Mease, s. A mease of herrings is five hundred.

Measles, s. A kind of eruptive and infectious fever; a disease of swine.

Measly, a. Scabbed with the measles.

Meathe, s. A kind of drink.

Medicate, v. To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal.

Medicinal, a. Having the power of healing, having physical virtue; belonging to physic.

Medicine, s. Any remedy administered by a physician.

Medullar or Medullary, a. Pertaining to the marrow.

Meer, s. A lake, a boundary.

Meershaum, s. A fine sort of Turkish clay, of which pipes are made in Germany of various forms. It assumes a beautiful brown colour after it has been used for smoking some time.—Crabbe.