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The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called in
the West Indies. [Written also mustee.]

Mes"ter (?), n. [Obs.] See
Mister, a trade.

Mes*ti"no (?), n.; pl.
Mestinos (&?;). See Mestizo.

Mes*ti"zo (?), n.; pl.
Mestizos (#). [Sp. mestizo; akin to OF.
mestis, F. métis; all fr. (assumed) LL.
mixtitius, fr. L. mixtus mixed, p. p. of miscere
to mix. See Mix, and cf. Mestee, MÉtif,
MÉtis, Mustee.] The offspring of an Indian
or a negro and a European or person of European stock. [Spanish
America]

Mestizo wool, wool imported from South
America, and produced by mixed breeds of sheep.

Mest"ling (?), n. A kind of brass.
See Maslin. [Obs.]

||Me*sym"ni*cum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
me`sos middle + &?; a festive song. See Hymn.]
(Anc. Poetry) A repetition at the end of a
stanza.

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