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M

s

bullion f""Im Ihe ",areten,

c:'lIIr.·~

ir lo

be

nlcltC'cI,

,it-Ií·

ver! ir

10

Ihe

11l11n C'ye:'!I,

;lIld

~\ h~'n

i l

is coinrd le':...:i,',:'i

ir

i!~,li n .

3. T h("

cOlllrtroller. wl1(1

is

th ~

o\'Lrfler

of

all .h'e inl, .ior (lUi

('I ~.

:ilnd (u·s

l hol l ..

11 Ih::

lllol1ey

is

nude en the jitO .. lIizc .

4 '" he

;¡Ir.v

lI1all( r ; who

w(lJ:h.. .

he gold and lilver.

:lO

I

rt.l!s

that

i.

is

¡(cc<lId ·

¡ng

10

lhe

fl.ln.l H.1.

5 'T ile

:llld;IC'1 :

\Vho , .. kes the

;I ;;Cllunu

6 1 'h.:

fU I

\"t' yllf (Ir

lhe mdlln l!:

who

af ·

ter

th~

;df.I\'

111 ..

ti ,

I

11,15

nl:;¡J,.. tri;.,) of

, he uullilln.

E-cs

th ar ir

i!l

(";tU our,

,,~d

ilOI ah clcc\

arta ;t

is

\1t.l1\·,~rcd

to lhe melln. 7. The

~ngr.\ver;

whu

engrHe~

lhe

rhmp!

and

tiyc s

fUf lhe

coin.l~e

of

lhe llulOey.

8 .

' rhe

clerk of

lhe

in.m!; wlla

Ices

lila,

lhe

,f005

are:

cleln

and

,it

to work \\ ¡th . '9 . The

J'ndter

j

",ha melts lhe

bullion

beroJ e

il is coincel ,

' 10 :

l -ht>

pruvon' of the

minI; ",ho providesror, ao,1ovcrfees "lllhe mQne}'ers,

1 l .

The ()I;mchers ; who annc"I 'lOd cleJ.llfe the money.

12 ,

The mOllcyers; foml.!

o (

whom for{:f! Ihe

money,

fome n'l!ar

n,

(ame rouncl

,md

nlill il . aud lome Oolmp

or

cuin il

J

3 ,T he ponen:

i

\Vho

kccp

Ihe bale

of

Ihe

mint .

l\tI NT:

in

hotany. Seoe

M 'E¡'; T IIA.

MINU .'\RTlA,

in bot"ny, ;t

grtlus

oflh e triandriat ri–

gynia c!"fs. Thc e,dix cllnfills oCfiv c leaves ; il has

no corolla

i

and lhe c"pfule has onc cel! and three

vi!lvt'!. There are thrce frceies,

,di

n:uives 'of

Sp~IO ,

MINUET,

in muric, a very graceJul k,nd of dance,

which couiiOs of a coupce, a high

Oep, ..

od

a

bJ.lance;

it begins wilh a be"t, ancl ils

I1IOtiol1

is Iriple.

MI NUTE, in gromw y, lhe fi xli«h p.r< or a degree or

a cirele. See

ASTRONOr-¡ y ,

GEOGRAPHY, G EO ME -

TR Y.

~1INUTE

o( lill/':,

the (jxtieth r "rt of "n hour.

lvIIHUTF.,

in archi1eéhlle, uCually denotes lhe fi,,( lielh,

fometimes

Ihe

Ihinielh ran of

a

module.

See

AR--

CH t 'rECTURE .

~lI NuTE

is

alfo

ured

(0 1

a

Olon IlJcmoir, or (ketch of

a

thiog, tft kcn

in

writi ng.

M .R AB ILI S .

MAk VE L

OF

P ERU .

in oo..ny, a gr nu.

oE

rhe pentand., ia

monogyni~

cI ...

