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Maccaboy, Maccoboy
Mac"ca*boy (?), Mac"co*boy (?), n. [From a district in the Island of
Martinique where it is made: cf. F. macouba.] A kind of snuff.
Macco
Mac"co (?), n. A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century.
Thackeray.
Mace
Mace (?), n. [Jav. & Malay. m\'bes, fr. Skr. m\'besha a bean.] A money
of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of
57.98 grains. S. W. Williams.
Mace
Mace (?), n. [F. macis, L. macis, macir, Gr. makaranda the nectar or
honey of a flower, a fragrant mango.] (Bot.) A kind of spice; the aril
which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.
NOTE: &hand; Re d ma ce is the aril of Myristica tingens, and white
mace that of M. Otoba, -- East Indian trees of the same genus with
the nutmeg tree.
Mace
Mace, n. [OF. mace, F. masse, from (assumed) L. matea, of which the
dim. mateola a kind of mallet or beetle, is found.]
1. A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in
war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages,
for breaking metal armor. Chaucer.
Death with his mace petrific . . . smote. Milton.
2. Hence: A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an
ensign of his authority. "Swayed the royal mace." Wordsworth.
3. An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority. Macaulay.
4. A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it
supple.
5. (Billiards) A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to
resting on the table and pushed with one hand.
Mace bearer, an officer who carries a mace before person in authority.
Macedonian
Mac`e*do"ni*an (?), a. [L. Macedonius, Gr. (Geog.) Belonging, or
relating, to Macedonia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
Macedonian
Mac`e*do"ni*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a certain religious sect,
followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth
century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels,
and a servant of the Father and the Son.
Macedonianism
Mac`e*do"ni*an*ism (?), n. The doctrines of Macedonius.
Macer
Ma"cer (?), n. [F. massier. See Mace staff.] A mace bearer; an officer
of a court. P. Plowman.
Macerate
Mac"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Macerating.] [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to make soft, weaken,
enervate; cf. Gr.
1. To make lean; to cause to waste away. [Obs. or R.] Harvey.
2. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
Baker.
3. To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear
away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or
vegetable fiber.
Macerater
Mac"er*a`ter (?), n. One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus
for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.
Maceration
Mac`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. maceratio: cf. F. mac\'82ration.] The act or
process of macerating.
Mach\'91rodus, Machairodus
Ma*ch\'91"ro*dus (?), Ma*chai"ro*dus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A
genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper
jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called
saber-toothed tigers.
Machete
Ma*che"te (?), n. [Sp.] A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword,
often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of
Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and
for various other purposes. J. Stevens.
Machiavelian
Mach`i*a*vel"ian (?), a. [From Machiavel, an Italian writer, secretary
and historiographer to the republic of Florence.] Of or pertaining to
Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning;
characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty.
Machiavelian
Mach`i*a*vel"ian, n. One who adopts the principles of Machiavel; a
cunning and unprincipled politician.
Machiavelism, Machiavelianism
Mach"i*a*vel*ism (?), Mach`i*a*vel"ian*ism (?), n. [Cf. F.
machiav\'82lisme; It. machiavellismo.] The supposed principles of
Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice,
intended to favor arbitrary power.
Machicolated
Ma*chic"o*la`ted (?), a. [LL. machicolatus, p. p. of machicolare,
machicollare. See Machicolation.] Having machicolations. "Machicolated
turrets." C. Kingsley.
Machicolation
Mach`i*co*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. machicolamentum, machacolladura, F.
m\'83chicolis, m\'83checoulis; perh. fr. F. m\'8ache match,
combustible matter + OF. coulis, couleis, flowing, fr. OF. & F. couler
to flow. Cf. Match for making fire, and Cullis.]
1. (Mil. Arh.) An opening between the corbels which support a
projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a
portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the
base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in
general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and
Castle.
2. The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning or melted
substances upon assailants through such apertures.
Machicoulis
Ma`chi`cou`lis" (?), n. [F. m\'83chicoulis.] (Mil. Arch.) Same as
Machicolation.
Machinal
Ma*chin"al (?), a. [L. machinalis: cf. F. machinal.] Of or pertaining
to machines.
Machinate
Mach"i*nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Machinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Machinating (?).] [L. machinatus, p. p. of machinari to devise, plot.
See Machine.] To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the
purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. "How long will
you machinate!" Sandys.
Machinate
Mach"i*nate (?), v. t. To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to
machinate evil.
Machination
Mach`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. machinatio: cf. F. machination.]
1. The act of machinating. Shak.
2. That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme;
an artful design or plot.
Devilish machinations come to naught. Milton.
His ingenious machinations had failed. Macaulay.
Machinator
Mach"i*na`tor (?), n. [L.] One who machinates, or forms a scheme with
evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. Glanvill. Sir W. Scott.
Machine
Ma*chine" (?), n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick,
Gr. Mechanic.]
1. In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their
relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and
motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a
lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot,
etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of
a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as
wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting
framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force
and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit,
modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical
effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity
by an electrical machine.
NOTE: &hand; Th e te rm ma chine is mo st commonly applied to such
pieces of mechanism as are used in the industrial arts, for
mechanically shaping, dressing, and combining materials for various
purposes, as in the manufacture of cloth, etc. Where the effect is
chemical, or other than mechanical, the contrivance is usually
denominated an apparatus, not a machine; as, a bleaching apparatus.
Many large, powerful, or specially important pieces of mechanism
are called engines; as, a steam engine, fire engine, graduating
engine, etc. Although there is no well-settled distinction between
the terms engine and machine among practical men, there is a
tendency to restrict the application of the former to contrivances
in which the operating part is not distinct from the motor.
2. Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the
Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle. Dryden. Southey. Thackeray.
3. A person who acts mechanically or at will of another.
4. A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with
the agencies which they use; as, the social machine.
The whole machine of government ought not to bear upon the people
with a weight so heavy and oppressive. Landor.
5. A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more
leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. [Political Cant]
6. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to
perform some exploit. Addison.
Elementary machine, a name sometimes given to one of the simple
mechanical powers. See under Mechanical. -- Infernal machine. See
under Infernal. -- Machine gun.See under Gun. -- Machine screw, a
screw or bolt adapted for screwing into metal, in distinction from one
which is designed especially to be screwed into wood. -- Machine shop,
a workshop where machines are made, or where metal is shaped by
cutting, filing, turning, etc. -- Machine tool, a machine for cutting
or shaping wood, metal, etc., by means of a tool; especially, a
machine, as a lathe, planer, drilling machine, etc., designed for a
more or less general use in a machine shop, in distinction from a
machine for producing a special article as in manufacturing. --
Machine twist, silken thread especially adapted for use in a sewing
machine. -- Machine work, work done by a machine, in contradistinction
to that done by hand labor.
Machine
Ma*chine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Machined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Machining.] To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of
machinery; to print with a printing machine.
Machiner
Ma*chin"er (?), n. One who or operates a machine; a machinist. [R.]
Machinery
Ma*chin"er*y (?), n. [From Machine: cf. F. machinerie.]
1. Machines, in general, or collectively.
2. The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the
machinery of a watch.
3. The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or
fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an
extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of
a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected.
The machinery, madam, is a term invented by the critics, to signify
that part which the deities, angels, or demons, are made to act in
a poem. Pope.
4. The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a
desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a
purpose.
An indispensable part of the machinery of state. Macaulay.
The delicate inflexional machinery of the Aryan languages. I.
Taylor (The Alphabet).
Machining
Ma*chin"ing, a. Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or
used as a machine.[Obs.] Dryden.
Machinist
Ma*chin"ist, n. [Cf. F. machiniste.]
1. A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles
of machines.
2. One skilled in the use of machine tools.
3. A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.
Macho
Ma"cho (?), n. [Sp.] (Zo\'94l.) The striped mullet of California
(Mugil cephalus, OR Mexicanus).
Macilency
Mac"i*len*cy (?), n. [See Macilent.] Leanness.[Obs.] Sandys.
Macilent
Mac"i*lent (?), a. [L. macilentus, fr. macies leanness, macere to be
lean.] Lean; thin. [Obs.] Bailey.
Macintosh
Mac"in*tosh (?), n. Same as Mackintosh.
Mackerel
Mack"er*el (?), n. [OF. maquerel, F. maquereau, fr. D. makelaar
mediator, agent, fr. makelen to act as agent.] A pimp; also, a bawd.
[Obs.] Halliwell.
Mackerel
Mack`er*el (?), n. [OF. maquerel, F. maquereau (LL. macarellus), prob.
for maclereau, fr. L. macula a spot, in allusion to the markings on
the fish. See Mail armor.] (Zo\'94l.) Any species of the genus
Scomber, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and
very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food.
NOTE: &hand; The common mackerel (Scomber scombrus), which inhabits
both sides of the North Atlantic, is one of the most important food
fishes. It is mottled with green and blue. The Spanish mackerel
(Scomberomorus maculatus), of the American coast, is covered with
bright yellow circular spots.
Bull mackerel, Chub mackerel. (Zo\'94l.) See under Chub. -- Frigate
mackerel. See under Frigate. -- Horse mackerel . See under Horse. --
Mackerel bird (Zo\'94l.), the wryneck; -- so called because it arrives
in England at the time when mackerel are in season. -- Mackerel cock
(Zo\'94l.), the Manx shearwater; -- so called because it precedes the
appearance of the mackerel on the east coast of Ireland. -- Mackerel
guide. (Zo\'94l.) See Garfish (a). -- Mackerel gull (Zo\'94l.) any one
of several species of gull which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the
kittiwake. -- Mackerel midge (Zo\'94l.), a very small oceanic gadoid
fish of the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long and
has four barbels on the upper jaw. It is now considered the young of
the genus Onos, or Motella. -- Mackerel plow, an instrument for
creasing the sides of lean mackerel to improve their appearance.
Knight. -- Mackerel shark (Zo\'94l.), the porbeagle. -- Mackerel sky,
OR Mackerel-back sky, a sky flecked with small white clouds; a
cirro-cumulus. See Cloud.
Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails. Old
Rhyme.
Mackinaw blanket, Mackinaw
Mack"i*naw blan"ket (?), Mack"i*naw.[From Mackinac,the State of
Michigan, where blankets and other stores were distributed to the
Indians.] A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part
of the United States.
Mackintosh
Mack"in*tosh (?), n. A waterproof outer garment; -- so called from the
name of the inventor.
Mackle
Mac`kle (?), n. [See Macle.] Same Macule.
Mackle
Mac"kle, v. t. & i. To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there
were a double impression.
Macle
Ma"cle (?), n. [L. macula a spot: cf. F. macle. Cf. Mackle, Mascle.]
(Min.) (a) Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance
of a cross section. See Chiastolite. (b) A crystal having a similar
tessellated appearance. (c) A twin crystal.
Macled
Ma"cled (?), a.
1. (Min.) (a) Marked like macle (chiastolite). (b) Having a twin
structure. See Twin, a.
2. See Mascled.
Maclurea
Ma*clu"re*a (?), n. [NL. Named from William Maclure, the geologist.]
(Paleon.) A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size,
characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks.
Maclurin
Ma*clu"rin (?), n. (Chem.) See Morintannic. <-- macrame, n. the art of
tying knots in patterns. -->
Macrame lace
Mac"ra*me lace" (?). A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in
decorating furniture.
Macrencephalic, Macrencephalous
Mac`ren*ce*phal"ic (?), Mac`ren*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Macro +
encephalic, encephalous.] Having a large brain. <-- macro (computer
programming) [short for macroinstruction] (a) a single instruction in
a program which symbolizes, and is replaced by during time of program
execution, a series of instructions. (b) a keystroke (or combination
of keystrokes) which symbolizes and is replaced by a series of
keystrokes. -- a convenient feature of some advanced programs, such as
word processors or database programs, which allows a user to rapidly
execute any series of operations which may be performed multiple
times. Such macros may typically be defined by the program user,
without rewriting or recompiling the program. -->
Macro-
Mac"ro- (?). [Gr. makro`s, adj.] A combining form signifying long,
large, great; as macrodiagonal, macrospore.<-- macromolecule,
macrocosm -->
Macrobiotic
Mac`ro*bi*ot"ic (?), a. [Gr. macrobiotique.] Long-lived. Dunglison.
Macrobiotics
Mac`ro*bi*ot"ics (?), n. (Physiol.) The art of prolonging life.
Macrocephalous
Mac`ro*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Macro + Gr. kefalh` the head.]
1. Having a large head.
2. (Bot.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent,
and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body. Henslow.
Macro-chemistry
Mac`ro-chem"is*try (?), n. [Macro- + chemistry.] (Chem.) The science
which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of
substances in quantity; -- distinguished from micro-chemistry.
Macrochires
Mac`ro*chi"res (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of
birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the
length of the distal part of the wing.
Macrocosm
Mac"ro*cosm (?), n. [Macro- + Gr. macrocosme.] The great world; that
part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with
microcosm, or man. See Microcosm.
Macrocosmic
Mac`ro*cos"mic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the macrocosm. Tylor.
Macrocystis
Mac`ro*cys"tis (?), n. [NL. See Macro-, and Cyst.] (Bot.) An immensely
long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystis pyrifera), having
numerous almond-shaped air vessels.
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Macrodactyl
Mac`ro*dac"tyl (?), n. [Gr. macrodactyle.] (Zo\'94l.) One of a group
of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes. [Written also
macrodactyle.]
Macrodactylic, Macrodactylous
Mac`ro*dac*tyl"ic (?), Mac`ro*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having
long toes.
Macrodiagonal
Mac`ro*di*ag"o*nal (?), n. [Macro- + diagonal.] (Crystallog.) The
longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See Crystallization.
Macrodome
Mac"ro*dome (?), n. [Macro- + dome.] (Crystallog.) A dome parallel to
the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. See Dome, n., 4.
Macrodont
Mac"ro*dont, a. [Macro- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having large teeth. -- n. A
macrodont animal.
Macrofarad
Mac"ro*far`ad (?), n. [Macro- + farad.] (Elec.) See Megafarad. [R.]
Macroglossia
Mac`ro*glos"si*a (?), n. [NL. See Macro-, and Glossa.] (Med.)
Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
Macrognathic
Mac`rog*nath"ic (?), a. [Macro- + gnathic.] (Anthropol.) Long-jawed.
Huxley.
Macrology
Ma*crol"o*gy (?), n. [L. macrologia, Gr. macrologie.] Long and tedious
talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
Macrometer
Ma*crom"e*ter (?), n. [Macro- + -meter.] An instrument for determining
the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two
reflectors on a common sextant.
Macron
Ma"cron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Pron.) A short, straight, horizontal
mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced
with a long sound; as, \'be, in d\'beme; &emac;, in s&emac;am, etc.
Macropetalous
Mac`ro*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Macro- + petal.] (Bot.) Having long or
large petals.
Macrophyllous
Ma*croph"yl*lous (?), a. [Macro- + Gr. (Bot.) Having long or large
leaves.
Macropinacoid
Mac`ro*pin"a*coid (?), n. [Macro- + pinacoid.] (Crystallog.) One of
the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the
vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.
Macropod
Mac"ro*pod (?), n. [Macro- + -pod.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of a group of
maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also
spider crab.
Macropodal
Ma*crop"o*dal (?), a. Having long or large feet, or a long stem.
Macropodian
Mac`ro*po"di*an (?), n. A macropod.
Macropodous
Ma*crop"o*dous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having long legs or feet.
Macroprism
Mac"ro*prism (?), n. [Macro- + prism.] (Crystallog.) A prism of an
orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the
corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids.
Macropteres
Ma*crop"te*res (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of
birds; the Longipennes.
Macropterous
Ma*crop"ter*ous (?), a. [See Macropteres.] (Zo\'94l.) Having long
wings.
Macropus
Mac"ro*pus (?), n. [NL. See Macropod.] (Zo\'94l.) genus of marsupials
including the common kangaroo.
Macropyramid
Mac`ro*pyr"a*mid (?), n. [Macro- + pyramid.] (Crystallog.) See
Macroprism.
Macroscopic, Macroscopical
Mac`ro*scop"ic (?), Mac`ro*scop"ic*al (?), a. [Macro- + Gr. Visible to
the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to microscopic. --
Mac`ro*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.
Macrosporangium
Mac`ro*spo*ran"gi*um (?), n. [NL. See Macro-, and Sporangium.] (Bot.)
A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed
to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes,
and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.
Macrospore
Mac"ro*spore (?), n. [Macro- + spore.] (Bot.) One of the specially
large spores of certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella, etc.
Macrosporic
Mac`ro*spor"ic (?), a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to macrospores.
Macrotone
Mac"ro*tone (?), n. [Gr. Macro-, and Tone.] (Pron.) Same as Macron.
Macrotous
Ma*cro"tous (?), a. [Macro- + Gr. o"y^s, gen. 'wto`s, the ear.]
(Zo\'94l.) Large-eared.
Macroura, n. pl., Macroural
Ma*crou"ra (?), n. pl., Ma*crou"ral (, a., etc. (Zo\'94l.) Same as
Macrura, Macrural, etc.
Macrozo\'94spore
Mac`ro*zo"\'94*spore (?), n. [Macro- + zo\'94spore.] (Bot.) A large
motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green
alg\'91.
Macrura
Ma*cru"ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A subdivision of
decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes
the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. Decapoda.
Macrural
Ma*cru"ral (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Macrurous.
Macruran
Ma*cru"ran (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Macrura.
Macruroid
Ma*cru"roid (?), a. [Macrura + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to
the Macrura.
Macrurous
Ma*cru"rous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Macrura; having
a long tail.
Mactation
Mac*ta"tion (?), n. [L. mactatio, fr. macture to slay, sacrifice.] The
act of killing a victim for sacrifice. [Obs.]
Mactra
Mac"tra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Any marine bivalve shell of
the genus Mactra, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of
them are used as food, as Mactra stultorum, of Europe. See Surf clam,
under Surf.
Macula
Mac"u*la (?), n.; pl. Macul\'91 (#). [L., spot, stain, blot. See Mail
armor, and cf. Mackle, Macule.]
1. A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some
other luminous orb.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A rather large spot or blotch of color.
Maculate
Mac"u*late (?), v. t. [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot. See
Macula, and cf. Macule, v.] To spot; to stain; to blur.
Maculate the honor of their people. Sir T. Elyot.
