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combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.

Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table.

According to the principles of, or with reference to, mineralogy.

One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.

To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals. Miss Edgeworth.

The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.

Very unhappy; wretched. What hopes delude thee, miserable man Dryden.

The state or quality of being miserable.

In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly. They were miserably entertained. Sir P. Sidney. The fifth was miserably stabbed to death. South.

Commiseration. [Obs.]

Modeate; temperate. [Obs.]

Moderation. [Obs.] Caxton.

Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.

In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent. Each nymph but moderately fair. Waller.

The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.

The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion.

With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately. Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro. -- Andante moderato, a little faster than andante.

One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies. Sir W. Raleigh. Angling was ... a moderator of passions. Walton.

The office of a moderator.