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A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave.

pl. of Madame and Madam.

It seems to me. [Poetic]

A leper. [Obs.]

Leprosy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and f

Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain.

The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.

The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connective tissues and blood.

Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.

All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomod, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined w…

The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesoc, mesocolon, mesorec…

Mesaraic.

The median vertical plate, or median element, of the ethmoid bone.

et between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net. A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men. Shak.

Mashed; brewed. [Obs.] Shak.

Formed with meshes; netted.

Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; -- opposed to laterad.

Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to lateral. Mesial plane. (Anat.) See Meson.

In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad.