MYOGRAPHIST — MYTILITE NWAD MYOGRAPHIST.1

MYOGRAPHIST, n. One who describes the muscles of animals. NWAD MYOGRAPHIST.1

MYOGRAPHY, n. [Gr. a muscle, and to describe.] A description of the muscles of the body. NWAD MYOGRAPHY.1

MYOLOGICAL, a. [See Myology.] NWAD MYOLOGICAL.1

Pertaining to the description and doctrine of the muscles. NWAD MYOLOGICAL.2

MYOLOGY, n. [Gr. muscle, and discourse.] NWAD MYOLOGY.1

A description of the muscles, or the doctrine of the muscles of the human body. NWAD MYOLOGY.2

MYOPE, n. [Gr. to shut, and the eye.] A short-sighted person. NWAD MYOPE.1

MYOPY, n. Short-sightedness. NWAD MYOPY.1

MYRIAD, n. [Gr. extreme, innumerable.] NWAD MYRIAD.1

1. The number of ten thousand. NWAD MYRIAD.2

2. An immense number, indefinitely. NWAD MYRIAD.3

MYRIAMETER, n. [Gr. ten thousand, and measure.] NWAD MYRIAMETER.1

In the new system of French measures, the length of ten thousand meters, equal to two mean leagues of the ancient measure. NWAD MYRIAMETER.2

MYRIARCH, n. [Gr. ten thousand, and chief.] NWAD MYRIARCH.1

A captain or commander of ten thousand men. NWAD MYRIARCH.2

MYRIARE, [Gr. are; L. area.] A French linear measure of ten thousand areas, or 100,000 square meters. NWAD MYRIARE.1

MYRICIN, n. The substance which remains after bees-wax, or the wax of the myrica cordifolia, has been digested in alcohol. NWAD MYRICIN.1

MYRIOLITER, n. [Gr. a pound.] A French measure of capacity containing ten thousand liters, or 610,280 cubic inches. NWAD MYRIOLITER.1

MYRMIDON, n. [Gr. a multitude of ants.] Primarily, the Myrmidons are said to have been a people on the borders of Thessaly, who accompanied Achilles to the war against Troy. Hence the name came to signify a soldier of a rough character, a desperate soldier or ruffian. NWAD MYRMIDON.1

MYROBALAN, n. [L. myrobolanum; Gr. unguent, and a nut.] NWAD MYROBALAN.1

A dried fruit of the plum kind brought from the East Indies, of which there are several kinds, all slightly purgative and astringent, but not now used in medicine. NWAD MYROBALAN.2

MYROPOLIST, n. [Gr. unguent, and to sell.] NWAD MYROPOLIST.1

One that sells unguents. [Little used.] NWAD MYROPOLIST.2

MYRRH, n. mer. [L. myrrha.] A gum-resin that comes in the form of drops or globules of various colors and sizes, of a pretty strong but agreeable smell, and of a bitter taste. It is imported from Egypt, but chiefly from the southern or eastern parts of Arabia; from what species of tree or plant it is procured, is unknown. As a medicine, it is a good stomachic, antispasmodic and cordial. NWAD MYRRH.1

MYRRHINE, a. [L. myrrhinus.] Made of the myrrhine stone. [See Murrhine.] NWAD MYRRHINE.1

MYRTIFORM, a. [L. myrtus, myrtle, and form.] NWAD MYRTIFORM.1

Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries. NWAD MYRTIFORM.2

MYRTLE, n. [L. myrtus.] A plant of the genus Myrtus, of several species. The common myrtle rises with a shrubby upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close full head, closely garnished with oval lanceolate leaves. It has numerous small, pale flowers from the axillas, singly on each footstalk. NWAD MYRTLE.1

MYRUS, n. A species of sea-serpent, of the anguilliform kind. NWAD MYRUS.1

MYSELF, pron. A compound of my and self, used after I, to express emphasis, marking emphatically the distinction between the speaker and another person; as, I myself will do it; I have done it myself. NWAD MYSELF.1

1. In the objective case, the reciprocal of I. I will defend myself. NWAD MYSELF.2

2. It is sometimes used without I, particularly in poetry. NWAD MYSELF.3

Myself shall mount the rostrum in his favor. NWAD MYSELF.4

MYSTAGOGUE, n. mys’tagog. [Gr. one initiated in mysteries, and a leader.] NWAD MYSTAGOGUE.1

