The
`.
`.
`Amgrlcan .
`Her1tage®chtlonary
`0f the English Language
`
`FOURTH EDITION
`
`
`
`lg‘ HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
`N Boston New York
`
`PETITIONERS
`
`Exhibit 1015, Page 1
`
`PETITIONERS
`Exhibit 1015, Page 1
`
`

`

`
`
`Words are included in this Dictionary on the basis of their usage.
`Words that are known to have current trademark registrations are
`with an initial capital and are also identified as trademarks. No
`shown
`investigation has been made of common—law trademark rights in any
`word, because such investigation is impracticable. The inclusion of any
`word in this Dictionary is not, however, an expression of the
`Publisher’s opinion as to whether or not it is subject to proprietary
`rights. Indeed, no definition in this Dictionary is to be regarded as
`affecting the validity of any trademark.
`
`American Heritage® and the eagle logo are registered trademarks of
`Forbes Inc. Their use is pursuant to a license agreement with
`Forbes Inc.
`
`Copyright © 2000 Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
`
`k may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or
`No part of this wor
`ronic or mechanical, including photocopying and
`by any means, elect
`recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without
`the prior written permission of Houghton Mifflin Company unless
`such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Address
`inquiries to Reference Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company,
`222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116.
`
`Visit our Web site: www.hmco.com/trade.
`
`Library of Congress Cataloging—iii-Publication Data
`
`The American Heritage dictionary of the English language—4th ed.
`p.
`cm.
`ISBN 0—395-82517-2 (hardcover) —- ISBN 0—618—08230—1
`(hardcover with CD ROM)
`1. English language—Dictionaries
`PE1628 .A623 2000
`423—-dc21
`
`00—025369
`
`Manufactured in the United States of America
`
`PETITIONERS
`
`Exhibit 1015, Page 2
`
`PETITIONERS
`Exhibit 1015, Page 2
`
`

`

`meropia | mesmerize
`
`mesa
`Arizona desert landscape
`
`W a
`
`‘ '
`
`. Loifboy
`pat
`a pay ' ouout
`in“ care .
`.otitoqk
`a father
`«To hoot,
`e pet
`ii an ‘
`ébe
`fir urge
`. ipit _
`tli thin
`~
`ipie
`th this
`‘
`iripier ‘7 by which
`
`5 pot :
`'flirvisio
`;
`o toe
`a about; item
`a paw ' ‘ regionalism
`
`(ma-Ié’Pé‘al n. Partial blindness. —me-ro’pic (»ro’—
`fin-ton (mér’a—plangk’tsn)
`11. Any of various organv
`11 part of their life cycle, usually the larval or egg stages, as
`aria-plank'ton’lc (—ton’ik) adj.
`Having a specified kind or number of parts: isomerous.
`atin -meru5, from Greek —meros, from meros, part. See
`'
`.
`.
`‘
`gi-an (mer’a—vin’jé-en, -j9n) A Frankish ruling dynas—
`751) founded by Merovech (fl. fifth century) and brought
`Clovis I. —Mer’o-vin’gi-an adj.
`. (marry?) See Meroé.
`ite (mEr’a—zo’it) n. A protozoan cell that arises from the
`of a parent sporozoan and may enter either the asexual or
`
`mé'r’ik), David 1912—2000. American theatrical producer
`uccessful Broadway productions include Becket (1960) and
`i 51-131)), James 1926—1995. American poet whose works in—
`Comedies (1976), which won a Pulitzer Prize.
`jack River (mér’a—mak’) A river rising in south—central
`' e and flowing about 177 km (110 mi) south into north—
`etts then northeast to the Atlantic Ocean. It was long used
`of power for textile mills.
`.ent (mér’i-mant) n. High»spirited fun and enjoyment; hie
`
`H land (mér’it) A city of east-central Florida on Merritt
`een the mainland and Cape Canaveral. Population: 32,886.
`mar/é) adj. -ri°er, -ri-est 1. Full of high-spirited gaiety;
`iked by or offering fun and gaiety; festive: a merry evening.
`Velightful; entertaining. 4. Brisk: a merry pace. [Middle Eng—
`om Old English mirige, pleasant. See mregh-u- in Appendix
`i'ly adv. —mer’ri-ness n.
`nOdrew (mér’é-én’drcfi) n. A clown; a buffoon. [MERRY
`
`hells (mér’é—bélz’) pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) See
`
`o-round (mér’é—go—round’) n. 1. A revolving circular
`3tted with seats, often in the form of animals, ridden for
`it. 2. A piece of playground equipment consisting of a small
`tforrn that revolves when pushed or pedaled. 3. A busy
`whirl: a merry-go—round of parties.