Maculate
Mac"u*late (?), a. [L. maculatus, p. p.] Marked with spots or
macul\'91; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate
thoughts. Shak.
Maculated
Mac"u*la`ted (?), a. Having spots or blotches; maculate.
Maculation
Mac"u*la"tion (?), n. [L. maculatio.] The act of spotting; a spot; a
blemish. Shak.
Maculatory
Mac"u*la*to*ry (?), a. Causing a spot or stain. T. Adams.
Maculature
Mac"u*la*ture (?), n, Blotting paper. [Obs.]
Macule
Mac"ule (?), n. [F. macule. See Macula.]
1. A spot. [Obs.]
2. (Print.) A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when
the paper slips a little; a mackle.
Macule
Mac"ule, v. t. [Cf. F. maculer. See Maculate,v.] To blur; especially
(Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle.
Maculose
Mac"u*lose` (?), a. [L. maculosus.] Of or pertaining to spots upon a
surface; spotted; maculate.
Mad
Mad (?), obs. p. p. of Made. Chaucer.
Mad
Mad (?), a. [Compar. Madder (?); superl. Maddest (?).] [AS. gem,
gem\'bed, mad; akin to OS. gem foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei to
hurt, Goth. gam\'a0ids weak, broken.
1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would
make men mad. Shak.
2. Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by
violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad
with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.
It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Jer. 1. 88.
And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto
strange cities. Acts xxvi. 11.
3. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction;
prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. "Mad demeanor."
Milton.
Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace.
Franklin.
The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. Jowett (Thucyd.).
4. Extravagant; immoderate. "Be mad and merry." Shak. "Fetching mad
bounds." Shak.
5. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower
animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad
dog.
6. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.
[Colloq.]
7. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [Colloq.]
Like mad, like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad.
L'Estrange. -- To run mad. (a) To become wild with excitement. (b) To
run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become
affected with hydrophobia. -- To run mad after, to pursue under the
influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is running
mad after farce." Dryden.
Mad
Mad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Madded; p. pr. & vb. n. Madding.] To make mad
or furious; to madden.
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me.
Shak.
Mad
Mad, v. i. To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding. [Archaic]
Chaucer.
Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest. Wyclif (Acts).
Mad
Mad, n. [AS. ma; akin to D. & G. made, Goth. mapa, and prob. to E.
moth.] (Zo\'94l.) An earthworm. [Written also made.]
Madam
Mad"am (?), n.; pl. Madams, or Mesdames (#). [See Madame.] A
gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a
lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the
address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding
word in addressing a man is Sir.
Madame
Ma`dame" (?), n.; pl. Mesdames (#). [F., fr. ma my (L. mea) + dame
dame. See Dame, and cf. Madonna.] My lady; -- a French title formerly
given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married
women. Chaucer.
Mad-apple
Mad"-ap`ple (?), n. (Bot.) See Eggplant.
Madbrain
Mad"brain` (?), a. Hot-headed; rash. Shak. -- n. A rash or hot-headed
person.
Madbrained
Mad"brained` (?), a. Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak.
Madcap
Mad"cap` (?), a.
1. Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous
amusements. "The merry madcap lord." Shak.
2. Wild; reckless. "Madcap follies" Beau. & Fl.
Madcap
Mad"cap`, n. A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent
person. Shak.
Madden
Mad"den (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maddened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Maddening.] To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite
violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.
Madden
Mad"den, v. i. To become mad; to act as if mad.
They rave, recite, and madden round the land. Pope.
Madder
Mad"der (?), n. [OE. mader, AS. m\'91dere; akin to Icel. ma.] (Bot.) A
plant of the Rubia (R. tinctorum). The root is much used in dyeing
red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and
Holland. See Rubiaceous.
NOTE: &hand; Ma dder is so metimes us ed in fo rming pigments, as
lakes, etc., which receive their names from their colors; as.
madder yellow.
Field madder, an annual European weed (Sherardia arvensis) resembling
madder. -- Indian madder , the East Indian Rubia cordifolia, used in
the East for dyeing; -- called also munjeet. -- Wild madder, Rubia
peregrina of Europe; also the Galium Mollugo, a kind of bedstraw.
Madderwort
Mad"der*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A name proposed for any plant of the same
natural order (Rubiace\'91) as the madder.
Madding
Mad"ding (?), a. Affected with madness; raging; furious. --
Mad"ding*ly, adv. [Archaic]
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray.
The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged. Milton.
Maddish
Mad"dish (?), a. Somewhat mad. Beau. & Fl.
Made
Made (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Mad, n.
Made
Made (?), imp. & p. p. of Make.
Made
Made, a. Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in;
as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a
single spar. Made up. (a) Complete; perfect. "A made up villain."
Shak. (b) Falsely devised; fabricated; as, a made up story. (c)
Artificial; as, a made up figure or complexion.
Madecass, Madecassee
Mad"e*cass (?), Mad`e*cas"see (?), n. A native or inhabitant of
Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar.
See Malagasy.
Madecassee
Mad`e*cas"see, a. Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.
Madefaction, Madefication
Mad`e*fac"tion (?), Mad`e*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. madefacere to make
wet; madere to be wet + facere to make: cf. F. mad\'82faction.] The
act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet.
[R.] Bacon.
Madefy
Mad"e*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Madefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Madefying (?).] [Cf. F. mad\'82fier, L. madefacere. See Madefaction.]
To make wet or moist. [R.]
Madegassy
Mad`e*gas"sy (?), n. & a. See Madecassee.
Madeira
Ma*dei"ra (?), n. [Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L.
materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See
Matter.] A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.
A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. Shak.
Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.
Mademoiselle
Ma`de*moi`selle" (?), n.; pl. Mesdemoiselles (#). [F., fr. ma my, f.
of mon + demoiselle young lady. See Damsel.]
1. A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady,
equivalent to the English Miss. Goldsmith.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A marine food fish (Sci\'91na chrysura), of the Southern
United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch.
Madge
Madge, n. [Cf. OF. & Prov. F. machette.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) The barn owl.
(b) The magpie.
Mad-headed
Mad"-head`ed (?), a. Wild; crack-brained.
Madhouse
Mad"house` (?), n. A house where insane persons are confined; an
insane asylum; a bedlam.
Madia
Ma"di*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Sp. madi, fr. Chilian madi, the native
name.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia
sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure.
This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.
Madid
Mad"id (?), a. [L. madidus, fr. madere to be wet.] Wet; moist; as, a
madid eye. [R.] Beaconsfield.
Madisterium
Mad`is*te"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Surg.) An instrument to extract
hairs.
Madjoun
Mad"joun (?), n. [Hind., fr. Ar. ma'j.] An intoxicating confection
from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindoos. [Written also
majoun.]
Madly
Mad"ly (?), adv. [From Mad, a.] In a mad manner; without reason or
understanding; wildly. <-- intensely: "madly in love" -->
Madman
Mad"man (?), n.; pl. Madmen (. A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy
person.
When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things, he is mad.
A madman is properly so defined. Coleridge.
Madnep
Mad"nep (?), n. (Bot.) The masterwort (Peucedanum Ostruthium).
Madness
Mad"ness, n. [From Mad, a.]
1. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.
2. Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly. Syn. -- Insanity;
distraction; derangement; craziness; lunacy; mania; frenzy;
franticness; rage; aberration; alienation; monomania. See Insanity.
Madonna
Ma*don"na (?), n. [It. madonna my lady. See Dame, Donna, and cf.
Madame, Monkey.]
1. My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the
equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted.
Sometimes introduced into English. Shak.
2. [pl. Madonnas (n&adot;z).] A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually
with the babe).
The Italian painters are noted for drawing the Madonnas by their
own wives or mistresses. Rymer.
Madoqua
Ma"do*qua (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small Abyssinian antelope (Neotragus
Saltiana), about the size of a hare.
Madrague
Ma`drague" (?), n. [R.] A large fish pound used for the capture of the
tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the
same purpose.
Madreperl
Ma"dre*perl (?), n. [It. madreperla.] Mother-of-pearl.
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Madrepora
Mad`re*po"ra (?), n. [NL. See Madre.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of reef
corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and
fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched. -- Mad`re*po"ral
(#), a.
Madreporaria
Mad`re*po*ra"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Madrepore.] (Zo\'94l.) An
extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that
produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa. -- Mad`re*po*ra"ri*an
(#), a. & n.
Madrepore
Mad"re*pore (?), n. [F. madrepore, perh. fr. madr\'82 spotted, fr. OF.
madre, mazre, a kind of knotty wood with brown spots, fr. OHG. masar a
knot, grain, or vein in wood, a speck, G. maser + pore (see Pore); or
perh. F. madr\'82pore is rather from It. madrepora, and this perh. fr.
It. madre mother (see Mother) + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Any coral of the genus
Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.
Madreporian, Madreporic
Mad`re*po"ri*an (?), Mad`re*po"ric (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Resembling, or
pertaining to, the genus Madrepora. Madreporic plate (Zo\'94l.), a
perforated plate in echinoderms, through which water is admitted to
the ambulacral tubes; -- called also madreporic tubercule.
Madreporiform
Mad`re*po"ri*form (?), a. [Madrepore + -form.] (Zo\'94l.) Resembling a
madreporian coral in form or structure.
Madreporite
Mad"re*po*rite (?), n. [Cf. F. madr\'82porite]
1. (Paleon.) A fossil coral.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The madreporic plate of echinoderms.
Madrier
Ma*drier" (?), n. [F., from Sp. madero, or Pg. madeiro, fr. Sp. madera
wood for building, timber, Pg. madeira, L. materia stuff, materials,
lumber. See Matter.] A thick plank, used for several mechanical
purposes; especially: (a) A plank to receive the mouth of a petard,
with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down. (b) A
plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or
fortifications.
Madrigal
Mad"ri*gal (?), n. [It. madrigale, OIt. madriale, mandriale (cf. LL.
matriale); of uncertain origin, possibly fr. It mandra flock, L.
mandra stall, herd of cattle, Gr. madrigal, originally, a pastoral
song.]
1. A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing
some tender and delicate, though simple, thought.
Whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear
his madrigal. Milton.
2. (Mus.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more
parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation,
and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is
best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee.
Madrigaler
Mad"ri*gal*er (?), n. A madrigalist.
Madrigalist
Mad"ri*gal*ist, n. A composer of madrigals.
Madrilenian
Mad`ri*le"ni*an (?), a. [Sp. Madrileno.] Of or pertaining to Madrid in
Spain, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Madrid.
Madrina
Ma*dri"na (?), n. [Sp., prop., a godmother.] An animal (usually an old
mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack
mules. [S. America]
Madro\'a4a
Ma*dro"\'a4a (?), n. [Sp. madro\'a4o.] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree
or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark,
thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called
madro\'a4a apples. [Written also madro\'a4o.]
Madwort
Mad"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with
white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the commonly
cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual.
M\'91gbote, Magbote
M\'91g"bote`, Mag"bote` (?), n. [AS. m\'d6g kinsman + b\'d3t
compensation.] (Anglo-Saxon Law) Compensation for the injury done by
slaying a kinsman. Spelman.
Maelstrom
Mael"strom (?), n. [Norw., a whirlpool.]
1. A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.
2. Also Fig. ; as, a maelstrom of vice.
M\'91nad
M\'91"nad (?), n. [L. Maenas, -adis, Gr.
1. A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
2. A frantic or frenzied woman.
Maestoso
Ma`es*to"so (?), a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Majestic or majestically; -- a
direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified
manner.
Maestricht monitor
Maes"tricht mon"i*tor (?). [So called from Maestricht, a town in
Holland.] (Paleon.) The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus.
Maestro
Ma*es"tro (?), n. [It., fr. L. magister. See Master.] A master in any
art, especially in music; a composer.
Maffle
Maf"fle (?), v. i. [Akin to OD. maffelen to stammer. Cf. Muffle to
mumble.] To stammer. [Obs.]
Maffler
Maf"fler (?), n. A stammerer. [Obs.]
Magazine
Mag`a*zine" (?), n. [F. magasin, It. magazzino, or Sp. magacen,
almagacen; all fr. Ar. makhzan, almakhzan, a storehouse, granary, or
cellar.]
1. A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military
stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and
magazines." Milton.
2. The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a
fortification or a ship.
3. A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed
automatically to the piece.
4. A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers
or compositions.
Magazine dress, clothing made chiefly of woolen, without anything
metallic about it, to be worn in a powder magazine. -- Magazine gun, a
portable firearm, as a rifle, with a chamber carrying cartridges which
are brought automatically into position for firing. -- Magazine stove,
a stove having a chamber for holding fuel which is supplied to the
fire by some self-feeding process, as in the common base-burner.
Magazine
Mag`a*zine" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Magazined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Magazining.] To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.
Magaziner
Mag`a*zin"er (?), n. One who edits or writes for a magazine. [R.]
Goldsmith.
Magazining
Mag`a*zin"ing, n. The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine.
[Colloq.] Byron.
Magazinist
Mag`a*zin"ist, n. One who edits or writes for a magazine. [R.]
Magbote
Mag"bote` (?), n. See M\'91gbote.
Magdala
Mag"da*la (?), a. Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from
naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.
Magdalen
Mag"da*len (?), n. [From Mary Magdalene, traditionally reported to
have been the repentant sinner forgiven by Christ. See Luke vii. 36.]
A reformed prostitute.
Magdaleon
Mag*da"le*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A medicine in the form of a
roll, a esp. a roll of plaster.
Magdeburg
Mag"de*burg (?), n. A city of Saxony. Magdeburg centuries, Magdeburg
hemispheres. See under Century, and Hemisphere.
Mage
Mage (?), n. [F. mage. See Magi.] A magician. [Archaic] Spenser.
Tennyson.
Magellanic
Mag`el*lan"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan,
the navigator. Magellenic clouds (Astron.), three conspicuous
nebul\'91 near the south pole, resembling thin white clouds.<-- they
are smaller than the Milky Way galaxy, but separate from it, and thus
are considered the galactic formations nearest to our galaxy, but not
part of it. -->
Magenta
Ma*gen"ta (?), n. (Chem.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous
substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a
shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in
allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was
discovered. Called also fuchsine, rose\'8bne, etc.<-- now fuschin -->
<-- 2. n. the purpish-red color of magenta -->
Magged
Magged (?), a. (Naut.) Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace. Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
Maggiore
Mag`gio"re (?), a. [It., from L. major, compar. of magnus great. See
Major.] (Mus.) Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when
used in opposition to minor; major. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Maggot
Mag"got (?), n. [W. macai, pl. maceiod, magiod, a worn or grub; cf.
magu to bread.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.
2. A whim; an odd fancy. Hudibras. Tennyson.
Maggotiness
Mag"got*i*ness (?), n. State of being maggoty.
Maggotish
Mag"got*ish, a. Full of whims or fancies; maggoty.
Maggot-pie
Mag"got-pie` (?), n. A magpie. [Obs.] Shak.
Maggoty
Mag"got*y (?), a.
1. Infested with maggots.
2. Full of whims; capricious. Norris.
Maghet
Ma"ghet (?), n. [Cf. Fl. maghet maid.] (Bot.) A name for daisies and
camomiles of several kinds.
Magi
Ma"gi (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of Magus, Gr. Mage, Magic.] A caste of
priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians;
hence, any holy men or sages of the East.
The inspired Magi from the Orient came. Sandys.
Magian
Ma"gi*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Magi.
Magian
Ma"gi*an, n. One of the Magi, or priests of the Zoroastrian religion
in Persia; an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion. -- Ma"gi*an*ism
(#), n.
Magic
Mag"ic (?), n. [OE. magique, L. magice, Gr. Magic, a., and Magi.] A
comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to
produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed
spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a
study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration,
witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc.
An appearance made by some magic. Chaucer.
Celestial magic, a supposed supernatural power which gave to spirits a
kind of dominion over the planets, and to the planets an influence
over men. -- Natural magic, the art of employing the powers of nature
to produce effects apparently supernatural. -- Superstitious, OR
Geotic, magic, the invocation of devils or demons, involving the
supposition of some tacit or express agreement between them and human
beings. Syn. -- Sorcery; witchcraft; necromancy; conjuration;
enchantment.
Magic, Magical
Mag"ic (?), Mag"ic*al (?), a. [L. magicus, Gr. magique. See Magi.]
1. Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the
Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of
effects by their agency.
2. Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies;
done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence:
Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in
performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very
extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a magic lantern; a
magic square or circle.
The painter's magic skill. Cowper.
NOTE: &hand; Al though wi th ce rtain words magic is used more than
magical, -- as, magic circle, magic square, magic wand, -- we may
in general say magic or magical; as, a magic or magical effect; a
magic or magical influence, etc. But when the adjective is
predicative, magical, and not magic, is used; as, the effect was
magical.
Magic circle, a series of concentric circles containing the numbers 12
to 75 in eight radii, and having somewhat similar properties to the
magic square. -- Magic humming bird (Zo\'94l.), a Mexican humming bird
(Iache magica) , having white downy thing tufts. -- Magic lantern. See
Lantern. -- Magic square, numbers so disposed in parallel and equal
rows in the form of a square, that each row, taken vertically,
horizontally, or diagonally, shall give the same sum, the same
product, or an harmonical series, according as the numbers taken are
in arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonical progression. -- Magic
wand, a wand used by a magician in performing feats of magic.
Magically
Mag"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by
magic.
Magician
Ma*gi"cian (?), n. [F. magicien. See Magic, n.] One skilled in magic;
one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a
sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.<-- these days, mostly an
entertainer who produces seemingly magical effects by clever
illusions; most magicians admit that the craft is mere illusion,
rather than a true supernatural art. -->
Magilp, Magilph
Ma*gilp" (?), Ma*gilph" (?), n. (Paint.) See Megilp.
Magister
Ma*gis"ter (?), n. [L. See Master.] Master; sir; -- a title of the
Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a
license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
Magisterial
Mag`is*te"ri*al (?), a. [L. magisterius magisterial. See Master.]
1. Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority;
having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative.
Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic.
When magisterial duties from his home Her father called. Glover.
We are not magisterial in opinions, nor, dictator-like, obtrude our
notions on any man. Sir T. Browne.
Pretenses go a great way with men that take fair words and
magisterial looks for current payment. L'Estrange.
2. (Alchem. & Old Chem.) Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature
of, magistery. See Magistery, 2. Syn. -- Authoritative; stately;
august; pompous; dignified; lofty; commanding; imperious; lordly;
proud; haughty; domineering; despotic; dogmatical; arrogant. --
Magisterial, Dogmatical, Arrogant. One who is magisterial assumes the
air of a master toward his pupils; one who is dogmatical lays down his
positions in a tone of authority or dictation; one who is arrogant in
sults others by an undue assumption of superiority. Those who have
long been teachers sometimes acquire, unconsciously, a manner which
borders too much on the magisterial, and may be unjustly construed as
dogmatical, or even arrogant.
Magisteriality
Mag`is*te`ri*al"i*ty (?), n. Magisterialness; authoritativeness. [R.]
Fuller.
Magisterially
Mag`is*te"ri*al*ly (?), adv. In a magisterial manner.
Magisterialness
Mag`is*te"ri*al*ness, n. The quality or state of being magisterial.
Magistery
Mag"is*ter*y (?), n. [L. magisterium the office of a chief, president,
director, tutor. See Magistrate.]
1. Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign
remedy. [Obs.] Holland.
2. A magisterial injunction. [R.] Brougham.
3. (Chem.) A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation;
-- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from
metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth. Ure.
Magistracy
Mag"is*tra*cy (?), n.; pl. Magistracies (#). [From Magistrate.]
1. The office or dignity of a magistrate. Blackstone.
2. The collective body of magistrates.
Magistral
Mag"is*tral (?), a. [L. magistralis: cf. F. magistral. See
Magistrate.]
1. Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.
2. Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence,
effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup. "Some magistral opiate."
Bacon.
3. (Pharmacy) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; --
opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.
Dunglison.
Magistral line (Fort.), the guiding line, or outline, or outline, by
which the form of the work is determined. It is usually the crest line
of the parapet in fieldworks, or the top line of the escarp in
permanent fortifications.
Magistral
Mag"is*tral, n.
1. (Med.) A sovereign medicine or remedy. [Obs.] Burton.
2. (Fort.) A magistral line.
3. (Metal.) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores
of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.
Magistrality
Mag`is*tral"i*ty (?), n.; pl. -ties (. Magisterialness; arbitrary
dogmatism. Bacon.
Magistrally
Mag"is*tral*ly (?), adv. In a magistral manner. Abp. Bramhall.
Magistrate
Mag"is*trate (?), n. [L. magistratus, fr. magister master: cf. F.
magistrat. See Master.] A person clothed with power as a public civil
officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive
government, or some branch of it. "All Christian rulers and
magistrates." Book of Com. Prayer.
Of magistrates some also are supreme, in whom the sovereign power
of the state resides; others are subordinate. Blackstone.
Magistratic, Magistratical
Mag`is*trat"ic (?), Mag`is*trat"ic*al (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or
proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.
Jer. Taylor.
Magistrature
Mag"is*tra`ture (?), n. [Cf. F. magistrature.] Magistracy. [Obs.]
Magma
Mag"ma (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.
1. Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a
thin paste. Ure.
2. (Med.) (a) A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after
the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain
after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol.
(b) A salve or confection of thick consistency. Dunglison.
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3. (Geol.) (a) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the
material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc. (b) The glassy
base of an eruptive rock.
4. (Chem.) The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as
distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma of porphyry.
Magna Charta
Mag"na Char"ta (?). [L., great charter.]
1. The great Charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from
King John, A. D. 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted
to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and
confirmed by Edward I.
2. Hence, a fundamental constitution which guaranties rights and
privileges.
Magnality
Mag*nal"i*ty (?), n. [L. magnalis mighty, fr. magnus great.] A great
act or event; a great attainment. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Magnanimity
Mag`na*nim"i*ty (?), n. [F. magnanimit\'82, L. magnanimitas.] The
quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity
of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which
enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and
firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and
sacrifice for noble objects.
Magnanimous
Mag*nan"i*mous (?), a.[L. magnanimus; magnus great + animus mind. See
Magnate, and Animus.]
1. Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what
is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a
magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror.
Be magnanimous in the enterprise. Shak.
To give a kingdom hath been thought Greater and nobler done, and to
law down Far more magnanimousan to assume. Milton.
2. Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not
selfish.
Both strived for death; magnanimous debate. Stirling.
There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the
solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity. Washington.
Magnanimously
Mag*nan"i*mous*ly, adv. In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of
mind.
Magnase black
Mag"nase black` (?). (Paint.) A black pigment which dries rapidly when
mixed with oil, and is of intense body. Fairholt.
Magnate
Mag"nate (?), [F. magnat, L. (pl.) magnates, magnati, fr. magnus
great. See Master.]
1. A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or
distinction in any sphere. <-- used mostly of prominent business
executives; an industrial magnate --> Macaulay.
2. One of the nobility, or certain high officers of state belonging to
the noble estate in the national representation of Hungary, and
formerly of Poland.
Magnes
Mag"nes (?), n. [L.] Magnet. [Obs.] Spenser.
Magnesia
Mag*ne"si*a (?; 277), n. [L. Magnesia, fem. of Magnesius of the
country Magnesia, Gr. Magnet.] (Chem.) A light earthy white substance,
consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium
hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly
alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative.
See Magnesium. Magnesia alba [L.] (Med. Chem.), a bulky white
amorphous substance, consisting of a hydrous basic carbonate of
magnesium, and used as a mild cathartic.
Magnesian
Mag*ne"sian (?), a. Pertaining to, characterized by, or containing,
magnesia or magnesium. Magnesian limestone. (Min.) See Dolomite.
Magnesic
Mag*ne"sic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, magnesium;
as, magnesic oxide.
Magnesite
Mag"ne*site (?), n. [Cf. F. magn\'82site.] (Min.) Native magnesium
carbonate occurring in white compact or granular masses, and also in
rhombohedral crystals.
Magnesium
Mag*ne"si*um (?), n. [NL. & F. See Magnesia.] (Chem.) A light
silver-white metallic element, malleable and ductile, quite permanent
in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide)
magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the so-called
magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in pyrotechny, or in
photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required. Its
compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc.
Symbol Mg. Atomic weight, 24.4. Specific gravity, 1.75. Magnesium
sulphate. (Chem.) Same as Epsom salts.
Magnet
Mag"net (?), n. [OE. magnete, OF. magnete, L. magnes, -etis, Gr.
Magnesia, Manganese.]
1. The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic
ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its
ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called
also natural magnet.
Dinocrates began to make the arched roof of the temple of
Arsino\'89 all of magnet, or this loadstone. Holland.
Two magnets, heaven and earth, allure to bliss, The larger
loadstone that, the nearer this. Dryden.
2. (Physics) A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar
properties of the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in
distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet.
NOTE: &hand; An ar tificial ma gnet, pr oduced by the action of a
voltaic or electrical battery, is called an electro-magnet.
Field magnet (Physics & Elec.), a magnet used for producing and
maintaining a magnetic field; -- used especially of the stationary or
exciting magnet of a dynamo or electromotor in distinction from that
of the moving portion or armature.
Magnetic, Magnetical
Mag*net"ic (?), Mag*net"ic*al (?), a. [L. magneticus: cf. F.
magn\'82tique.]
1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet,
or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic
needle.
2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by,, the earth's magnetism;
as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian.
3. Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the
magnetic metals.
4. Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings
and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment.
She that had all magnetic force alone. Donne.
5. Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called;
as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism.
Magnetic amplitude, attraction, dip, induction, etc. See under
Amplitude, Attraction, etc. -- Magnetic battery, a combination of bar
or horseshoe magnets with the like poles adjacent, so as to act
together with great power. -- Magnetic compensator, a contrivance
connected with a ship's compass for compensating or neutralizing the
effect of the iron of the ship upon the needle. -- Magnetic curves,
curves indicating lines of magnetic force, as in the arrangement of
iron filings between the poles of a powerful magnet. -- Magnetic
elements. (a) (Chem. Physics) Those elements, as iron, nickel, cobalt,
chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable or becoming magnetic. (b)
(Physics) In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the declination,
inclination, and intensity. (c) See under Element. -- Magnetic
equator, the line around the equatorial parts of the earth at which
there is no dip, the dipping needle being horizontal. -- Magnetic
field, OR Field of magnetic force, any space through which magnet
exerts its influence. -- Magnetic fluid, the hypothetical fluid whose
existence was formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of
magnetism. -- Magnetic iron, OR Magnetic iron ore. (Min.) Same as
Magnetite. -- Magnetic needle, a slender bar of steel, magnetized and
suspended at its center on a sharp-pointed pivot, or by a delicate
fiber, so that it may take freely the direction of the magnetic
meridian. It constitutes the essential part of a compass, such as the
mariner's and the surveyor's. -- Magnetic poles, the two points in the
opposite polar regions of the earth at which the direction of the
dipping needle is vertical. -- Magnetic pyrites. See Pyrrhotite. --
Magnetic storm (Terrestrial Physics), a disturbance of the earth's
magnetic force characterized by great and sudden changes. -- Magnetic
telegraph, a telegraph acting by means of a magnet. See Telegraph.
Magnetic
Mag*net"ic (?), n.
1. A magnet. [Obs.]
As the magnetic hardest iron draws. Milton.
2. Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any
means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when
suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian.
Magnetically
Mag*net"ic*al*ly, adv. By or as by, magnetism.
Magneticalness
Mag*net"ic*al*ness, n.Quality of being magnetic.
Magnetician
Mag`ne*ti"cian (?), n. One versed in the science of magnetism; a
magnetist.
Maneticness
Ma*net"ic*ness, n.Magneticalness. [Obs.]
Magnetics
Mag*net"ics (?), n.The science of magnetism.
Magnetiferous
Mag`net*if"er*ous (?), a. [L. magnes, -etis + -ferous.] Producing or
conducting magnetism.
Magnetism
Mag"net*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. magn\'82tisme.] The property, quality, or
state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature
which is seen in a magnet.
2. The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.
3. Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the
affections. "By the magnetism of interest our affections are
irresistibly attracted." Glanvill.
Animal magnetism, a force, more or less analogous to magnetism, which,
it has been alleged, is produced in animal tissues, and passes from
one body to another with or without actual contact. The existence of
such a force, and its potentiality for the cure of disease, were
asserted by Mesmer in 1775. His theories and methods were afterwards
called mesmerism, a name which has been popularly applied to theories
and claims not put forward by Mesmer himself. See Mesmerism, Biology,
Od, Hypnotism. -- Terrestrial magnetism, the magnetic force exerted by
the earth, and recognized by its effect upon magnetized needles and
bars.
Magnetist
Mag"net*ist, n.One versed in magnetism.
Magnetite
Mag"net*ite (?), n. (Min.) An oxide of iron (Fe3O4) occurring in
isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic
luster. It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses
polarity, being then called loadstone. It is an important iron ore.
Called also magnetic iron.
Magnetizable
Mag"net*i`za*ble (?), a. Capable of magnetized.
Magnetization
Mag`net*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of magnetizing, or the state of
being magnetized.
Magnetize
Mag"net*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Magnetized (?); prep. & adv.
Magnetizing (?).] [Cf. F. magn\'82tiser.]
1. To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle.
2. To attract as a magnet attracts, or like a magnet; to move; to
influence.
Fascinated, magnetized, as it were, by his character. Motley.
3. To bring under the influence of animal magnetism.
Magnetizee
Mag`net*i*zee" (?), n. A person subjected to the influence of animal
magnetism. [R.]
Magnetizer
Mag"net*i`zer (?), n. One who, or that which, imparts magnetism.
Magneto-
Mag"net*o- (?). [See Magnet.] A prefix meaning pertaining to, produced
by, or in some way connected with, magnetism.
Magneto-electric, Magneto-electrical
Mag`net*o-e*lec"tric (?), Mag`net*o-e*lec"tric*al (?), a. (Physics)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of
magnets; as, magneto-electric induction. Magneto-electric machine, a
form of dynamo-electric machine in which the field is maintained by
permanent steel magnets instead of electro-magnets.
Magneto-electricity
Mag`net*o-e`lec*tric"i*ty (?), n.
1. Electricity evolved by the action of magnets.
2. (Physics) That branch of science which treats of the development of
electricity by the action of magnets; -- the counterpart of
electro-magnetism.
Magnetograph
Mag*net"o*graph (?), n. [Magneto- + -graph.] (Physics) An automatic
instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states
and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.
Magnetometer
Mag`net*om"e*ter (?), n. [Magneto- + -meter: cf. F.
magn\'82tom\'8atre.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the
intensity of magnetic forces; also, less frequently, an instrument for
determining any of the terrestrial magnetic elements, as the dip and
declination.
Magnetometric
Mag`net*o*met"ric (?), a. Pertaining to, or employed in, the
measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer;
as, magnetometric instruments; magnetometric measurements.
Magnetomotor
Mag`net*o*mo"tor (?), n.A voltaic series of two or more large plates,
producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence
adapted to the exhibition of electro-magnetic phenomena. [R.]
Magnetotherapy
Mag`net*o*ther"a*py (?), n. (Med.) The treatment of disease by the
application of magnets to the surface of the body.
Magnifiable
Mag"ni*fi`a*ble, a. [From Magnify.] Such as can be magnified, or
extolled.
Magnific, Magnifical
Mag*nif"ic (?), Mag*nif"ic*al (?), a. [L. magnificus; magnus great +
facere to make: cf. F. magnifique. See Magnitude, Fact. and cf.
Magnificent.] Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. [Obs.] 1
Chron. xxii. 5. "Thy magnific deeds." Milton. -- Mag*nif"ic*al*ly,
adv. [Obs.]
Magnificat
Mag*nif"i*cat (?), n. [L., it magnifies.] The song of the Virgin Mary,
Luke i. 46; -- so called because it commences with this word in the
Vulgate.
Magnificate
Mag*nif"i*cate (?), v. t. [L. magnificatus, p. p. of magnificare.] To
magnify or extol. [Obs.] Marston.
Magnification
Mag`ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act of magnifying; enlargement;
exaggeration. [R.]
Magnificence
Mag*nif"i*cence (?), n. [F. magnificence, L. magnificentia. See
Magnific.] The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of
being magnificent. Acts xix. 27. "Then cometh magnificence." Chaucer.
And, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The Maker's high
magnificence, who built so spacious. Milton.
The noblest monuments of Roman magnificence. Eustace.
Magnificent
Mag*nif"i*cent (?), a. [See Magnificence.]
1. Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or
opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence.
A prince is never so magnificent As when he's sparing to enrich a
few With the injuries of many. Massinger.
2. Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid'
pompous.
When Rome's exalted beauties I descry Magnificent in piles of ruin
lie. Addison.
Syn. -- Glorious; majestic; sublime. See Grand.
Magnificently
Mag*nif"i*cent*ly, adv. In a Magnificent manner.
Magnifico
Mag*nif"i*co (?), n.; pl. Magnificoes (#). [It. See Magnific.]
1. A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy. Shak.
2. A rector of a German university.
Magnifier
Mag"ni*fi`er (?), n. One who, or that which, magnifies.
Magnify
Mag"ni*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Magnified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Magnifying (?).] [OE. magnifien, F. magnifier, L. magnificare. See
Magnific.]
1. To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to
amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the
microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.
The least error in a small quantity . . . will in a great one . . .
be proportionately magnified. Grew.
2. To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in
which one is held.
On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel.
Joshua iv. 14.
3. To praise highly; to land; to extol. [Archaic]
O, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Ps. xxxiv. 3.
4. To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.
To magnify one's self (Script.), to exhibit pride and haughtiness; to
boast. -- To magnify one's self against (Script.), to oppose with
pride.
Magnify
Mag"ni*fy, v. i.
1. To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they
really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some
lenses magnify but little.
2. To have effect; to be of importance or significance. [Cant & Obs.]
Spectator.
Magnifying glass, a lens which magnifies the apparent dimensions of
objects seen through it.
Magniloquence
Mag*nil"o*quence (?), n. [L. magniloquentia.] The quality of being
magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
Magniloquent
Mag*nil"o*quent (?), a. [L. magnus great + loquens, -entis, p. pr. of
loqui to speak. See Magnitude, Loquacious.] Speaking pompously; using
swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent. --
Mag*nil"o*quent*ly, adv.
Magniloquous
Mag*nil"o*quous (?), a. [L. magniloquus.] Magniloquent. [Obs.]
Magnitude
Mag"ni*tude (?), n. [L. magnitudo, from magnus great. See Master, and
cf. Maxim.]
1. Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length,
breath, and thickness.
Conceive those particles of bodies to be so disposed amongst
themselves, that the intervals of empty spaces between them may be
equal in magnitude to them all. Sir I. Newton.
2. (Geom.) That which has one or more of the three dimensions, length,
breadth, and thickness.
3. Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time,
weight, force, and the like.
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4. Greatness; grandeur. "With plain, heroic magnitude of mind."
Milton.
5. Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an
affair of magnitude.
The magnitude of his designs. Bp. Horsley.
Apparent magnitude (Opt.), the angular breadth of an object viewed as
measured by the angle which it subtends at the eye of the observer; --
called also apparent diameter. -- Magnitude of a star (Astron.), the
rank of a star with respect to brightness. About twenty very bright
stars are said to be of first magnitude, the stars of the sixth
magnitude being just visible to the naked eye. Telescopic stars are
classified down to the twelfth magnitude or lower. The scale of the
magnitudes is quite arbitrary, but by means of photometers, the
classification has been made to tenths of a magnitude. <-- the
difference in actual brightness between magnitudes is now specified as
a factor of 2.512, i.e. the difference in brightness is 100 for stars
differing by five magnitudes. -->
Magnolia
Mag*no"li*a (?), n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol, professor of
botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th century.] (Bot.) A genus of
American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented
whitish or reddish flowers.
NOTE: &hand; Magnolia grandiflora has coriaceous shining leaves and
very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North Carolina to Florida
and Texas, and is one of the most magnificent trees of the American
forest. The sweet bay (M. glauca)is a small tree found sparingly as
far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are M. Umbrella, M.
macrophylla, M. Fraseri, M. acuminata, and M. cordata. M. conspicua
and M. purpurea are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia.
M. Campbellii, of India, has rose-colored or crimson flowers.
Magnolia warbler (Zo\'94l.), a beautiful North American wood warbler
(Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the
breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are
white; the crown is ash.
Magnoliaceous
Mag*no`li*a"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to a natural order
(Magnoliace\'91) of trees of which the magnolia, the tulip tree, and
the star anise are examples.
