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Of or pertaining to the metathorax.

The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of titanium analogous to metasilicic acid.

A salt of metatungstic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid known only in its salts (the metatungstates) and properly called polytungstic, or pyrotungstic, acid.

-- usually followed by against and with. These are great questions, where great names militate against each other. Burke. The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on the side of the pious emperor. Gibbon.

Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense.

Erroneous citation.

Erroneous computation; false reckoning.

The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.

Defective flow or vitiated condition of the milk.

Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.

Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith.

Tending to convey a wrong impression; misrepresenting.

To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate. Bp. Sanderson.

An incorrect statement.

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

The act of biting or gnawing. [Obs.]

The act of moving; motion. [Obs.]

Montana; -- a nickname.