mingle 
minglet ( ininK'gl), a. [Kurly mod. E. also men- 
i/lr: < miiii/li. p.] A mixture; a medley; a 
jumble. 
\ri-i-viitlin, adverb on hmpex, without ordre, In a men- 
alt. l-:ti.'l. Diet., 1659. (Kara.) 
Trumpeters . . . 
Make mitvilr with our mttliiiK taboiiriiifH. 
Shak., A. and t '., iv. 8. 37. 
mingleablet (ming'gl-a-bl), . [< minyle + 
-nlile.] Capable of being mingled; miscible. 
Mi -rely by the flre, quicksilver may, in convenient ves- 
ttels, be reduced . . . Into a thin liquor like water, and 
miiujli'iMf with it. Boyle, Works, I. 529. 
mingledly (miiig'gld-li), adv. In a mixed man- 
ner; confusedly. 
mingle-mangle (ming'gl-mang'gl), v. t. [A va- 
ried redupl. of mingle, v.~\ To confuse ; jumble 
together. 
How pitteons then mans best of wit is martyr'd, 
In barbrous manner tatter'd, torne, and quarter'd, 
So mimjle-maiujled, and so hack't and hewd. 
J. Taylor, Works (1630). (Sara.) 
mingle-manglet (ming'gl-mang'gl), n. [A 
varied redupl. of mingle, .] A confused mix- 
ture ; a medley. 
Made a mingle-mangle and a hotch-potch of it 
Latimer, Sermons, fol. 41* b. (Nare.) 
Thou mayst concelpt what minyle -manyle 
Among this people every where did iangle. 
Sylrester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, 11., Babylon. 
mingle-manglert (ming'gl-mang'gler), n. One 
who mixes and confuses things ; a blundering 
meddler. 
There be leaveners still, and minyle mangleri, that have 
soured Christ's doctrine with the leaven of the Pharisees. 
Latimer, 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1660. 
minglement (ming'gl-ment), n. [< mingle + 
-mcnt.] The act of mingling, or the state of be- 
ing mixed. 
mingler (ming'gler), n. One who mingles or 
mixes. 
Mingrelian (miug-gre'li-an), a. and n. [< Min- 
(jrelia (see def.) + -an.] 1. a. Of or pertaining 
to Mingrelia, near the Black Sea, formerly a 
principality and now a part of Caucasia, Russja. 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Mingrelia. 
milliard!, a. See migniard. 
miniardizet, . and v. See migttiardise. 
miniate (miu'i-at), v. t. ; pret. and pp. miniated, 
ppr. miniating. [< L. miniatus, pp. of miniare 
(> It. miniare = Sp. minitir), color with red lead, 
< minium, red lead: see minium."] To paint or 
tinge with or as with minium. 
All the capitals In the body of the text [of the " Oesta 
Roiuanoruin"] are miniated with a pen. 
T. Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry, iii. 
miniate (min'i-at), a. [< L. miniatus, pp. of mi- 
niare: see miniate, v.~\ Of the color of minium. 
miniatous (min'i-a-tus), a. [< miniate + -ous.] 
In entom., miniate. 
miniature (min'i-a-tur or min'i-tur), n. and a. 
[< F. miniature = Sp. Pg. miniatura, < It. mini- 
atnra, < miniare, < L. miniare, paint in min- 
ium: see miniate, v.] I. . 1. A painting, gen- 
erally a portrait, of very small dimensions, 
usually executed in water-colors, but some- 
times in oil, on ivory, vellum, or paper of a 
thick and fine quality. 
A bright salmon flesh-tint which she had originally bit 
upon while executing the miniature of a young officer. 
Dickens, Nicholas Ntckleby, x. 
Hence 2. Anything represented on a greatly 
reduced scale. 
The water, with twenty bubbles, not content to have 
the picture of their face in large, would in each of these 
bubbles set forth the miniature of them. Sir P. Sidney. 
Tragedy is the miniature of human life ; an epic poem 
is the draught at length. Dryden, K.m-M. Ded. 
3. A greatly reduced scale, style, or form. 
We may reasonably presume it [Eden] to have been the 
earth in miniature. Bp. Home, Works, IV. ii. 
The revolution through which English literature has 
been passing, from the time of Cowley to that of Scott, 
may be seen in miniature within the compass of his [Dry- 
den'sl volumes. Macaulay, John Dryden. 
4f. Red letter; lettering in red lead or ver- 
milion. 
If the names of other saints are distinguished with min- 
iature, her s [the Virgin's) ought to shine In gold. 
///>. \ Sermons, II. 
5f. Anything small or on a small scale. 
There's no miniature 
In her fair face, but is a copious theme 
Which would, discoursed at large of, make a volume. 
Ma&inrfer, Duke of Florence, v. 3. 
II. 11. On a small scale ; much reduced from 
niitni-iil size. 
Here shall the pencil bid its colours flow, 
Ami make a miniature creation grow. 
(Jay, The Fan, I. 
