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Tneasures of length— continued. 



aumsgussdyi, two spans (of wampum); 

 shivaumscussdiji, three spans; youvmp- 

 scmsayi, four spans, R. W.). Cf. omp- 

 skot (ompKcat, <iHmscat,'R.W.; ompshod, 

 C. ), a penny (i. e. a penny's worth of 

 wampuiu, a span?); -nequf-ompskot, one 

 penny {neesaumscaf, two pence; yow- 

 dmscat, four pence, R. W.). quttauatu, 

 quattuatu {qutta, six], sixpence (in wam- 

 pum) R. AV., =qutfalashauin.icat; neen, 

 two quttiluatues; shv'm, three quttdua- 

 tues, eighteen pence; you-in, four qut- 

 tauatues; quttatashinchech aumscat (sixty 

 pence), ten quttiiuatues, =piuckquat 

 [piuck-qnltmKitu1,ten8ixpences,=nquit- 

 tompeg or nquitnishcnusu, one fathom, 

 ibid, neesnehchagunmim, twenty fath- 

 oms; nabo napanna tmUnausu, fifteen 

 fathoms, Acts 27, 28 (nquittompeg, 

 nquitnishcatim, one fathom; nees-aum- 

 IMugatuck, two isithoms; phickquampau- 

 gatuck, ten fathoms, =nquii pamck; 

 shwe-pamHck, thirty fathoms?, R. W.). 

 ishquanogkod, 'acubit'; aftera numeral, 

 ishquanogkod, an. ishquanogkussu, by cu- 

 bits, cubits long; nequt-whquomgkot, one 

 cubit. Matt. 6, 27, =»equt-lsqudnogkod, 

 Luke, 12, 25. 

 measures of time. See day; month; 



year, 

 meat, iveyaus. See fiesh. 

 medicine, moskehiu, mcukehln {maskit, 

 physic, R. W.); iydnaskehtuash, 'many 

 medicines', i. e. various kinds of medi- 

 cines, Jer. 46, 11 [m'askeht, grass, an 

 herb]. 

 meditate, missantam linissi-antmn, he 

 thinks much], he reflects or meditates 

 upon (he aims at, C); naiwontam, he 

 meditates, considers of, devises (studies, 

 meditates, etc., C). 

 meet, nogkushkmi, nogkishkau, he meets 

 (him) (nokusk&uatees, meet thou him; 

 nockuskauatUea, let us meet, R.W. • 

 -timnne nogkkhkoadtuonk, well met, as a 

 salutation, C). See assemble; gather, 

 melon, monankcolasq [ohhosketdmij k , a 

 watermelon; mconosketCimuk, cucumber; 

 quinosketdimik, muskmelon, C. ). See 



melt, sdbohteau, it melts; inan. pi., saboh- 

 t'Kish, sabahlaash, they melt, from 

 sabde, soupae, (it is) soft; see soft. 



melt — continued. 



Act. intrans., sdbohsdsu, he melts, per- 

 forms the act of melting, sdbamwi, su- 

 bossum, sauppamm, he melts (it), makes 

 (it) soft; n. agent, gobossumwaen-in, a 

 melter, founder, Jer. 6, 29; suppos. 

 part. inan. [from sabde, saupaeu, it 

 melts] sahaMg, subdheg (when it soft- 

 ens), pottage; adj. s(J6ass«))m'e, molten, 

 melted. See dissolve. 

 melt away. See consume; dissolve. 

 member, jiompuhchdi, pompuhchaei, a 

 member, limb, organ; pi. -\-yeuash: 

 ukkosue jjompuhcliaH, the virile organ; 

 n. collect. pompuhchdimmivk, the mem- 

 bers (collectively), 1 Cor. 12, 26. 

 mend. See repair. 



menhaden, "auimdog and munnau'hat- 

 teang, a fish somewhat like a herring", 

 R. W. (omniis, pi. dmmissuog, herring, 

 C; Peq. umjmumges, alewives. Stiles). 

 The former was probably the alewife, 

 Alosa vernalis. The latter was Alosa 

 menhaden, 'white-fish', 'bony-fish', 

 ' hardhead ' , or pauhagen. It was used 

 by the Indians as a manure, whence 

 perhaps its name, from munnSquohteau, 

 he manures or enriches the soil (cf. 

 "Fishes called •aloofes' used for ma- 

 nure", Winth., in Phil. Trans., 1678). 

 menstruation, qimmaumonk; qussinau- 

 ■lit [suppos. from .y»«/y/«((.s»], when (she 

 is) menstruouH {,i,i,hrna,r,„i and mat- 

 tapeii, 'a woman keeping alone in her 

 monthly sickness', R. W.). 

 mercy, monaneteau, he is merciful; mo- 

 nanetegk, be ye merciful; vbi. monan- 

 eteaonk, mercy; mondntim, he shows 

 mercy, is kind; an. suflix monanumeh, 

 be thou merciful to me. kitUamontea- 

 num, he shows mercy or compassion, 

 he pities; suppos. noh kodlnmonteanu- 

 mont, he who is merciful or pities [nuh- 

 hilteamonteanitteam, I pity, C. ). 

 merry, weekontam, he is glad; howan we- 

 kotitog? is any merry? James 5, 13; 

 weekonUimu'og, they made merry, 

 Judg. 9, 27. See glad; mirth, 

 message, kuttmonk, nehtamoonk: negon- 

 toowau, he sends a message to {nekon- 

 chmnat, to send, C). See send, 

 messenger, annmnaen-in, a messenger, 

 one who is sent: amiamau nnmnaenauh, 



