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meaning-net (mesh'ing-iipt), M. A net iii the mesitite (mes'i-tit ).. [< (!r. ui^irr/r, a media- 
meshes of which fish are caught by their gills; tor (lit. lieing in the middle) -< I/. -<//.!, + 
n. gill-net. -ite 2 .] Same as mesitiitr-xjinr. 
mesh-Stick (mesh'slik), . In making nets, a mesitule (mes'i-tul), n. Same as mesityl. 
flat slat with rounded ends and angles, about mesityl (mes'i-til), n. [As memt-ite + -i/l.] 
which the thread or twine is netted or looped, An organic radical, C 8 Hi , whose oxid yields 
and which gages the size of the meshes so that acetone by hydration. 
they are of uniform dimensions. mesitylene(mes'i-ti-len), n. [< mttttgl + - m .} 
mesh-Structure (iiiesh'stnik'tur), M. Inlithol., Trimethyl benzin, an oily, colorless liquid, 
a sort of network frequently seen in alteration C 9 H 3 (CH^) S , obtained from acetone distilled 
products of minerals, anil especially in the with half its volume of fuming sulphuric acid. 
ciiinmonly occurring change of olivin to ser- It is a constituent of coal-tar, 
pentine. Also called net-atnicttire and latKce-ttrueture mesium (mes'i-um), n. ; pi. mesia (-&). [NL.,< 
the latter when the linear arrangement of the products Gr. fif aiif, middle: see MMOIk] Same AS meson, 
Is such as gives rise to lozenge shaped figures, as In the j llarc'ltui 
case of the alterations of hornblende. mnniirl n Same RK 
meshwork(mesh'werk),. A, letwork; meshes *$& ,; a " 
collectively; a web; a plexus; cancellation. meskim> ' Same M magki ,,_ 
If this Danton were to burst your menA-iiwJr.'-Very jneskitH. . Same as mesquitl. 
curious indeed to consider. mQcVif* Soo 
Carlyle. French Rev., II. Till, 4 mOSjat-t, . See MWM. 
, mesl6 (me-la'), a. [OF., pp. of mesler, mix: see 
meshy (mes h'i), a. [< >neshi + -i.] 11 ormed ml;M ^ nie ,,i^ jji her divided iuto small paHs, 
hkenetwork; reticulated. 2. Resembling net- , bendy, barruly, etc., and alternately a 
work; divided into small equal parts. color and a metal. 
When all the treasures of the deep meslln't, n. and a. Same as maslinl. 
Into their methy cells were poured. J. BaHlie. rrjealin" H- See m<l.v/lV-. 
mesial (mes'i-al or me'zi-al), a. [<NL. mexialix mesmeree (mez-mr-e'), n. [< mesmerise) + 
(formed according to medialis, medial), < Gr. -^c 1 .] The person on whom a mesmerist oper- 
/ttooc, middle, mid: see meson.] Pertaining to ates; one wno is mesmerized. Imp. Diet. 
the middle; being in the middle ; in smil., per- mesmeric (mez-mer'ik), a. [< Mesnier (see 
taining to or on the middle line or plane of the mestnerunn) + -ic.] Of or pertaining to mesmer- 
body; median. Also UMlteN Mesial aspect, 
the aspect of an organ which Is toward the mesial plane 
or meson, as distinguished from its dextral or simstral 
aspect. Mesial line. Same as median line (which see, 
under mediant). Mesial plane, the meson or mesion. 
mesially (mes'i- or me'zi-al-i), adv. Same as 
mexally. 
mesialward (mes'i-al-wiird), adv. [< mesial + 
-ward.] Same as mesad. 
mesian (mes'i-an), n. [< icsi(on) + -an.] Same 
as mesal or mesial. Barclay. 
mesion (mes'i-on), n. [NL. (John Barclay, 
1803), < Gr. jiroos, middle : see mesial.] The mid- 
ism ; produced by mesmerism, or resembling 
its effects: as, the mexmrric theory; mesmeric 
sleep. 
Phenomena . . . induced by metntteric or hypnotic 
methods. Braid, Trance, p. 31. 
Mesmeric lucidity, clairvoyance. 
We are especially anxious to witness cases of what is 
termed mesmeric lucidity or clairvoyance. 
Proe. Soe. Piych. Research, April, 1888, p. vl. 
Mesmeric promise. See the quotation, 
gome of the cases adduced as of the so-called mesmeric 
combination of characters. The general appearance 
Is thrush-like, and there are points about the bird which 
promise, or Impression made on the brain in the mesmeric- 
state, which Irresistibly works iteelf out In the subsequent 
die or -median longitudinal plane of .the .body ^^^^SS^S^^S^^SS^ 
of a bilaterally symmetrical animal, dividing it of memory v Pr . Soc . Psych , Raean h, i. w. 
into equal and similar right and left halves ; the mesmer i ca i (mez-mer'i-kal), a. [< mesmerie + 
meson. -at.] Same as mesmeric. 
mesistem (mes'is-tem), n. An abbreviation of mesmerically ( mez _ mer 'i-kal-i),arfr. Inames- 
MOmnVWM. meric way; m the manner' of or according to 
Mesites (me -si tez), n. [NL., < Ur. r<rw, a Mesmer or mesmerism ; by mesmeric means. 
