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A hypothetical radical derived from maleic acid.

A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc. Shak.

Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C. fuliginosus), which is sooty black. [Also written mangaby.]

Silver coins or money of the nominal value of 1d., 2d., 3d., and 4d., struck annually for the Maundy alms.

nts, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously. This medley of philosophy and war. Addison. Love is a medley of endearments, jars, Suspicions, reconcilements, wars. W. Walsh.

A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure. [Obs.] Shak.

Same as Meine.

Having eyes like those of the mole; having imperfect sight.

in those countries commonly made use of to purchase goods. Hence the origin of coined money, and of those public offices called mints. A. Smith.

One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money. [R.]

The act or process of making money; the acquisition and accumulation of wealth. Obstinacy in money-making. Milman.

A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin. Hume.

Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyey men. Bacon.

A person who deals in money; banker or broker. [Obs. or R.]

Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious. Swift.

A trailing plant (Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils.

A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for mischievous child. This is the monkey's own giving out; she is persuaded I will marry her. Shak.

ria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called piñon by the Chilians.

The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. See Adansonia.

See Nepenthes.