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See Myricyl.

See Melene.

A repetition at the end of a stanza.

Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis. [R.]

To translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body to another. [R.] Peacham.

The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls. Sir T. Browne.

See Metric, a.

nstrels, or musicians; also, a collective body of minstrels' songs. Chaucer. "The minstrelsy of heaven." Milton.

Not easy; painful. [Obs.]

See Misy.

An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.

To yoke improperly.

The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses.

The doctrine that there is but one immortal soul or intellect with which all men are endowed.

Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language. -- Mon`o*syl*lab"ic*al*ly, adv.

The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables.

A word of one syllable.

Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables. Cleveland.

Same as Monoclinic.

A moppet.