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That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

ess; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind. Addison.

Money. [Slang, Eng.]

Such as can be misconstrued, as language or conduct. R. North.

One who misuses. "Wretched misusers of language." Coleridge.

To take one's self off; to go. [Slang] As long as George the Fourth could reign, he reigned, And then he mizzled. Epigram, quoted by Wright.

b; lynch law. -- Swell mob, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively. [Slang] Dickens.

imited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.

The language of the Moesogoths; -- also called Gothic.

he streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians. [Slang] Spectator. Macaulay.

One of the smallest flangellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera.

Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.

ised about six inches above the quarter rail of a ship. -- Monkey shine, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.] -- Monkey trick, a mischievous prank. Saintsbury. -- Monkey wheel. See Gin block, under 5th Gin. -- Monkey wrench, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.

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

A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language. [India]

Illicit distilling. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]

A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture.

. (b) A cap with a broad, projecting, square top; -- worn by students in some colleges. [Slang]

e in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss. [Political Slang, U.S.]

Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating. It is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived. T. Arnold. Mother cell (Biol.), a cell which, by endogenous divisions, gives rise to other cells…