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A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.

A weight of 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois.

A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.

One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance. No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. Deut. xxiv. 6.

Miltonic. Lowell.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose.

A kind of musical toy into which one sings, hums, or speaks, producing a coarse, reedy sound.

The American badger.

A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A. Klein, Aug. 19, 1868, which bears an inscription of thirty-four lines, dating from the 9th century b. c., and written in the Moabite alphabet, the oldest Phonician type of the Semitic alphabet. It records the victories of Mesha, king of Moab, esp. those over…

A single unvaried tone or sound.

Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous. "Monotonical declamation." Chesterfield.

One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced. Richardson.

Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ly, adv. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ness, n.

A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.

A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.

A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon.

A species of English granite, used as a building stone.

A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later.

One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, an English journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be inspired. Eadie.

A sheep. [Obs.] Chapman. Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. Sir H. Sidney. Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. Hallam.