Some more cows would be brought, especially two new meal-WOrm (ineTwerm), M. 
milch which must !> i-ll nniilnl and Inilkril by the way. 
'' 
Ap- 
meal :: (mel), . 
spot: see (Wd.J 
( Prov. Kng.] 
meal :i t (mcli, >. t. . .. 
word in the passage quoted is dubious.] 
parently, to defile or taint. 
Were he meal'd with that 
Which he corrects, then were he tyrannous. 
Shale., M. for M., Iv. 2. 86. 
meal-ark (mel'ark), . A large chest for hold- 
ing meal. [Scotch.] 
There was not a bow [of meal | left In the meal art. 
Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, ix. 
meal-beetle (mel'be'tl), n. A coleopterous in- 
sect belonging 
to the genus Te- 
nebrio, the lar- 
va of which is 
the meal-worm. 
The name may 
be extended to 
any of the Tene- 
briouidte. 
mealberry 
(mel' ber'i), . 
The bearberry, 
Arctostaphylos 
Uva-ursi. 
meal-bread 
(mel ' bred). H. 
Bread made of 
meal 3673 
_ The grub or larva 
Jt a meal-beetle, as Ti-m linn iimHtnr, which in- 
" ""' " England, L 4M. ^^ graces, corn-mills, bakehouses, etc., 
[A var. of moli;', < AS. mdl, a an j , 8 verv injurious to Hour and m al. S.-r 
A speck or spot. Balliwell. meal-beetle. 
mealy (me'li), a. [< mra/i + -yi.] 1. Of the 
[Appar. < nicaiy, ., but the na ture of meal ; resembling or having the qual- 
ities of meal; pulverulent: as, a mealy pow- 
der; a mi nl ii potato; a mealy apple. 
The very brightest Sunday Autumn saw, 
Vi ith all its mealy clusters of ripe nut, 
Could never keep those boys away from church. 
Wordsworth, The Brothers. 
2. Covered or overspread with meal or with 
some powdery substance resembling meal. 
There are two distinct species of bug (coffee-bug) found 
In Ceylon, and called respectively "black," or "scaly," and 
ite," or wralji. Spans' Encye. Manuf., t. MX 
Meal-beetle ( Tmtbrio molt'. 
larl. Adult ami larva. (About 
MecoMmlstaej 
, 
"white," or mealy. 
3. Specifically (a) In ornith., having the plu- 
mage whitened as if dusted over with flour; 
hoary; cauescent. (6) In entom., mealy-winged. 
(c) In hot., same as farinose. 4. Pale-colored; 
light or white in hue, like meal: as, a mealy 
complexion. 
The mealit Mountains (late rnseen) 
Change their white garment* into lusty green. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas s Weeks, 1. 4. 
His complexion, which was pale or mealy. 
Didma, David Copperneld, xi. 
5. Mealy-mouthed. [Slang.] 
I didn't mince the matter with him. I'm never mealy 
with 'em. Dickens, Hard Times. 
Mealy amazon, a South American parrot. Chrysalis Sari- 
nma. See Chrijmtu. Mealy bug. See /.;/-'. Mealy 
good wheat, ground and not sifted. Halliwell. m ealy-bird (mo'li-berd), n. The young of the 
[Prov. Eng.] long-tailed duck, Harelda glacialin. Rev. C. 
meal-cooler (mel'kO'ler), n. In milling, a de- Swaiiwon. See cut under Harelda. [Prov. 
vice for freeing meal from the heat generated Eng. (Norfolk).] 
by grinding. The meal, as it comes from the stones, mealymouth (me'li-mouth), . The willow- 
is passed through a passage under the Influence of a light warb i er( phMoscopuS trochilua. [Local, Eng.] 
mealeriTmVier), . [< roeaJi + -ri.] A wood- mealy-mputhed (me'li-mouTHd), a Speaking 
en rubber with which gunpowder is mealed. cautiously or warily; not saying plainly what 
mealed (me'ler), . [< ineaft + -ri.] One is meant; using too much caution or reserve in 
who takes his meals at one place and lodges at s Vf*< 8 (rom tu ld '|y or h yP oc " 8 y j 
another. [Colloq.] soft-spoken; given to the use of soft or honeyed 
One of those cheap boarding-houses . . . where hu- wo1 
inanity Is resolved into two classes only roomers and 
mealers. Chrutian Union, Aug. 11, 18S7. 
mealie (me'li), . [S. African.] An ear of 
maize or Indian corn; specifically, in the plu- 
ral, maize : as, a sack of mealies. [South Africa 
and Australia.] 
Among the exhibits in the Natal section, the maize (lo- 
cally mealies), owing to its splendid size, is especially . 
striking. Westminster Rev., CXXVI. 48. mealy-tree (me'li-tre), w. The wayfaring-tree, 
mealie-field (me'li-feld), H. A field of mealies Viburnum Lantana : so called on account of the 
or maize; a maize-field. Also called mealie- mealy surface of the young shoots and leaves. 
garden. [South Africa.] [Great Britain.] 
A bivouac was made near a deserted kraal, there being mealy-winged (me'li-wingd), a. 1 Having 
a mealie field hard by. ... A volley was fired from the wings covered with minute scales; lepl- 
So were more meete for mealy-mouthed men. 
Fmita of War. 
She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speak* 
so plain. Sir ft. L'Kstraiuje. 
Angry men hotly in earnest are not usually mealy- 
mouthed. Edinburgh Ken., CLXIII. 425. 
mealy-mouthedness (me'li-mouTHd-nes), n. 
The quality of being mealy-mouthed. 
the adjacent mealie garden. Cape Argus, June 6, 1879. 
mealiness (me' ii-ues), n. 1. The quality of 
being mealy; softness or smoothness, with fri- 
ableuess and dryness to the touch or taste. 
2. The quality of being mealy-mouthed. 
mealing-Stone (me'ling-ston), . A stone of 
a hand-mill for grinding. 
The grain Is roasted and ground between two stones, mean 1 (men), .; pref. and pp. meant, ppr, 
one lying on the ground, the other held in the hands niraniita. [X ME. menen, < AS. mcenan (also 
two mealiny -stones. Amer. Anthropologist, I. 306. 
mealman (mel'man), .; pi. mealmen (-men). 
One who deals in meal, 
mealmonger (mel'mung'ger), . One who deals 
in meal. 
meal-moth (mel'moth), . A pyralid moth, 
.iKo/iiii J'uriiiiil/s, the larvaa of which feed upon 
meal, 
meal-mouthed (mel'mouTHd), a. Same as 
an iilii-nniiilliiil. 
That same devout meale-mmith'd precisian. 
Marston, Satires, it. (Sorts.) 
meal-offering (meTof'er-ing), n. See meat- 
nff'crini/. 
meal-pockt, meal-poket (mel'pok, -pok), . A 
meal-bag; a bag carried by beggars to hold the 
meal received in charity. 
His meal pock hang about his neck, 
Into a IfultuTM fang. 
Rabin Hood and the Beggar (Child's Ballads, V. 188). 
meal-tidet (mel'tid), . [< ME. iiinlttiilr: < 
wKvi/i + title.} Meal-time; the hour for a meal. 
The morwen com and nyghen gan the tyrnr 
Of meele-tide. Chaucer, TroUus, II. 1558. 
meal-time (mel'tim), H. The usual time for 
eating meal. 
meal-tub (mel'tubl, //. A large tub or barrel 
for holding meal or flour. 
dopterous, as an insect. The mealy- winged 
scale-insects are the Aleurodida;. [Rare.J 
All farinaceous or mealy-iciivjed animals, aa butterflies 
and moths. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., III. 15. 
2. Covered with whitish powder like meal: 
specifically applied to the utfuropterous insects 
of the family Coniopterygirla: 
pp. me 
\S. ntte 
gemainan), mean, intend, declare, tell, relate, 
= OS. meiiian, mean, intend, make known, = 
OFries. menu = D. mceiien = MLG. menen, LG. 
meeneu = OHG. meinan, MHG. G. meinen, 
mean, intend, signify, think, etc., = Icel. 
UK inn = Sw. meiia = Dan. mene = Goth, "main- 
jan (not recorded), intend, signify, mean ; cf. 
OHG. meina, thought, minni, memory, Goth. 
iiiiniiin, think, intend, mean, akin to OBulg. 
nii-iija. menite, mean, = Bohem. inneti, think; 
ult. <i/man (Skt. man, etc.), think: see mind 1 , 
milt*, mental^, mention, etc. Cf. mean*.'] I. 
trims. 1. To have in mind, view, or contem- 
plation; intend; hence, to purpose or design. 
We fayne and forge and father soch thinges of Tullie, as 
he neuer ment In deed. Aneham, The Scholemaster, p. 123. 
No man means evil but the devil. 
Shot., M. W. of W., T. 2. 15. 
Alas, poor creature ! he meant no man harm, 
That f am sure of. Ford, Tis Pity, UL 9. 
Sir Peter, I know, means to call there about this time. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 2. 
I wish I knew what my father meant us to do. 
E. S. Sheppard. The Children's Cities. 
2. To signify, or be intended to signify ; indi- 
catc : import ; denote. 
What nieaiteth the noise of this great shout In the camp 
of the Hebrews? 1 Sam. Iv. 6. 
mean 
If aught else great bards beside 
In sage and solemn tunes have mi.g, . . 
Where more Is meant than meets the ear. 
Hiltim. II Penaeroao, I. 110. 
