mincing 
mincing (rnin'sin^), /i- a. Speaking or walking 
iillcctcilly or with cunt ion : nlli'.-trdly elegant 
ami nice; simpering. 
Fait l.y her Hide did Kilt Hi,- i..,i.| Sansloy, 
I- it t mate for such ft winciiiy niliicon. 
Sptnter, F. IJ., II. It. 87. 
A Frown ii|H>n noun; Faces penetrates more, and makes 
deeper Impression than the Fawning and soft Glances of 
a i,,iii, : i Sin lie. Unwell, Letters, II. 4. 
The miiunni/ la<ly Prioress am) tin' broad speaking gap- 
toothed Wife of Bath. Dryden, Tales and Fables, Pref. 
Suw a vulgar looking, fat man with spectacles, and a 
ininriii'i. rather pretty pink and white wunian, his wife. 
GrenUe, Memoirs, Feb. 17, 1831. 
The rough, spontaneous conversation of men they (the 
clergy! do not hear, hut only a minrimj and affected 
speech. Emerson, The American Scholar. 
mincing-horse (min'sing-h6rs), M. A wooden 
horse or stand on which anything is minced or 
chopped. 
The blubber is transported in strap-tubs to the mincing- 
hone. C. M. Scammon, Marine Mammals, p. 238. 
mincing-knife (min'sing-nif), . A tool con- 
sist ing of a curved blade fixed to an upright 
handle, or several such blades diverging, used 
for mincing meat, vegetables, etc. ; a chopping- 
knife. 
mincingly (min'sing-li), adv. In a mincing, 
affecteu, or cautious way; sparingly ; with af- 
fectation or reserve. 
Caraffa . . . more mincingly terming their now pope 
. . . vice-dens, vice-god. 
Sheldon, Miracles, p. 278. (.Latham.) 
My steed trod mincingly, as the brambles and earth gave 
way beneath his feet. O'Donovan, Merv, xviil. 
mincing-spade (min'sing-spad), . A sharp- 
edged spade used on a whaling-vessel for cut- 
ting up blubber preparatory to trying it out. 
mincturiencyt (mingk-tu'ri-en-si), n. [For 
"micturiency, < L. micturire, urinate : see mic- 
turition.] Micturition. 
mind 1 (mind), n. [< ME. mind, mynd, mend, 
mund, < AS. gemynd (not *tynd, as commonly 
cited, this form, without the prefix, occurring 
only in derivatives), memory, remembrance, 
memorial, mind, thought, = Icel. minni (for 
"mindi), memory, = Sw. minne = Dan. minde 
(developed from minne, itself from orig.'minrfe), 
memory, = Goth, gamunds (also gaminthi), 
memory ; with collective prefix ge-, and forma- 
tive -d (orig. pp. suffix), < munan (pres. man, 
pret. munde), also gemunan (geman, etc.), also 
u-munan, on-munan, remember, be mindful of, 
consider, think, = OS. farmuiian, despise, = 
Icel. 1111111,1 = Goth, gamunan, remember: see 
mine 3 . From the same source are AS. myne, 
mind, purpose, desire, love, = Icel. munr, mind, 
desire, love, = Goth, mutut, purpose, device, 
readiness (see minne) ; all from a Teut. / man 
= L. \/ men in meminisse, remember (perf. as 
pres., mcmini = AS. man, I remember), reminisri, 
recall to mind, recollect, men(t-)s, mind (a form 
nearly = E. mind), mentiri, lie, etc., = Gr. -^ 
/lev in pfjvif, wrath, fitvof, mind, etc., /tvaaBai, 
remember, etc., = Skt. if man, think. This is 
one of the most prolific of the Aryan roots : in 
E., of AS. or other Teut. origin, are mind 1 , re- 
mind, minS, mine 9 , minion, mignonette, miniken, 
roi/ix 1 , mean 1 , etc.; of L. origin, memento, remi- 
niscence, mental, mention, amentia, demented, com- 
ment, commentary, etc., Minerru, etc.; of Gr. ori- 
gin, mentor, etc. The word man is also usually 
referred to this root : see man.'] 1 . That which 
feels, wills, and thinks ; the conscious subject ; 
the ego ; the soul. Home writers make an obscure 
distinction between mind, soul, and spirit. With them 
the mind is the direct subject of consciousness. 
