n. See Alms. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl.) Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. comissatio, comessatio. ] A reveling; a rioting. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ] See Kirmess. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ D. kermis; cf. G. kirmes; prop., church mass. See Church, and Mass a religious service. ] In Europe, particularly in Belgium and Holland, and outdoor festival and fair; in the United States, generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Mass; church service. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. mes, OF. mets, LL. missum, p. p. of mittere to put, place (
At their savory dinner set
Of herbs and other country messes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t.
It was n't right either to be messing another man's sleep. Scribner's Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F., fr. LL. missaticum, fr. L. mittere, missum, to send. See Mission, and cf. Messenger. ]
Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. Judg. iii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
Message shell.
v. t. To bear as a message. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE., fr. OF. message, fr. LL. missaticus. See 1st Message. ] A messenger. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. ] A messenger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
. A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey information. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
. Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest plates. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ OE. messager, OF. messagier, F. messager. See Message. ]
Yon gray lines
That fret the clouds are messengers of day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Messenger bird,
n. A dog. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Heb. māshīakh anointed, fr. māshakh to anoint. Cf. Messias. ] The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]
And told them the Messiah now was born. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or office of the Messiah. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or relating to the Messiah;
n. [ LL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Messiah. ] The Messiah. [ 1913 Webster ]
I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ. John iv. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. L. messis harvest. ] The tenth month of the French republican calendar dating from September 22, 1792. It began June 19, and ended July 18. See Vendémiaire. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ F.; pl. of monsieur. ] Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs., which is used as the plural of
a. Of or pertaining to
n. An associate in a mess. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. mesuage, masnage, LL. messuagium, mansionaticum, fr. L. mansio, -onis, a staying, remaining, dwelling, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, remain, E. mansion, manse. ] (Law) A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household. Cowell. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]
They wedded her to sixty thousand pounds,
To lands in Kent, and messuages in York. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. Something badly botched or muddled. [ British ]