riendorpt, whom she loves
almost to idolatry. Her betrothed is Major Rupert Roselheim. Hearing of
her father's captivity at Prague, she goes thither on foot to crave his
pardon.--S. Knowles, _The Maid of Mariendorpt_ (1838).

=Meg=, a pretty, bright, dutiful girl, daughter of Toby Veck, and engaged
to Richard, whom she marries on New Year's Day.--C. Dickens, _The
Chimes_ (1844).

=Meg Dods=, the old landlady at St. Ronan's Well.--Sir W. Scott, _St.
Ronan's Well_ (time, George III.).

=Meg Merrilees=, a half-crazy sibyl or gypsy woman.--Sir W. Scott, _Guy
Mannering_ (time, George II.).

=Meg Murdochson=, an old gypsy thief, mother of Madge Wildfire.--Sir W.
Scott, _Heart of Midlothian_ (time, George II.).

=Megid'don=, the tutelar angel of Simon the Canaanite. This Simon, "once a
shepherd, was called by Jesus from the field, and feasted Him in his hut
with a lamb."--Klopstock, _The Messiah_, iii. (1748).

=Megingjard=, the belt of Thor, whereby his strength was doubled.

=Megissog'won= ("_the great pearl feather_"), a magician, and the
Man[)i]to of wealth. It was Megissogwon who sent the fiery fever on man,
the white fog, and death. Hiawatha slew him, and taught man the science
of medicine. This great Pearl-Feather slew the father of Niko'mis (the
grandmother of Hiawatha). Hiawatha all day long fought with the magician
without effect; at nightfall the woodpecker told him to strike at the
tuft of hair on the magician's head, the only vulnerable place;
accordingly, Hiawatha discharged his three remaining arrows at the hair
tuft, and Megissogwon died.

"Honor be to Hiawatha!
He hath slain the great Pearl-Feather;
Slain the mightiest of magicians--
Him that sent the fiery fever, ...
Sent disease and death among us."

Longfellow, _Hiawatha_, ix. (1855).

=Megnoun.= (See MEJNOUN.)

=Meg'ra=, a lascivious lady in the drama called _Philaster_, or _Love
Lies a-bleeding_, by Beaumont and Fletcher (1608).

=Meiklehose= (_Isaac_), one of the elders of Roseneath parish.--Sir W.
Scott, _Heart of Midlothian_ (time, George II.).

=Meiklewham= (_Mr. Saunders_), "the man of law," in the managing committee
of the Spa hotel.--Sir W. Scott, _St. Ronan's Well_ (time, George III.).

=Meister= (_Wilhelm_), the hero and title of a novel by Goethe. The object
is to show that man, despite his errors and short-comings, is led by a
guiding hand, and reaches some higher aim at last (182