For to say truely, what els is man but his minde > which, 
whosoeuer haue skil to compaase, and make yeelding and 
flexible, what may not he commaund the body to per- 
inn rnic Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesle, p. 104. 
Mind, therefore, is to be understood as the subject of the 
various internal phenomena of which we are conscious, or 
that subject of which consciousness is the general phe- 
nomenon. Consciousness is, in fact, to the mind what 
extension is to matter or body. Though both are ph- 
nomena, yet both are essential qualities ; for we can neither 
conceive mind without consciousness, nor body without 
extension. Sir W. Hamilton, Metaphysics, ix. 
By the in in, I of a man, we understand that in him which 
thinks, remembers, reasons, wills. 
Reid, Intellectual Powers, I. 1. 
By the Hummi Mi ml are to be understood its two facul- 
ties called, respectively, the understanding and the will. 
Swcdenborg, Christian Psychol. (tr. by GormanX p. 80. 
The idea I have of the human mind, in so far aa it is a 
thinking thing, and not extended in length, breadth, and 
depth, and participating in none of the properties of body, 
is incomparably more distinct than the idea of any corpo- 
real object. Descartes, Meditations (tr. liy Veitch), iv. 
In psychology, on the other hand, the Individual mind 
may mean either (1.) the series of feelings, or "mental 
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phenomena" above referred to: or (II.) the subject of the*e 
milaflL tor whom they are phenomena : or (ill.) the sub- 
ject of these foellnga or phenomena the series of feel- 
ings or phenomena themselves, the two being in that re- 
liiiioii (o each other in which alone the one is subject and 
the other a aeries of feelings, phenomena, or objects. 
J. Ward, Encyc. Brit., XX. 89. 
Mind conaiaU of feelings and the relations among feel- 
Ings. U. Spencer, Data of Ethics, I 41. 
Whatever all men inevitably mean by the word " I " (the 
empirical ego of philosophy), whenever they say I think, 
or feel, or Intend this or that ; and whatever they under- 
stand others to mean by using similar language thus 
much, and no more, we propose at Hrst to Include under i he 
term ntind. (J. T. Ladd, PhysloL Psychology, Int., p. i. 
Minii Is tin- sum of our processes of knowing, our feel- 
Ings of pleasure and pain, and our voluntary doings. 
J. Sully, Outlines of Piychol., p. -'. 
2. The intellect, or cognitive faculty or part of 
the soul, as distinguished from feeling and 
volition; intelligence. The old psychologists 
made intellect and will the only faculties of 
the soul. 
Years that bring the philosophic mind. 
Wordiumrth, Immortality. 
Wordsworth says of him [Milton] that "His soul was aa 
a star and dwelt apart." But I should rather be inclined 
to say that It was hla mind that was alienated from the 
present. Lowell, Hew Princeton Rev., I. 164. 
3. The field of consciousness ; contemplation; 
thought; opinion. 
Yesterday he thought so moche In hla minde on her 
that In thenoure of euyn aonge he gaf to her in lapyng a 
butfet. Holy Rood (E. E. T. 8.), p. 1U8. 
" But that," quod he, "It nil In my mynde that I myght 
not kepe me ther-fro." Merlin (E. E. T. .), ill 427. 
Have mind upon your health, tempt me no further. 
Shak., J. C., Iv. S. 86. 
Others esteeme the Bluer Cantan ... to be that Gan- 
ges: of which minde are Mercator, Maginus, Ootardua 
Arthus, and their disciples. Purchae, Pilgrimage, p. 451. 
Consider of it, take advice, and speak your mindt. 
Judges xix. 80. 
These Discourses show somewhat of the mind, but not 
the whole mind of Selden, even in the aubjecta treated of. 
Int. to Selderii Table- Talk, p. 10. 
4. Disposition; cast of thought and feeling; 
inclination; desire. 
I am a fellow o' the strangest mind. 
SAo*., T. N., I. S. 120. 
