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‖ ‖/mhw>, n. [ F. ] Good nature; pleasant and easy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Small cylindrical bits of sweet chocolate used as a granular topping on e.g. ice cream.
Syn. -- sprinkles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. (Bot.) The name of certain African species of Hibiscus, cultivated for the acid of their mucilage. [ Written also ketmia. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Geol.) An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. larme tear, drop, L. lacrima. See Lachrymose. ] (Anat.) See Tearpit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mine; perh. from sane source as mener to lead; cf. E. demean, menace, mine, n. ] Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A South African mongooselike viverrine (Suricata suricata) having a lemurlike face and only four toes; called also suricate. [ Also spelled meerkat. ]
Syn. -- meerkat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. mômier, fr. OF. momer, mommer, to mumm, to mask one's self. ] A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nimietas, fr. nimius, a., nimis, adv., too much. ] State of being in excess. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a nimiety, a too-muchness, in all Germans. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Outagamie /sing>. (Ethnol.) See 1st Fox, 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. ] The Spanish sweet pepper, the fruit of which is used as a vegetable, to stuff olives, etc.; also the fruit itself. Also called pimento. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ F. premier, fr. L. primarius of the first rank, principal, fr. primus the first. See Primary, Prime, a. ] 1. First; chief; principal; as, the premier place; premier minister. Camden. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Most ancient; -- said of the peer bearing the oldest title of his degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The first minister of state; the prime minister. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. fem. [ F., prop. fem. of premier first. See Premier, a. ] First; chief; as, a première danseuse. -- n. fem.; pl. -mières /plu>. (a) The leading woman of a group, esp. in a theatrical cast. (b) A first performance, as of a play; a first night. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. 1. to be performed for the first time; of a play, ballet, composition, movie, or other literary work.
Syn. -- premier. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. 1. to perform (a play, ballet, or composition) for the first time.
Syn. -- premier. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The office of the premier. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. See Pronounce. ] See Pronunciamento. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Malay. ] (Bot.) The grasscloth plant (Bœhmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., fr. repartir to divide. ] A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Turk. sam-yeli; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel wind. Cf. Simoom. ] A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A machine for pressing the water from skins in tanning. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. & v. t. See Stymie. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ n. Also }. [ Orig. uncertain. ] (Golf) The position of two balls on the putting green such that, being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly between the other and the hole at which the latter must be played; also, the act of bringing the balls into this position. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ v. t. Also }. (Golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The chiff-chaff. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]