Metaxas

American  

[muh-tak-suhs, me-tah-ksahs] / məˈtæk səs, ˌmɛ tɑˈksɑs /

noun

1. Joannes 1871–1941, Greek general and political leader: dictator 1936–40.

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Example Sentences

The first, such Colours as are produc'd without other Additaments by the Action of the fire upon Metalls.

From Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) by Boyle, Robert

To which I shall only add, that whereas in these several Instances of Denigration, the Metalls are worn off, or otherwise Reduc'd into very Minute Parts, that Circumstance may prove not Unworthy your Notice.

From Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) by Boyle, Robert

But to these I answer: First, Metalls are not rarified by melting, but molified.

From The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet by Wilkins, John

But here I must take notice, that of all the Metalls, there is not any which doth so easily and constantly disclose its unobvious colour as Copper doth.

From Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) by Boyle, Robert