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present singular third person mings · participle present minging · participle past minged · past minged · participle past meint · past meint · participle past ment · past ment · participle past meynt · past meynt · alternative minge · alternative meng

1. archaicTo mix, blend, mingle.

   I founde here and there litle peces of marquesites and stones, menged with copper, but I could by no sense or wit perceyue, that the bathes had any notable qualitie thereof.

   1562, William Turner, Baths

   Synonyms: bemingle, combine, mang, meddle, admix, amalgamate, bemingle, blend

2. obsoleteTo bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.

   the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...].

   1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

3. IrelandUKdialectalTo produce through mixing; especially, to knead.

plural mings · alternative minge · alternative meng

1. IrelandUKA mixture.
2. UKobsoletelandThe state of being under mixed ownership; land under mixed ownership, particularly without physical demarcations designating ownership.

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   17 September 1811, [Description of] Counterpart of Demise from John Thorold to John Wilson of Grantham, Lincolnshire Archives, Ref. Thor 1/2/ZA25/4 Published by The National Archives, Accessed 19 June 2022. Property: 1. 6 acres of land in ming with a meadow of Glebe land of the rectory of Grayingham.

present singular third person mings · participle present minging · participle past minged · past minged

1. IrelandUKslangTo be unattractive (person or object).
2. IrelandUKslangTo be foul-smelling.

present singular third person mings · participle present minging · participle past minged · past minged · alternative minge

1. obsoletetransitiveTo speak of, to mention.

1. uncountableConfucianismDestiny, fate.

alternative Min · alternative Mim

1. A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Yuan to the beginning of the Qing (Ching).

   […]the Chineſe having got the upper-hand under Hong vou, Founder of the Ming Dynaſty, the Lamas were drove out with the reſt of the Tartars.

   1739 [1735], P. Du Halde, “Geographical and Hiſtorical Obſervations upon the Map of THIBET”, in The General History Of China, 2nd edition, volume IV, →OCLC, page 459

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   CHWEN, King of Korea, having by his Ambaſſadors paid Homage to the Emperor Hong-vû, Founder of the Ming Dynaſty in 1368, was, by that Monarch, created King of Kau-li, preſented with a Silver Seal, and veſted with the ancient Privileges of ſacrificing to the Gods of the Rivers and Mountains of Korea.

   1747, A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels, volume IV, London: Thomas Astley, →OCLC, page 325, column 2

   The Comet of 1385 was discovered in China by the astronomers of the Ming dynasty, on October 23 (period Houng-wou eighteenth year, ninth moon, day Wou-yn): it was then on the borders of Thai-wei (a constellation of stars in Leo and Virgo, surrounding β Leonis); it touched β Virginis, and left Thai-wei by what the Chinese termed the "great gate," i.e. between β and n Virginis.

   1845, J. R. Hind, “Mr. J. R. Hind on the Elements of several Comets not previously computed”, in Philosophical Magazine, volume XXVII, London, page 418

   When Koxinga, the Ming Dynasty loyalist who drove the Dutch colonists from Taiwan in 1661, ending an occupation that had laster 37 years, Taipei was nonexistent.

   1973 July 15, “Trade assures Taipei of wealth, prosperity”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 27, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

   Only 8.2 percent of the wall, built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is maintained properly, according to a study by the China Great Wall Society, an organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of the Wall.

   2015 June 29, “10 Pct. of Great Wall missing due to erosion, vandalism and poor management”, in EFE, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2022

   Among Professor Spence’s most ambitious books was “The Search for Modern China,” which made The New York Times’s best-seller list and is now a standard text. It took an 876-page view of China’s history from the decline of the Ming dynasty in the 1600s to the democracy movement of 1989.

   2021 December 27, Neil Genzlinger, “Jonathan Spence, Noted China Scholar, Dies at 85”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2021, Books

   Synonyms: Ming dynasty

2. A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China (China proper), as well as parts of Russia and northern Vietnam
3. The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned
4. A surname.
5. A male or female given name.

plural Mings · alternative Min · alternative Mim

1. countableA member of the Ming dynasty.
2. uncountableThe pottery of the Ming era, famed for its high quality.