Magnum
Mag"num (?), n. [Neut. sing. of L. magnus great.]
1. A large wine bottle.
They passed the magnum to one another freely. Sir W. Scott
.
2. (Anat.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal
bone.
Magot
Mag"ot (?), n. [F.] (Zo\'94l.) The Barbary ape.
Magot-pie
Mag"ot-pie` (?), n. A magpie. [Obs.] Shak.
Magpie
Mag"pie (?), n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr. Mag,
Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and common name of
the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita pearl, Gr. Pie magpie, and
cf. the analogous names Tomtit, and Jackdaw.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of
numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the
jays, but having a long graduated tail.
NOTE: &hand; Th e common European magpie (Pica pica, or P. caudata)
is a black and white noisy and mischievous bird. It can be taught
to speak. The American magpie (P. Hudsonica) is very similar. The
yellow-belled magpie (P. Nuttalli) inhabits California. The blue
magpie (Cyanopolius Cooki) inhabits Spain. Other allied species are
found in Asia. The Tasmanian and Australian magpies are crow
shrikes, as the white magpie (Gymnorhina organicum), the black
magpie (Strepera fuliginosa), and the Australian magpie (Cracticus
picatus).
Magpie lark (Zo\'94l.), a common Australian bird (Grallina picata),
conspicuously marked with black and white; -- called also little
magpie. -- Magpie moth (Zo\'94l.), a black and white European
geometrid moth (Abraxas grossulariata); the harlequin moth. Its larva
feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes.
Maguari
Ma`gua*ri" (?), n. [From native name: cf. Pg. magoari.] (Zo\'94l.) A
South American stork (Euxenara maguari), having a forked tail.
Maguey
Mag"uey (?), n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.] (Bot.) The
century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). See Agave.
Magyar
Mag"yar (?), n. [Hung.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of the dominant people of Hungary, allied to the
Finns; a Hungarian.
2. The language of the Magyars.
Maha
Ma"ha (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A kind of baboon; the wanderoo.
Mahabarata, Mahabharatam
Ma*ha*ba"ra*ta (?), Ma*ha*bha"ra*tam (?), n. [Skr. mah\'bebh\'berata.]
A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length, and is
chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of
ancient India.
Mahaled
Ma*ha"led (?), n.[Ar. mahled.] (Bot.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb)
of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are
used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from
the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are
prepared.
Maharajah
Ma*ha*ra"jah (?), n. [Skr. mah\'ber\'beja; mahat great + r\'beja
king.] A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to other
persons of high rank.
Maharif
Ma`ha*rif" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An African antelope (Hippotragus
Bakeri). Its face is striped with black and white.
Maharmah
Ma*har"mah (?), n. A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of
the face, worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad.
Mahdi
Mah"di (?), n. [Ar., guide, leader.] Among Mohammedans, the last imam
or leader of the faithful. The Sunni, the largest sect of the
Mohammedans, believe that he is yet to appear.
NOTE: &hand; Th e ti tle ha s be en ta ken by se veral pe rsons in
countries where Mohammedanism prevails, -- notably by Mohammad
Ahmed, who overran the Egyptian Sudan, and in 1885 captured
Khartum, his soldiers killing General Gordon, an Englishman, who
was then the Egyptian governor of the region.
Mahl-stick
Mahl"-stick` (?), n. See Maul-stick.
Mahoe
Ma"hoe (?), n. (Bot.) A name given to several malvaceous trees
(species of Hibiscus, Ochroma, etc.), and to their strong fibrous
inner bark, which is used for strings and cordage.
Mahogany
Ma*hog"a*ny (?), n. [From the South American name.]
1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia (S. Mahogoni), found in
tropical America.
NOTE: &hand; Se veral ot her tr ees, wi th wo od mo re or less like
mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany (Khaya
Senegalensis), Australian mahogany (Eucalyptus marginatus), Bastard
mahogany (Batonia apetala of the West Indies), Indian mahogany
(Cedrela Toona of Bengal, and trees of the genera Soymida and
Chukrassia), Madeira mahogany (Persea Indica), Mountain mahogany,
the black or cherry birch (Betula lenta), also the several species
of Cercocarpus of California and the Rocky Mountains.
2. The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish brown color,
beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is
used in the manufacture of furniture.
3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.]
To be under the mahogany, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the
table. [Eng.] -- To put one's legs under some one's mahogany, to dine
with him. [Slang]
Maholi
Ma*ho"li (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A South African lemur (Galago maholi),
having very large ears. [Written also moholi.]
Mahomedan, Mahometan
Ma*hom"ed*an (?), Ma*hom"et*an (?), n. See Mohammedan.
Mahometanism
Ma*hom"et*an*ism (?), n. See Mohammedanism.
Mahometanize
Ma*hom"et*an*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mahometanized (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Mahometanizing (?).] To convert to the religion of Mohammed; to
Mohammedanize.
Mahometism
Ma*hom"et*ism (?), n. See Mohammedanism.
Mahometist
Ma*hom"et*ist, n. A Mohammedan. [R.]
Mahometry
Ma*hom"et*ry (?), n. Mohammedanism. [Obs.]
Mahone
Ma*hone" (?), n. A large Turkish ship. Crabb.
Mahonia
Ma*ho"ni*a (?), n. [Named after Bernard McMahon.] (Bot.) The Oregon
grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated
for its hollylike foliage.
Mahon stock
Ma*hon" stock` (?). (Bot.) An annual cruciferous plant with reddish
purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England
Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean.
Mahoohoo
Ma*hoo"hoo (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The African white two-horned rhinoceros
(Atelodus simus).
Mahori
Ma"ho*ri (?), n. [Native name. Cf. Maori.] (Ethnol.) One of the dark
race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also
used adjectively.
Mahound
Ma`hound (?), n. A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil
spirit; a devil. [Obs.]
Who's this, my mahound cousin ? Beau. & Fl.
Mahout
Ma*hout" (?), n. [Hind. mah\'bewat, Skr. mah\'bem\'betra; mahat great
+ m\'betr\'be measure.] The keeper and driver of an elephant. [East
Indies]
Mahovo
Ma*ho"vo (?), n. (Mach.) A device for saving power in stopping and
starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel.
Mahrati
Mah*rat"i (?), n. The language of the Mahrattas; the language spoken
in the Deccan and Concan. [Written also Marathi.]
Mahratta
Mah*rat"ta (?), n. [Hind. Marhat\'be, Marh\'bett\'be, the name of a
famous Hindoo race, from the old Skr. name Mah\'be-r\'beshtra.] One of
a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the
language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied to Sanskrit.
-- a. Of or pertaining to the Mahrattas. [Written also Maratha.]
Mahumetan, Mahumetanism
Ma*hu"met*an (?), Ma*hu"met*an*ism (?), n.See Mohammedan,
Mohammedanism.
Mahwa tree
Mah"wa tree` (?). (Bot.) An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia
latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon
wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating
drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and
yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit.
Maia
Ma"i*a (?), n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A genus of
spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado).
(b) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
Maian
Ma"ian (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family
Maiad\'91.
Maid
Maid (?), n. [Shortened from maiden. . See Maiden.]
1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl;
a virgin; a maiden.
Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son.
Shak.
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my
people have forgotten me. Jer. ii. 32.
2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.]
Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. Chaucer.
3. A female servant.
Spinning amongst her maids. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Ma id is us ed ei ther adjectively or in composition,
signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
4. (Zo\'94l.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate
(Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata). [Prov. Eng.]
Fair maid. (Zo\'94l.) See under Fair, a. -- Maid of honor, a female
attendant of a queen or royal princess; -- usually of noble family,
and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties. -- Old maid.
See under Old. <-- maid of honor. principal female attendant (if
unmarried) of a bride at wedding. (If married, matron of honor.) -->
Maiden
Maid"en (?), n. [OE. maiden, meiden, AS. m\'91gden, dim. of AS.
m\'91g, fr. mago son, servant; akin to G. magd, m\'84dchen, maid, OHG.
magad, Icel. m\'94gr son, Goth. magus boy, child, magaps virgin, and
perh. to Zend. magu youth. Cf. Maid a virgin.]
1. An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual
intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
She employed the residue of her life to repairing of highways,
building of bridges, and endowing of maidens. Carew.
A maiden of our century, yet most meek. Tennyson.
2. A female servant. [Obs.]
3. An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland
for beheading criminals. Wharton.
4. A machine for washing linen.
Maiden
Maid"en, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or
characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. "Amid the maiden
throng." Addison.
Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? Shak.
2. Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse;
virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a
maiden aunt. "A surprising old maiden lady." Thackeray.
3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. "Maiden
flowers.' Shak.
Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. Shak.
4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or
violated. T. Warton. Macaulay.
Maiden assize (Eng. Law), an assize which there is no criminal
prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with blood. It was usual,
at such an assize, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of
white gloves. Smart. -- Maiden name, the surname of a woman before her
marriage. -- Maiden pink. (Bot.) See under Pink. -- Maiden plum
(Bot.), a West Indian tree (Comocladia integrifolia) with purplish
drupes. The sap of the tree is glutinous, and gives a persistent black
stain. -- Maiden speech, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a
new member in a public body. -- Maiden tower, the tower most capable
of resisting an enemy.<-- maiden voyage. first regular service voyage
of a ship -->
Maiden
Maid"en, v. t. To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite
object.
For had I maiden'd it, as many use. Loath for to grant, but loather
to refuse. Bp. Hall.
Maidenhair
Maid"en*hair` (?), n. (Bot.) A fern of the genus Adiantum (A.
pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the
United States, and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also
applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair.
Maiden grass, the smaller quaking grass. -- Maiden tree. See Ginkgo.
Maidenhead
Maid"en*head (?), n. [See Maidenhood.]
1. The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity. Shak.
2. The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.
[Obs.]
The maidenhead of their credit. Sir H. Wotton.
3. The hymen, or virginal membrane.
Maidenhood
Maid"en*hood (?), n. [AS. m\'91gdenh\'bed. See Maid, and -hood.]
1. The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity. Shak.
2. Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.
The maidenhood Of thy fight. Shak.
Maidenlike
Maid"en*like` (?), a. Like a maiden; modest; coy.
Maidenliness
Maid"en*li*ness (?), n. The quality of being maidenly; the behavior
that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.
Maidenly
Maid"en*ly, a. Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle,
modest, reserved.
Must you be blushing ? . . . What a maidenly man-at-arms are you
become ! Shak.
Maidenly
Maid"en*ly, adv. In a maidenlike manner. "Maidenly demure." Skelton.
Maidenship
Maid"en*ship, n. Maidenhood. [Obs.] Fuller.
Maidhood
Maid"hood (?), n. [AS. m\'91g. See Maid, and -hood.] Maidenhood. Shak.
Maidmarian
Maid`ma"ri*an (?), n. [Maid + Marian, relating to Mary, or the Virgin
Mary.]
1. The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance;
a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and
buffoonery by a man in woman's clothes.
2. A kind of dance. Sir W. Temple.
Maidpale
Maid"pale` (?), a. Pale, like a sick girl. Shak.
Maidservant
Maid"serv`ant (?), n. A female servant.
Maid's hair
Maid's" hair` (?). (Bot.) The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).
Maieutic, Maieutical
Ma*ieu"tic (?), Ma*ieu"tic*al (?), a. [Gr.
1. Serving to assist childbirth. Cudworth.
2. Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of
thoughts or language. Payne.
Maieutics
Ma*ieu"tics (?), n. The art of giving birth (i. e., clearness and
conviction) to ideas, which are conceived as struggling for birth.
Payne.
Maiger
Mai"ger (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The meagre.
Maigre
Mai"gre (?), a. [F. See Meager.] Belonging to a fast day or fast; as,
a maigre day. Walpole. Maigre food (R. C. Ch.), food allowed to be
eaten on fast days.
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Maihem
Mai"hem (?), n. See Maim, and Mayhem.
Maikel
Mai*kel" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A South American carnivore of the genus
Conepatus, allied to the skunk, but larger, and having a longer snout.
The tail is not bushy.
Maikong
Mai*kong" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A South American wild dog (Canis
cancrivorus); the crab-eating dog.
Mail
Mail (?), n. A spot. [Obs.]
Mail
Mail, n. [F. maille, OF. also maaille, LL. medalia. See Medal.]
1. A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of
the time of Henry V. [Obs.] [Written also maile, and maille.]
2. Rent; tribute. [Obs., except in certain compounds and phrases, as
blackmail, mails and duties, etc.]
Mail and duties (Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in whatever form
paid.
Mail
Mail, n. [OE. maile, maille, F. maille a ring of mail, mesh, network,
a coat of mail, fr. L. macula spot, a mesh of a net. Cf. Macle,
Macula, Mascle.]
1. A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used
especially for defensive armor. Chaucer.
Chain mail, Coat of mail. See under Chain, and Coat.
2. Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
3. (Naut.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the
loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
4. (Zo\'94l.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales
and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
We . . . strip the lobster of his scarlet mail. Gay.
Mail
Mail, v. t.
1. To arm with mail.
2. To pinion. [Obs.]
Mail
Mail, n. [OE. male bag, OF. male, F. malle bag, trunk, mail, OHG.
malaha, malha, wallet; akin to D. maal, male; cf. Gael. & Ir. mala,
Gr.
1. A bag; a wallet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter
contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post
office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government
in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter.
There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated Hague. Tatler.
3. That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the
post office.
4. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
[Obs.] Sir W. Scott.
Mail bag, a bag in which mailed matter is conveyed under public
authority. -- Mail boat, a boat that carries the mail. -- Mail
catcher, an iron rod, or other contrivance, attached to a railroad car
for catching a mail bag while the train is in motion. -- Mail guard,
an officer whose duty it is to guard the public mails. [Eng.] -- Mail
train, a railroad train carrying the mail.
Mail
Mail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mailing.] To
deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a
government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail
a letter. [U. S.]
NOTE: &hand; In th e United States to mail and to post are both in
common use; as, to mail or post a letter. In England post is the
commoner usage.
Mailable
Mail"a*ble (?), a. Admissible lawfully into the mail. [U.S.]
Mailclad
Mail"clad` (?), a. Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor. Sir W.
Scott.
Mailed
Mailed (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Protected by an external coat, or covering,
of scales or plates.
Mailed
Mailed, a. [See 1st Mail.] Spotted; speckled.
Mailing
Mail"ing (?), n. [Scot., fr. mail tribute, rent. See 2d Mail.] A farm.
[Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Mail-shell
Mail"-shell` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A chiton.
Maim
Maim (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maimed (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Maiming.]
[OE. maimen, OF. mahaignier, mehaignier, meshaignier, cf. It.
magagnare, LL. mahemiare, mahennare; perh. of Celtic origin; cf.
Armor. mac'ha to mutilate, m\'bec'ha to crowd, press; or cf. OHG. mang
to lack, perh. akin to E. mangle to lacerate. Cf. Mayhem.]
1. To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person on
fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
By the ancient law of England he that maimed any man whereby he
lost any part of his body, was sentenced to lose the like part.
Blackstone.
2. To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.
My late maimed limbs lack wonted might. Spenser.
You maimed the jurisdiction of all bishops. Shak.
Syn. -- To mutilate; mangle; cripple.
Maim
Maim, n. [Written in law language maihem, and mayhem.] [OF. mehaing.
See Maim, v.]
1. The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which
one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
2. The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation;
injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem.
Surely there is more cause to fear lest the want there of be a maim
than the use of it a blemish. Hooker.
A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history that the acts of
Parliament should not be recited. Hayward.
Maimedly
Maim"ed*ly (?), adv. In a maimed manner.
Maimedness
Maim"ed*ness, n. State of being maimed. Bolton.
Main
Main (?), n. [F. main hand, L. manus. See Manual.]
1. A hand or match at dice. Prior. Thackeray.
2. A stake played for at dice. [Obs.] Shak.
3. The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given
limits, as in the game of hazard.
4. A match at cockfighting. "My lord would ride twenty miles . . . to
see a main fought." Thackeray.
5. A main-hamper. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
Main
Main, n. [AS. m\'91gen strength, power, force; akin to OHG. magan,
Icel. megin, and to E. may, v. May, v.]
1. Strength; force; might; violent effort. [Obs., except in certain
phrases.]
There were in this battle of most might and main. R. of Gl.
He 'gan advance, With huge force, and with importable main.
Spenser.
2. The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
[Obs., except in special uses.]
Resolved to rest upon the title of Lancaster as the main, and to
use the other two . . . but as supporters. Bacon.
3. Specifically: (a) The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay,
etc. ; the high sea; the ocean. "Struggling in the main." Dryden. (b)
The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland. "Invaded
the main of Spain." Bacon. (c) principal duct or pipe, as
distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe
leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.
Forcing main, the delivery pipe of a pump. -- For the main, OR In the
main, for the most part; in the greatest part. -- With might and main,
OR With all one's might and main, with all one's strength; with
violent effort.
With might and main they chased the murderous fox. Dryden.
Main
Main (?), a. [From Main strength, possibly influenced by OF. maine,
magne, great, L. magnus. Cf. Magnate.]
1. Very or extremely strong. [Obs.]
That current with main fury ran. Daniel.
2. Vast; huge. [Obs.] "The main abyss." Milton.
3. Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer. [Obs.] "It's a man untruth."
Sir W. Scott.
4. Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.
Our main interest is to be happy as we can. Tillotson.
5. Important; necessary. [Obs.]
That which thou aright Believest so main to our success, I bring.
Milton.
By main force, by mere force or sheer force; by violent effort; as, to
subdue insurrection by main force.
That Maine which by main force Warwick did win. Shak.
-- By main strength, by sheer strength; as, to lift a heavy weight by
main strength. -- Main beam (Steam Engine), working beam. -- Main boom
(Naut.), the boom which extends the foot of the mainsail in a fore and
aft vessel. -- Main brace. (a) (Mech.) The brace which resists the
chief strain. Cf. Counter brace. (b) (Naut.) The brace attached to the
main yard. -- Main center (Steam Engine), a shaft upon which a working
beam or side lever swings. -- Main chance. See under Chance. -- Main
couple (Arch.), the principal truss in a roof. -- Main deck (Naut.),
the deck next below the spar deck; the principal deck. -- Main keel
(Naut.), the principal or true keel of a vessel, as distinguished from
the false keel. Syn. -- Principal; chief; leading; cardinal; capital.
Main
Main, adv. [See Main, a.] Very extremely; as, main heavy. "I'm main
dry." Foote. [Obs. or Low]
Maine
Maine (?), n. One of the New England States. Maine law, any law
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages, esp.
one resembling that enacted in the State of Maine.
Main-gauche
Main`-gauche" (m&acr;N`g&omac;sh"), n. [F., the left hand.] (Ancient
Armor) The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in
the right; -- used to parry thrusts of the adversary's rapier.
Main-hamper
Main"-ham`per (?), n. [F. main hand (see Main a hand at dice) + E.
hamper.] A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in
carrying grapes to the press.
Mainland
Main"land` (?), n. The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to
island, or peninsula. Dryden.
After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula to the
mainland. Hawthorne.
Mainly
Main"ly (?), adv. [From main strong. See Main strength.] Very
strongly; mightily; to a great degree. [Obs.] Bacon. Shak.
Mainly
Main"ly, adv. [From main principal, chief.] Principally; chiefly.
Mainmast
Main"mast` (?), n. (Naut.) The principal mast in a ship or other
vessel.
Mainor
Main"or (?), n. [Anglo-Norm. meinoure, OF. manuevre. See Maneuver.]
(O. Eng. Law) A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.
NOTE: &hand; A th ief was said to be "taken with the mainor," when
he was taken with the thing stolen upon him, that is, in his hands.
Wharton. Bouvier.
Mainpernable
Main"per*na*ble (?), a. [OF. main hand + pernable, for prenable, that
may be taken, pregnable. See Mainpernor.] (Law) Capable of being
admitted to give surety by mainpernors; able to be mainprised.
Mainpernor
Main"per*nor (?), n. [OF. main hand + pernor, for preneor, a taker, F.
preneur, fr. prendre to take.] (Law) A surety, under the old writ of
mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.
NOTE: &hand; Ma inpernors differ from bail in that a man's bail may
imprison or surrender him before the stipulated day of appearance;
mainpernors can do neither; they are bound to produce him to answer
all charges whatsoever.
Blackstone.
Mainpin
Main"pin (?), n. (Vehicles) A kingbolt.
Mainprise
Main"prise (?), n. [F. main hand + prise a taking, fr. prendre, p. p.
pris to take, fr. L. prehendere, prehensum.] (Law) (a) A writ directed
to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors,
for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ
is now obsolete. Wharton. (b) Deliverance of a prisoner on security
for his appearance at a day.
Mainprise
Main"prise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mainprised (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mainprising.] (Law) To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties,
or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.
Mains
Mains (?), n. [Scot. See Manse.] The farm attached to a mansion house.
[Scot.]
Mainsail
Main"sail` (?), n. (Naut.) The principal sail in a ship or other
vessel.
[They] hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40.
NOTE: &hand; Th e ma insail of a sh ip is ex tended up on a yard
attached to the mainmast, and that of a sloop or schooner upon the
boom.
Mainsheet
Main"sheet` (?), n. (Naut.) One of the ropes by which the mainsail is
hauled aft and trimmed.
Mainspring
Main"spring` (?), n. The principal or most important spring in a piece
of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the
spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most
powerful motive; the efficient cause of action.
Mainstay
Main"stay` (?), n.
1. (Naut.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the
maintop.
2. Main support; principal dependence.
The great mainstay of the Church. Buckle.
Mainswear
Main"swear` (?), v. i. [AS. m\'benswerian to forswear; m\'ben sin,
crime + swerian to swear.] To swear falsely. [Obs.] Blount.
Maintain
Main*tain (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maintained (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Maintaining.] [OE. maintenen, F. maintenir, properly, to hold by the
hand; main hand (L. manus) + F. tenir to hold (L.tenere). See Manual,
and Tenable.]
1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support;
to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline;
as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a
fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of
the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present
reputation.
2. To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or
relinquish.
God values . . . every one as he maintains his post. Grew.
3. To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
Maintain talk with the duke. Shak.
4. To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what
is needed.
Glad, by his labor, to maintain his life. Stirling.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children. Franklin.
5. To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained
by it. South.
Syn. -- To assert; vindicate; allege. See Assert.
Maintainable
Main*tain"a*ble (?), a. That maybe maintained.
Maintainer
Main*tain"er (?), n. One who maintains.
Maintainor
Main*tain"or (?), n. [OF. mainteneor, F. mainteneur.] (Crim. Law) One
who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others,
by furnishing money, etc., to either party. Bouvier. Wharton.
Maintenance
Main"te*nance (?), n. [OF. maintenance. See Maintain.]
1. The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
Whatsoever is granted to the church for God's honor and the
maintenance of his service, is granted to God. South.
2. That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of
necessaries and conveniences.
Those of better fortune not making learning their maintenance.
Swift.
3. (Crim. Law) An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause
depending between others, by assisting either party with money or
means to carry it on. See Champerty. Wharton.
Cap of maintenance. See under Cap.
Maintop
Main"top` (?), n. (Naut.) The platform about the head of the mainmast
in square-rigged vessels.
Main yard
Main" yard` (?). (Naut.) The yard on which the mainsail is extended,
supported by the mainmast.
Maioid
Mai"oid (?), a. [Maia + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the
genus Maia, or family Maiade\'91.
Maister
Mais"ter (?), n. Master. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Maister
Mais"ter, a. Principal; chief. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Maistre, Maistrie, Maistry
Mais"tre (?), Mais"trie, Mais"try (?), n. Mastery; superiority; art.
See Mastery. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Maistress
Mais"tress (?), n. Mistress. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Maithes
Mai"thes (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Maghet.
Maize
Maize (?), n. [Sp. maiz. fr. mahiz or mahis, i (Bot.) A large species
of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a
forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs,
and used as food for men animals. Maize eater (Zo\'94l.), a South
American bird of the genus Pseudoleistes, allied to the troupials. --
Maize yellow, a delicate pale yellow.
Majestatic, Majestatal
Maj`es*tat"ic (?), Maj`es*tat"*al (?), a. Majestic. [Obs.] E. Pocock.
Dr. J. Scott.
Majestic
Ma*jes"tic (?), a. [From Majesty.] Possessing or exhibiting majesty;
of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble;
grand. "The majestic world." Shak. "Tethys'grave majestic pace."
Milton.
The least portions must be of the epic kind; all must be grave,
majestic, and sublime. Dryden
. Syn. -- August; splendid; grand; sublime; magnificent; imperial;
regal; pompous; stately; lofty; dignified; elevated.
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Majestical
Ma*jes"tic*al (?), a. Majestic. Cowley.
An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical. M.
Arnold.
-- Ma*jes"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ma*jes"tic*al*ness, n.
Majesticness
Ma*jes"tic*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being majestic.
Oldenburg.
Majesty
Maj"es*ty (?), n.; pl. Majesties (#). [OE. magestee, F. majest\'82, L.
majestas, fr. an old compar. of magnus great. See Major, Master.] The
dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or state which
inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether
proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness;
stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns.
The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty. Ps. xciii. 1.
No sovereign has ever represented the majesty of great state with
more dignity and grace. Macaulay.
2. Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an emperor,
king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural; as, their majesties
attended the concert.
In all the public writs which he [Emperor Charles V.] now issued as
King of Spain, he assumed the title of Majesty, and required it
from his subjects as a mark of respect. Before that time all the
monarchs of Europe were satisfied with the appellation of Highness
or Grace. Robertson.
3. Dignity; elevation of manner or style. Dryden.
Majolica
Ma*jol"i*ca (?), n. [It.] A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and
showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th
century.
NOTE: &hand; The term is said to be derived from Majorca, which was
an early seat of this manufacture.
Heyse.
Major
Ma"jor (?), [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf.
Master, Mayor, Magnitude, More, a.]
1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the
assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the
territory.
2. Of greater dignity; more important. Shak.
3. Of full legal age. [Obs.]
4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference
of pitch from another tone.
Major axis (Geom.), the greater axis. See Focus, n., 2. -- Major key
(Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five
and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven
and eight, make minor seconds. -- Major offense (Law), an offense of a
greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery
include assault. -- Major premise (Logic), that premise of a syllogism
which contains the major term. -- Major scale (Mus.), the natural
diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and
seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the
major mode, of which the third is major. See Scale, and Diatonic. --
Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in
pitch of a step. -- Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a
half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are
major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are
more cheerful. -- Major term (Logic), that term of a syllogism which
forms the predicate of the conclusion. -- Major third (Mus.), a third
of two steps.
Major
Ma"jor, n. [F. major. See Major, a.]
1. (Mil.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a
lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
2. (Law) A person of full age.
3. (Logic) That premise which contains the major term. It its the
first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is
qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his
natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural
state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].
NOTE: &hand; In hy pothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise
is called the major.
4. [LL. See Major.] A mayor. [Obs.] Bacon.
Majorat
Ma`jo`rat" (?), n. [F. majorat, LL. majoratus. See Major, a., and cf.
Majorate.]
1. The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed
in some of the countries of continental Europe.
2. (French Law) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of
honor as to descend with it.
Majorate
Ma"jor*ate (?), n. The office or rank of a major.
Majorate
Ma"jor*ate (?), v. t. [LL. majorare to augment. See Major, a.] To
augment; to increase. [Obs.] Howell.
Majoration
Ma`jor*a"tion (?), n. Increase; enlargement. [Obs.] Bacon.
Majorcan
Ma*jor"can (?), a. Of or pertaining to Majorca. -- n. A native or
inhabitant of Majorca.
Major-domo
Ma`jor-do"mo (?), n. [Sp. mayordomo, or It. maggiordomo; both fr. LL.
majordomus; L. major greater + domus house.] A man who has authority
to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward;
also, a chief minister or officer.
Major general
Ma"jor gen"er*al (?). An officer of the army holding a rank next above
that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general,
and who usually commands a division or a corps.
Majority
Ma*jor"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Majorities (#). [F. majorit\'82. See Major.]
1. The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
Specifically: (a) The military rank of a major. (b) The condition of
being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.
2. The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a
majority of the votes cast.
3. [Cf. L. majores.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]
4. The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other
aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by
which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other
candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See
Plurality.
To go over to, OR To join, the majority, to die.
Majorship
Ma"jor*ship (?), n. The office of major.
Majoun
Maj"oun (?), n. See Madjoun.
Majuscul\'91
Ma*jus"cu*l\'91 (?), n. pl. [L., fem. pl. fr. majusculus somewhat
greater or great, dim. of major, majus. See Major.] (Pal\'91ography)
Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and
earlier.
Majuscule
Ma*jus"cule (?), n. [Cf. F. majuscule. See Majuscul\'91.] A capital
letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majuscul\'91.
Majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capital letters,
especially the style which prevailed in Europe from the third to the
sixth century.
Makable
Mak"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being made.
Makaron
Mak"a*ron (?), n. See Macaroon, 2. [Obs.]
Make
Make (?), n. [AS. maca, gemaca. See Match.] A companion; a mate;
often, a husband or a wife. [Obs.]
For in this world no woman is Worthy to be my make. Chaucer.
Make
Make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Made (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Making.] [OE.
maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak, OFries. makia, D. maken,
G. machen, OHG. mahh to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. Match
an equal.]
1. To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to
frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in various specific uses or
applications: (a) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain
form; to construct; to fabricate.
He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a
molten calf. Ex. xxxii. 4.
(b) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often
with up; as, to make up a story.
And Art, with her contending, doth aspire To excel the natural with
made delights. Spenser.
(c) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to
effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a
phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun;
as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to
record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. Judg. xvi. 25.
Wealth maketh many friends. Prov. xix. 4.
I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults
which I have made. Dryden.
(d) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill,
note, will, deed, etc. (e) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to
get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to
one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to
make money.
He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time.
Bacon.
(f) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain
by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning,
weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to
travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the
distance in one day. (h) To put a desired or desirable condition; to
cause to thrive.
Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown. Dryden.
2. To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or
adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make
fast.
Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Ex. ii. 14.
See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. Ex. vii. 1.
NOTE: &hand; When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive
pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make bold; to make
free, etc.
3. To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem,
suppose, or represent.
He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him. Baker.
4. To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to
occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
NOTE: &hand; In th e ac tive vo ice th e to of the infinitive is
usually omitted.
I will make them hear my words. Deut. iv. 10.
They should be made to rise at their early hour. Locke.
5. To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned
into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he
will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes
warm clothing.
And old cloak makes a new jerkin. Shak.
6. To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to
form; to amount to.
The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one
temple for the Deity. Waller.
7. To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.]
Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city
bailiffs? Dryden.
8. To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. "And make the
Libyan shores." Dryden.
They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side. Sir
T. Browne.
To make a bed, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in
order. -- To make a card (Card Playing), to take a trick with it. --
To make account. See under Account, n. -- To make account of, to
esteem; to regard. -- To make away. (a) To put out of the way; to
kill; to destroy. [Obs.]
If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him
away. Burton.
(b) To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.] Waller. -- To make
believe, to pretend; to feign; to simulate. -- To make bold, to take
the liberty; to venture. -- To make the cards (Card Playing), to
shuffle the pack. -- To make choice of, to take by way of preference;
to choose. -- To make danger, to make experiment. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
-- To make default (Law), to fail to appear or answer. -- To make the
doors, to shut the door. [Obs.]
Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement.
Shak.
- To make free with. See under Free, a. -- To make good. See under
Good. -- To make head, to make headway. -- To make light of. See under
Light, a. -- To make little of. (a) To belittle. (b) To accomplish
easily. -- To make love to. See under Love, n. -- To make meat, to
cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S.] -- To make merry,
to feast; to be joyful or jovial. -- To make much of, to treat with
much consideration,, attention, or fondness; to value highly. -- To
make no bones. See under Bone, n. -- To make no difference, to have no
weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference. -- To make no
doubt, to have no doubt. -- To make no matter, to have no weight or
importance; to make no difference. -- To make oath (Law), to swear, as
to the truth of something, in a prescribed form of law. -- To make of.
(a) To understand or think concerning; as, not to know what to make of
the news. (b) To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account.
"Makes she no more of me than of a slave." Dryden. -- To make one's
law (Old Law), to adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge. -- To
make out. (a) To find out; to discover; to decipher; as, to make out
the meaning of a letter. (b) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff
was unable to make out his case. (c) To make complete or exact; as, he
was not able to make out the money. -- To make over, to transfer the
title of; to convey; to alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust
or in fee. -- To make sail. (Naut.) (a) To increase the quantity of
sail already extended. (b) To set sail. -- To make shift, to manage by
expedients; as, they made shift to do without it. [Colloq.]. -- To
make sternway, to move with the stern foremost; to go or drift
backward. -- To make strange, to act in an unfriendly manner or as if
surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a request or
suggestion. -- To make suit to, to endeavor to gain the favor of; to
court. -- To make sure. See under Sure. -- To make up. (a) To collect
into a sum or mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a
bundle or package. (b) To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a
difference or quarrel. (c) To supply what is wanting in; to complete;
as, a dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum. (d) To compose,
as from ingredients or parts; to shape, prepare, or fabricate; as, to
make up a mass into pills; to make up a story.
He was all made up of love and charms! Addison.
(e) To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss. (f) To adjust,
or to arrange for settlement; as, to make up accounts. (g) To dress
and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was well made up. -- To make
up a face, to distort the face as an expression of pain or derision.
-- To make up one's mind, to reach a mental determination; to resolve.
-- To make water. (a) (Naut.) To leak. (b) To urinate. -- To make way,
OR To make one's way. (a) To make progress; to advance. (b) To open a
passage; to clear the way. -- To make words, to multiply words.
Make
Make (?), v. i.
1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere;
to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make. [Obs.]
A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make. Shak.
2. To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the
tiger made at the sportsmen.
NOTE: &hand; Fo rmerly, au thors used to make on, to make forth, to
make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say, to make at,
to make away, to make for, to make off, to make toward, etc.
3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as,
it makes for his advantage. M. Arnold.
Follow after the things which make for peace. Rom. xiv. 19.
Considerations infinite Do make against it. Shak.
4. To increase; to augment; to accrue.
5. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. [Archaic] Chaucer.
Tennyson.
To solace him some time, as I do when I make. P. Plowman.
To make as if, OR To make as though, to pretend that; to make show
that; to make believe (see under Make, v. t.).
Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and
fled. Josh. viii. 15.
My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with
me. Latimer.
-- To make at, to go toward hastily, or in a hostile manner; to
attack. -- To make away with. (a) To carry off. (b) To transfer or
alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate. (c) To kill; to destroy. --
To make off, to go away suddenly. -- To make out, to succeed; to be
able at last; to make shift; as, he made out to reconcile the
contending parties. -- To make up, to become reconciled or friendly.
-- To make up for, to compensate for; to supply an equivalent for. --
To make up to. (a) To approach; as, a suspicious boat made up to us.
(b) To pay addresses to; to make love to. -- To make up with, to
become reconciled to. [Colloq.] -- To make with, to concur or agree
with. Hooker.
Make
Make, n. Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction;
shape; form.
It our perfection of so frail a make As every plot can undermine
and shake? Dryden.
On the make,bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain. [Low, U.
S.]
Makebate
Make"bate` (?), n. [Make, v. + bate a quarrel.] One who excites
contentions and quarrels. [Obs.]
Make-belief
Make"-be*lief` (?), n. A feigning to believe; make believe. J. H.
Newman.
Make-believe
Make"-be*lieve` (?), n. A feigning to believe, as in the play of
children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention. "Childlike
make-believe." Tylor.
To forswear self-delusion and make-believe. M. Arnold.
Make-believe
Make"-be*lieve`, a.Feigned; insincere. "Make-believe reverence."<--
imaginary --> G. Eliot.
Maked
Mak"ed (?), obs. p. p. of Make. Made. Chaucer.
Make-game
Make"-game` (?), n. An object of ridicule; a butt. Godwin.
Makeless
Make"less, a. [See 1st Make, and cf. Matchless, Mateless.]
1. Matchless. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Without a mate. Shak.
Make-peace
Make"-peace` (-p&emac;s`) n. A peacemaker. [R.] Shak.
Maker
Mak"er (m&amac;k"&etil;r) n.,
1. One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the
Creator.
The universal Maker we may praise. Milton.
2. (Law) The person who makes a promissory note.
