1000000031

M E N

eh,fs. 1t has Cove Cl)'li; and the e.pfule has

r.ve

eel",

cach containing one rued.

'l'here are

(ix (pecies, none

of lhem naU\'es of

llritain.

MELODY, io mulick. the .greeable effeét of differeot

Jouods, noged .nJ dirpo[td in fueecllioo; fo that

.mdody is [he efFcél: of a (ingle! voiee or inHrument,

which

is diHinguilbc:d from harmooy.

MELOE. in zoology, ageous of

infe~ls

of the order of

colcoptera. Thc

antenllre

are jointed,

lhe

Jan

jaint

being oval; the

brean

foundinl ;

the

clylra

art:

rofe

and fi exible; and ,he ht'ad is inReéted and gibbou.,

There are

fpeeics, prioeipally dielinguifhed by their

colour. The vdicatorius, or c¡¡otharis of the lhops,

wheo bruifed, is univerfally ufed as a bliClering plaCler.

M ELON , io bo,any. See CUCUMIS.

MELOTHRIA . in botany, • genus of the "iaodria

monogyoia c1afs, The. ealix eonfills o,f

r.ve

[egmeots;

.he eorolla is mooope.alous aod bell, fhaped; and ,he

.berr!)' has one cell, containing maoy feeds

...

Caoadd,

Virginia,

and

Jamaica,

where thisfruit

,commooly grows, 'it is piekled for the table.

MEL

ING,coNE, in- affaying.

See CHHlIS.TRY,

11 3,

MEMBER, in .rehiteéture, denotes any part of a build·

ing; as, afrieze.,

cornich, or the Jike .

T bis

word

alfo fometimes ufed for the moulding.

M EMBER

parliQnunt .

SeePARLIAMEI'iT.

M EMI3ER ED . in her.ldry, is where the legs or feet of

an eagle, griffin, or other bird, are of a differeot

co·

lou< [rom the reCl of the body.

MEMBRANE, in atlatumy, a pliable texture of 6bre.

inurwoven togelher io the fame plane. See

AN AT .

pan

and

MEMECYLON, io botaDY, a genu. of the oétandria

monogyoia c1afs, The ealix is above the fruit, aod

has aD eOlire margin; the corolla confifl:s of one pe·

tal; and the berry is crowned with a cyliodrical calix.

T here

but one fpecies, a native ofCeylon.

MEMOIRS, in mallers of litenture,

fpecies of hi·

Clory, written by perfoDs who had fome fhare in the

tranfaélions they

relat~;

aofwering to what the

Ro–

mane: called Commentarii.

MEMOR

Y, •

íaculty of the human mind, whereby it

rctllins and recals the ideas it has once perceived. See

METAPHYSI CS

MEMPHIS, once the capital of EfYpt, Clood on the

wtlt'fide of the Nile." almol! oppo(ite to Graod Cail·o.

MEN DICANTS, or begging friers. [everal order' of

religious io Popi{h counlries, who, having no feuJed re

.venues, are fupported by the ch.,itable eontributioo.

they receive rrom others.

;MENGRELlA, a pro,ineeof AG.tieTurky, fituated

the nonh·e..

pan of lhe Euxine fea, between G eor–

gi••nd Circ.lIia. where the Turks

pureh.fe

boyo and

young women (or their feraglios .

MENI ALS , domellie or houfehold- [ervan", who live

und1!r their lord or nlafl:er's roof.

M EN IN GESt, or MENYNC.S, io anatomy, a namegi.

ven

to {he dura ar.d pía mater of the brain.

,MENISCUS, io opties, a leo. 'eoovex on ooe fide, and

,coneaveoo the other. See OP 'T Jcs.

M E R

MF.N ISPE;\IUM, in botao)', a genus of the d¡",ci. do.

dt!catldri.l cla!"s. The calix confins of lix

I~Q\'es,

and

lhe

corolJ.l

of rix

p(tills.

has [hree b( lries, con:ain..

¡nti each a kidney.lhaptd leed. There are fe ......:.

~ re

C,l''',

none of lhl"r.l natives ofbrirain . .

M ENNON ll'ES, a feét of baptifts io H olland, [o

e.lI

ed froOl f\h'nnon Simoois of Friezland, who livc::d

lhe lixtet:nth ccnturyo This feét believe lhat the

New T eCl.ment is' the only rule of failh; that the

lerlllS Perfon and Trinity ate nOI to be ufe? in fpeaking

of ,he Father, Son, aod H oly Ghoel; that the ¡irel man

was nO[ created perfetl; {hat it

unlawful

fwear, or to

wage war upon any occafion ; lhac infanls are not the

propcr [uhj<éls of baptifm; and that miniClers of the

gofpel ought tO receive no falary.

MENOLOGY, the Greek calendar, in'whieh the lives

of the raints in {hort, or barely their aames, are ciled ;

.nfwering nearly to the martyrology of tbe Latin ehureb•

See MAR -rYROLO GY

MENSA, in I.w·books, a term that ineludes io it·.1I

patrimony, and oececr.tries for livelihood.

M ENSALS, in chureh.hiClory, [ueh livings

were

formerly united tO the rabies of religious houfes, .od

hence ealled meofal ben.6ees.

MENSES, FLOU

RS,

Cou

RSE S,

Calama/in,

in medicine,

the monthly evacuations from the uterus of women Dnt

with ehild aDd not giving fuek. Seo M EDICINE.

MENSTRUUM, ·in ehemil!ry, any body whieh i';

fluid or , [ubtilifed !late is eapable of IOterpo(ing its

fmall parts betwixt the (mall par" of other bodies.

as to divide them fubtilely, aod form a

new

uniform

compound of the tWOo See CH EMISTRY .

MENSURATION, in gene..l. denotes

the.ét

or .rt

of meafueing Iines, fuper6eies, or folid.. Se. G so–

METRY.

MENTHA, in botany, • genus of the didynam;a gym–

nofpermia c1a[s , The cornila coofiCls of four [egmen,,;

and ,he !l.mina are ereét and dif!ant. There are

' ..

fpecies,'

of them na(ives of Britaino

víz.

lhe fpicata,

or fpear-mint ; rhe longifolia, or horfe-min t; the ro–

rundifolia, or round leaved horfe·mint

the'piperita

pepper.mint; the gentilis, or red-minI; the verticillata.

or curled·mint ;' lhe arveofis, sr coro ·minl; the exi ...

gua, or fmooth:mint; tbe aquatica, or water·mint; the

hirfuta, or round·headed mint; and the pulegium, oc

penoy· royal.

MENTZ, the capital of ooe of the el.aorates of the [ame

name in Germany, fituated at the confluence of the

eivers Rhioe and Maine: E. long.

8°,

.od N . lat•

50° .

MENYANTHES, in botaoy, a genus of the pent.ndria

mooogynia c1afs. The eornlla is hairy; the lIigm·. i.

bi6d: aod the eapfu le Has but one cell. There .re

three fpecies,

IWO

of which are natives of Britain,

vjz ..

t~e

trifolia,

or buck·bean

and lhe n)·mphoides. or

fringed w.ter lilly.

MEOTIS. or PALusMEOTlS,

fea ofTurky', whieh

divides Europe froOl Afi•• extending from Crim Tar·

tary to the Olo!l\h of lhe river Don, or Tauais.

MERCATOR's SAl LINC, tha, p.,formed by Mercator'.

ebarl. See NAYIC ATION.

MER·