^^\^^Szg< oi rzf e s t f on - mesmeri8e - etc - See '" 
thejamily Mcsitida; presenting a very unusual mesmerism (mez'mer-izm), . [< F. mesmf- 
rismc (Sp. Pg. It. mexmerismo); so called from 
Friedricn Anton (or Franz) A/>ifr(1733-1815), 
a German physician, who propounded the the- 
ory in 1778, in Paris.] 1. The doctrine that 
one person can exercise influence over the will 
and nervous system of another, and produce 
certain phenomena by virtue of a supposed em- 
anation, called animal magnetism, proceeding 
from him, or simply by the domination of his 
will over that of the person operated on. original- 
ly Mesmer professed to produce his results by the opera- 
tion of actual magnets, hut all such apparatus has long 
been abandoned, and those who profess belief In mag- 
netism as the cause of the phenomena exhibited refer It 
to the body of the mesmerist. The actual phenomena 
believed to be produced by this so-called animal mag- 
netism are now explained by modern hypnotism, or artifi- 
cial somnambulism, which within recent years has been 
the subject of extended research. It is now generally 
admitted that there Is no force of any kind transmitted 
from the operator to the person operated upon, and many 
of the pretensions of mesmerism, such as clairvoyance, are 
rejected. The term memierwm is still popularly used, 
often more or less synonymously with hypnotvm, but more 
frequently in Its original or an allied sense. Other terms 
used more or less synonymously with either metmerim or 
hypnotism are braidism (after the English surgeon Braid, 
who first studied the phenomena of mesmerism scien- 
tifically) and neurohypnoloffy. 
By one of my usual processes for reducing the cataleptic 
state of muscles during hypnotism or metinerian, I was 
enabled, In a few seconds, to unlock her jaws and open her 
mouth. Braid, Trance, p. 59. 
2. The influence itself ; animal magnetism, 
mesmerist (mez'mer-ist), n. [< Htesmer(izc) + 
-it.] One who practises mesmerism. 
The extravagance of the memnerift*. who have contend- 
ed for the reality of clairvoyance in some of their patients. 
ICVt I,/ > ..II. TCI.-. (tlnl 11 lllll.l IV llll_ U ** ' V' 
iiln aiid ItliiiiiM-liiiidn; but not to the mesmerization (mez'mer-i-za'shou), w. [< 
I'.iil'n'iii'lii-. Also Mfsi'tiiin; as a subfamily of nn-xmri'i.:i + -ittiott.] The act of mesmerizing, 
Kupetiil/i'. or the state of being mesmerized. Also spelled 
mesitine-spar (mes'i-tin-spiir), M. [< "mexitint Hirxiiirrixatiiiii. 
(< Gr. fitoiTiK, a mediator, lit. being in the mid- mesmerize (mez'mer-iz). r. t.: pret. and pp. 
die, + -i/ir'-') + x/i<ir-. \ A carbonate of magnesi- W..-WTKM/. ppr. mesmeruhtg. [< IMe*fltr(ifl) 
urn andiron intermediate between magnesite + -i:c.] To practise mesmerism upon; bring 
and siderite, occurring in yellowish rhombo- into a mesmeric state ; hypnotize. Also spelled 
liedral crystals at Traversclla in Piedmont. mi-smirixr. 
Mtsilts \<aritgata. 
have caused it to be classed with thrushes, pigeons, gal- 
linaceous birds, rails, herons, etc. The nearest relatives 
of Mtsitei are the sun-bitterns (Ettrypyya) and the kaxus 
(Rhinochetus). (See cuts under JSnrypyi/a and ,l-ajr.) M. 
variegata la cinnamon-brown varied with black. The ge- 
nus was founded by Isidore Ceoffroy st. Hilaire in 1838. 
It is also called ilesitiirnis and Mesceiiat. 
2. In enlom., a genus of beetles of the family 
Calandrida', of wide distribution and few spe- 
cies. They abound In Madeira and the Canary Islands, 
breeding in decaying and dead euphorbias and laurels. 
Two species occur in the United States, M. mlicylimlriou 
and M. rwn'cottw. 
3. A genus of fishes : same ias (lalaxias. Jenyiix. 
1842. 4. A genus of echinoderms. 
Mesitidae (me-sit'i-de), . ;>'. [NL.. < .!/'- 
xiti.i + -itln:] A family of grallatorial birds, 
represented l>y .\/i:*it<:*. and related to the 
Mesocarpacese 
The rigidity nf the metmerited fingers could be tested 
with, If possible, even more certainty than their Insensi- 
bility, by simply telling the "subject," after a minute nf 
ijsation, to close his or her fist. 
Proe. Soe. Piych. Reteanh, I. tM. 
mesmerizer < niez'mtr-i-zfrr), . One who mes- 
merixe- : a iiM--nn'i-ist. Also spelled mesmeriser. 
mesmeromania (mez'm6r-o-ma'ni-ft), . [< 
mesmer(ism) + mania.] Mesmerism regarded 
as a mania or delusion. 