(s ,

The coroHa is

fnnntl (haptd

j

lhe

C~IJ.:<

is btlo\V Ihe (ruil ; and lhe

neaarium is globu lar,

induelin:~

the germen.

There

are duce fpecies. all

n.ui

vl's (lf !\ 1I1l rlCa.

, T ourncfort anct L inn2:us wilJ ha\'e lhe rool of this

pl. nt lO be lhe j ' 1.,p of ,he Ih.,ps ;

hUI

Il o"f1on de·

ciares, Ihal j ,d :tp

i ~

Ihe: rllOI of ... fp ccit s o( conv(,J vtl lus.

rvIlR J\CLE ,

is a work t' n:" l'leci

In

a

m;l nna

d.rr'

: lcnt

(rol1l lhe common

tl.no

11

~Illar

metb(ld o( provH!cnrc,

by lil e inlerpofi tion tilht r of

G ClJ

hllll!t:I(, or fome in

tclligcnr

a ~'('nt

fup( riO!

:o

mano

~;¡R¡\LETUS,

in

iehl"y.,I,,~y

Se<

]t ' !A.

r..HSC II N t\H, or

~J

Is

~

A 11 ,

t!

e I'od\! or cCJIlc.t."tinn of Ihe

civd law of lhe

J.:. ws

I he

J

\V'i

pru t'rul Ih;¡l \\ hen

G od

g'lve the ",'flll en I;(\V

to

Mofes . be ll"\ e 111m 31ro

tl.nOther nOI wriucn. whit h

\V,'S

p,efe: n .. d

by

lf lHlilinn

anlong

Ihe

de{lors u( Ih e l}

n"'go~ue

nI! rAhhi

J u~hh,

Cl1rn;tnlt'd

ti,,::

H,·ly.

J..:eln~

rhe dang,r r

1"

'ti

\\'cn: in,

lhrough th<.i r rlifpcrfion, o( clep,\l'tlnJ,: f"HII ,Iu: lradili –

ens of their fathcr" judgu.l

it

1.H' T c. r lo

red il, '!

\h, m

to writing,

Tlle mlfnah is di,'ided in fix

p:l'f't :

Ihe

(j

n

rtl.ltcs

to lhe diHlndion of fccJs

In

a ficld)

lO lrLl'S,

Ii

uits,

1\1

T

Iydl(,s,

6c.

T hc r"cond

re~ulate~

th e m;¡noer of .:'Il.·

h"'in$!

rcfl'\'.ds: Ihe t:lIrd IrCJ.1S ur \\

(J·II.:n,

;(ntl

llla–

('"ll(1I1L.d

e"ft.''' : the fOl1 rth o( lorres

in

lr~dt' ,

6r,:

,he

fi tdl

jo:

on

ol>l ig.'ll¡('In~,

f.1C'

jlicc!=;.

0,' :

¡¡nti

lh e

fix.th

trr:lIs

nr

Ihe

le\'e

'r.iI

(Clrl S 01

puri liéalilin.

MI S nl·J\i1:.!\NOU !t. lolaw, lignifies;¡ hci no,us ofFence

')1'

I

lUir , p'lI nCtl l.Hly in lhe

eXLcu:inn uf

:ln

aflicc.

~.I I <; f:' -\S !\ Nl' I"

in 1' IV·hnob, fig"dics a lrcf

'p.fs

.

1I 11 ~ 1. r.

r OE, in bOl>ny.· See

VIS CU M.

~ II S~OM

ER,

in

I.HV.

"mifnJming, or miO tking

a

perJ

fon

s n"me.

The

Chrdb..tll name of

a

perron fh. uld

al w.l yS oe p.:rfeét. bu, lhe

law

is not fo (lria and pre –

eilt!

in reg;¡rd

10

fUrn¡IOleS,

a

fm"JI mi nake in which wiJl

be d,Cpcnlcd with

IG

ol.1ke good a contra(l. and fupport

IhC ílo~

loflheptl.ll

y.

