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he mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do What mean ye by this service Ex. xii. 26. Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good. Gen. 1. 20. I am not a Spaniard To say that it is yours and not to mean it. Longfellow.

Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. -- Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.

A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries. Sir M. Hale. While lingering rivers in meanders glide. Sir R. Blackmore.

Winding; having many turns.

A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals.

Winding; flexuous.

That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent. If there be any good meaning towards you. Shak.

Moderately. [Obs.] A man meanly learned himself, but not meanly affectioned to set forward learning in others. Ascham.

The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess. This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison.

of Mean.

The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time).

A boundary. See Mere. [Obs.]

Five hundred; as, a mease of herrings. [Prov. Eng.]

Leprosy. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.

A leper. [Obs.] [Written also meazel, and mesel.] Wyclif (Matt. x. 8. ).

Infected or spotted with measles, as pork. -- Mea"sled*ness, n.

A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola. Measles commence…

Infected with measles.

Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation.

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.