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The quality of being legible; legibleness. Sir. D. Brewster.

age. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. Luke xxiii. 38.

ment, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law.

them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language.

A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills. W. H. Ward.

, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.

A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver. Ezek. xlv. 12.

lpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.

One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash.

A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries. [Written also Masorah, Massora, and Massorah.]

a, or to its authors. Masoretic points and accents, the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible, of which the first mention is in the Masora.

Mashed; brewed. [Obs.] Shak.

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

parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews.

A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it.

An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops. Craig. Hard multum, a preparation made from Cocculus Indicus, etc., used to impart an intoxicating quality to beer.

The modern Hebrew language.

of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.

A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.

A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah. Ex. xvi. 36.