Defn: Threatening; menacing. Bacon.
MINAUL
Mi*naul", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Manul.
MINCE
Mince, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minced; p. pr. & vb. n. Minging.] Etym:
[AS. minsian to grow less, dwindle, fr. min small; akin to G. minder
less, Goth. minniza less, mins less, adv., L. minor, adj. (cf.
Minor); or more likely fr. F. mincer to mince, prob. from (assumed)
LL. minutiare. Minish.]
1. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat. Bacon.
2. To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of. I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say — "I love you." Shak. Siren, now mince the sin, And mollify damnation with a phrase. Dryden. If, to mince his meaning, I had either omitted some part of what he said, or taken from the strength of his expression, I certainly had wronged him. Dryden.
3. To affect; to make a parade of. [R.] Shak.
MINCE
Mince, v. i.
1. To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner. The daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes,… mincing as they go. Is. iii. 16. I 'll… turn two mincing steps Into a manly stride. Shak.
2. To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.