377.-, 
In this cave . . . nearly the whole of the ornamenta- 
tion in made up of miniature rails, and repetitions of w in 
<inw fronts or facades. 
J. Feryuann, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 110. 
miniature (min'i-a-tur or min'i-tur), r. t. ; pi-i -I . 
and pp. miniatured, ppr. lamiuim-uni. [< min- 
mtiiiT, n.] To represent or depict on a small 
scale. [Rare.] 
miniaturist (min'i-a-tur-ist or min'i-tur-ist), n. 
[< F. in in infuriate = 8p. Pg. miniaturista ; as 
in in HI I iin + -int.] One who paints miniatures; 
an illuminator of manuscripts, or a painter of 
small pictures, especially portraits. 
The famous miniaturist Jean Foucquet of Tours was 
named the king's | Louis XL's] enlunilneur. 
Jincyc, Brit., XIV. 523. 
minibus (min'i-bus), n. [Irreg. < L. min(or), 
less, or min(imus), least, + E. (omn)ibus.] A 
cab or small four-wheeled carriage resembling 
an omnibus. 
Mini6 ball (min-i-a' bal). The conical ball, 
with hollow base, used with the M inir- rifle. 
Minie rifle. See rifle. 
minifer-pin, n. Same as minikin, 2. Halliirell. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
minify (mm'i-fi), r. t. ; pret. and pp. minified, 
ppr. minifying. [Irreg., after the analogy of 
magnify, < L. minor, minus, less, + -ficare, make : 
see minor, minus, miifi, and -fy.] 1. To make 
little or less; make small or smaller; lessen; 
diminish. 
I think we can scarcely now estimate the minifying con- 
sequences of closing all outlook beyond this world. 
F. P. CoN>, Peak in Darien, p. 74. 
2. To make of less value or importance ; treat 
as of slight worth ; slight ; depreciate. 
Is a man magnified or minified by considering himself 
as under the Influence of the heavenly bodies ? 
Southey, The Doctor, cxcvll. 
In both senses opposed to magnify. 
minikin (min'i-kin), n. and a. [Formerly also 
miniken, minnikin, minniken, minnekin; < MD. 
niiniii-/.'! n. minnekyn, a little darling, a cupid, < 
minne, love, + dim. -kin: see mnne 2 and -kin. 
Cf. minx 1 , minion 1 . The later senses (2, 3, 4) 
depend on the adj.] I. n. It. A fine mincing 
lass. KennettMS. (Halliwell.) 2. A pin of the 
smallest sort. Also called minifer-pin. Halli- 
well. 3. The second size of splints used in 
making matches. 4f. A small sort of gut- 
string formerly used in the lute and viol, and 
various other stringed instruments : it was prop- 
erly the treble string of a lute or fiddle. 
His Lordship was no good musician, for he would peg 
the miniHii so high that It cracked. 
Bp. Socket, Abp. Williams, i. 147. (Dames.) 
A fiddler a minHen tickler. 
Mnrttim, What you Will, iv. 1. 
This day Mr. Cesar told me a pretty experiment of his, 
of angling with a minniitin, a gut string varnished over, 
which keeps it from swelling. 
Pepyt, Diary, March 18, 1667. 
II. t a. Small; fine; delicate; dainty. 
Mingherlina (It.], a dalntle lasse, a miniiiKn smirking 
wench. Florin 
And, for one blast of thy jniniHn mouth, 
Thy sheep shall take no harm. 
Skat., Lear, iii. 6. 46. 
mining (min'im), a. and . [< F. minime = Sp. 
minium = Pg. It. minium, least (as a noun. F. 
mini mi' = Sp. minima = Pg. It. minima, ML. 
minima, a note in music),< L, minimus (fern, mi- 
nima), least; superl., with compar. minor, less, 
used to supply the comparison of parvus, small, 
a positive form of the root min- not being in 
use; = AS. min, etc., less: see min*. Cf. mini- 
mum, minimus, minor, etc.] I. a. Very small ; 
diminutive; pygmy. 
They [pygmies] disentangle their endear'd embrace, 
And tow'rd the King and guests that sat aghast 
Turned round each minim prettiness of face. 
Tennant, Anster Fair, vL 80. 
Their little minim forms arrayed 
In the tricksy pomp of fairy pride. 
J. R. Drake, Culprit Fay. 
II. M. 1. A very diminutive man or being. 
Not all 
Minim* of nature, some of serpent kind, 
Wondrous in length and corpulence. 
MOton, P. L., vii. 482. 
Minimi, the It-touts of an atom. 
Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, cxv. 
2. [cap.] One of an order of monks, founded 
in the middle of the fifteenth century by St . 
Francis of Paola, confirmed by Pope Sixtns 
IV., and again confirmed by Pope Alexander 
VI. under the name of "Ordo Minimorum Ere- 
mitarum S. Francisci de Paula" (order of the 
least hermits of St. Francis of Paola). Members 
of this order, in addition to the usual Franciscan vows, 
were pledged to the observance of a perpetual Lent. 
minimus 
3. 1 i\muifal notation, a note equivalent in ti nit-- 
value to one half of ;i M-mibri-vf: it is now nl-t> 
called a hiilf-nuli . but in early medieval IHU-H 
it was the shortest note used. Also minima. 
