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A minnow.

Abounding with mines; like a mine. "Miny caverns." Thomson.

A quorum, or number necessary, for conducting public worship.

ey; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects. 'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. Hewyt. Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Hatred of women. Johnson.

Mnemonics.

See Raskolnik.

Momentary. [Obs.] Hooker. "Momentany as a sound." Shak.

The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo. -- Mon*em`bry*on"ic, a.

Monogenesis.

Marriage with the one woman only.

Any irksome sameness, or want of variety. At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. W. Irving.

Moonlight. [Colloq.] I went to see them in a moonshiny night. Addison.

Of or pertaining to the moon. Soft and pale as the moony beam. J. R. Drake.

History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; -- distinguished from physiogeny. Haeckel.

See Mule, 4.

An East Indian curry soup.

See Mullagatawny.

ence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination. In every mutiny against the discipline of the college, he was the ringleader. Macaulay.

Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton.