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"M AYO a..

lhe

chief

O1tlgir1:rate

Cily

tow~,

chofco

annuillly out of lhe :tld:rm:n.

lI1.-\Z :\ R:\. the e.pital or the pro"ioce of the fame name

;1~111'

tituated

0"0

[h~

(oulh·wd l coan:

E. long.

30.

N.ld!

37 4"

M E-\D ,

an agreeJ.bleJiquor, made ofhoneyand water.

T h(:re are mJny reccip:s for

mlking

",c3d, of which

the following is one 01 the bd

T.ke

four galloos of

wdter,

and

as O1u :h

honey

\vdl make

bear

2n egg ;

adt.t

lO lhis,

the riodor thr..:e

le010ns~

boil

il.

and fcum

ir well as

rifes. T hen take

(jff

the lire, otncl add

the three Jemons cut in pieccs; pour

into a cleao lub

or opeo vefTd,

and

let

work for th ree

days:

then

fcum

well , and pour of! lhe clear part in to a calk, and

Jet ir fhnd opeo \¡II it cea(es to Illake a

hiffing noife;

then (lop it up ciare, aod ia

three

monlhs time it \Vjll

be fi ne and li, for bqttling.

you would give

a fine Nh vour, take claves, mace,

..andoutmeg. of eaeh four dramsj beat t#}em {mall, tie

the powdcr in a piece of c!oth, and

dút

¡e into

,he

ealk.

M EADOW . in it. general fignifieation. moan. pallu re

o r

gnrs.laod,

annu.uly mo\vn fo r

InYi

is more

particularly applied to fands

thal

are

low as

t oo moiH fo r

cante

to graze upon them in winter

without fpoi ling the f'·/ard.

ldE AN,

in generar,

denotes the middlc bctween two

eX–

tremes.: thus

\Ve

{ay, mean diftancc. mean proportian,

6e.

M EASLES. in medicine, a cutaneous difeafe, attended

\Vitll

a rever,

which there is an appearance of cru p–

tions thac do noc (cnd to a Cuppuration. See

M EDI–

CIN E.

NE.-\S URE. io geometry. denotes any c¡uantity a(fumed

as ooe, or unity,

t O

which (he ratio of other homoge..

neous or fimilar quantitíes is cxpretrcd.

M E

l\I BAsuR E,

I..:~pl

.!nd

c~m:n~rci:ll

fenre, clenotes

'1.

ccn ain qU.lotity

proponíon of aoytlung bought, Cold .

valu:d. or lla\! like. ,\[-::..(orC:5 arl! then V.flOUS, ,te–

cordlng

rh:

\'.\rious kinds and dime:nfions uf

the

things

me.lfor...:J. H cnce arife lincal or longHudin..

mc:alur...:s.

ror

),n::::i

or I..:n; ths

Cqu.tre meafllres, for

are.tS

or fu–

p! rfidcs;

and

lulld or cublc mcaCures, (or bo

II~s

.tnd

their

c.lp

..d lÍes.

AH wlw.:h

agaio are very di'ffl.!rc:nt

d ifF: reot countriu,

and

in aiJFi!rcnt 3Aes, and even many

of lheril for ddf.:reot commo.lIw!s.

Whc:nce.ll

ife

oth: r

d ivlfions of

anci~n(

aod lnou.!rn m!afurcJ, domdhc

.md

foreign 0l1es, dry OleaCures , liquid me"Cures.

f or

the ddI': rent kinds of nl':¡lures,

(ce

AI. IT HME TI C,

G t-:OJI.IETR Y,

ilnd

Ihe pU licular names

mC.irures,

as thcy oeeur in lhe

alph.tb

~uc

...

order.