The truth is, that Godwin and hla Sona did many things 
boistrously and violently, much against the Kings Minde. 
Milton, Hist. Eng., vi. 
Pity in. 'Its the mind to love. 
Dryden, Alexander's Feast, 1. 96. 
5. Intention; purpose. 
The Duke had a very noble and honourable mynde al* 
wayes to pay his debts well, and when he lacked money, 
would not stick to sell the greatest part of his plate. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 230. 
Her mind to them again she briefly doth unfold. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, 1. 168. 
Who can beleive that whole Parlaments elected by the 
People from all parts of the Land, should meet in one 
mind, and resolution not to advise him, but to conspire 
against him ? Mili,,n, Elkonoklastes, xv. 
My lady herself is of no mind in the world, and for that 
reason her woman is of twenty mind* in a moment 
Stetle, Spectator, So. 187. 
Religious bodies which have a mind of their own, and 
are strong enough to make it felt. 
//. -V. Ozenham, Short Studies, p. 405. 
6. Memory; remembrance: as, to call to mind; 
to have, to keep, or to bear in mind. 
Whare-so I be, whare-so I aytt, what-ao I doo the mynd 
of the sauoyre of the name Iheau departls noghte fra my 
mynde. Hampole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. 8.), p. 2. 
Klthe tyme of mend this land ded neuer soo, 
And as for vs we will not (now] begynne. 
Generydel(E. E. T. S.), 1. 1772. 
Marie, of me haue thou mynde, 
Some comforte vs two for to kythe. 
Thou knowes we are comen of thi kynde. 
York Playt, p. 476. 
All this from my remembrance brutish wrath 
Sinfully pluck'd, and not a man of you 
Had so much grace to put it in my mind. 
Shak., Rich. III., 11. 1. 120. 
7f. Mention. 
Aa the bokia maken mende. Goteer, Conf. Amant, vii. 
8+. Courage; spirit. Chapman Absence of 
mind. See abtence. A month's mind, (a) In the Rom. 
Cath. Ch. , constant prayer in behalf of a dead person dur- 
ing the whole month Immediately following his decease, 
the sacrifice of the mass being offered In a more than 
usually solemn manner especially on the third, seventh, 
:ui.l thirtieth days after the person's death. Also called 
a monthly mind. 
That is to wete. in the day or morow after discesse vij. 
trentallis; and every weke folowing unto my monlhet 
mynde oon t rental!, and HI. trentalles at my monthtt 
mynde biside the solempne dirige and masse. 
Patton Lettcrt, III. 463. 
Dirges, requiems, masses, monthly mindt, anniversaries, 
and other offices for the dead. 
Jrr. Taylor, Works (ed. 1885), II. S7S. 
(6) Karneit desire ; strong Inclination. 
mind 
Luc. Yet here they Ipapera) shall not lie, for caUhlng 
cold. 
Jul. 1 sue you have a month'* mind to them. 
Shak.,?. (i.of V.,Li 187. 
For If a trumpet sound, or drum beat. 
Who hath not a month t wind to combat) 
S. Butler, Hudlhraa, L II 111. 
A year's mind, a service similar to that of the month's 
mind, on the anniversary of a penon'a death. 
Each returning year'* mind or anniversary only of their 
death. Rock, Church of our Father*, 1L 829. 
Master mind, see matter^. Sound and disposing 
mind and memory. See memory. The mind 8 eye. 
Bee >. Time out of mind. See time. To bear In 
mind. See bearl. To be in two minds about a thing, 
to bo In doubt, 
At first I teas in tujo mindt about taking such a liberty. 
Dickcnt, Bleak House. 
To be out Of one's mind, (a) To be forgotten by one. 
What so ener he dede In cny wise 
Thoo Ij prince* wer neuer mrl o/ hit mynd*. 
Gentrydet (E. E. T. 8-X L M68. 
(6) To be mad or insane. 
" Are ye out of your mind, my nurse, my nune," 
Said Lady Clare, " that ye apeak ao wild ? " 
Tennyton, Lady Clare. 