3. One who writes verses; a poet. [Obs.]
NOTE: &hand; "T he Gr eeks na med the poet poihth`s, which name, as
the most excellent, hath gone through other languages. It cometh of
this word poiei^n, make; wherein, I know not whether by luck or
wisdom, we Englishmen have met well the Greeks in calling him a
maker."
Sir P. Sidney.
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Makeshift
Make"shift` (?), n. That with which one makes shift; a temporary
expedient. James Mill.
I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
Make-up
Make"-up` (?), n. The way in which the parts of anything are put
together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc.,
in personating a character.
The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental
make-up. L. F. Ward.
Makeweight
Make"weight` (, n. That which is thrown into a scale to make weight;
something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a
gap.
Maki
Ma"ki (?), n. [F., from native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A lemur. See Lemur.
Making
Mak"ing (?), n.
1. The act of one who makes; workmanship; fabrication; construction;
as, this is cloth of your own making; the making of peace or war was
in his power.
2. Composition, or structure.
3. a poem.[Obs.] Sir J. Davies.
4. That which establishes or places in a desirable state or condition;
the material of which something may be made; as, early misfortune was
the making of him.
5. External appearance; from. [Obs.] Shak.
Making-iron
Mak"ing-i`ron (?), n. A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in
it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has
been driven in.
Making-up
Mak"ing-up` (?), n.
1. The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of strength, called
proof.
2. The act of becoming reconciled or friendly.
Mal-
Mal- (?). A prefix in composition denoting ill,or evil, F. male, adv.,
fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in
malediction, malevolent. See Malice.
NOTE: &hand; Th e fo rmmale- is chiefly used in cases where the c,
either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a separate
syllable, as in malediction, malefactor, maleficent, etc. Where
this is not the case, as in malfeasance or male-feasance,
malformation or male-formation, etc., as also where the word to
which it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in
maladministration, etc., the form malis to be preferred, and is the
one commonly employed.
Mala
Ma"la (?), n.; pl. of Malum. [L.] Evils; wrongs; offenses against
right and law. Mala in se [L.] (Law), offenses which are such from
their own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute. -- Mala
prohibita [L.] (Law), offenses prohibited by statute, as distinguished
from mala in se, which are offenses at common law.
Malabar
Mal"a*bar` (?), n. A region in the western part of the Peninsula of
India, between the mountains and the sea. Malabar nut (Bot.), the seed
of an East Indian acanthaceous shrub, the Adhatoda Vasica, sometimes
used medicinally.
Malacatune
Mal`a*ca*tune" (?), n. See Melocoton.
Malacca
Ma*lac"ca (?), n. A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay
Peninsula. Malacca cane (Bot.), a cane obtained from a species of palm
of the genus Calamus (C. Scipionum), and of a brown color, often
mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays.
Malachite
Mal"a*chite (?), n. [Fr. Gr. malachite. Cf. Mallow.] (Min.) Native
hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary
masses with concentric fibrous structure.
NOTE: &hand; Green malachite, or malachite proper, admits of a high
polish, and is sometimes used for ornamental work. Blue malachite,
or azurite, is a related species of a deep blue color.
Malachite green. See Emerald green, under Green, n.
Malacissant
Mal`a*cis"sant (?), a. [See Malacissation.] Softening; relaxing.
[Obs.]
Malacissation
Mal`a*cis*sa"tion (?), n. [L. malacissare to make soft, Gr. The act of
making soft or supple. [Obs.] Bacon.
Malacobdella
Mal`a*cob*del"la (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of nemertean
worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They
have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of
Bdellomorpha.
Malacoderm
Mal"a*co*derm (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of a tribe of beetles
(Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body, as the fireflies.
Malacolite
Mal"a*co*lite (?), n. [Gr. -lite.] (Min.) A variety of pyroxene.
Malacologist
Mal`a*col"o*gist (?), n. One versed in the science of malacology.
Malacology
Mal`a*col"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. malacologie.] The science
which relates to the structure and habits of mollusks.
Malacopoda
Mal`a*cop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zo\'94l.) A class of
air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and
Onychophora.
NOTE: &hand; Th ey so mewhat re semble my riapods, an d ha ve fr om
seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly jointed legs,
two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of antenn\'91. The tranche\'91
are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of
the body. Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus.
Malacopterygian
Mal`a*cop`ter*yg"i*an (?), n. [Cf. F. malacopt\'82rygien.] (Zo\'94l.)
One of the Malacopterygii.
Malacopterygii
Mal`a*cop`te*ryg"i*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of
fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral
and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the
carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri.
Malacopterygious
Mal`a*cop`ter*yg"i*ous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the
Malacopterygii.
Malacosteon
Mal`a*cos"te*on (?), n. [NL., Gr. fr. (Med.) A peculiar disease of the
bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of
being bent without breaking.
Malacostomous
Mal`a*cos"to*mous (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having soft jaws without
teeth, as certain fishes.
Malacostraca
Mal`a*cos"tra*ca (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A subclass of
Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and Thoracostraca, or all those
higher than the Entomostraca.
Malacostracan
Mal`a*cos"tra*can (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Malacostraca.
Malacostracology
Mal`a*cos`tra*col"o*gy (?), n. [Malacostracan + -logy.] That branch of
zo\'94logical science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also
carcinology.
Malacostracous
Mal`a*cos"tra*cous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the Malacostraca.
Malacotoon
Mal`a*co*toon" (?), n. (Bot.) See Melocoton.
Malacozoa
Mal`a*co*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An extensive group
of Invertebrata, including the Mollusca, Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa.
Called also Malacozoaria.
Malacozoic
Mal`a*co*zo"ic (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa.
Maladdress
Mal`ad*dress" (?), n. [Mal- + address.] Bad address; an awkward,
tactless, or offensive way of accosting one or talking with one. W. D.
Howells.
Maladjustment
Mal`ad*just"ment (?), n. [Mal- + adjustment.] A bad adjustment.
Maladministration
Mal`ad*min`is*tra"tion (?), n. [Mal- + administration.] Bad
administration; bad management of any business, especially of public
affairs. [Written also maleadministration.]
Maladroit
Mal`a*droit" (?), a. [F. See Malice, and Adroit.] Of a quality opposed
to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful. -- Mal"a*droit`ly, adv. --
Mal`a*droit"ness, n.
Malady
Mal"a*dy (?), n.; pl. Maladies (#). [F. maladie, fr. malade ill, sick,
OF. also, malabde, fr. L. male habitus, i. e., ill-kept, not in good
condition. See Malice, and Habit.]
1. Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or
indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic
functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind.
Buckminster.
2. A moral or mental defect or disorder.
Love's a malady without a cure. Dryden.
Syn. -- Disorder; distemper; sickness; ailment; disease; illness. See
Disease.
Malaga
Mal"a*ga (?), n. A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean.
Hence, Malaga grapes, Malaga raisins, Malaga wines.
Malagash
Mal`a*gash" (?), n. Same as Malagasy.
Malagasy
Mal`a*gas"y (?), n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Madagascar;
also (sing.), the language.
Malaise
Ma`laise" (?), n. [F., fr. mal ill + aise ease.] (Med.) An indefinite
feeling of uneasiness, or of being sick or ill at ease.
Malamate
Ma*lam"ate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of malamic acid.
Malambo
Ma*lam"bo (?), n. [Pg.] A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine
and perfumery, said to be from the South American shrub Croton
Malambo.
Malamethane
Mal`am*eth"ane (?), n. [Malamic + ethane.] (Chem.) A white crystalline
substance forming the ethyl salt of malamic acid.
Malamic
Ma*lam"ic (?), a. [Malic + amic.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining an acid
intermediate between malic acid and malamide, and known only by its
salts.
Malamide
Ma*lam"ide (?), n. [Malic + amide.] (Chem.) The acid amide derived
from malic acid, as a white crystalline substance metameric with
asparagine.
Malanders
Mal"an*ders (?), n. pl. [F. malandres, fr. L. malandria blisters or
pustules on the neck, especially in horses.] (Far.) A scurfy eruption
in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See Sallenders.
[Written also mallenders.]
Malapert
Mal"a*pert (?), a. [OF. malapert unskillful, ill-taught, ill-bred; mal
ill + apert open, adroit, intelligent, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire to
open. See Malice, and Aperient.] Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert.
Shak. -- n. A malapert person.
Are you growing malapert! Will you force me to make use of my
authority ? Dryden.
-- Mal"a*pert`ly, adv. -- Mal"a*pert`ness, n.
Malapropism
Mal"a*prop*ism (?), n. [From Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Sheridan's
drama, " The Rivals," who makes amusing blunders in her use of words.
See Malapropos.] A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.
Malapropos
Mal*ap"ro*pos` (?), a. & adv. [F. mal \'85 propos; mal evil + \'85
propos to the purpose.] Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or
unsuitably.
Malapterurus
Mal*ap`te*ru"rus (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of African
siluroid fishes, including the electric catfishes. See Electric cat,
under Electric.
Malar
Ma"lar (?), a. [L. mala the cheek: cf. F. malaire.] (Anat.) Of or
pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone;
jugal.
Malar
Ma"lar (?), n. (Anat.) The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower
edge of the orbit.
Malaria
Ma*la"ri*a (?), n. [It., contr. fr. malaaria bad air. See Malice, and
Air.]
1. Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering
disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy
or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma.
NOTE: &hand; Th e mo rbific agent in malaria is supposed by some to
be a vegetable microbe or its spores, and by others to be a very
minute animal blood parasite (an infusorian).
2. (Med.) A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying
vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and
ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur
at definite and usually uniform intervals.
Malarial, Malarian, Malarious
Ma*la"ri*al (?), Ma*la"ri*an (?), Ma*la"ri*ous (?), a. Of or
pertaining, to or infected by, malaria. Malarial fever (Med.), a fever
produced by malaria, and characterized by the occurrence of chills,
fever, and sweating in distinct paroxysms, At intervals of definite
and often uniform duration, in which these symptoms are wholly absent
(intermittent fever), or only partially so (remittent fever); fever
and ague; chills and fever.
Malashaganay
Ma`la*sha"ga*nay (?), n. [Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) The fresh-water
drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens).
Malassimilation
Mal`as*sim`i*la"tion (?), n. [Mal- + assimilation.] (Physiol.) (a)
Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of the food.
(b) An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials brought
to them by the blood.
Malate
Ma"late (?), n. [L. malum apple: cf. F. malate. See Malic.] (Chem.) A
salt of malic acid.
Malax, Malaxate
Ma"lax (?), Ma*lax"ate (?), v. t. [L. malaxare, malaxatum, cf. Gr.
malaxer.] To soften by kneading or stirring with some thinner
substance. [R.]
Malaxation
Mal`ax*a"tion (?), n. [L. malaxatio: cf. F. malaxation.] The act of
softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of
ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters. [R.]
Malaxator
Mal"ax*a`tor (?), n. One who, or that which, malaxates; esp., a
machine for grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy
mass. [R.]
Malay
Ma*lay" (?), n. One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the
Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.
Malay, Malayan
Ma*lay" (?), Ma*lay"an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Malays or their
country. -- n. The Malay language. Malay apple (Bot.), a myrtaceous
tree (Eugenia Malaccensis) common in India; also, its applelike fruit.
Malayalam
Ma"la*ya"lam (?), n. The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian
languages, closely related to the Tamil. Yule.
Malbrouck
Mal"brouck (?), n. [F.] (Zo\'94l.) A West African arboreal monkey
(Cercopithecus cynosurus).
Malconformation
Mal*con`for*ma"tion (?), n. [Mal- + conformation.] Imperfect,
disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of
parts.
Malcontent
Mal"con*tent` (?), a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See Malice,
Content.] discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied
with the government. [Written also malecontent.]
The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. Milner.
Malcontent
Mal"con*tent`, n. [F. malcontent.] One who discontented; especially, a
discontented subject of a government; one who express his discontent
by words or overt acts. Spenser. Berkeley.
Malcontented
Mal`con*tent"ed (?), a. Malcontent. -- Mal`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. --
Mal`con*tent"ed*ness, n.
Maldanian
Mal*da"ni*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any species of marine annelids of the
genus Maldane, or family Maldanid\'91. They have a slender, round
body, and make tubes in the sand or mud.
Male-
Male- (?). See Mal-.
Male
Male (?), a. [L. malus. See Malice.] Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.]
Marston.
Male
Male, n. Same as Mail, a bag. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Male
Male, a. [F. m\'83le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus male,
masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man. Cf. Masculine,
Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in
a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova
are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.
2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing
fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts
of plants, which bear them.
3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male;
masculine; as, male courage.
4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the
female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for
gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.
Male berry (Bot.), a kind of coffee. See Pea berry. -- Male fern
(Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium (A. Filixmas), used in medicine
as an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in
America, and A. athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See Female fern,
under Female. -- Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables
agree, as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under Female. --
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its exterior which
enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female
screw. -- Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
Male
Male, n.
1. An animal of the male sex.
2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
Naleadministration
Nale`ad*min`is*tra"tion (?), n. Maladministration.
Maleate
Ma*le"ate (?), n. A salt of maleic acid.
Malebranchism
Male*branch"ism (?), n. The philosophical system of Malebranche, an
eminent French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system
is that the mind can not have knowledge of anything external to itself
except in its relation to God.
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Maleconformation
Male*con`for*ma"tion (?), n. Malconformation.
Malecontent
Male"con*tent` (?), a. Malcontent.
Maledicency
Mal`e*di"cen*cy (?), n. [L. maledicentia. See Maledicent.] Evil
speaking. [Obs.] Atterbury.
Maledicent
Mal`e*di"cent (?), a. [L. maledicens, p. pr. of maledicere to speak
ill; male ill + dicere to say, speak. See Malice, and Diction.]
Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
Maledict
Mal"e*dict (?), a. [L. maledictus, p. p. of maledicere.] Accursed;
abominable. [R.]
Malediction
Mal`e*dic"tion, n. [L. maledictio: cf. F. mal\'82diction. See
Maledicent.] A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing;
imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.
No malediction falls from his tongue. Longfellow.
Syn. -- Cursing; curse; execration; imprecation; denunciation;
anathema. -- Malediction, Curse, Imprecation, Execration. Malediction
is the most general term, denoting bitter reproach, or wishes and
predictions of evil. Curse implies the desire or threat of evil,
declared upon oath or in the most solemn manner. Imprecation is
literally the praying down of evil upon a person. Execration is
literally a putting under the ban of excommunication, a curse which
excludes from the kingdom of God. In ordinary usage, the last three
words describe profane swearing, execration being the strongest.
Malefaction
Mal`e*fac"tion (?), n. [See Malefactor.] A crime; an offense; an evil
deed. [R.] Shak.
Malefactor
Mal`e*fac"tor (?), n. [L., fr. malefacere to do evil; male ill, evil +
facere to do. See Malice, and Fact.]
1. An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public
prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
2. One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a criminal.
[Obs.] H. Brooke. Fuller. Syn. -- Evil doer; criminal; culprit; felon;
convict.
Malefactress
Mal`e*fac"tress (?), n. A female malefactor. Hawthorne.
Malefeasance
Male*fea"sance (?), n. See Malfeasance.
Malefic
Ma*lef"ic (?), a. [L. maleficus: cf. F. mal\'82fique. See
Malefaction.] Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious;
hurtful. [R.] Chaucer.
Malefice
Mal"e*fice (?), n. [L. maleficium: cf. F. mal\'82fice. See
Malefactor.] An evil deed; artifice; enchantment. [Obs.]
Maleficence
Ma*lef"i*cence (?), n. [L. maleficentia. Cf. Malfeasance.] Evil doing,
esp. to others.
Maleficent
Ma*lef"i*cent (?), a. [See Malefic.] Doing evil to others; harmful;
mischievous.
Maleficial
Mal`e*fi"cial (?), a. Injurious. Fuller.
Maleficiate
Mal`e*fi"ci*ate (?), v. t. [LL. maleficiatus, p. p. of maleficiare to
bewitch, fr. L. maleficium. See Malefice.] To bewitch; to harm. [Obs.]
Burton.
Maleficiation
Mal`e*fi`ci*a"tion (?), n. A bewitching. [Obs.]
Maleficience
Mal`e*fi"cience (?), n. [See Maleficence.] The doing of evil, harm, or
mischief.
Maleficient
Mal`e*fi"cient (?), a. [See Maleficent.] Doing evil, harm, or
mischief.
Maleformation
Male`for*ma"tion (?), n. See Malformation.
Maleic
Ma*le"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. mal\'82ique. See Malic.] (Chem.) Pertaining
to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series, metameric with
fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid.
Malengine
Ma*len"gine (?), n. [OF. malengin; L. malus bad, evil + ingenium
natural capacity. See Engine.] Evil machination; guile; deceit. [Obs.]
Gower.
Maleo
Ma"le*o (?), n. [From its native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A bird of Celebes
(megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in
which to lay its eggs.
Male-odor
Male-o"dor (?), n. See Malodor.
Malepractice
Male*prac"tice (?), n. See Malpractice.
Male-spirited
Male"-spir`it*ed (?), a. Having the spirit of a male; vigorous;
courageous. [R.] B. Jonson.
Malet
Mal"et (?), n. [F. mallette, dim. of malle. See Mail a bag.] A little
bag or budget. [Obs.] Shelton.
Maletreat
Male*treat" (?), v. t. See Maltreat.
Malevolence
Ma*lev"o*lence (?), n. [L. malevolentia. See Malevolent.] The quality
or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another;
inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.
Malevolent
Ma*lev"o*lent (?), a. [L. malevolens, -entis; male ill + volens, p.
pr. of velle to be willing or disposed, to wish. See Malice, and
Voluntary.] Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in
another's misfortune. Syn. -- Ill-disposed; envious; mischievous;
evil-minded; spiteful; malicious; malignant; rancorous.
Malevolently
Ma*lev"o*lent*ly, adv. In a malevolent manner.
Malevolous
Ma*lev"o*lous (?), a. [L. malevolus; fr. male ill + velle to be
disposed.] Malevolent. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.
Malexecution
Mal*ex`e*cu"tion (?), n. [Mal- + execution.] Bad execution. D.
Webster.
Maleyl
Ma*le"yl (?), n. [Maleic + -yl.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical
derived from maleic acid.
Malfeasance
Mal*fea"sance (?), n. [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant injurious, doing
ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr. of faire to do. See Malice,
Feasible, and cf. Maleficence.] (Law) The doing of an act which a
person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also
malefeasance.]
