Chapter Meropodite to Mesodont of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Mesh
(Mesh) n. [AS. masc, max, mæscre; akin to D. maas, masche, OHG. masca, Icel. möskvi; cf. Lith. mazgas a knot, megsti to weave nets, to knot.]

1. The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men.

Shak.

2. (Gearing) The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.

Mesh stick, a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting.

Mesh
(Mesh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meshed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Meshing.] To catch in a mesh. Surrey.

Mesh
(Mesh), v. i. (Gearing) To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.

Meshed
(Meshed) a. Mashed; brewed. [Obs.] Shak.

Meshy
(Mesh"y) a. Formed with meshes; netted.

Mesiad
(Mes"i*ad) adv. [Gr. me`sos middle + L. ad to.] (Anat.) Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; — opposed to laterad.

Mesial
(Me"sial) a. [Gr. me`sos middle.] (Anat.) Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; — opposed to lateral.

Mesial plane. (Anat.) See Meson.

Mesially
(Me"sial*ly), adv. (Anat.) In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad.

Mesityl
(Mes"i*tyl) n. (Chem.) A hypothetical radical formerly supposed to exist in mesityl oxide.

Mesityl oxide (Chem.), a volatile liquid having the odor of peppermint, obtained by certain dehydrating agents from acetone; — formerly called also dumasin.

Mesitylenate
(Me*sit"y*le*nate) n. (Chem.) A salt of mesitylenic acid.

Mesitylene
(Me*sit"y*lene) n. (Chem.) A colorless, fragrant liquid, C₆H₃(CH₃)₃, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid. — Me*sit`y*len"ic a.

Mesitylol
(Me*sit"y*lol) n. [Mesitylene + -ol.] (Chem.) A crystalline substance obtained from mesitylene.

Meslin
(Mes"lin) n. See Maslin.

Mesmeree
(Mes`mer*ee") n. A person subjected to mesmeric influence; one who is mesmerized. [R.]

Mesmeric
(Mes*mer"ic Mes*mer"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. mesmérique.] Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; as, mesmeric sleep.

Mesmerism
(Mes"mer*ism) n. [From Mesmer, who first brought it into notice at Vienna, about 1775: cf. F. mesmérisme.] The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.

Mesmerist
(Mes"mer*ist), n. One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism.

Mesmerization
(Mes`mer*i*za"tion) n. The act of mesmerizing; the state of being mesmerized.