Mitcham – Monarchy
Mitcham
suburb of London, England, midway between Croydon and Wimbledon in Surrey, 2 miles S. of the city limits. Has large flower gardens , used largely for the manufacture of perfumes, essences, and medicinal extracts. Country round is largely resorted to for pleasure by Londoners, particularly Mitcham Common, which is extensive playground .
Pop. about 30,000.
Mite
a name common to numerous small, in some cases microscopic animals, of the class Arachnida (spiders) and division Acarida.
Miter
or MITRE, in ordinary language, a form of head-dress worn by the MITFORD inhabitants of Asia Minor; a head-band.
In the Jewish religion, the divinely-appointed head-dress of the Jewish high priest. In the Christian religion, the head-dress of a bishop. Miters are supposed to have been first worn between the 7th century and the 10th.
Mito
a city of Cochin-China, on an arm of the Mekong river. It has important trade interest, and has a college and hospital. Pop., about 30,000.
Mobilization
in military language, the act of mobilizing; the state of being mobilized; the calling of troops into active service; the placing of an army on a war footing or readiness for active service.
Modocs
an Indian tribe of northern California, which in 1872, after firing on the United States forces, retreated to the neighboring lava beds, and there defended themselves desperately till June, 1873, killing or wounding 132 of the troops. Their chief, Captain Jack, and three others were hanged. About 200 are domiciled on the Klemath Reservation, Oregon.
Mohawk
a river in New York, the principal tributary of the Hudson; length about 135 miles.
Mohawks
a tribe of North American Indians, belonging to the confederacy of the Five (afterward Six) Nations (see IROQUOIS). They originally the valley of the Mohawk river. About 1,200 are domiciled on Grand river and Bay of Quinte, eastern end of Lake Ontario.
Moldavia
formerly an indepen ent state, but since Dec. 23, 1861, joined with Wallachia, the two forming the modern state of Rumania, of which it forms the northern part. It is 14,759 square miles in area and has a population of about 2,145,000.
Molecule
the smallest quantity of any elementary substance or compound which is capable of existing in a separate form. Cohesion and chemical affinity are instances of molecular attraction.
See CHEMISTRY.
Monaghan
county in Ireland, ancient Gaelic name Muineachan. Area, 477 square miles. Watered by Finn and Blackwater. Manufactures include linen, stock-raising. Mainly agricultural with stone quarries. Pop. about 70,000.
Monarchy
a state or government in which the supreme power is vested in the hands of a single ruler, and which is absolute, limited, or constitutional, hereditary, or elective. An empire; a kingdom; the state or country ruled by a monarch, absolute or constitutional.