Malformation
Mal`for*ma"tion (?), n. [Mal- + forniation.] Ill formation; irregular
or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.
Malgracious
Mal*gra"cious (?), a. [F. malgracieux.] Not graceful; displeasing.
[Obs.] Gower.
Malgre
Mal"gre (?), prep. See Mauger.
Malic
Ma"lic (?), a. [L. malum an apple: cf. F. malique.] (Chem.) Pertaining
to, or obtained from, apples; as, malic acid. Malic acid, a hydroxy
acid obtained as a substance which is sirupy or crystallized with
difficulty, and has a strong but pleasant sour taste. It occurs in
many fruits, as in green apples, currants, etc. It is levorotatory or
dextrorotatory according to the temperature and concentration. An
artificial variety is a derivative of succinic acid, but has no action
on polarized light, and thus malic acid is a remarkable case of
physical isomerism. <-- HO.CO.CH2.CH(OH).CO.OH the natural form is the
L- isomer. The synthetic is inactive presumably due simply to a
racemic mixture of isomers. -->
Malice
Mal"ice (?), n. [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil,
prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. mala dirt. Cf. Mauger.]
1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm
or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant
design of evil. "Nor set down aught in malice." Shak.
Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind.
Ld. Holt.
2. (Law) Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved
inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another
person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse;
a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness.
Malice aforethought OR prepense, malice previously and deliberately
entertained. Syn. -- Spite; ill will; malevolence; grudge; pique;
bitterness; animosity; malignity; maliciousness; rancor; virulence.
See Spite. -- Malevolence, Malignity, Malignancy. Malice is a stronger
word than malevolence, which may imply only a desire that evil may
befall another, while malice desires, and perhaps intends, to bring it
about. Malignity is intense and deepseated malice. It implies a
natural delight in hating and wronging others. One who is malignant
must be both malevolent and malicious; but a man may be malicious
without being malignant.
Proud tyrants who maliciously destroy And ride o'er ruins with
malignant joy. Somerville.
in some connections, malignity seems rather more pertinently
applied to a radical depravity of nature, and malignancy to
indications of this depravity, in temper and conduct in particular
instances. Cogan.
Malice
Mal"ice, v. t. To regard with extreme ill will. [Obs.]
Malicho
Mal"i*cho (?), n. [Sp. malhecho; mal bad + hecho deed, L. factum. See
Fact.] Mischief. [Obs.] Shak.
Malicious
Ma*li"cious (?), a. [Of. malicius, F. malicieux, fr. L. malitiosus.
See Malice.]
1. Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.
I grant him bloody, . . . Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin
That has a name. Shak.
2. Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a
malicious report; malicious mischief.
3. (Law)With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and
done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act.
Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband without just
cause. Burrill. -- Malicious mischief (Law), malicious injury to the
property of another; -- an offense at common law. Wharton. --
Malicious prosecution OR arrest (Law), a wanton prosecution or arrest,
by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable
cause. Bouvier. Syn. -- Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous;
envious; malevolent; invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant;
rancorous; malign. -- Ma*li"cious*ly, adv. -- Ma*li"cious*ness, n.
Malign
Ma*lign" (?), a. [L. malignus, for maligenus, i. e., of a bad kind or
nature; malus bad + the root of genus birth, race, kind: cf. F. malin,
masc., maligne, fem. See Malice, Gender, and cf. Benign, Malignant.]
1. Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity;
malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.
Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits. Bacon.
2. Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a
malign aspect of planets.
3. Malignant; as, a malign ulcer. [R.] Bacon.
Malign
Ma*lign", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maligned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Maligning.] [Cf. L. malignare. See Malign, a.] To treat with malice;
to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [Obs.]
The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against
private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering
them. Spenser.
2. To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to
vilify; to asperse.
To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be
despised falling. South.
Malign
Ma*lign", v. i. To entertain malice. [Obs.]
Malignance, Malignancy
Ma*lig"nance (?), Ma*lig"nan*cy , n. [See Malignant.]
1. The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence;
bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.
2. Unfavorableness; evil nature.
The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner yours. Shak.
3. (Med.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of
an ulcer or of a fever.
4. The state of being a malignant. Syn. -- Malice; malevolence;
malignity. See Malice.
Malignant
Ma*lig"nant (?), a. [L. malignans, -antis, p. pr. of malignare,
malignari, to do or make maliciously. See Malign, and cf. Benignant.]
1. Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated
by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil;
malicious.
A malignant and a turbaned Turk. Shak.
2. Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious. "Malignant
care." Macaulay.
Some malignant power upon my life. Shak.
Something deleterious and malignant as his touch. Hawthorne.
3. (Med.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue;
virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.
Malignant pustule (Med.), a very contagious disease, transmitted to
man from animals, characterized by the formation, at the point of
reception of the virus, of a vesicle or pustule which first enlarges
and then breaks down into an unhealthy ulcer. It is marked by profound
exhaustion and usually fatal. Called also charbon, and sometimes,
improperly, anthrax.
Malignant
Ma*lig"nant (?), n.
1. A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions. Hooker.
2. (Eng. Hist.) One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; --
so called by the opposite party.
Malignantly
Ma*lig"nant*ly, adv.In a malignant manner.
Maligner
Ma*lign"er (?), n. One who maligns.
Malignify
Ma*lig"ni*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malignified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Malignifying (?).] [L. malignus malign + -fy.] To make malign or
malignant. [R.] "A strong faith malignified." Southey.
Malignity
Ma*lig"ni*ty (?), n. [F. malignit\'82, L. malignitas.]
1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil;
virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
2. Virulence; deadly quality.
His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease.
Hayward.
3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness;
heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.] Syn. -- See Malice.
Malignly
Ma*lign"ly (?), adv. In a malign manner; with malignity.
Malinger
Ma*lin"ger (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. MAlingered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Malingering.] To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or
inability.
Malingerer
Ma*lin"ger*er (?), n. [F. malingre sickly, weakly, prob. from mal ill
+ OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean, infirm, fr. L. aeger.] In the
army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts
an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one
who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability.
Malingery
Ma*lin"ger*y (?), n. The spirit or practices of a malingerer;
malingering.
Malison
Mal"i*son (?), n. [OF. maleicon, L. maledictio. See Malediction, and
cf. Benison.] Malediction; curse; execration. [Poetic]
God's malison on his head who this gainsays. Sir W. Scott.
Malkin
Mal"kin (?), n. [Dim. of Maud, the proper name. Cf. Grimalkin.]
[Written also maukin.]
1. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern. Chaucer.
2. A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.
3. A scarecrow.[Prov. Eng.]
4. (Mil.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out
a cannon.
Mall
Mall (?), n. [Written also maul.] [OE. malle, F. mail, L. malleus. Cf.
Malleus.]
1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with
force; a maul. Addison.
2. A heavy blow. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
Cotton.
4. A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a
level shaded walk.
Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with
elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name
of the City Mall. Southey.
Mall
Mall (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Malling.]
[Cf. OF. mailler. See Mall beetle, and cf. Malleate.] To beat with a
mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.
Mall
Mall (?), n. [LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG. mahal assembly,
transaction; akin to AS. m\'91, me, assembly, m to speak, Goth. mapl
market place.] Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the
notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such
meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly. Hence:
(a) A court of justice. (b) A place where justice is administered. (c)
A place where public meetings are held.
Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or malls, ceased.
Milman.
<-- 2. See MW10] (a) A public access area containing a promenade for
pedestrians. (b) The paved or grassy strip between two roadways. (c) A
shopping area with multiple shops and a concourse for predominantly or
exclusively pedestrian use; inn cities the concourse is usually a city
street which may be temporarily or permamently closed to motor
vehicles; in suburban areas, a mall is often located on a convenient
highway, may be large, contained in one building or multiple buildings
connected by (usually covered) walkways. -->
Mallard
Mal"lard (?), n. [F. malari,fr. m\'83le male + -art =-ard. See Male,
a., and -ard.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) A drake; the male of Anas boschas.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America
and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called
also greenhead.
Malleability
Mal"le*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. [CF. F. mall\'82abilit\'82.] The quality or
state of being malleable; -- opposed to friability and brittleness.
Locke.
Malleable
Mal"le*a*ble (?), a. [F. mall\'82able, fr. LL. malleare to hammer. See
Malleate.] Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a
hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals. Malleable
iron, iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under the
hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See under Iron. -- Malleable iron
castings, articles cast from pig iron and made malleable by heating
then for several days in the presence of some substance, as hematite,
which deprives the cast iron of some of its carbon.
Malleableize
Mal"le*a*ble*ize (?), v. t. To make malleable.
Malleableness
Mal"le*a*ble*ness, n. Quality of being malleable.
Malleal
Mal"le*al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the malleus.
Malleate
Mal"le*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malleated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Malleating (?).] [L. malleatus hammered, fr. malleus a hammer. See
Mall, v. t.] To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.
Malleation
Mal`le*a"tion (?), n. [LL. malleatio: cf. OF. mall\'82ation.] The act
or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal;
extension by beating.
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Mallecho
Mal"le*cho (?), n. Same as Malicho.
Mallee bird
Mal*lee" bird` (?). (Zo\'94l.) [From native name.] The leipoa. See
Leipoa.
Mallemock, Mallemoke
Mal"le*mock (?), Mal"le*moke (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Mollemoke.
Mallenders
Mal"len*ders (?), n. pl. (Far.) Same as Malanders.
Malleolar
Mal*le"o*lar (?), a. [See Malleolus.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the
malleolus; in the region of the malleoli of the ankle joint.
Malleolus
Mal*le"*o*lus (?), n.; pl. Malleoli (#). [L., dim. of malleus hammer.]
1. (Anat.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at
the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal
projection, that of the fibula the external.
2. " A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut
halfway through.
Mallet
Mal"let (?), n. [F. maillet, dim. of mail. See Mall a beetle.] A small
maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel
or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in
playing croquet.
Malleus
Mal"le*us (?), n.; pl. Mallei (#). [L., hammer. See Mall a beetle.]
1. (Anat.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles;
the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process,
the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far.
2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of
Rotifera. See Mastax.
3. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
Mallophaga
Mal*loph"a*ga (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An extensive group
of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the
feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under
Bird.
Mallotus
Mal*lo"tus (?), n. [NL., fr Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of small Arctic
fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is
extensively used as bait for cod.
Mallow, Mallows
Mal"low (?), Mal"lows (?), n. [OE. malwe, AS. mealwe, fr. L. malva,
akin to Gr. mala`chh; cf. mala`ssein to soften, malako`s soft. Named
either from its softening or relaxing properties, or from its soft
downy leaves. Cf. Mauve, Malachite.] (Bot.) A genus of plants (Malva)
having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous.
NOTE: &hand; Th e fl owers of the common mallow (M. sylvestris) are
used in medicine. The dwarf mallow (M. rotundifolia) is a common
weed, and its flattened, dick-shaped fruits are called cheeses by
children. Tree mallow (M. Mauritiana and Lavatera arborea), musk
mallow (M. moschata), rose mallow or hollyhock, and curled mallow
(M. crispa), are less commonly seen.
Indian mallow. See Abutilon. -- Jew's mallow, a plant (Corchorus
olitorius) used as a pot herb by the Jews of Egypt and Syria. -- Marsh
mallow. See under Marsh.
Mallowwort
Mal"low*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) Any plant of the order Malvace\'91.
Malm, Malmbrick
Malm (?), Malm"brick` (?), n. [Cf. AS. mealm sand.] A kind of brick of
a light brown or yellowish color, made of sand, clay, and chalk.
Malma
Mal"ma (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma),
inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called
also Dolly Varden trout, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet. <--
Insert: Illustr. of Malma (Salvelinus malma) -->
Malmag
Mal"mag (?), n. [F., from native name in Madagascar.] (Zo\'94l.) The
tarsius, or spectral lemur.
Malmsey
Malm"sey (?), n. [OE. malvesie, F. malvoisie, It. malvasia, malavagia,
fr. Malvasia, or Napoli di Malvasia, in the Morea.] A kind of sweet
wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc. Shak.
Malnutrition
Mal`nu*tri"tion (?), n. [Mal- + nutrition.] (Physiol.) Faulty or
imperfect nutrition.
Malobservation
Mal*ob`ser*va"tion (?), n. [Mal- + observation.] Erroneous
observation. J. S Mill.
Malodor
Mal*o"dor (?), n. An Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling. --
Mal*o"dor*ous*ness. n. Carlyle.
Malonate
Mal"o*nate (?), a. (Chem.) At salt of malonic acid.
Malonic
Ma*lon"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid
produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2,
and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid.<--
(Org. Chem.) a dicarboxylic acid -->
Malonyl
Mal"o*nyl (?), n. [Malonic + -yl.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical,
CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid. <-- divalent, a diacyl radical -->
Malpighia
Mal*pi"ghi*a (?), n. [NL. See Malpighian.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical
American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish
flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens are eaten under the name of
Barbadoes cherries.
Malpighiaceous
Mal*pi`ghi*a"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a
natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiace\'91), some of
them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious
lianes of South American forests.
Malpighian
Mal*pi"ghi*an (?), a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by,
Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
Malhighian capsules OR corpuscles, the globular dilatations,
containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of
the urinary tubules of the kidney. Malpighian corpuscles of the
spleen, masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the
splenic artery.
Malposition
Mal`po*si"tion (?), n. [Mal- + position.] A wrong position.
Malpractice
Mal*prac"tice (?), n. [Mal- + practice.] Evil practice; illegal or
immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically,
the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is
contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
[Written also malepractice.]
Malt
Malt (?), n. [AS. mealt; akin to D. mout, G. malz, Icel., Sw., & Dan.
malt, and E. melt. &root;108. See Melt.] Barley or other grain,
steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until
the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and
in the distillation of whisky.
Malt
Malt, a. Relating to, containing, or made with, malt. Malt liquor, an
alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared by fermenting
an infusion of malt. -- Malt dust, fine particles of malt, or of the
grain used in making malt; -used as a fertilizer. " Malt dust consists
chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain." Sir H. Davy.
-- Malt floor, a floor for drying malt. -- Malt house, OR Malthouse, a
house in which malt is made. -- Malt kiln, a heated chamber for drying
malt.
Malt
Malt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malted: p. pr. & vb. n. Malting.] To make
into malt; as, to malt barley.
Malt
Malt, v. i. To become malt; also, to make grain into malt. Mortimer.
Maltalent
Mal"ta*lent (?), n. [F. See Malice, and Talent.] Ill will; malice.
[Obs.] Rom. of R. Spenser.
Maltese
Mal*tese" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants. --
n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta.
Maltese cat (Zo\'94l.), a mouse-colored variety of the domestic cat.
-- Maltese cross. See Illust. 5, of Cross. -- Maltese dog (Zo\'94l.),
a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed
originated in Malta.
Maltha
Mal"tha (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.
1. A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to
the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor.
2. Mortar. [Obs.] Holland.
Malthusian
Mal*thu"sian (?), a. Of or pertaining to the political economist, the
Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian
theories.
NOTE: &hand; Ma lthus held that population tends to increase faster
than its means of subsistence can be made to do, and hence that the
lower classes must necessarily suffer more or less from lack of
food, unless an increase of population be checked by prudential
restraint or otherwise.
Mathusian
Ma*thu"sian, n. A follower of Malthus.
Malthusianism
Mal*thu"sian*ism (?), n. The system of Malthusian doctrines relating
to population.
Maltin, Maltine
Malt"in (?), Malt"ine (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) The fermentative
principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a name given to various
medicinal preparations made from or containing malt.
Malting
Malt"ing (?), n. The process of making, or of becoming malt.
Maltman
Malt"man (?), n.; pl. Maltmen (. A man whose occupation is to make
malt.
Maltonic
Mal*ton"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from,
maltose; specif., designating an acid called also gluconic or
dextronic acid. See Gluconic.
Maltose
Malt"ose` (?), n. [From Malt.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline sugar
formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the
amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles
dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the
right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.
Maltreat
Mal*treat" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Maltreating.] [Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter.] To treat ill; to
abuse; to treat roughly.
Maltreament
Mal*trea"ment (?), n.; [Cf. F. maltraitement.] Ill treatment; ill
usage; abuse.
Maltster
Malt"ster (?), n. A maltman. Swift.
Maltworm
Malt"worm` (?), n. A tippler. [R.] Shak.
Malty
Malt"y (?), a. Consisting, or like, malt. Dickens.
Malum
Ma"lum (?), n.; pl. Mala (#). [L.] An evil. See Mala.
Malvaceous
Mal*va"ceous (?), a. [L. malvaceus, from malva mallows. See Mallow.]
(Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants
(Malvace\'91), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant,
hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the
silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.
Malversation
Mal`ver*sa"tion (?), n. [F., fr. malverser to be corrupt in office,
fr. L. male ill + versari to move about, to occupy one's self, vertere
to turn. See Malice, and Verse.] Evil conduct; fraudulent practices;
misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.
Malvesie
Mal"ve*sie (?), n. Malmsey wine. See Malmsey. " A jub of malvesye."
Chaucer.
Man
Man (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. mamma.] Mamma.
Mama
Ma*ma" (?), n. See Mamma.
Mamaluke
Mam"a*luke (?), n. Same as Mameluke.
Mamelon
Mam"e*lon (?), n. [F.] A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or
protuberance. Westmin. Rev.
Mameluco
Mam`e*lu"co (?), n. [Pg.] A child born of a white father and Indian
mother. [S. Amer.]
Mameluke
Mam"e*luke (?), n. [F. mamelouk, cf. Sp. mameluco, It. mammalucco; all
fr. Ar. maml a purchased slave or captive; lit., possessed or in one's
power, p. p. of malaka to possesses.] One of a body of mounted
soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during
several centuries, had more or less control of the government of
Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.
Mamillated
Mam"il*la`ted (?), a. See Mammillated.
Mamma
Mam*ma" (?), n. [Reduplicated from the infantine word ma, influenced
in spelling by L. mamma.] Mother; -- word of tenderness and
familiarity. [Written also mama.]
Tell tales papa and mamma. Swift.
Mamma
Mam"ma (?), n.; pl. Mamm\'91 (#). [L. mamma breast.] (Anat.) A
glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but
usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; under;
bag.
Mammal
Mam"mal (?), n.; pl. Mammals (#). [L. mammalis belonging to the
breast, fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal.] (Zo\'94l.) One of
the Mammalia. Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.
