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The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the merchantry of a country.

A mine from which ores are taken. [Obs.] Slaves . . . and persons condemned to metals. Jer. Taylor.

l phenomena; mental philosophy; psychology. Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science or complement of sciences exclusively occupied with mind. Sir W. Hamilton. Whether, after all, A larger metaphysics might not help Our physics. Mrs. Browning.

The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism.

The weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the hydrogen atom, taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of the elements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. See Crith. J. P. Cooke.

ase. Dryden. If, to mince his meaning, I had either omitted some part of what he said, or taken from the strength of his expression, I certainly had wronged him. Dryden.

e earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries.

A mistaken claim.

Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Mistaken devotion.

Wrong or mistaken employment. Johnson.

The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.

To have a mistaken notion of or about. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Mistaken obedience; disobedience. [Obs.] Milton.

Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived. Sir T. Browne.

Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [Obs.] Spenser.

To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken. [Obs.] Spenser.

Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. Bp. Hall. Such hideous jungle of misworships. Carlyle.

Mistakenly zealous. [Obs.]

etween a Roman Catholic and a Protestant. -- Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together. -- Mixed train, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars. -- Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance.