mend 
IS707 
mend(meiicl), H. [</<((. r. <'(. im mix. I Ainrihl- 
ment: improvement; course of improvement; 
way to recovery : as, to be on I lu- im-iid (said es- 
peeUlhr of a person recovering from illness), 
mendable(men'da-bl), a. [< mend + -able. Cf. 
a /in ndiililc. ] Capable of being mended. 
The foundations and frame being good or mendable by 
the Arrhitectors now at worke, there Is good hope, when _-_ j:.,:* ( mpn dis'i- 
lieacels settled, people shall dwell more wind-light and menttlClty (me 1 
water-tight than formerly. JV. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 86. < OF. mendtctte, 
Two grave and punctual authors . . . omit the history 
of his [Bi'lisarlus'sl meiulication. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vli. 17. 
[ME., equiv. to 'mendicaticc: 
see mendicancy.] Mendicancy. 
There hath ben great discord . . . 
Upon the estate of meiulicience. 
Horn, of the Role. 
mendacious (men-da'shus), a. [= It. mendace, 
< L. mciitliu- (mendaci-), lying, false, akin to 
infittiri, lie, ciiiniiii'iiliim. a device, a falsehood, 
I'liiHiiiiiiiari, devise, invent, design: see cotn- 
iiifnt l . <;>,,nii<iit-.] I. Given to lying; speak- 
ing falsely ; falsifying. 
Finally these mendacimu rogues circulated a report. 
Hawthorne, lillthedale Romance, till. 
2. Having the character of a lie ; false ; untrue : 
as, a mendacious report; mendacious legends. 
mendaciously (men-da'shus-li), adv. [< men- 
dacious + -I;/' 2 .] In a false or lying manner; 
untruly; dishonestly. 
mendaciousness (men-da'shus-nes), . The 
quality of being mendacious ; a propensity to 
lie; the practice of lying; mendacity. 
mendacity (men-das'i-t 1 )) : P 1 - mendacities 
[<ME. 
. _ _. = 8p. 
= Pg. mendicidade = It. mendicita, < L. mendi- 
cita( t-)s, beggary, pauperism, < mendicus, beg- 
garly: see mendicate.] 1. The state or condi- 
tion of a beggar; beggarliness. 
For richesse and mendiciteen 
Ben cleped two extremytees. 
Rom. of the ROK, \. 6525. 
In the case of professional authors, mendicity often trails 
mendacity along with it. Whipple, EM. and Kev., I. 88. 
2. The practice of begging; beggary; mendi- 
cancy. 
mendinantt, " [ME., < OF. mendinant, ppr. oi 
mendiner, mendiener, beg, < mendien, mandien, 
mendiant, mendicant, begging: see mendiant, 
mendicant.] A. mendicant or begging friar. 
Therfore we mcndynanU, we sely freres, 
Ben wedded*to poverte and continence. 
Chaucer, Summoner's Tale, L 198. 
menialty 
tains, Urals. Its x.in nature is doubtful; it 
may be identical with columbite. 
menglet, r. and n. An obsolete form of mini/h . 
menhaden (men-ha'dn), w. [Also nutnhaden; 
a corruption of Narragansett Indian munnaw:- 
hattcaug (Koger Williams), lit. -fertilizer,' a 
name applied to the menhaden, herring, and ale- 
wife, all being used by the Indians for manuring 
their corn-fields.] A clupeoid fish, Brevoortia 
tyranntis. It has the appearance of a shad, but la still 
more coroprewed. has a large head, and the scales are 
closely imbricated, leaving a high narrow surface exposed, 
while their posterior margins are pectinated. The Jaws and 
mouth are toothless, and there is a deep median emargina- 
tlon of the upper jaw. The Intestinal canal Is very long, 
and the chief food Is obtained from mud taken Into the 
stomach. It Is one of the most Important economic flhes 
of the eastern coast of the United States; It ranges from 
25' to 45 north latitude, and In the summer occurs In the 
coast-waters of all the Atlantic States from Maine to Flor- 
ida, but In winter only south of Cape Hatteraa. It is the 
most abundant nsh on the eastern coast of the United 
States. Formerly it was used almost solely for manure, 
but large quantities are now converted into oil, and many 
are canned in oil, to be sold as ' sardines," like the European 
fishes so named. It attains a length of from 12 to l(i inch 
es, Is bluish above with silveiy or brassy sides, the fins usu- 
ally tinged yellowish or greenish, and has a dark scapu- 
lar blotch, often with smaller spots behind It It varies 
a good deal In details of form and color with age, and to 
some extent with season and locality. This nsh has at 
least SO different popular names in the United states, the 
leading ones being mostbvnker, with many variants (see 
mossbuiJter^pogieorpogy and its variants, alewife or old- 
wife, whiting or whitefith, bony fish, bugiith (which see), 
hardhead, fatbaclc, chetmj. pilchard .a misnomer), tchooly, 
shiner, pauhagen (poghaden, pooltagan, etc.), yeUmrtaa, 
(-tiz). [< LL. menddcita(t-)s, falsehood, < L. mending (men'ding), . [Verbal n. of mend, 
mendax (mendnci-), lying, false : see menda- t .,] j, A yarn composed of cotton and wool, 
</(.>..] 1. The quality of being mendacious; and prepared for darning the so-called merino 
a disposition to lie or deceive ; habitual lying, stockings made on the stocking-loom: used . -.-,,-, . 
And that we shall not deny, if we call to mind the men- chiefly in the plural. 2. Articles collectively green tailed shad, tadinea put up in <*U*"* **!* 
dacity of Greece, from whom we have received most re- that require to be mended. The name menhaden extends In literary use to all the 
lations. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., I. o. men di p ite (men'di-pit), n. [< Mendip (see 
def.) + -ite*.] A rare oxychlorid of lead, usu- 
ally occurring in fibrous or columnar radiated 
* . _ _ 1 ^i_ll* J _* _ .-.I,:*.,, A 1 A nnrl 
2. A falsehood; a lie. 
Now Eve. upon the question of the serpent, returned the 
precept in different terms: " You shall not eat of it, neither 
shall you touch it lest perhaps you dye." In which de- 
livery there were no less than two mistakes, or rather ad- 
ditional mendacities : for the commandment forbad not the 
touch of the fruit ; and positively said, ye shall surely dye. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 1. 
Mendaean, Mendaeism. Same as Mandaan, 
Manda'ism. 
Mendaite (rnen'da-it), w. Same as Mandcean. 
mender (men'der), n. One who or that which 
mends or repairs. 
A trade, sir, that, I hope, I may use with a safe con- 
science ; which is, Indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles. 
Shalt., J. 01, 1 1. 15. 
mendiantt, [< OF. mendiant, a beggar, < 
L. mendican(t-)s, begging: see mendicant. Cf. 
maund?.] A Middle English variant of mendi- 
cant. 
mendicancy (men'di-kan-si), n. [< mendi- 
" + -ci/.] The condition of being a men- 
masses, also crystallized, of a white color and menhir (men'hir), w 
pearly luster. It is found in the Mendip hills, 
Somerset, England. 
mendment t (mend'ment), n. [< ME. mend- 
ment; by apheresis 'from amendment.] 1. 
Amendment. 
Such a grace was hir lent 
That she come to mendment. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 43. (HalliweU.) 
By that mendment nothing else he meant 
But to be king, to that mark he was bent 
Mir. far Mag*., p. 355. 
2. Fertilizing; manuring. [Prov. Eng.] 
This writer's flood shall be for their mendment or fer- 
tility, not for their utter vastation and ruin. 
Bp. Oauden, HieraspUtes (1658), Pref. (Latham.) 
mendozite (men-do'zit), n. [< Mendoza (see 
def.) + -ife2.] In mineral., soda alum, occur- 
ring in white fibrous masses near Mendoza, 
other species of Breaoortia, of which there are several, as 
B patromu of the Gulf of Mexico; and It is locally mis- 
applied to the thread-herring, Opitthonema Ihriaa. See 
cut under Brecoortia. 
[< Corn, maenhir, < Corn. 
and \V. maeti, a stone (cf. dolmen, cistvaen), + 
hir, long. Cf. longstone.] In archaol., one of 
a class of monumental stones of greater or less 
antiquity, found in various parts of Europe, 
(ring. 
It was often necessary for them to spend a part of every 
summer in vagrant mendicancy. 
Leclty, Eng. In 18th Cent, xvl. 
mendicant (men'di-kant), a. and n. [<OF. 
inni<li(in1, V. mendiant ==Sp. Pg. It. mendicante, 
<L. mendican(t-)s, ppr. of mendicare, mendicari 
beg: see mendicate. Cf. mendiant, 
I. a. 1. Begging; reduced 
apheresis 
remedy. 
from 
[Now 
amends."] Amends; requita 
chiefly prov. Eng.] 
All wrongs have mendes, but no amendes of shame. 
Spenter, F. (J., n. i. 20. 
If she be fair, 'tis the better for her : an she be not, she 
has the mends in her own hands. 
Shak.,1. andC., L 1. ~ 
beggar)-. 2. Practising beggary ; living by mene 2 t ' . A'Middle English fora of meiny. 
almsordoles: as, a mendicant friar. \mjnOf, mene 3 ( m e'ne). A Chaldaic word, signifying 
' numbered.' 
And this is the writing that was written, MKXE, M KXK, 
TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the 
thing : MENE ; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and fin- 
ished it Dn. v. 25, 26. 
Fields of maize, . . . forming 
Cloisters for mendicant crows. 
Longfellow, Evangeline, 11. 4. 
Mendicant orders, those religious orders which original- 
ly depended for support on the alms they received. The 
principal mendicant orders are the Franciscans, the Do- 
inini.ans, the Carmelites, and the Augustinlans. Also Mene 4 (me'ne), . [NL., < Gr. fUM, the mooi 
called bejying friars. see moon.] A genus of acanthoptervgian fishes 
II. n. A beggar; one who lives by asking 
alms ; especially, a member of a begging order 
or fraternity ; a begging friar. 
Next . . . are certaine Mendicants, which Hue of Rice 
and Barley, which any man at the first asking giueth them. 
Piirchat. Pilgrimage, p. 454. 
And, but for that, whatever he may vaunt 
\\ h" now's a monk had been a mendicant. 
Bp. Hall, Satires, v. 1 
She from her store of meal 
Takes one unsparing handful for the scrip 
Of this old Mendicant. 
Wordsworth, Old Cumberland Beggar. 
All the Buddhist priests are mendicants. 
J. F. Clarice, Ten Great Religions, iv. 1. 
mendicatet (men'di-kat), . i. [<L. mendicatxs, 
pp. of mcnrticttre, mendicari ( > It. mendi care = Pr. 
Sp. Pg. mendigar = F. meitdier, > E. obs. mauiuP, 
q. v.), beg, (. mcndiciia, poor, needy, beggarly; 
as a noun, a beggar; ulterior origin uukuowu.] 
To beg or practise begging. 
mendicationt (men-dT-ka'shqn), H. [< mendi- mengite (men'jit), w. [After Alemje, the dis- 
cate + -ion.] The act or habitual practice of coverer.] A black mineral occurring in small 
begging. crystals in granite veins in the Ilmen rnoun- 
Croup of Menhirs at Camac, Brittany. 
also in Africa and in regions of Asia, especially 
in the Khassian hills. They are very abundant In 
Brittany, France. They are usually tall and massive, either 
entirely rough or partly cut, and are set upright in or on 
the ground, either singly or In groups, allnements, circles, 
or other combinations. See megaliihit. 
All can trace back the history of the menhirs from his- 
torlc Christian times to non-historic regions, when these 
rude stone pillars, with or without still ruder Inscriptions, 
were gradually superseding the earthen tumuli as a record 
of the dead. Fergwton, Rude Stone Monument!, p. 60. 
A Middle English form of menla l (me'ni-al), a. and . [Early mod. E. 
menyall, < ME." meineal, meyneal, < OF. (AF.) 
mesnial, menial, meignal, pertaining to a house- 
hold, < meisnee, maiynee, etc., a household: see 
meiny.] 1, a. 1 . Belonging to a retinue or train 
of servants; serving. 
Also an Act was made. That no Lord, nor other, might 
give any Liveries to any but their Household and Menial 
Servants. Baiter, Chronicles, p. 164. 
Lo ! the sad father, frantic with his pain, 
Around him furious drives his menial train. 
Pope, Iliad, xxiv. 292. 
2. Pertaining to servants or domestic service; 
servile. 
The women attendants perform only the most menial 
offices. Sw\ft, Gulliver's Travels. 
Freebooters, sprang from low castes, and accustomed to 
menial employments, became mighty Kajahs. 
llacaulay, Warren Hastings. 
TJ. n. A domestic servant; one of a body of 
household servants : now used chiefly as a term 
of disparagement. 
That all might mark knight, menial, high, and low. 
Cooper, Hope, 1. 312. 
Hired servants are of three kinds: mtnialt, day-labor- 
ers, and agents. A menial Is one who dwells In the house- 
hold of the master, and is employed about domestic con- 
cerns, under a contract, express or implied, to continue 
service for a certain tune. Robinvm, Elem. of Law, 113. 
menialtyt (me'ni-al-ti), . [< menial + -ty. 
Cf. menalty.] Common people collectively. 
The vulgar menially conclude therefore it Is like to in- 
crease, because a hearnshaw (a whole afternoone together) 
sate on the top of Saint Peter's church in Cornehill. 
Xath, Christ's Tears over Jerusalem (1613). (Sant.) 
whose species have silvery hues like moonlight, 
typical of the family Menida;. Lacepede, 1803. 
meneghinite (men-e-ge'nit), w. [After Prof. 
Meneghini (1811-89), a mineralogist, of Pisa 
University.] A sulphid of antimony and lead 
having a lead-gray color and bright metallic 
luster, occurring in prthorhombie crystals, also 
in massive forms with fibrous structure. 
menepernourt, Same as mainpernor. 
menevairt, . See miniver. 
men-folks (men'foks), n. pi. The men of a 
household or community collectively. [Col- 
loq.] 
Is it because they are the burden-carriers of the com- 
munity, carrying in the creels strapped on to then- backs 
loads that the men-folks would scarcely lift from the 
ground? Harper s Mag., LL 18i 
mengt, menget, r. Obsolete forms of mingl, 
mengcornt, . See mangeorn. 
