As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin. →
n.
Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights. →
n. pl.
An order of freshwater fishes, including the true pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes. →
a.
Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity. →
v. t.
To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait. →
n.
A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto. →