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Quality or state of being mellow.

Soft; unctuous. Drayton.

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

A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution without change in chemical nature.

Of or pertaining to miscellanies. Shaftesbury. -- n.

A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin. Bacon.

A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.

ed; consisting of several things; of diverse 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.

A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian.

medley; esp., a collection of compositions on various subjects. 'T is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. Hewyt. Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Wrong information; misinformation.

See Misspell, Misspend, etc.

To spell incorrectly.

A wrong spelling.

To tell erroneously.

An unguent for the hair.

Rubble masonry.

Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond.

Nightshade. See 2d Morel.

A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, -- used chiefly for preserving.