A NEW CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA, COMPREHENDING A COMPLETE SERIES OF Essays, Treatises, and Systems, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED; WITH A GENERAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND WORDS: THE WHOLE PRESENTING A DISTINCT SURVEY OF Human Genius, Learning, and Industry. ILLUSTRATED WITH ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS; THOSE ON NATURAL HISTORY BEING FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY EDWARDS AND OTHERS, AND BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED AFTER NATURE. BY JOHN MASON GOOD, ESQ. F.R.S. NEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, AND OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA; OLINTHUS GREGORY, LL.D. OF THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH, AND HONORARY MEMBER OF THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE; AND MR. NEWTON BOSWORTH, OF CAMBRIDGE; ASSISTED BY OTHER GENTLEMEN OF EMINENCE, IN DIFFERENT VOL. VIII. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. WALKER; SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY; SUTTABY, EVANCE, AND FOX; E. JEFFERY; W. LOWE; J. BOOTH; J. BLACKLOCK; RODWELL AND MARTIN; BELL AND BRADFUTE, EDINBURGIU; BRASH AND REID, GLASGOW; AND M. KEENE, DUBLIN. 1819. PANTOLOGIA. M' MIG IDWINTER. 8. (mid and winter.) The winter solstice (Dryden). MIEGIA, in botany, a genus of the class triandria, order monogynia. Calyx two-valved, one-flowered; corol two-valved; nectary onevalved, involving the germ. One species, a grass of South America. MIEL (Jan), a Flemish painter, born in 1599. He was the disciple of Gerard Segers, after which he went to Italy, where he greatly improved himself. His pictures of huntings are greatly admired, the figures and the animals being accurately drawn, and with much spirit. He died in 1664. MIEN. 8. (mine, Fr.) Air; look; manner (Dryden). MIERIS (Francis), or the Elder, was a disciple of Gerard Douw, and born at Leyden in 1635. He imitated his master with great exactness, and his pictures are now extremely scarce and valuable. He died in 1681. MIERIS (William), the son of the preceding, was born at Leyden in 1662. He painted historical subjects, and also landscapes with animals, in an excellent style. He was likewise a good modeller in clay and wax. He died in 1747. His son Francis was a good artist, and painted in the same manner as his father. MIGHT and main. "Utmost force; highest degree of strength (Dryden). MIGHTILY. ad. (from mighty.) I. With great power; powerfully; efficaciously; for MIG violently (Shakspeare). 3. In a great degree; very much (Spectator), MIGHTINESS. s. (from mighty.) Power; greatness; height of dignity (Shakspeare). MIGHTY, a. (from might.) 1. Strong; valiant (Milton). 2. Powerful (Genesis). 3. Impetuous; violent (Isaiah). 4. Vast; enormous; bulky (Milton). 5. Excellent; of superior eminence (Dryden). 6. Forcible; efficacious (Esdras). MIGHTY, ad. In a great degree (Prior). MIGMA (from row, to mix.) A confect, ointment, or mass of things mixed toge ther. MIGNARD (Nicholas), a French painter, born at Troyes about 1608. He became rector of the academy of painting at Paris. He excelled in painting historical subjects and portraits. He died in 1668. MIGNARD (Peter), called the Roman from his long residence at Rome, was the brother of the preceding, and born in 1610. He is allowed to have been a superior artist to Nicholas, and was ennobled by Louis XIV. whose portrait he painted several times. He died in 1695. MIGNON (Abraham), a painter, born at Frankfort in 1639. He painted flowers, insects, fruit, and still life, after nature, with wonderful exactness. He died in 1679. MIGNONETTE, in botany. See RE SEDA. MIGRATION. s. (migratio, Latin.) 1. Act of changing residence (Brown). 2. Change of place; removal (Woodward). MIGRATION OF SOULS. See METEMPSYCHOSIS and TRANSMIGRATION. MIGRATION OF BIRDS. It is believed cibly (Hooker). 2. Vehemently; vigorously; that many different kinds of birds annually VOL. VIII. B |