mien 
mien (mēn)
noun
- a way of carrying and conducting oneself; manner
- a way of looking; appearance
Etymology: aphetic for demean, but altered by assoc. with Fr mine, look, air < Bret min, muzzle, beak
Converse of object
- have: Nikos has the mien of a young Greek monk and the young Greek monk wants it back.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Even so for me a vision sanctified The sway of death; long ere my eyes had seen Thy countenanceöthe still rapture of thy mienö When thou, dear Sister! wert become death's bride: No trace of pain or languor could abide That changeöage on thy brow was smoothedöthy cold Wan cheek at once was privileged to unfold A loveliness to living youth denied. Oh! if within me hope should e'er decline, The lamp of faith, lost Friend! too faintly burn; The may that heaven-revealing smile of thine, The bright assurance, visibly return: And let my spirit in that power divine Rejoice, as, through that power, it ceased to mourn.
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