`mak'ing (mér'ema’king) n. 1. Participation in festive ac—
`=a Afestivity; a revelry. b. Festive activities. —mer’ry'mak’-
`
`‘ thought (mér’é—thét’) n. Chiefly British A wishbone.
`widow n. A short strapless corset with half cups for the
`d long garters. [Originally a trademark]
`(mfir’ze) A river of northwest England flowing about 113
`generally westward to the Irish Sea at Liverpool. Its large es-
`avigable for oceangoing vessels.
`(mér—sén’) A city of southern Turkey on the Mediterranean
`mhwest of Adana. It is a rail terminus and major port. Pop-
`
`date (mar—thi/avlat’ ) A trademark used for thimerosal.
`(mfir/tn), Robert King Born 1910. American sociologist
`.flSEd that deviant behavior results when a society offers no ace
`means of achieving acceptable goals.
`Thomas 1915—1968. American Trappist monk and writer
`I! contemporary spiritual and secular life, including The Seven
`‘ “WW" (1948) and N0 Man Is an Island (1955).
`. Variant of meso—.
`(ma’sa) n. A broad, flatetopped elevation with one or more
`ides, common in the southwest United States. [Spanish, table,
`1119161 Spanish, table, from Latin me'nsa.]
`(1113,33) A City of south-central Arizona east of Phoenix. It is 3
`301'}. Population: 288,091.
`Extl Range (ma-Sé’be) A series of low hills in northeast Min—
`.le_n51ve iron ore deposits were discovered here in 1887.
`. |°a_nce (mi-zal’é-ans, ma’za—lyaNs’) n. A marriage with a
`Inferno; social position. [French : me’s-, bad (from Old French
`MIS‘) + alliance, alliance (from Old French aliance; see ALLI-
`
`kWh (mez’ark’, mésL, me’zark’, —sark’) adj. Ecology Originat—
`I{loderately m01st habitat. Used of a sere.
`[MES(O)— + Greek
`
`1 A fidmefkél’) also Inez-cal (méz-kal’) n. 1. See peyote (sense
`of a :lflcii’n liquor distilled from the fermented juice of certain
`- A food prepared by cooking the fleshy leaf base and
`yahuafl n a821W} 3. Seelmaguey (sense 1). [American Spanish,
`ake ] mexcalli, mescal liquor : metl, maguey plant + perhaps ixm.
`35:31:01? TI. The fresh or dried buttonlike tubercles of peyote,
`'Ie'ri Y Certain Native American peoples. Also called peyote.
`
`n. Abhr. Mlles. Plural of
`
`mes-clun (més’klan) n. A mixture of young leafy greens, often in-
`cluding young lettuces, used as salad. [Provencal mesclom, mesclumo,
`mixture, from Vulgar Latin *misculdre, to mix thoroughly. See MEDDLE.]
`Mes-dames (ma-damn —daml)
`n. Abbr. Mmes.
`1. Plural of
`Madam (sense 1). 2. Plural of Madame.
`MeSOde'moi-selles (mad’mwa-zél’)
`Mademoiselle.
`intrv. Past tense -seemed Archaic It seems
`meoseems (mé~sémz’)
`to me. [Middle English me semeth : me, to me; see ME + semeth, third
`person sing. present tense of semen, to seem; see SEEM.]
`mes-en-ceplvadon (méz’én-sef’a—lon’, mes’—) n. The midbrain.
`—mes’en-ce-phal'ic (~se‘fallik) adj.
`mes-en-chyme (méz’an-kim’, mesh) n. The part of the embryon-
`ic mesoderm, consisting of loosely packed, unspecialized cells set in a ge-
`latinous ground substance, from which connective tissue, bone, cartilage,
`and the circulatory and lymphatic systems develop. [MES(O)— + —ENCHY-
`MA.] —mes-en’chy-mal, mes’en-chym’a-tous (~ki’m9—tas) adj.
`mes-en-ter-i-tis (méz-én’t9~ri’tis, més—) n. Inflammation of the
`mesentery.
`messen-ter-on (méz—en’ta—ron’, més-) n. See midgut (sense 1).
`—mes-en’ter-on’ic adj.
`mes-en'ter-y (mez’amter’é, més’—) n.,pl. -ies Any of several folds
`of the peritoneum that connect the intestines to the dorsal abdominal
`wall, especially such a fold that envelops the jejunum and ileum. [Middle
`English mesenterie, from Medieval Latin mesenterium, from Greek me—
`senterion : meso-, meso— + enterion, diminutive of enteron, entrails; see
`an in Appendix 1.] —mes’en-ter’ic adj.
