Mammon: Riches, the Syrian god of riches. See Luke 16:11-13; St. Matthew 6:24. Mexico: A country situated south-west of the United States and extending to the Pacific Ocean.
Miasms: Such particles or atoms as are supposed to arise from distempered, putrefying, or poisonous bodies.
Michilimackinac or Mackinac: (Now frequently corrupted into Mackinaw, which is the usual pronunciation of the name,) a military post in the State of Michigan, situated upon an island, about nine miles in circuit, in the strait which connects Lakes Michigan and Huron. It is much resorted to by Indians and fur-traders. The highest summit of the island is about three hundred feet above the lakes and commands an extensive view of them.
Midsummer: With us, the time when the sun arrives at his greatest distance from the equator, or about the twenty-first of June, called, also the summer solstice, (from the Latin sol, the sun and sto, to stop or stand still,) because when the sun reaches this point he seems to stand still for some time, and then appears to retrace his steps. The days are then longer than at any other time.
Migrate: To remove from one place to another; to change residence.
Mildew: A disease of plants; a mould, spot, or stain in paper, cloths, etc., caused by moisture.
Militate: To oppose, to operate against.
Millinet: A coarse kind of stiff muslin, formerly used for the foundation or basis of bonnets, etc.
Mineralogy: A science which treats of the inorganic natural substances found upon or in the earth, such as earths, salts, metals, etc., and which are called by the general name of minerals.
Minutiae: The smallest particulars.