1. One who interprets mysteries. NWAD MYSTAGOGUE.2

2. One that keeps church relics and shows them to strangers. NWAD MYSTAGOGUE.3

MYSTERIAL, a. Containing a mystery or enigma. NWAD MYSTERIAL.1

MYSTERIARCH, n. [Gr. mystery, and chief.] NWAD MYSTERIARCH.1

One presiding over mysteries. NWAD MYSTERIARCH.2

MYSTERIOUS, a. [See Mystery.] Obscure; hid from the understanding; not clearly understood. The birth and connections of the man with the iron mask in France are mysterious, and have never been explained. NWAD MYSTERIOUS.1

1. In religion, obscure; secret; not revealed or explained; hidden from human understanding, or unintelligible; beyond human comprehension. Applied to the divine counsels and government, the word often implies something awfully obscure; as, the ways of God are often mysterious. NWAD MYSTERIOUS.2

MYSTERIOUSLY, adv. Obscurely; enigmatically. NWAD MYSTERIOUSLY.1

1. In a manner wonderfully obscure and unintelligible. NWAD MYSTERIOUSLY.2

MYSTERIOUSNESS, n. Obscurity; the quality of being hid from the understanding, and calculated to excite curiosity or wonder. NWAD MYSTERIOUSNESS.1

1. Artful perplexity. NWAD MYSTERIOUSNESS.2

MYSTERY, n. [L. mysterium; Gr. a secret. This word in Greek is rendered also murium latibulum; but probably both senses are from that of hiding or shutting; Gr. to shut, to conceal.] NWAD MYSTERY.1

1. A profound secret; something wholly unknown or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; such as the mystery of the man with the iron mask in France. NWAD MYSTERY.2

2. In religion, any thing in the character or attributes of God, or in the economy of divine providence, which is not revealed to man. NWAD MYSTERY.3

3. That which is beyond human comprehension until explained. In this sense, mystery often conveys the idea of something awfully sublime or important; something that excites wonder. NWAD MYSTERY.4

Great is the mystery of godliness. 1 Timothy 3:16. NWAD MYSTERY.5

Having made known to us the mystery of his will. Ephesians 1:9. NWAD MYSTERY.6

We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery. 1 Corinthians 2:7. NWAD MYSTERY.7

4. An enigma; any thing artfully made difficult. NWAD MYSTERY.8

5. A kind of ancient dramatic representation. NWAD MYSTERY.9

6. A trade; a calling; any mechanical occupation which supposes skill or knowledge peculiar to those who carry it on, and therefore a secret to others. NWAD MYSTERY.10

[The word in the latter sense has been supposed to have a different origin from the foregoing, viz.] NWAD MYSTERY.11

MYSTIC, MYSTICAL, a. [L. mysticus.] Obscure; hid; secret. NWAD MYSTIC.1

1. Sacredly obscure or secret; remote from human comprehension. NWAD MYSTIC.2

God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural. NWAD MYSTIC.3

2. Involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as mystic dance; mystic Babylon. NWAD MYSTIC.4

MYSTICALLY, adv. In a manner or by an act implying a secret meaning. NWAD MYSTICALLY.1

MYSTICALNESS, n. The quality of being mystical, or of involving some secret meaning. NWAD MYSTICALNESS.1

MYSTICISM, n. Obscurity of doctrine. NWAD MYSTICISM.1

1. The doctrine of the Mystics, who profess a pure, sublime and perfect devotion, wholly disinterested, and maintain that they hold immediate intercourse with the divine Spirit. NWAD MYSTICISM.2

MYSTICS, n. A religious sect who profess to have direct intercourse with the Spirit of God. NWAD MYSTICS.1

MYTHIC, a. [from Gr. a fable.] Fabulous. NWAD MYTHIC.1

MYTHOLOGICAL, a. [See Mythology.] NWAD MYTHOLOGICAL.1

Relating to mythology; fabulous. NWAD MYTHOLOGICAL.2

MYTHOLOGICALLY, adv. In a way suited to the system of fables. NWAD MYTHOLOGICALLY.1

MYTHOLOGIST, n. One versed in mythology; one who writes on mythology, or explains the fables of the ancient pagans. NWAD MYTHOLOGIST.1

MYTHOLOGIZE, v.i. To relate or explain the fabulous history of the heathen. NWAD MYTHOLOGIZE.1

MYTHOLOGY, n. [Gr. a fable, and discourse.] A system of fables or fabulous opinions and doctrines respecting the deities which heathen nations have supposed to preside over the world or to influence the affairs of it. NWAD MYTHOLOGY.1

MYTILITE, n. [Gr. a kind of shell.] NWAD MYTILITE.1

In geology, a petrified muscle or shell of the genus Mytilus. NWAD MYTILITE.2