4t. A short poem. 
i'ardon thy shepheard, luongst so many layes 
As he hath MIUIK "f tht-t- in all his dayea, 
To make one minime of thy poore handmayd. 
Xprnfrr. F. <J . VI. X. 28. 
6. The smallest liquid measure, gem-rally re- 
garded as about equal to one drop. It is tin- 
sixtieth part of a fluidrachm. S<-n n/, 
measure, under measure. 6f. A small size of 
type, now called minion. 
minima 1 (min'i-mH),w. [ML.] SameasmiNi///.:!. 
minima'-', . Plural of minimum. 
minimal (niin'i-mal), a. [< minim, minimum, + 
-ill.] Least or smallest ; of minimum amount . 
quantity, or degree ; also, pertaining or related 
to a minimum. 
Such changes are, however, quite minimal In amount to 
long as the given presentations are not conspicuously agree- 
able or disagreeable. J. Ward, Encyc. llrlU, XX. 4.1. 
The positions of the loads corresponding to the maximal 
and minimal values of ... and their numeric values, etc. 
Jour. frarMin /*., CXXVI. 287. 
minimentt (min'i-ment), n. An obsolete vari- 
ant of minium nl. 
minimiflcence (min-i-mif'i-sens), n. [< L. mini- 
mus, least, + -ftcentia, after 'inaiiiiijicence, q. v.] 
The opposite of magnificence. [Rare.] 
When all your magnificences and my rninimijictncet are 
finished. Walpole, Letters, II. 122. 
minimisation, minimise. See minimisation, 
minimise. 
Minimite (min'i-mit), a. [< Minim, 2, + -ife>2.] 
Of or pertaining to the Minims, an order of 
monks. See Minim, 2. Encyc. Brit., IX. 695. 
minimitude (min'i-mi-tud), . [< L. minimus. 
least (see minimum), + -itudt, as in magnitude.] 
The opposite of magnitude. [Rare.] 
These nuclei are so small that it seems almost a con- 
tradiction in terms to speak of their magnitude . rather 
one might say of their minimitua'e, for It requires the 
higher powers of the best microscopes to see them and 
follow out the process of conjugation. 
Sir W. Turner, Nature, XL. 52fl. 
minimization (min'i-mi-za'shon), . [< iii- 
mi:e + -ation.] The act or process of mini- 
mizing; reduction to the lowest terms or pro- 
portions. Also spelled minimisation. 
Similar minimization and multiplication of the repro- 
ductive germs takes place In bacteria. 
If'. B. Carpenter, Micros., I 30. 
minimize (min'i-miz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. mini- 
mized, ppr. minimizing. [< minitn(um) + -ize.] 
To reduce to a minimum, or to the lowest terms 
or proportions; make as little or slight as pos- 
sible ; also, to depreciate ; treat slightingly : as, 
to minimize the chances of war. Also spelled 
minimise. 
We are now . . . witnessing the expansion of the mini- 
mized demands of the Conference at Constantinople. 
Gladstone, Gleanings, I. 112. 
She (Elizabeth] minimum! the definition of authority. 
SruMw, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 324. 
minim-rest (min'im-rest). H. In musical notii- 
timi, a rest or sign for silence equivalent in 
time-value to a minim. Its form is ~ == . 
minimum (min'i-mum), . and a. [< L. WII'HI- 
mum, neut. of minimus, least: see minim.] I. 
M.; pi. minima (-mS). The smallest amount or 
degree ; the least quantity assignable in a given 
case: opposed to masimum; inmutlt., that point 
where a function has a less value than for any 
neighboring values of the variable. 
The prejudice which some persons have against standing 
an hour on the catasta to be handled from head to foot in 
the minimum of clothing. Kinytley, Hypatia, xill. 
Maxima and minima. See maximum. 
H. . 1. Of the smallest possible amount or 
degree; least; smallest: as ; a minimum charge. 
2. Indicating or registering the lowest quan- 
tity or degree: as, a minimum thermometer. 
Minimum sensiblle, the smallest or weakest impression 
that can be perceived by a given sense. 
Two Impressions of sound and light each of which ap- 
proached very closely the minimum tenribile would be reck- 
oned as about equal. J. Sully, Sensation and Intuition, p. 44. 
Minimum thermometer, a thermometer so constructed 
as to indicate the lowest temperature since its last ad- 
justment. See thermometer. Minimum vilue of a func- 
tion, in math., the value it has when it ceases to decrease, 
and begins to increase with the increase of the variable : 
it is not necessarily the absolute minimum. Minimum 
vUiblle, the smallest angular measure of which the eye 
can distinguish the part*. It is about half a minute. 
minimus (min'i-mus), .; pi. minimi (-mi). [< 
I., minimus, least : see minim.] A being of the 
smallest size. [Rare.] 