`mesh (mesh) n. 1a. Any of the open spaces in a net or network; an
`interstice. b. The cords, threads, or wires surrounding these spaces.
`Often used in the plural. 2. An openwork fabric or structure; a net or
`network: a screen made of wire mesh. 3. Something that snares or entraps.
`Often used in the plural: “Arabia had become entangled in the meshes of
`.
`.
`. politics” (W. Montgomery Watt). 43. The engagement of gear teeth.
`b. The state of being so engaged: gear teeth in mesh.
`'3' v. meshed,
`mesh'ing, mesh'es in. 1. To catch in or as if in a net; ensnare. 2.
`To cause (gear teeth) to become engaged. 3. To cause to work closely
`together; coordinate. —intr. 1. To become entangled. 2. To become en-
`gaged or interlocked: gears that are not meshing properly. 33. To fit to—
`gether effectively; be coordinated. b. To accord with another or each
`other; harmonize. [Middle English mesch, probably from Middle Dutch
`maesche.] —mesh’y adj.
`Me'shach (me/shach) In the Bible, a young man who with Abednego
`and Shadrach emerged unharmed from the fiery furnace of Babylon.
`Me'shed (mé—shéd’) See Mashhad.
`adj. Slang Crazy;
`me'shu‘ga also me-shug-ga (ms—shobg/a)
`senseless. [Yiddish meshuge, from Hebrew mas'ugga‘, participle of sugga‘,
`to be mad. See sg‘ in Appendix II.]
`meoshu-gaas or mish'e-gaas or mish-e-goss (mish’egasl) n.
`Slang Crazy or senseless activity or behavior; craziness. [Yiddish meshe—
`gas, from Hebrew mas'ugga‘. See MESHUGA.]
`me-shugoge-neh (ma—shobg/aene) or me-shug-ge-ner (—nar)
`adj. Crazy; senseless.
`'3- n. One who is crazy. [Yiddish meshugener, me—
`shugene, masculine and feminine sing. of meshnge. See MESHUGA.]
`mesh-work (mésh’wfirk’) n. Meshed material; network.
`me-si-al (me/zé-al, —zhal) adj. 1. Of, in, near, or toward the middle.
`2. Dentistry Situated toward the middle of the front of the jaw along the
`curve of the dental arch. —me’si'a|'|y adv.
`mes'ic (mez’ik, mesh, me’zik, —sik) adj. Ecology Of, characterized by,
`or adapted to a moderately moist habitat.
`me-sit-y-lene (ma—sit’l-en’) n. A hydrocarbon, C6H3(CH3)3, oc—
`curring in petroleum and coal tar or synthesized from acetone and used
`as a solvent. [MESITYL (OXIDE) + —ENE.]
`mes-iotyl oxide (més’i—til) n. An oily liquid, (CH3)2C:CHCOCH3,
`obtained from acetones and used as a solvent and in lacquers, paints, and
`varnishes. [Greek mesités, mediator (from its use as an intermediate in
`organic synthesis) (from mesos, middle; see MESO—) + —YL.]
`Mes-mer (méz’mar, mesh), Franz or Friedrich Anton 17344815.
`Austrian physician who sought to treat disease through animal magnet—
`ism, an early therapeutic application of hypnotism.
`mesomer-ism (mez’maeriz’am, mesh) n. 1. A strong or spellbind—
`ing appeal; fascination. 2. Hypnotic induction believed to involve animal
`magnetism.
`3. Hypnotism.
`[After Franz MESMER.] —me5'mer’ic
`(emer’ik) adj. —mes-mer'i-cal-|y adv. —mes’mer-ist n.
`
`Word History When the members of an audience sit mesmerized by
`a speaker, their reactions do not take the form of dancing, sleeping, or
`falling into convulsions. But if Franz Anton Mesmer were addressing the
`audience, such behavior could be expected. Mesmer, a Visionary 18th—
`century physician, believed cures could be effected by having patients do
`things such as sit with their feet in a fountain of magnetized water while
`holding cables attached to magnetized trees. Mesmer then came to be—
`lieve that magnetic powers resided in himself, and during highly fashion—
`able curative sessions in Paris he caused his patients to have reactions
`ranging from sleeping or dancing to convulsions. These reactions were
`actually brought about by hypnotic powers that Mesmer was unaware he
`
`
`
`i
`
`‘
`
`..
`7
`
`PETITIONERS
`Exhibit 1015, Page 3
`
`