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ng of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock. [Spanish America] Mestizo wool, wool imported from South America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep.

A kind of brass. See Maslin. [Obs.]

An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest yet found in European strata.

Situated most nearly in the middle; middlemost; midmost. [Obs.] " 'Mongst the middest crowd." Spenser.

A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.

To bestow improperly.

The act of misbestowing.

Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.

To estimate erroneously. J. S. Mill.

Wrong or evil suggestion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.

In a modest manner.

The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit.

To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex. They have molested the church with needless opposition. Hooker.

The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance.

One who molests.

Troublesome; vexatious. [R.]

Molestation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To warn; to admonish; to advise. [Obs.] Wyclif (2 Cor. v. 20).

An African bird of the genus Schizorhis, related to the plantain eaters.