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Cc r :ln hour or morC', till (uch tim: as the c~r. (\Vi m fl.–
~•.)\·e lhe liquor ; lhen 1Ak c it (¡(Tlhe: fire, and let it (001.
\ \-hen ,"ery cool, ncx t mornin~ . it A1::1y bebarrcl k:d up;
anJ ~ddi ng la jt Il::l lf an oune\! or cingef, t!.s much of
do\cs, at mUl:h of mace, and ~ qnarlt'r of;\n Ot: nce of
ÓOII'1ll0n. ,11 g,olly poun¡lcd , a (poc.o(ul o( yc.d\ may
be :\JJcd ,,1(0 .t I lhe bl1ng tO iocreare its rcrmcntation.
\ \' hen ir h,,! done worklng, it m~y be c1",fdy rlopped
,llp; anJ after JI ha, l100d a mont h. il may be: c r<lwn off
ioto bonlt's.
M E III O D, lhe arr:ogcmcol o( our ide.. in fueh • re ·
gUllT arder, that thcir mutual con ncftion and ucpcnd–
cnce Illay he rcadd y comprchcndtd.
M ETII O DI STS, • oame al firlt given ln . foeiery o( re·
Jigious young' r.1CU al Oxrord , ano nowapplicd to a1l
thofc \Vho lhe doétrinc of the church of Eng–
land as lallghl by Whilefidd, W <fl oy. &c. ThLyare
faid to be, in gener21, plain wcll.meanin¡:: pcople, \Vho
do noC nt froll' the c{! ;.bl inled ehurch; bUI profefs
í!'lll"c \\'i lh ~reat purity, acco,di ng tO her anlcles. At
t!'\Cir fid1: appcarOl nce thcir teachers were chuged, in
the hcat of their zeal, with fevera! ir regu l:uil:es, 2nd
rnlny exp rdlions in their preaching which were nOI al·
t ogl!ther I1ne xcC ~: but a! the civil government,
\\ ith a moda~tion and wifoom pecúli "r lO lhe prcrent
time, thou;!ht fit to ovcrloc,k their behaviour, they h<'.\'e
{j~ce honefl Jy acknowl~dged wherein thC'y were mina·
ken; and, in confcc¡u ence o( lhe rerf,:,ét hbc:rty of con·
fcience they cnjoy, h~"e fufidc:d into a more regu lar
and peaeeable eooJuét, agreeable lO lhe genuine Ipiri,
of ChriflianilY.
M F. TH OD lST S. fl fdhodici, is .Ifo .0 appellalion giveo
10 2 (eél of ancient phyficians, who reduced the whole
healing 3rt te a few cammon principies or apeannces.
"rETOr\Y~1Y, in rhetorie, is a trope in which one name
j, put for an<'lher, on account of lhe near relation there
js b~t\Veen them. By this trope any of lhe moft (igni·
fi c: circumfiances of a thing are put for lhe lhing il·
felf. Thc metonymy is ufcd with moO: adVanlJge in
.he followinc cafls. J . V/hen the narration CbnJs for
lhe: :létioD. and what the poet or h¡noTí,m defcribes he
i, raid to do; which is a lively manner of ex prdTion,
execcdiog lhe common, as much as aétion gocs beyond
defcriptioo, or Jife exccls painting. 2. "" hen lhe name
of Oloy rdalion is put for lhe c!uty il requi res, and the
beneyolcnce 2nd tcnderners lhOlt may be cxpt'éled from
it. . Thu s A n2creon fays. th:11 through money there
is no lon~er any fuch ' thing as brelhrcn or putnts in
-:.he world . 3. When the word which is uí'ed (or a
)lrúrer name, is ei ther taken from the pelfon's coun·
1ry, f:tmily, profeffiot'l, perfonOll circumU.mce, or re–
f~mbla:'lce to fome other: thus, as "Sardanapalus was
1 moon er of debdU(hery, . nd Nero o( erudlY, lO e.1I
2l Tery delJau 'hed per ron a Sardal2paJus, 2nd a cruel
une N ero, brands them much deeper lhan 10 call one::
ne"au::hl"cI , and the other cruel.
