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175
Mays, use of the word, iv. 147, 233 ; v. 56
May- water as a remedy, vii. 149, 276, 393
" Mazagan beans," iv. 328, 462
Mazame, zoological term, vi. 206, 259
Mazarin (Cardinal), his ecclesiastical rank, xi. 490 ;
xii. 19
Mazarin family, i. 14
Maze called a shepherds' ring, vi. 389, 437 Mazes cut in turf, v. 315, 445, 504 Mead, and Welsh ale, i. 265, 391; and obarni, Hi. 306,
413, 471; iv. 32
Mealies, etymology of the word, vii. 445 Measurement, correct, i. 306 Measurement of land, eccentric, iv. 226 Measures, mediaeval, i. 9; quarter of corn, v. 456 ;
vi. 32, 253, 310, 410; viii. 452; English and Roman
land, vi. 303, 381, 461; skipple-measure or short
bushel, viii. 283 ; want of uniformity in early, xii.
344, 449; Cornish, 384 Meat, Saxon names for, ix. 305 Medallion : of Sir Walter Scott, vi. 229, 332, 391;
engraved, 369 Medallions on jug, vi. 190; vii. 95
Medals:
Almanac, viii. 344, 467; x. 53
Curious, i. 67, 132
Howard, i. 62
Inscription on, vi. 106, 197
Stuart or Steward (Lady Arabella), ascribed to,
ii, 283
Twentieth-century, vii. 265 War, before and after 1815, iv. 636
Mediaeval economic history, ii. 487
Medical barristers, xii. 485
Medical specialism in ancient Egypt, ii. 344
Medicine, Chinese, iii. 408 ; iv. 10
" Medicus et pollinctor," i. 141, 315
Medows (General), portrait of, xi. 87
Mee (J. H.) on Muse plots, iii. 88
Meerschaum, arms carved on a, vi. 67
Meeting, use of the word on the Continent, viii. 163
Megan on Daisy names, vii. 8, 250, 428. Fleur de Marie, viii. 304. Flower divination, vii. 29, 353. Lamb's 'To Margaret W ,' vi. 309; vii. 328; Languedoc, viii. 284. Margaret of Bavaria, vi. 369; vii. 251. Margaret of Bourbon, vi. 289, 492 ; vii. 251. Pliny, translation wanted, vii. 308. Printers, early, their designs, viii. 265. Quotation, source wanted, vi. 329. Seeds, their duration, vii. 129, 328. Steward (Sir Simeon), vii. 367. Suffolk name for ladybird, vii. 96. Troubadour and daisies, vii. 389
Megby (Mrs.) in Dickens's works, vi. 169
Meggs (Vincent), emigrant to America, ii. 28
Mehren (Frantz von), his pedigree, ii. 187
Mein (E.) on the Campbells, vi. 174. Cornish place- names, viii. 93. "Every bullet has its billet," v. 88. Family likeness, viii. 268. Lace sticks, orna- mented, viii. 293. Linnard-feel, vi. 137. " Married ! married ! and not to me," iv. 255. Mithered, its meaning, vi. 510. Moore (John), vi. 55. National Covenant, of 1638, viii. 453. Nursery rimes, v. 93. Pamina and Tamino, vii. 454. Valia as a female name, viii. 75. Woore, in Salop, vi. 33
Mela Britannicus, pseudonym, i. 267, 316
Melbourne, literary finds at, ix. 281
Melbourne on "Looks wise, the pretty fool," viii. 184
Melek Taus, Assyrian sacred symbol, v. 336, 482
M&isande, the story of, x. 467; xi. 33
Melitene, battle of, and the Emperor Tiberius, ix. 266
" Melius superius indumentum," vicar's claim to, iv. 7,
254
Mellard family, vi. 210, 278, 352, 438 Melt, its meaning, ii. 447 Melton Club, its history, i. 308, 372 Melville (Lewis) on Thackeray's speeches, xi. 488 Melville (Viscount) on grace before meat, x. 7.
Harrow, the, ii. 32. Jonson quartos, iv. 152.
London (Bishop of), his funeral, vii. 231 Mema on Milton: a tract on logic, ix. 178 " Member of University of Cambridge," ii. 508 Member on Royal Navy Club, ii. 411 Mementos or mementoes, iv. 320 Memes and De Mesmes families, xii. 228, 352 ' Memoirs of the Chevalier Pierpoint,' authorship of,
x. 209
Memor et Fidelis on Pechd family, viii. 232 Memoriter, use of the word, xi. 441 Memorize, its use in America, iv. 438 ; v. 56 Memory, good and bad, xii. 224, 311, 333, 432 Men deified, xi. 305, 378 Men wearing earrings, v. 88, 191, 321, 386 ; vi. 35 ;
vii. 192
Mendelssohn (Moses) and Frederick II., ix. 185 Mendoza (Inigo Lopez de), Marquis de Santillana,
i. 167
Mendoza family, i. 307, 432 Menilek = " Who is like (unto thee) ?" iv. 7, 112, 171;
viii. 470
Mennes (Sir Matthew), his biography, iv. 289, 351 Menpes (Dorothy), her ' World Pictures,' xii. 484 Menteath (C. Gr. S.) on comparative phonology, vi. 209 Menteith (Earls of), their arms, iii. 249 Men tone on Marshal Masse'na, iii. 188 Menus with quotations, iii. 266 Mercsr (Francis), his biography, v. 47 Mercer family of Meikleour, xii. 288, 371 Merchant Adventurers, v. 487 Merchants of Lukes: merchants of Luk, viii. 481;
ix. 35, 56
Mercia, its early history, ix. 1, 42 Mere Scotchman on Anglicisms, iv. 8 Meredith (George), his ' Nuptials of Attila,' viii. 443 Meredith (Owen) at the Devil's Bridge, Luchon,
vi. 62 Meredith (P.) on 'Old Friends and New Friends,
ix. 328 Meresteads or mesesteads, its meaning, ix. 248, 437;
x. 9, 53, 134 Mergate Hall, near Norwich, its history, ii. 522 ;
iii. 52
MSricourt (Theroigne de) and Marat, i. 206, 493 Me'rimee (Prosper), his 'Inconnue,' x. 509 ; xi, 117,
278 Merivale (R.) on " They say. What they say ? Let
them say," vi. 53 Merlin, editions of his ' Prophecies,' viii. 103, 234,
287, 386 Merlin's Mechanical Museum, iii. 169, 235