To break one's mind, to bring to mind, to call to 
mind, to change one's mind, to cross one's mind, to 
free one's mind, fee the vert*. To give a bit of one's 
mind. See Wts. To give all one's mind to-toatudyor 
cultivate with earnestness and persistence. To nave a 
mind, (a) To be Inclined or disposed. Also to have a 
yreat mind. 
Lord, what all I, that I ham no mind to fight now ? 
Fletcher, Humoroua Lieutenant, II. 4. 
My Lord told us that the Unlvenlty of Cambridge had 
a mind to choose him for their burgess. 
Pepyt, Diary, I. 44. 
He had a great mind to prosecut the printer. 
H. WalpoU, To Mann, Aug. 28, 1742. 
There Is nothing so easy aa to find out which opinion 
the man in doubt hat a mind to. Steele, Taller, No. 25. 
(6) To have a thought ; take care. 
To whom thou apeke. haue good mynde, 
And of whom, how, when, and where. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. 8., extra aer.\ L 110. 
To have half a mind, to be pretty much disposed ; bare 
a certain inclination : generally used lightly. 
I'M half a mind to die with you. 
Tennyton, Death of the Old Year. 
To have in mind, to hold or call up in the memory ; think 
of or about. 
Man, among thi myrthis haue in mynde 
From whena thou come A whldir thou teendls. 
Hymni to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 114. 
Nor do I particularly affect simple-minded old ladles. 
By-the-bye, I must hace mine in mind; It won't do to 
neglect her. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xiv. 
To make up one's mind. See mate'. To put in mind, 
to remind. 
They |the Lords] put the tjueen in mind of the fearful 
Examples of Gods Judgments extant in Scripture upon 
King Saul, for sparing of Agag. Raker, Chronicles, p. 30B. 
He putt me in mind of the picture of the great ox in a 
gilt frame. Bulicer, Pelham, xli. 
Unconscious mind. See uncantciw*. = Syn. .Wind, In- 
tellect, Soul, Spirit, reason, sense, brains. Primarily, mind 
is opposed to matter, intellect to feeling and will, toul to 
body, and piri< to flesh. The old division of the powers 
of the mind was into intellect, sensibilities, and will ; mind 
is variously used to cover all or some of these, but when 
less than the whole is meant it is chiefly the intellect : as, 
he aeema to have very little mind. Yet mind la sometimes 
used with principal reference to the will : aa. I have half 
a mind to go. Where trjririt and foul differ, tpint applies 
rather to moral force, and toul to depth and largeness of 
feeling. (See tout.) In the New Testament toul fa used 
to translate a word covering all life, whether physical or 
spiritual, as In Mat. x. 28. I'pon the highest usage In the 
Scriptures fa founded the common representation of man 
aa immortal by the word until. Hence mil la used for the 
central, essential, or life-giving part of anything: aa. he 
was the toul of the party. The definitions under each of 
these words ahould lie studied to get It* range and Idiom- 
atic uses. See reanm. 
mind 1 (mind), r. [< ME. minden, munden, < AS. 
myndgian, gemyndgian, gemyndigian (= OHG. 
gemuntigon), bear in mind, recollect, recall to 
another's mind, remind (cf. Icel. minna, re- 
mind, recollect, = Dan. minde, remind); from 
the noun: see mi inn. n. This verb has ab- 
sorbed in part the orig. diff. verbs win* 3 (< ME. 
mini n. HI i/ in n. < AS. miman) and wii'wp 2 (< AS. 
myiieqian, myngian, bring to mind): see mineS, 
mini/-."} I. trans. 1. To call to mind ; bear in 
mind; remember; recall. [Now chiefly collo- 
quial.] 
We loved when we were children small. 
Which yet you well may mind. 
The Young Tamlane (Child's Ballads, I. 119). 
Ae hairat afore the Sherra-moor, 
I mind 't aa weel a yestreen. 
Burnt, Halloween. 
D'ya moind the waaste, my lasa? naw, naw, tha waa not 
born then. Tennyton, Northern Farmer, Old style. 
2. To put in mind; remind. 
Ne mynd not thes men of the raykyll harme 
That a sone of our folke before bom has done. 
Datructiun of Troy (E. E. T. S.X 1. 421i 
