Miswrought, mis-rawt′, adj. badly wrought.
Mite, mīt, n. an acaridan arachnid, esp. one of the smaller forms, as the cheese-mite, &c. [A.S. míte.]
Mite, mīt, n. the minutest or smallest of coins, about one-fourth of a farthing: anything very small, even a person: a very little quantity. [Old Dut. mijt.]
Mithras, mith′ras, n. a Perso-Iranian divinity of light, worshipped with elaborate secret rites and mysteries, popular at Rome in the early Empire—representations of Mithras as a beautiful youth in Phrygian dress sacrificing a bull being common in Roman art—also Mith′ra.—n. Mithræ′um, a grotto sacred to Mithras.—adj. Mithrā′ic.—ns. Mithrā′icism, Mith′raism.—v.i. Mith′raise.—n. Mith′raist. [L.,—Gr.,—Old Pers. Mitra.]
Mithridate, mith′ri-dāt, n. an antidote to poison, Mithridates, king of Pontus (b.c. 120-63), having made himself proof against poisons.—adj. Mithridat′ic.
Mitigate, mit′i-gāt, v.t. to make more easily borne: to lessen the severity of: to temper: to reduce in amount (as evil).—adjs. Mit′igable, that can be mitigated; Mit′igant, mitigating.—n. Mitigā′tion, act of mitigating: alleviation: abatement.—adjs. Mit′igative, Mit′igatory, tending to mitigate: soothing.—n. Mit′igator, one who mitigates. [L. mitigāre, -atum—mitis, mild.]
Mitrailleuse, mē-tra-lyez′, n. a breech-loading machine-gun, discharging a stream of bullets with great rapidity—first brought into use by the French in 1870-71.—n. Mitraille (mē-traly′), grapeshot.—v.t. to fire mitraille at—n. Mitrailleur (mē-tra-lyėr′), a man in charge of a mitrailleuse. [Fr. mitrailler, to fire with grapeshot—mitraille, grapeshot.]
Mitre, mī′tėr, n. a head-dress worn by archbishops and bishops, and sometimes by abbots: (fig.) episcopal dignity: (archit.) a junction of two pieces, as of moulding, at an angle of 45°: a cap or cowl for a chimney or ventilator-pipe: a gusset in sewing, &c.—v.t. to adorn with a mitre: to unite at an angle of 45°.—adjs. Mī′tral, Mit′riform, having the form of a mitre: (bot.) conical, and somewhat dilated at the base.—ns. Mī′tre-joint, a joint between two pieces, each cut at an angle of 45°; Mī′tre-wheel, a bevel-wheel having its face inclined 45° to its axis. [Fr.,—L. mitra—Gr. mitra, belt, fillet.]
Mitt, mit, short for mitten.