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Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammæ.

der control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle. Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. Sir I. Newton. What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior.

in one direction by a small plunger operated by an elastic metal diaphragm which closes a tube connected with the engine cylinder. It is also moved at right angles to this direction by a reducing motion, called a reproducer, so as to copy accurately on a smaller scale the motion of the engine piston. The resultant of t…

of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust.…

of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.

A mess; trouble. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort.

n of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium. Match box, a box for holding matches. -- Match tub, a tub with a perforated cover for holding slow matches for firing cannon, esp. on board ship. The tub contains a little water in the bottom, for extinguishing sparks from the lighted matches. -- Quick match, threads of cotto…

groove, in the epiblast of the vertebrate blastoderm, the edges of which unite, making a tube (the medullary canal) from which the brain and spinal cord are developed. -- Medullary rays (Bot.), the rays of cellular tissue seen in a transverse section of exogenous wood, which pass from the pith to the bark. -- Medull…

A climbing plant (Ullucus officinalis) of the Andes, having tuberous roots which are used as a substitute for potatoes.

, and sometimes called Turk's cap. (b) The related genus Mamillaria, in which the stem is tubercled rather than ribbed, and the flowers sometimes large. See Illust. under Cactus.

A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebræ; a mammillary process.

Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini.

Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass; -- used for paperweights and other small articles.

A spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs.

r asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground. With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts. Spenser.

A Linnæan class of plants having the stamens united into a tube, or ring, by the filaments, as in the Mallow family.

ly one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory.

A very stubborn person.

Like a mule; sullen; stubborn. -- Mul"ish*ly, adv. -- Mul"ish*ness, n.