I\1ETOPE. in architl".:t:ure, is the: interval, or fquare
{pace uct\ncn lhe trig!yphs of the dorie friC'ze. which
2nu)Oc dv: ancients ufed lO he Fainted cr aoorned wirh
carvt..u \'/ÚI k, rcprefe ndng thc heads of oxer., or uten·
til, ufed in faerifie s.
l\IETOrOSCOpy, lhe pretendcu art ofknowiog a pero
fon's di(¡lO(iti(JO and marlnel s, by vícwing lhe Ir,Ices and
Jim:s in lh~ (..ce.
MI::TRE, tn POClrY, a fytlem of fcc, of. jufl lenodt.
rl'h~ dilr~ rcnl lIlet rcs jI' poct ry, are tht: diITt:rent
mannCfS of ordc:ring anJ combi ning lhe quantitics, or
lhe long and (h.>1t frJI..blcs ~ . tllllS hexaOlcter, penta.·
m('t~r, (,lInGic, f,¡pphi..: vcrft.s, &c. cdrtCiU of diffe:-ent
mctrc:; , or ~l1Cílrllrcs .
1n Englirh verCes, lhe m ~tr~5 are ext remcly variOUl
and arbitrary, cvery poet being al libl"ny to introduce
any nc\Y form that he plcafes. The moH ufu.d are the
heroie, gen. r.,\Jy eonGnin~ of long and five n,Ort
fyll.blcs, an,1 verles of four f<et, anu of lhree fee'
and a ererura or (,r glo fyU.ble.
METRETES, an ancieOl re of eapacily, con,ain.
¡og a jitllc more !h¡n nine galloos,
METROI'OLIS, lhe capital or principal ei,)" of. eounll y
or pro, ince.
T he lerm melropolis i, alfo applied to arehi~pi feop.1
chur'ches, and fomctinus to the principal or rnothcr
ehureh ofa eily.
M E TZ.• ei ly o( G ermany, in lhe duehy of L orraio,
eapilal of lhe biChopriek of lI1<1z, G,ua'cd ,hirty miles
north of N ancy.
M EXICO, lhe metrop"li, of New Spai n a' prefenl, and
formerJ y of lhe empire of M exieo, ("ua,cd in W . loog.
103°, N . laL 20° ,
rrhis prol/ince of N ew Sp2i n in America is DO"
divid.d iOlO Old .od N ew Mexieo.
Oltl M Ex l eo, Glualed bet ween 83 a~d J t6 degre;,s of W.
long. aod be"y«n 8 .nd . 8 degree. N. lat. i, bouoded
by New f\1exico. or G ranada, 00 the nonh; by lhe
gulph oftvrdc:ico, on lhe oonh-eaCl j by T erra·firma, on
,he foulh·eafl ; anJ by ,he Paeifie Oee.n, on lhe fOUlh·
wefl.
Nf'W M EX IC O, including CalifOf"nia, (jruated between
l OO 20d T40 degrees of W. long . 2nd between the
Tropie of C.ocer . od 48 degrees of N. laL is bounded
by unknown I'l.nds on the nonh, by Florida on lhe eaCl,
by O ld M <xieo on lhe foulh, .nu by the P aciGc O~eaQ
on the \Ve!l.
M EZZÓTINT O, a p3rlieulor m30ner o( reprefeOlio¡!
figures on coprer, fo as tO form prinls in imitation of
painting in I ndian ink,
T hc manner of l"IIaking mezzotintos is very diffcrent
(rom all other kindsof engraving and etching. fince in..
llcad of fvrming the figures with I¡nes aod (cTatchcs
made with the point of a graver, or by mt!ans of aqua ...
fOrlis, lhey ate . 'holly fo rmed by fa.piog and bu rOlCh·
ing. M t'zzotintos are made in the follo .....ing m;¡nner:
take a well.polifhed ;ne, and bC'g' nning 3t the
corner. rake or furro\y the furfdcc all over with a knife
or infb u01ent nude fur toe purpoft. firn one 'fIay, and
thc:o lhe other. tdl the whole is of a regular rOllgh·
nefs. without the (01ooth pan to be (ecn ; in whlch
f~ ate, if a parer W;¡<¡¡ 10 be wod:.ed off (rom ir 2t lhe
eopper.plale pref., it would be all onr bl"k. \Vhen
thi~ is done, the plalc is ruhbcd oyer with charco:il,
ehalk , or hlaclt.lead, .od lhc~ lltCdolign is drawn
wilb while c\¡¡lk; af\~r which tht oUl·lm" ¿r t ".<ea
out,