MI S I'RI S ION lign;.ics, in general, fome neglcé! or

O\'ertight; as where a pedon is privy' lO

a

trealon or

fclony committcn by anolher, and ncgletls tO reveal

jt

eo lhe

king or his coune:il, or to a 1nagitlratc

j

but

(nli r~ly

concfals

il :

lh is is called mifprifion uf thore

crimes. In cafes or mifpririon of Ireafon; Ihe offend er

is

to be imprifoned for life, and , lo forféit his good,

anu ch..ttels logether wlth the proGu ef his lands,

tJr.

bUI

in

mifprjfion of fclony , lhe oífendcr is ooly

10

be plJllínlld widl fine

tl.nd

impriConmcnt, anJ to re–

m..¡in in pnfon

(iJl

lhe fin e is paid,

MISS '\L , lhe Rom;fh m

.r.·~o

lk, eonlaini ng toe fever;¡.[

m;¡Ilt.,s to be raid pn Píl rlicular

dtl.ys

.

MI SSE L .,Ro See TURo us .

MI:;S ION I\RI ES, fueh eeclefi.Oies as are fenl by ,ny

C hriClt .. n church, inlo pagan' or in6del countrics,

to

con\'ert

Ihe

n;ttives,

tl.nd

eUablinl

the Chriltian religion

:l.m OIl$!

thcm.

l\fISUSER . in law, fi gnifieo fome abufe of any particu–

lar libl!rty or bencfit.

MISY . in nalural oinory, a fpeeies or lhe ehalc. nlha, "

(onil

vcry cOI11f1Jon in thc T urkdh dominions, and fome–

times founo in lhe nlines

a l

Cremniu io Hunga ry .

Jt

is

¡l

con fiderably

lirm

lubllJnce, o( an irregular

téXlurC, not compaa, rnuch refembling fume of oue

more galldy marchati[('s. bUI wtlntinti in their h.l rdnefs

and wt!ight.

It

is o( no detcrmin..

lt."

nltl r e or fizc, but

it

I!

o(tcntimes found in fm ..

lI

delached milITes, which

are ufual(y bro.1d ,

fI.l t,

and vl!ry rugged

dt

the e<lges.

As

10

il~

medical víq ues, lhey are nI,) othtr lhan thore

o( Ih e grcep ,·itriol.

i\1 IT CH ELL A,

in botany, a genu, of Ihe Ictrandri:l

monogyn,J. clafs.

1 'hc

coroll~ con~ins

o( one r eta l ; it

has (('Iur

rti~m;H<l

j

and lhe berry

15

bdid, cOOltl.l n,ng I" '\lr

r\"ec!s, Thl.'l'Cis h,1t one rpecies a nali\'e o(C'¡IIJlcn3.

1\liTE,

iI

f¡lIall cOln

(onHl, rI~

cUrrtnl, equJ I 10 oibou t

ou e lhir I

F'M l

oC

a

f..

!'thing.

l\1, 'r E.

in

~o(jJI')!;y.

Sc.e

Al'ARUS.

r-.lll EL L /\, in bo, .. ny, a

ri-!nu~

oflh e decandli a Jigy.

lIia

cl.&;.

1~he

c:lhx

cULdi:l.i

of fi"c

[~gmc:nts ,

the

corol!a of

li\'c

pinn,ll.fid pl.:lalo; ¡orerttel in lo lhe cali x,

and lhe C":I rfn1t! of t\Vo cc(uill

V;¡!\,cs .

Thcre are lWO

rp :C,f.!l, o'>oe (If

lhcm

n:llivt's uf Brítain.

~111

RA r.I·.:;

\' ALV ULIF..

S<c

A ' AT OMV,

P. 279.

1'.11 '1

Rt.,

ft

f3(CIJot.d ornamC1H \\(}I n on

lhe

he.ld l.Iy l.Ii

fhops " nJ cc..:na:n aLJuots on folemn occ"tiuus ; bClng a

JOl t