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Preëminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of no mark.

o the Christian faith, or to any cause. Bacon. I came from martyrdom unto this peace. Longfellow.

. . . makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow subjects. Addison.

nto good. Gen. 1. 20. I am not a Spaniard To say that it is yours and not to mean it. Longfellow.

ssion of sounds; as, a melodious voice. "A melodious voice." "A melodious undertone." Longfellow. -- Me*lo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Me*lo"di*ous*ness, n.

The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. [Archaic.] Longfellow.

floats vague in the ether, Ships and the shadows of ships hang in the motionless air. Longfellow.

Darkness; gloom; murk. "In mirk and mire." Longfellow.

Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. Miserable comforters are ye all. Job xvi. 2.

rvice; a delegation; an embassy. In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house. Bacon.

monarch; sovoreign; regal; imperial. Satan, whom now transcendent glory raised Above his fellows, with monarchal pride. Milton.

Monks, regarded collectively. Longfellow.

A dolt; a stupid fellow. Dryden.

who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives. The love (in the moralist of virtue, but in the Christian) of God himself. Hammond.

The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry. From morn To noun he fell, from noon to dewy eve. Milton.

er. See Flounder, and Dab. -- Mud dauber (Zoöl.), a mud wasp. -- Mud devil (Zoöl.), the fellbender. -- Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. -- Mud eel (Zoöl.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian (Siren lacertina), found in the Southern U…

A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." Thackeray.

their harangues. I. Watts. A multitude of flowers As countless as the stars on high. Longfellow.

en full of must." Wyclif (Acts ii. 13. ). No fermenting must fills ... the deep vats. Longfellow.

A mustache. Longfellow.