"The memnero mania." aays one doctor in the Medico 
Chinirglcal Review, "has nearly dwindled In the metrop- 
olis into anile fatuity. " 
Proe. Soe. Ptych. Keuearch, III. 412, note. 
mesmeromaniac (mez'mt'r-o-ma'ni-ak), . (< 
mexmcromania + -<ic, after maniac.] A person 
affected with mesmeromania. 
mesnality (me-nal'i-ti), H. Same as ntesnalty. 
mesnalty (me'nal-ti), . [< mesne + -al+ -ty. 
( '!'. tin siniliti/.] The manor or estate of a mesne 
lord. 
And the consequence of construing it otherwise would 
be dangerous to create a mematty. But this menially 
doth not extinct the Lord's tenure, but he may still charge 
the lands for it. albeit not the person of the tenant. 
Welch and Wale, S Keble, 564. 
mesne (men), . [An archaic spelling of mean* 
(ME. mene, < OF. mesne, etc.), retained in law 
use.] In iir, middle; intervening; interme- 
diate. A mesne lord was a feudal lord who held land of 
a superior, but had granted a part of it to another person. 
Thus, he was a triumt to the superior, but lord or superior 
to the second grantee, and thus nis mesne or mediate lord. 
They sank from the rank of tenants-ln-chief to the rank 
of megne tenants. 
E. A. Freeman, Norman Conquest, IV. 28. 
Mesne conveyance. See conttyance. Mesne encum- 
brances, encumbrances the right of priority of which Is 
intermediate to the dates of two other encumbrances or 
titles under consideration. Mesne process, any process 
in a suit which Intervenes between the original process of 
writ and the final execution. Mesne profits, the profits 
of an estate which accrue to a tenant in possession Inter- 
mediate between two dates, particularly the commence- 
ment and the termination of a possession held without 
right. 
mesoarial (rnes-o-a'ri-al), a. [< mesoarium + 
-al.] Of or pertaining to the mesoarium. .En- 
cyc. Brit., XU.OOO. 
mesoarium (mes-o-a'ri-nmj, H. ; pi. mrsoaria 
(-S). [NL., < Gr. fiiaoi; 4- i.'//>/r, dim. of fan; 
egg. Cf. mexovarium.'] A fold of the perito- 
neum forming the mesentery of the ovary or 
genital gland of some animals, as fishes; a 
mesovarinm. 
The genital glands . . . overlie the kidneys, . . . each 
being suspended by a fold of mesentery (megoarium). 
Huxley and Martin. Elementary Biology, p. .'.;(. 
mesoblast (mes'o-blast), . [< Gr. ptoo(, mid- 
dle, + t i"/aar6f, a germ.] The middle one of 
the three germinal layers of any metazoic em- 
bryo, between the epiblast and the hypoblast ; 
the mesoderm. It corresponds to the ratciilar layer 
of an earlier nomenclature, when the other two layers 
were called termu and mucoui. lly far the greater part of 
the body of a metazoic animal is derived from the meso- 
blast, 
mesoblastema (mes'o-blas-te'ma), .; pi. meso- 
blastemata (-ma-tfi). [NL., < Qtt.ftoot, middle, 
+ jttaaniiia, a shoot, a sprout: see blastema.] 
The mass or layer of cells which constitutes the 
mesoblast ; the mesoderm in its early germina- 
tion. 
mesoblastemic(me8'o-blas-tem / ik),((. [< mi-si>- 
hlaxtema + -if.] Of or pertaining to the meso- 
blastema: as, mesoblastemie cells or tissue. 
mesoblastic (mes-o-blas'tik), a. [< mesoblaxt 
+ -ic.] Of or pertaining to the mesoblast: as. 
a mrsoblustic cell ; the mesoblastic layer. 
mesobranchial (mes-o-brang'ki-al), a. [< Gr. 
fifaof, middle, + Baiv^ia. gills: see branchial.] 
Overlying the middle of the branchial cham- 
bers: applied specifically to a median subdi- 
vision of the branchial region of the carapace 
of a crab, called the nifxiihraueliial lobe. See 
cut under Brachyiirti. 
mesocaecal (mes-o-se'kal), . [< mesoctfctim + 
-al.] Of or pertaining to the mesocwcum. 
mesocaecum (mes-o-se'kum), n.; pi. mesoeaca 
(-ka). [NL., < Gr. pteof, middle, -f NL. c<rcum, 
q. v.] The mesentery of the cttcnm and ver- 
miform appendage ; the special peritoneal fold 
which sometimes holds those parts in place. 
mesocarp (mes'o-karp), n. [= F. mesocarpe; < 
fruit.] In oot., the middle layer of a pericarp 
when it is possible to distinguish three dissimi- 
lar layers: the sarcorarp. It Is the fleshy substance 
or edible part of fruits which lies between the eplcarp 
and the endocarp. See cuts under drupe and endocarp. 
Mesocarpaceae (mes-o-kiir-pa'se-e). . /'. 
[XL.. < MMOCorpM + -<<',] One of the three 
