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a. (Genetics) of, pertaining to, or causing a type of mutation consisting of the insertion or deletion of one or more nucleotides in the nucleic acid structure of a gene, when the number of base pairs inserted or deleted is not a multiple of three. If the addition or deletion occurs in multiples of three, the unaffected nucleotides in the genome remain in the proper order ("frame") to be correctly translated into protein; in such cases of insertions or deletions not causing a frame shift, a functional though altered protein may be produced by the organism. Frameshift mutations cause more profound changes in the composition of the protein resulting from translation of the mutated gene. [ PJC ]

prop. n. 1. (Sumerian mythology) A legendary king of Sumeria and the hero of famous Sumerian and Babylonian epics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The Epic of Gilgamesh, a long Babylonian epic written in cuneiform in the Sumerian language on clay tablets. Early versions of the written story date from 2000 B. C.; it is probably the first written story still in existence. A longer version was written in the Akkadian language, on 12 clay tablets found at Nineveh in the ruins of the library of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria from 669 to 633 B. C. The story depicted the life and heroic deeds of the legendary Gilgamesh, apparently derived from stories about a real king of ancient Mesopotamia who lived around 2700 B. C. The story includes a tale of a great flood, which has some parallels to the biblical story of the flood survived by Noah. The Nineveh tablets name the author of that version of the story, a Shin-eqi-unninni. [ PJC ]

☞ The entire text may be found in:
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Translated by Maureen Gallery Kovacs
(Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990)

and

Gilgamesh
Translated by John Maier and John Gardner
(New York: Vintage Press, 1981)

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Immeshed p. pr. & vb. n. Immeshing. ] [ Pref. im- in + mesh. Cf. Inmesh. ] To catch or entangle in, or as in, the meshes of a net. or in a web; to insnare. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inmeshed p. pr. & vb. n. Inmeshing. ] To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh; to entangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Meshed p. pr. & vb. n. Meshing. ] To catch in a mesh. Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Gearing) To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gearing) The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mesh stick, a stick on which the mesh is formed in netting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mashed; brewed. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]