M EA S UKE

i5 airo ufed

figolfy lhe cad(nce and tim!

obferved

poetry. dancing, :lod mufte, to renJ cr thcm

regu lar and

agree~b)c.

l\1E ASURE,

mu(je, the intcrval or fp:,ce of

time

whicK

the:- perCoo who beals timo;: take:s bCl \\lcen Ihe rifing and

f;dling or his hand, in urder

conJuél- the movemenc

• fometi OlCs quickcr and (o01etimes Oo\Ver according to

the muGe or liobjeél that i. to be lung or playcd .

M EAT. Se. t o oD, D lE r.

O .IHK .

6e.

~1EATH,

the name o( t\VO couDties

lreland,

rhe.

province of L einll<r, dillinguiO,ed by the epitlle" .

E.Cl

and Well.

lIfEATUS A U DITO IHUS. in anatomy. Seo

A H" –

TO" Y.

296.

MEA UX, a eity in Fr. ac., twenty.t'our miles north·eaCl

o f P ari•.

M ECeA. the capital of Arabia, and plaee of M oham–

med's

nativity:

E . long

43030',

lat.

2 1

l O'.

lt is

large well·built eity, in tbe mlddle of which

llaads tbe caaba, or temple.

M E

HIS

term, in

the ccmmon

accept3tion,

implies no

more than (he nature ot \I/h,n is called lhe mecha·

nica) powers.

to~etller

wlI}nhc cOOlbination of theCe pow.

ers in the conrtrllétion uf milch:nes.

BUl

as (he general

propertics of maller and ccotr.1 forces are necelf"ry

or·

der

'o a

dlorough knowlcdge of mechanics

'fe

have join.

~II

the(e (ubj

:él.

together u.der the geoeral name of

JJ1echcnicJ.

MATTE¿-and

¡IJ

PrOptrl¡u.

the word

lIInll~r

is here meaDt every thing Ihat hal

len~,h.

bre:aoth,

3!1d

thid::neCs, aod refiUs (he: tuueh.

The lnhertut properries of maner are ColidH), ímu9:ivi·

,y.

mObll"y • • nd di"iGbili'y,

T he

folidil.J

of malter

al i{es

from

il!

haring lenAlh,

breadlh, thickners ; and hence

lha(

aJl

bodies are

comrrchcndcd nndel romt" finpe or other, and Ih;u ef'er-y

panicnb"'lud) h:no# r· ..

fIt~ers

from occupy;nl. lhe

("mt."

pall of (pdec "hieh

pulftlTetb. Tllu., tf • plece of

wood or metal be fqueezed ever (o bard between two

pl¡¡~,

thcy

.:aonOI

he brought imo contaa. Aod even

wafer

or air has

thi5

property; for if

.1.

Cm,,1J

quanuty of

it b< fixed be,weenany other bodi.., they cannot be brought

\ 0

tou.

one:

another.

A fecoad propert y of matter i.

inafliviIJ.

palJív,–

tUfo:

by which

a)ways endeavourt tO conlinue in [he

Hate

that it is

in,

whelhcr of reO or motlon.

Aod

there(ore,

one borly conlains (\\Iice or thrice

as mueh

mateer as another body doC's, it

will

have Ewice

or ,hoce

as much in:tflivíty

lhat ¡s, jt

\Viii

require twice or thríce

a.s murh

force tO p.ive

an cqual degree of motÍon, or tO

flop

arte! il

halh

betn pUl into

(ueh

a motivn.

T hat maller can never pUl

i,Cc!finto a

mOlion

allowed

by all mea

For a 1I0ne. Iying on the

pl.in

(urf.c.

lhe eanh,

nt"ver

r('mOlTes

i,rd(

from

that

place,

OOI OOCS

-anv

ont

lm;\R:.·e

ev.:r

c.m .

8Uf

OIoH pror't" are

0l!J' 10

bdl(,Vt.,

th:u:.1I

miluer ha"'"

PfClpLnfiry

to {. lI

u'·n ..

¡"ue

of motÍon ,ato. f1ate of rell; beC<lufe they Ice, th..t

Ir ..

(Ione