When Tully owns himself ignorant whether lemu, In 
the twelve tables, meaia a funeral song, or mourning nr 
ment; and Aristotle doubts whether oi/pi><, in the Iliad, 
signines a mule, or muleteer, I may surely, without ihanie, 
leave some obscurities to happier Industry, or future In- 
formation. Johnton, Wet., Pref. p. UL 
3t. To mention ; tell ; express. 
IThey) present bom to Priam, that was prUe lord : 
There meiiyt thai thalre menace ft with mouthe told. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. a), 1. 70118. 
To mean business. Sec burinea.=tyn. 2. Intend, de. 
sign, contemplate (with present participle). 
II. intranx. 1. To be minded or disposed; 
have intentions of some kind: usually joined 
with an adverb; aa, he means well. 
Oodd woll . . . belpe Hys servant* that meant truly. 
Pastan, Letters, IL S61. 
Kvant. His meaning Is good. 
Shal. Ay, I think my cousin meant well. 
Shalt., M. W. of W., L 1. . 
2. To have thought or ideas; have meaning. 
[Bare.] 
And he who, now to sense now nonsense leaning, 
Meant not, but blunders round about a meaning. 
Pope, Prol. to Satires, 1. 186. 
3f. To speak ; talk. Halliwell. 
Leve we stylle at the quene, 
And of the greyhound we wylle mene 
That we before of tolde. 
MS. Cantab. Ft. II. 38. 1. 74. (UalliiceU.) 
Than Calcas, the clerke, came fro his tent, 
ffonglt hlr falre, and with fyne chere 
Toke hlr into tent, talket with hlr fast, 
And jiienU of hlr maters, as thai in mynd hade. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 8100. 
mean 2 (men), a. [< ME. meene, mene, earlier 
imetie, < AS. gemaine (very rarely_and prob. by 
mere error without the prefix, mcene) = OS. gt- 
mmi = OFries. mene = MD. gemeiie, D. gemeeit 
= MLG. gemeine, qemene, gemen, LG. gemeen 
= OHG. ffimeini, MHG. gemeine, G. gemein = 
Sw. gemen = Dan. gemeen = Goth, gamains, 
common, general ; perhaps akin to L. commu- 
nis, common, general: see common. From this 
word in the orig. sense 'common,' 'general* 
has developed the sense ' low ' in rank or qual- 
ity, hence ' base' (cf. similar senses of common); 
but this development has prob. been assisted 
by the confluence of the word with one orig. 
distinct, namely, AS. mcene, false, wicked (maun- 
dtlt, a false oath) (= OHG. MHG. mein, false, 
= Icel. weinn, harmful, etc.), < man, false, also 
a noun, falsehood, wickedness, evil : see man- 
steear.] It. Common; general. 
Ther-of merveiled the mene peplc what it myght mene. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), II. 146. 
2. Of a common or low origin, grade, quality, 
etc.; common; humble: as, a man of mean pa- 
rentage; mean birth or origin; a mean abode. 
AUe manere of men, the mene and the ryche. 
Pien Plowman (C\ I. 20. 
So ... my meaner ministers 
Their several kinds have done. 
Shak., Tempest, ill. 3. 87. 
Meaner things, whom Instinct leads. 
Are rarely known to stray. Covper, Doves. 
3. Characteristic of or commonly pertaining to 
persons or thing* of low degree; common; in- 
ferior; poor; shabby: as, a mean appearance; 
mean dress. 
He chanc'd to meet his deposed Brother, wandering In 
iiu-itn condition. Milton, Hist. Eng., I. 
I know not what entertainment they (other seamen | 
had ; but mine was like to be but mean, and therefore I 
presently left It. Datnpier \ oyages, II. L 55. 
4. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honor ; 
low-minded; spiritless; base. 
The mean man's actions, be they good or evil, they reach 
not far. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. 18. 
Till I well could weep for a time so sordid and mean. 
Tennytun, Maud, T. 4. 
6. Niggardly; penurious; miserly; stingy. 
6. Of little value or account ; low in worth or 
estimation; worthy of little or no regard; con- 
temptible; despicable. 
The meter and verse of Plantus and Terence be verie 
meane. Alcham, The Scholemaster, p. 144. 
But Paul said, I am ... a Jew of Tarsus, a city in 'lli- 
cla, a citizen of no mean city. AcUxxLSfl. 
The French esteem him (the chub] so mean as to call 
him In Villain. /. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 6. 
7. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccom- 
modating; "small." [Colloq.] To feel mean, 
to feel that one has been guilty of some petty aet : feel 
that one has not been generous, honorable, etc. IColloq. ] 
= Svn. 2. t'ulimr, rtc. (see /min/m), humble, poor, servile. 
-4. Abject, tow. etc. (see abjert\ paltry. See list under 
fem-2. 8. Xiwardly, Stingy, etc. (tee penuruna); sordid, 
selfish, clone. 
