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n. See Camelet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. The legendary site of King Arthur's court and castle. [ PJC ]

2. Hence, any place or time thought of as having idyllic peace, justice, and happiness. [ PJC ]

n. A type of winter melon (Cucumis melo inodorus) related to the muskmelon (Cucumis melo reticulatus), but having a smooth pale yellowish-green rind and sweet, juicy, light green flesh. It is slightly ovoid in shape, commonly about 8 to 10 inches long on the long axis. [ PJC ]

a. Not melodious. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance. Westmin. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Sp. melocoton a kind of peach tree and its fruit, L. malum cotonium, or cotonea, or Cydonia, a quince, or quince tree, lit., apple of Cydonia, Gr. &unr_; &unr_;. See Quince. ] (Bot.) (a) A quince. (b) A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh yellow. [ Written also malacatoon, malacotune. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; musical. See Melody, and cf. Odeon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mus.) A kind of small reed organ; -- a portable form of the seraphine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A music hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. melodicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. mélodique. ] Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The branch of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Melody + -graph. ] A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. mélodieux. See Melody. ] Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice. “A melodious voice.” “A melodious undertone.” Longfellow. -- Me*lo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Me*lo"di*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. mélodiste. ] A composer or singer of melodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Melodized p. pr. & vb. n. Melodizing ] To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mélodrame, fr. Gr. me`los song + dra^ma drama. ] Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's “Fidelio”. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. mélodramatique. ] Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. -- Mel`o*dra*mat"ic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who acts in, or writes, melodramas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] Melodrama. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Melodies [ OE. melodie, F. mélodie, L. melodia, fr. Gr. &unr_; a singing, choral song, fr. &unr_; musical, melodious; me`los song, tune + &unr_; song. See Ode. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lulled with sound of sweetest melody. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Melody consists in a succession of single tones; harmony is a consonance or agreement of tones, also a succession of consonant musical combinations or chords. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The air or tune of a musical piece. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖[ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to probe a wound. ] (Zool.) A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. me`los a song + -graph : cf. F. mélographe. ] Same as Melodiograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A beetle belongoing to the family Meloidae. [ PJC ]

prop. n. A natural family of insects comprising the blister beetles.
Syn. -- family Meloidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural subfamily of beetles, considered a separate family in some classification systems.
Syn. -- subfamily Melolonthidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. mhlolo`nqh the cockchafer. ] (Zool.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha, and allied genera. See May beetle, under May. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. melo, for melopepo an apple-shaped melon, Gr. mhlope`pwn ; mh^lon apple + pe`pwn a species of large melon; cf. L. malum apple. Cf. Marmalade. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus Melo. [ 1913 Webster ]

Melon beetle (Zool.), a small leaf beetle (Diabrotiea vittata), which damages the leaves of melon vines. --
Melon cactus,
Melon thistle. (a) (Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants (Melocactus) having a fleshy and usually globose stem with the surface divided into spiny longitudinal ridges, and bearing at the top a prickly and woolly crown in which the small pink flowers are half concealed. Melocactus communis, from the West Indies, is often cultivated, and sometimes called Turk's cap. (b) The related genus Mamillaria, in which the stem is tubercled rather than ribbed, and the flowers sometimes large. See Illust. under Cactus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. me`los song + E. piano. ] A piano having a mechanical attachment which enables the player to prolong the notes at will. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to meloplasty, or the artificial formation of a new cheek. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. mh^lon an apple, a cheek + -plasty: cf. F. méloplastie. ] (Surg.) The process of restoring a cheek which has been destroyed wholly or in part. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; me`los song + poiei^n to make. ] (Mus.) The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A South American herb (Madia sativa) with sticky glandular foliage; it is a source of madia oil.
Syn. -- Chile tarweed, madia oil plant, Madia sativa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus of American song sparrows and swamp sparrows.
Syn. -- genus Melospiza. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Photog.) A picture produced by a process in which development after exposure may be deferred indefinitely, so as to permit transportation of exposed plates; also, the process itself. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Musk + melon. ] (Bot.) The fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Cucumis Melo) of the gourd family, having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any of several small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea, especially those belonging to the genus Thylogale.
Syn. -- pademelon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) Any of several small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea, especially those belonging to the genus Thylogale; a paddymelon. See Wallaby [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. Pompelmous. ] A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

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