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An old term covering natrolite or soda mesolite, scolecite or lime mesotype, and mesolite or lime-soda mesotype.

The fold of peritoneum connecting the ovary with the wall of the abdominal cavity.

A salt of mesoxalic acid.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH2O2(CO2H)2, obtained from amido malonic acid.

A group of very lowly organized, wormlike parasites, including the Dicyemata. They are found in cephalopods. See Dicyemata.

The Mesozoic age or formation.

Contempt; scorn. [Obs.]

The pod or seed of the mesquite.

A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. Honey mesquite. See Algaroba (b). -- Screw-pod mesquite, a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians. -- Mesquite grass, a rich native grass in We…

A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also, the food given to a beast at one time. At their savory dinner set Of herbs and other country messes. Milton.

Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest plates.

or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. Judg. iii. 20.

A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey information.

A messenger. [Obs.]

One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears messages.

A dog. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock.

The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ. And told them the Messiah now was born. Milton.

The state or office of the Messiah.

Of or relating to the Messiah; as, the Messianic office or character.