Minute, min′it, n. the sixtieth part of an hour: the sixtieth part of a degree: an indefinitely small space of time: a brief jotting or note: (pl.) a brief summary of the proceedings of a meeting.—v.t. to make a brief jotting or note of anything.—adj. (Shak.) happening every minute.—ns. Min′ute-bell, a bell sounded at regular intervals of one minute, in morning; Min′ute-book, a book containing minutes or short notes; Min′ute-glass, a glass the sand of which measures a minute in running out; Min′ute-gun, a gun discharged every minute, as a signal of distress or mourning; Min′ute-hand, the hand that indicates the minutes on a clock or watch; Min′ute-jack (Shak.), a little figure that strikes the bell of the clock: a flighty, unstable person; Min′ute-man, a man ready to turn out at a minute's warning—the name taken by a body of militia in the American war of independence; Min′ute-watch, a watch that marks minutes; Min′ute-while (Shak.), a minute's time. [Same word as above.]
Minutiæ, mi-nū′shi-ē, n.pl. minute or small things: the smallest particulars or details.—adj. Minū′tiōse. [L., pl. of minutia, smallness.]
Minx, mingks, n. a pert young girl: a jade: a she-puppy. [Contr. of minikin, with added s.]
Miocene, mī′o-sēn, adj. (geol.) less recent, applied by Lyell to the middle division of the Tertiary strata. [Gr. meiōn, less, kainos, recent.]
Miosis, mī-ō′sis, n. diminution: litotes. [Gr.]
Mir, mēr, n. a Russian commune or local community holding land which is redistributed from time to time. [Russ. mirŭ, union.]
Mirable, mīr′a-bl, adj. (Shak.) wonderful.
Miracle, mir′a-kl, n. anything wonderful: a prodigy: anything beyond human power, and away from the common action of the laws of nature: a supernatural event.—ns. Mir′acle-mong′er, one who pretends to work miracles; Mir′acle-play, a medieval form of drama founded on Old or New Testament history, or the legends of the saints.—adj. Mirac′ulous, of the nature of a miracle: done by supernatural power: very wonderful: able to perform miracles.—adv. Mirac′ulously.—n. Mirac′ulousness. [Fr.,—L. miraculum—mirāri, -ātus, to wonder.]
Mirador, mir-a-dōr′, n. a belvedere or gallery. [Sp.]
Mirage, mi-räzh′, n. an optical illusion by which objects are seen double, or as if suspended in the air. [Fr.—mirer—L. mirāri.]