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ing also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry. -- Marine interest, interest at any rate agreed on for money lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds. -- Marine law. See under Law. -- Marine league, three geographical miles. -- Marine metal, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made for sheathing ships. Mc Elrat…

A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries. Mastiff bat (Zoöl.) , any bat of the genus Molossus; so called because the face somewhat resembles that of a mastiff.

A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.

A meadow. A mede All full of freshe flowers, white and reede. Chaucer. To fertile vales and dewy meads My weary, wandering steps he leads. Addison.

A kind of small reed organ; -- a portable form of the seraphine.

mals 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 absent. The followi…

Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. Shak. For God forbid I should my papers blot With mercenary lines, with servile pen. Daniel.

A breed of sheep originally from Spain, noted for the fineness of its wool.

[Spanish America] Mestizo wool, wool imported from South America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep.

To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds.

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

Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom; as, benzine and mercury are mobile liquids; -- opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily.

nuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang. This momentary joy breeds months of pain. Shak.

The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. Drayton.

To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels.

istricts of Rome, Italy), and first fully described by her in 1909. Leading features are freedom for physical activity (no stationary desks and chairs), informal and individual instruction, the very early development of writing, and an extended sensory and motor training (with special emphasis on vision, touch, percept…

timent, when tried by the standard of right. The morality of an action is founded in the freedom of that principle, by virtue of which it is in the agent's power, having all things ready and requisite to the performance of an action, either to perform or not perform it. South.

One of a celebrated breed of American trotting horses; -- so called from the name of the stud from which the breed originated in Vermont.

Freedom; security; immunity. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

ck found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds. [U.S.]