Definition of mean

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Mean (superl.) Of poor quality; as, mean fare..

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Incommensurate :: Incommensurate (a.) Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants..
Villanage :: Villanage (n.) The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord..
Unmeaning :: Unmeaning (a.) Having no meaning or signification; as, unmeaning words..
Coistril :: Coistril (n.) A mean, paltry fellow; a coward..
Sneak :: Sneak (v. t.) To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner..
Dastard :: Dastard (n.) One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.
Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible.
Conglutination :: Conglutination (n.) A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union.
Bead :: Bead (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer..
Spirited :: Spiritally (adv.) By means of the breath.
Daphnomancy :: Daphnomancy (n.) Divination by means of the laurel.
Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) Meanly; without spirit.
Assistant :: Assistant (n.) One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help..
Chase :: Chase (n.) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats..
Ad Interim :: Ad interim () Meanwhile; temporary.
Vulgarity :: Vulgarity (n.) The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society.
Literalization :: Literalization (n.) The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning.
Rock Shaft :: Rock shaft () A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft..
Crochet :: Crochet (n.) A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively..
Amphibology :: Amphibology (n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term..
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