Vocabulary : Metrotome to Mew

Metrotome : An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neck of the uterus.
Metrotomy : The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Caesarean section.
Mette : of Mete ;; imp. of Mete, to dream.
Mettle : Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually in a good sense.
Mettled : Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire.
Mettlesome : Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse.
Meum : Lit., mine; that which is mine; -- used in the phrase meum et tuum, or meum and tuum; as, to confound meum and tuum, to fail to distinguish one's own property from that of others; to be dishonest.
Meute : A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew, 1.
Meve : To move.
Mew : A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb. ;; To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers. ;; To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance. ;; A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural. ;; A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks. ;; To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure. ;; To cry as a cat. ;; The common cry of a cat.
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