Definition of mean

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Mean (superl.) Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality..

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Sail :: Sail (v. t.) To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force..
Help :: Help (v. t.) To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, Help me scale yon balcony..
Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like..
Mean :: Mean (n.) A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part..
Purportless :: Purportless (a.) Without purport or meaning.
Gabble :: Gabble (v. i.) To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber..
Wise :: Wise (v.) Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious..
Muniment :: Muniment (n.) That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance.
Papier-mache :: Papier-mache (n.) A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds..
Stenciler :: Stencil (v. t.) To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil..
Elenchically :: Elenchically (adv.) By means of an elench.
Tracheate :: Tracheate (a.) Breathing by means of tracheae; of or pertaining to the Tracheata.
Palm :: Palm (v. t.) To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off..
Magnetic :: Magnetic (n.) Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian..
Syndetic :: Syndesmosis (n.) An articulation formed by means of ligaments.
Isohyetose :: Isohyetose (a.) Of or pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth's surface which have a mean annual rainfall.
Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence..
Dog :: Dog (n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch..
Tang :: Tang (n.) A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position..
Telegraphy :: Telegraphy (n.) The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy..
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