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One of the writers of the Masora.

hich is the mean of the squares of all the errors; -- called also, especially by European writers, mean error. -- Mean line. (Crystallog.) Same as Bisectrix. -- Mean noon, noon as determined by mean time. -- Mean proportional (between two numbers) (Math.), the square root of their product. -- Mean sun, a fictitious…

One who acts in, or writes, melodramas.

transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2.

A writer of memoirs.

One who writes or signs a memorial.

One who writes on the subject of metals.

A writer of mimes. Sir T. Herbert.

One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one who writes of wonders. [Obs.] Bacon.

A writer of miscellanies.

A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian.

A writer of a monody.

A writer of a monograph.

One who writes a monograph.

One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties. Addison.

tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note. [Written also momot.]

One versed in, or who writes on, mythology or myths.

To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths.

Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless pens." Atterbury.

A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica. [Writen also naphew.]