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An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa.

• India rubber
  See Caoutchouc.
• INDIASTEEL
  Same as Wootz.
• MINIACEOUSMINACEOUS
  Of the color of minium or red lead; miniate.
• Miniardize
  To render delicate or dainty.
• WORLDLYMINDED
  Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -- World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
• Africander
  One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.
• WORLDLYWISEWORLDLYWISE
  Wise in regard to things of this world. Bunyan.
• Africanism
  A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans.
• Miniating
  of Miniate
• WORLDWIDE
  Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame. Tennyson.
• Africanize
  To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.
• Miniature
  Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait.
• Finchbacked
  Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle.
• Miniaturist
  A painter of miniatures.

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