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MET'TLESOMENESS, n. The state of being high spirited.
MET'TLESOME, a. Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; brisk; fiery; a...
MET'TLED, a. High spirited; ardent; full of fire.
METTLE, n. met'l. [usually supposed to be corrupted from metal. L. animus, animo...
METROPOL'ITIC METROPOLIT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a metropolis; chief or principal...
METROP'OLITE, a. A metropolitan. [Not used.]
METROPOL'ITAN, a. Belonging to a metropolis, or to the mother church; residing i...
METROP'OLIS, n. [L. from Gr. mother, and city. It has no plural.] Literally, the...
METROL'OGY, n. [Gr. measure, and discourse.] 1. A discourse on measures or mensu...
MET'RICAL, a. [L. metricus.] 1. Pertaining to measure, or due arrangement or com...
METRE. [See Meter .]
METOPOS'COPY, n. [Gr. the forehead, and to view.] The study of physiognomy; the ...
METOPOS'COPIST, n. [infra.] One versed in physiognomy.
METOPE, n. met'opy. [Gr. with, near or by, and an aperture or hollow.] In archit...
MET'ONYMY, n. [Gr. over, beyond, and name.] In rhetoric, a trope in which one wo...
METONYM'ICALLY, adv. by putting one word for another.