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"Section M, N, and O"


Men moot give silver to the poure
friars.
Chaucer.


A privy thief, men clepeth death.

Chaucer.


Me*nac"can*ite (?), n. [From
Menaccan, in Cornwall, where it was first found.]
(Min.) An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting
chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive,
but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron
ore
, and ilmenite.


Men"ace (m&ebreve;n"&asl;s; 48), n.
[F., fr. L. minaciae threats, menaces, fr. minax, -
acis
, projecting, threatening, minae projecting points or
pinnacles, threats. Cf. Amenable, Demean,
Imminent, Minatory.] The show of an intention to
inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil
or catastrophe to come.


His (the pope's) commands, his rebukes, his
menaces.
Milman.


The dark menace of the distant
war.
Dryden.



Men"ace (m&ebreve;n"&asl;s; 48), v.


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