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t of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.

A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries. [Written also Masorah, Massora, and Massorah.]

ly pronounced mìster, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually abbreviated to Mr.

ny characters in animals and plants, discovered by Gregor J. Mendel (Austrian Augustinian abbot, 1822-84) in breeding experiments with peas. He showed that the height, color, and other characters depend on the presence of determinating factors behaving as units. In any given germ cell each of these is either present or…

The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.

Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs., which is used as the plural of Mr.

for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea. Abbott & Seeley. "All the world's a stage." Shak.

The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.

A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman.

The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.) Four minutes, that is to say, minutes of an hour. Chaucer.

erse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. "A miscellaneous rabble." Milton. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n.

chedly; meanly. They were miserably entertained. Sir P. Sidney. The fifth was miserably stabbed to death. South.

sorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. Pope. Abbot, or Lord, of Misrule. See under Abbot, and Lord.

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr. To call your name, inquire your where, Or whet you think of Mister Some-one's book, Or Mister Other's marriage or decease. Mrs. Browning.

Hence: A throgn; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd. The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. Pope. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. Madison. Confused by brainless mobs. Tennyson. Mob law, law administered by the mob; lync…

title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. [Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by MM. or Messrs. in the plural.]

stowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.)

The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc.

g worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.

The customary abbreviation of Mister in writing and printing. See Master, 4.