motive force, amounting to one million volts.

A million webers.

One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one million ergs; -- called also megalerg.

One of the larger measures of electrical resistance, amounting to one million ohms.