Mammalia
Mam*ma"li*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. mammalis. See Mammal.]
(Zo\'94l.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished
for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary
glands of the mother.
NOTE: &hand; Ma mmalia ar e di vided in to threes subclasses; -- I.
Placentalia. This subclass embraces all the higher orders,
including man. In these the fetus is attached to the uterus by a
placenta. II. Marsupialia. In these no placenta is formed, and the
young, which are born at an early state of development, are carried
for a time attached to the teats, and usually protected by a
marsupial pouch. The opossum, kangaroo, wombat, and koala are
examples. III. Monotremata. In this group, which includes the
genera Echidna and Ornithorhynchus, the female lays large eggs
resembling those of a bird or lizard, and the young, which are
hatched like those of birds, are nourished by a watery secretion
from the imperfectly developed mamm\'91.
Mammalian
Mam*ma"li*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.
Mammaliferous
Mam`ma*lif"er*ous (?), a. [Mammal + -ferous.] (Geol.) Containing
mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.
Mammalogical
Mam`ma*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to mammalogy.
Mammalogist
Mam*mal"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. mammalogiste.] One versed in mammalogy.
Mammalogy
Mam*mal"o*gy (?), n. [Mamma breast + -logy: cf. f. mammalogie.] The
science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. See Mammalia.
Mammary
Mam"ma*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. mammaire.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the
mamm\'91 or breasts; as, the mammary arteries and veins.
Mammee
Mam*mee" (?), n. [Haytian mamey.] (Bot.) A fruit tree of tropical
America, belonging to the genus Mammea (M. Americana); also, its
fruit. The latter is large, covered with a thick, tough ring, and
contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent.
It is often called mammee apple.
Mammer
Mam"mer (?), v. i. [Cf. G. memme coward, poltroon.] To hesitate; to
mutter doubtfully. [Obs.]
Mammet
Mam"met (?), n. [See Mawmet.] An idol; a puppet; a doll. [Obs.]
Selden. Shak.
Mammetry
Mam"met*ry (?), n. See Mawmetry. [Obs.]
Mammifer
Mam"mi*fer (?), n. [NL. See Mammiferous.] (Zo\'94l.) A mammal. See
Mammalia.
Mammiferous
Mam*mif"er*ous (?), a. [Mamma breast + -ferous: cf. F. mammif\'8are.]
Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, the Mammalia.
Mammiform
Mam"mi*form (?), a. [Mamma breast + -form: cf. F. mammiforme.] Having
the form of a mamma (breast) or mamm\'91.
Mammilla
Mam*mil"la (?), n.; pl. Mammil\'91 (#). [L., dim. of mamma a breast.]
(Anat.) The nipple.
Mammillary
Mam"mil*la*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. mammilaire. See Mammilla.]
1. Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast;
resembling a mammilla; mammilloid.
2. (Min.) Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling
the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances.
Mammillate, Mammillated
Mam"mil*late (?), Mam"mil*la`ted (?), a. [See Mammilla.]
1. Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or
mamm\'91.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Bounded like a nipple; -- said of the apex of some
shells.
Mammilliform
Mam*mil"li*form (?), a. [Mammil + -form.] Having the form of a
mammilla.
Mammilloid
Mam"mil*loid (?), a. [Mammilla + -oid.] Like a mammilla or nipple;
mammilliform.
Mammock
Mam"mock (?), n. [Ir. & Gael. mam a round hill + -ock.] A shapeless
piece; a fragment. [Obs.]
Mammock
Mam"mock, v. t. To tear to pieces. [Obs.] Milton.
Mammodis
Mam"mo*dis (?), n. [F. mamoudis, fr. Hind. mahm&umac;d\'c6 a muslin.]
Coarse plain India muslins.
Mammology
Mam*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Mamma + -logy.] Mastology. See Mammalogy.
Mammon
Mam"mon (?), n. [L. mammona, Gr. mam; cf. Heb. matm a hiding place,
subterranean storehouse, treasury, fr. t\'beman to hide.] Riches;
wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.
Ye can not serve God and Mammon. Matt. vi. 24.
Mammonish
Mam"mon*ish, a. Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or
the service of Mammon. Carlyle.
Mammonism
Mam"mon*ism (?), n. Devotion to the pursuit of wealth; worldliness.
Carlyle.
Mammonist
Mam"mon*ist, n. A mammonite.
Mammonite
Mam"mon*ite (?), n. One devoted to the acquisition of wealth or the
service of Mammon. C. Kingsley.
Mammonization
Mam`mon*i*za"tion (?), n. The process of making mammonish; the state
of being under the influence of mammonism.
Mammonize
Mam"mon*ize (?), v. t. To make mammonish.
Mammose
Mam*mose" (?), a. [L. mammosus having large breasts, mamma breast.]
(Bot.) Having the form of the breast; breast-shaped.
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Mammoth
Mam"moth (?), n. [Russ. m\'83mont, m\'a0mant, fr. Tartar mamma the
earth. Certain Tartar races, the Tungooses and Yakoots, believed that
the mammoth worked its way in the earth like a mole.] (Zo\'94l.) An
extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Elephas primigenius), of enormous
size, remains of which are found in the northern parts of both
continents. The last of the race, in Europe, were coeval with
prehistoric man.
NOTE: &hand; Several specimens have been found in Siberia preserved
entire, with the flesh and hair remaining. They were imbedded in
the ice cliffs at a remote period, and became exposed by the
melting of the ice.
Mammoth
Mam"moth (?), a. Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic;
as, a mammoth ox.
Mammothrept
Mam"mo*thrept (?), n. [Gr. A child brought up by its grandmother; a
spoiled child. [R.]
O, you are a more mammothrept in judgment. B. Jonson.
Mammy
Mam"my (?), n.; pl. Mammies (. A child's name for mamma, mother.
Mamzer
Mam"zer (?), n. [Heb. m\'a0mz.] A person born of relations between
whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard. Deut. xxiii.
2 (Douay version).
Man
Man (?), n.; pl. Men (#). [AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D.,
& OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. ma&edh;r, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man,
Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E.
mind. &root;104. Cf. Minx a pert girl.]
1. A human being; -- opposed tobeast.
These men went about wide, and man found they none, But fair
country, and wild beast many [a] one. R. of Glouc.
The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth
to me. Shak.
<--" 'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast! " [W.C. Fields] -->
2. Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as
distinguished from a woman or a child.
When I became a man, I put away childish things. I Cor. xiii. 11.
Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man. Dryden.
3. The human race; mankind.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and
let them have dominion. Gen. i. 26.
The proper study of mankind is man. Pope.
4. The male portion of the human race.
Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the
discharge of parental duties. Cowper.
5. One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of
manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind. Shak.
This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elements So mixed
in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world "This
was a man! Shak.
6. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
Like master, like man. Old Proverb.
The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up
his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become
his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor.
Blackstone.
7. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the
speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man,
we 've no time to lose !
8. A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
I pronounce that they are man and wife. Book of Com. Prayer.
every wife ought to answer for her man. Addison.
9. One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon
use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
A man can not make him laugh. Shak.
A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to
show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship. Addison.
10. One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts,
are played.
NOTE: &hand; Ma n is often used as a prefix in composition, or as a
separate adjective, its sense being usually self-explaining; as,
man child, man eater or maneater, man-eating, man hater or
manhater, man-hating, manhunter, man-hunting, mankiller,
man-killing, man midwife, man pleaser, man servant, man-shaped,
manslayer, manstealer, man-stealing, manthief, man worship, etc.
Man is also used as a suffix to denote a person of the male sex having
a business which pertains to the thing spoken of in the qualifying
part of the compound; ashman, butterman, laundryman, lumberman,
milkman, fireman, showman, waterman, woodman. Where the combination is
not familiar, or where some specific meaning of the compound is to be
avoided, man is used as a separate substantive in the foregoing sense;
as, apple man, cloth man, coal man, hardware man, wood man (as
distinguished from woodman). Man ape (Zo\'94l.), a anthropoid ape, as
the gorilla. -- Man at arms, a designation of the fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries for a soldier fully armed. -- Man engine, a
mechanical lift for raising or lowering people through considerable
distances; specifically (Mining), a contrivance by which miners ascend
or descend in a shaft. It consists of a series of landings in the
shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod which has an up
and down motion equal to the distance between the successive landings.
A man steps from a landing to a shelf and is lifted or lowered to the
next landing, upon which he them steps, and so on, traveling by
successive stages. -- Man Friday, a person wholly subservient to the
will of another, like Robinson Crusoe's servant Friday. -- Man of
straw, a puppet; one who is controlled by others; also, one who is not
responsible pecuniarily. -- Man-of-the earth (Bot.), a twining plant
(Ipom\'d2a pandurata) with leaves and flowers much like those of the
morning-glory, but having an immense tuberous farinaceous root. -- Man
of war. (a) A warrior; a soldier. Shak. (b) (Naut.) See in the
Vocabulary. -- To be one's own man, to have command of one's self; not
to be subject to another.
Man
Man (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Manning.]
1. To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or
complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like;
to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
See how the surly Warwick mans the wall ! Shak.
They man their boats, and all their young men arm. Waller.
2. To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to
fortify. "Theodosius having manned his soul with proper reflections."
Addison.
3. To tame, as a hawk. [R.] Shak.
4. To furnish with a servants. [Obs.] Shak.
5. To wait on as a manservant. [Obs.] Shak.
NOTE: &hand; In "O thello," V. ii. 270, the meaning is uncertain,
being, perhaps: To point, to aim, or to manage.
To man a yard (Naut.), to send men upon a yard, as for furling or
reefing a sail. -- To man the yards (Naut.), to station men on the
yards as a salute or mark of respect.
Manable
Man"a*ble (?), a. Marriageable.[Obs.]
Manace
Man"ace (?), n. & v. Same as Menace. [Obs.]
Manacle
Man"a*cle (?), n. [OE. manicle, OF. manicle, F. manicle sort glove,
manacle, L. manicula a little hand, dim. of manus hand; cf. L. manica
sleeve, manacle, fr.manus. See Manual.] A handcuff; a shackle for the
hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on
the right hand. Ecclus. xxi. 19.
Manacle
Man"a*cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manacled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling
(?).] To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the
hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs
or natural powers.
Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle him hand
and foot ? Arbuthnot.
Manage
Man"age (?), n. [F. man\'8age, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage,
fr. L.manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F. m\'82nage
housekeeping, OF. mesnage, akin to E. mansion. See Manual, and cf.
Manege.] The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse;
management; administration. See Manege. [Obs.]
Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than
they can hold. Bacon.
Down, down I come; like glistering Pha\'89thon
Wanting the manage of unruly jades. Shak.
The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Th is wo rd, in it s limited sense of management of a
horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning,
by management.
Manage
Man"age (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Managed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Managing (?).] [From Manage, n.]
1. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to
administer; to treat; to handle.
Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. Sir I.
Newton.
What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior.
2. Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield
with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring
around cunningly to one's plans.
It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects.
Addison
.
It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an
ascendant. Bp. Hurd.
3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or
artful action.
4. To treat with care; to husband. Dryden.
5. To bring about; to contrive. Shak. Syn. -- To direct; govern;
control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact.
Manage
Man"age, v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs;
to administer.
Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden
.
Manageability
Man`age*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being
manageable; manageableness.
Manageable
Man"age*a*ble (?), a. Such as can be managed or used; suffering
control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable
horse. Syn. -- Governable; tractable; controllable; docile. --
Man"age*a*ble*ness, n. -- Man"age*a*bly, adv.
Manageless
Man"age*less, a. Unmanageable.[R.]
Management
Man"age*ment (?), n. [From Manage, v.]
1. The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing,
carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration;
guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the
management of state affairs. "The management of the voice." E.
Porter.
2. Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement.
He had great managements with ecclesiastics. Addison
.
3. Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by
art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a
bad sense.
Mark with what management their tribes divide Some stick to you,
and some to t'other side. Dryden.
4. The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise
or interest; the board of managers. Syn. -- Conduct;
administration; government; direction; guidance; care; charge;
contrivance; intrigue.
Manager
Man"a*ger (?), n.
1. One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a
theater.
A skillful manager of the rabble. South.
2. A person who conducts business or household affairs with economy
and frugality; a good economist.
A prince of great aspiring thoughts; in the main, a manager of his
treasure. Sir W. Temple.
3. A contriver; an intriguer. Shak.
Managerial
Man`a*ge"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to management or a manager;
as, managerial qualities. "Managerial responsibility." C.
Bront\'82.
Managership
Man"a*ger*ship (?), n. The office or position of a manager.
Managery
Man"age*ry (?), n. [Cf. OF. menagerie, mesnagerie. See Manage, n.,
and cf. Menagerie.]
1. Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.
2. Husbandry; economy; frugality. Bp. Burnet.
Manakin
Man"a*kin (?), n. [Cf. F. & G. manakin; prob. the native name.]
(Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra,
Manacus, and other genera of the family Piprid\'91. They are mostly
natives of Central and South America. some are bright-colored, and
others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is
sometimes applied to related birds of other families.
Manakin
Man"a*kin, n. A dwarf. See Manikin. Shak.
Manatee
Man`a*tee" (?), n. [Sp. manat\'a1, from the native name in Hayti.
Cf. Lamantin.] (Zo\'94l.) Any species of Trichechus, a genus of
sirenians; -- called alsosea cow. [Written also manaty, manati.]
NOTE: &hand; On e sp ecies (T richechus Se negalensis) inhabits the
west coast of Africa; another (T. Americanus) inhabits the east
coast of South America, and the West-Indies. The Florida manatee
(T. latirostris) is by some considered a distinct species, by
others it is thought to be a variety of T. Americanus. It sometimes
becomes fifteen feet or more in length, and lives both in fresh and
salt water. It is hunted for its oil and flesh.
Manation
Ma*na"tion (?), n.[L.manatio, fr. manare to flow.] The act of
issuing or flowing out. [Obs.]
Manbote
Man"bote` (?), n. [AS. man man, vassal + b&omac;t recompense.]
(Anglo-Saxon Law) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation
for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant).
Spelman.
Manca
Man"ca (?), n. [LL.] See Mancus.
Manche
Manche (?), n. [Also maunch.] [F. manche, fr. L. manica. See
Manacle.] A sleeve. [Obs.]
Manchet
Man"chet (?), n. Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread. [Archaic]
Bacon. Tennyson.
Manchineel
Man`chi*neel" (?), n. [Sp. manzanillo, fr. manzana an apple, fr. L.
malum Matianum a kind of apple. So called from its apple-like
fruit.] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of
tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice,
and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.
Bastard manchineel
, a tree (Cameraria latifolia) of the East Indies, having similar
poisonous properties. Lindley.
Manchu
Man*chu" (?), a. [Written also Manchoo, Mantchoo, etc.] Of or
pertaining to Manchuria or its inhabitants. -- n. A native or
inhabitant of Manchuria; also, the language spoken by the Manchus.
Mancipate
Man"ci*pate (?), v. t. [L. mancipatus, p. p. of mancipare to sell. Cf.
Emancipate.] To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
Mancipation
Man`ci*pa"tion (?), n. [L. mancipatio a transfer.] Slavery;
involuntary servitude. [Obs.] Johnson.
Manciple
Man"ci*ple (?), n. [From OF. mancipe slave, servant (with l inserted,
as in participle), fr. L. mancipium. See Mancipate.] A steward; a
purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court. Chaucer.
Mancona bark
Man*co"na bark` (?). See Sassy bark.
Mancus
Man"cus (?), n. [AS.] An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver,
and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to
about one shilling of modern English money.
-mancy
-man`cy (?). [Gr. -mancie.] A combining form denoting divination; as,
aleuromancy, chiromancy, necromancy, etc.
Mand
Mand (?), n. A demand. [Obs.] See Demand.
Mandamus
Man*da"mus (?), n. [L., we command, fr. mandare to command.] (Law) A
writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior
tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority,
commanding the performance of some specified duty.
Mandarin
Man`da*rin" (?), n. [Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantr\'c6 minister of
state, prop. a Hind. word, fr. Skr. mantrin a counselor, manira a
counsel, man to think.]
1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official
in China and Annam.
2. (Bot.) A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to
be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus
nobilis)<-- also mandarin orange; tangerine -->.
Mandarin duck (Zo\'94l.), a beautiful Asiatic duck (Dendronessa
galericulata), often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an
emblem of conjugal affection. -- Mandarin language, the spoken or
colloquial language of educated people in China. -- Mandarin yellow
(Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and
wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline.
Mandarinate
Man`da*rin"ate (?), n. The collective body of officials or persons of
rank in China. S. W. Williams.
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Mandarinic
Man`da*rin"ic (?), a. Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
Mandarining
Man`da*rin"ing, n. (Dyeing) The process of giving an orange color to
goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring
matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action
of dilute nitric acid. Tomlinson.
Mandarinism
Man`da*rin"ism (?), n. A government mandarins; character or spirit of
the mandarins. F. Lieder.
Mandatary
Man"da*ta*ry (?), n. [L. mandatarius, fr. mandatum a charge,
commission, order: cf. F. mandataire. See Mandate.]
1. One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a
person to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or
order for his benefice. Ayliffe.
2. (Law) One who undertakes to discharge a specific business
commission; a mandatory. Wharton.
Mandate
Man"date (?), n. [L. mandatum, fr. mandare to commit to one's charge,
order, orig., to put into one's hand; manus hand + dare to give: cf.
F. mandat. See Manual, Date a time, and cf. Commend, Maundy Thursday.]
1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a
commission; a judicial precept.
This dream all-powerful Juno; I bear Her mighty mandates, and her
words you hear. Dryden.
2. (Canon Law) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator
to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant
benefice in his collation.
3. (Scots Law) A contract by which one employs another to manage any
business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous.
Erskine.
Mandator
Man*da"tor (?), n. [L.]
1. A director; one who gives a mandate or order. Ayliffe.
2. (Rom. Law) The person who employs another to perform a mandate.
Bouvier.
Mandatory
Man"da*to*ry (?), a. [L. mandatorius.] Containing a command;
preceptive; directory.
Mandatory
Man"da*to*ry, n. Same as Mandatary.
Mandelate
Man"del*ate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of mandelic acid.
Mandelic
Man*del"ic (?), a. [G. mandel almond.] (Chem.) Pertaining to an acid
first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a
white crystalline substance; -- called also phenyl glycolic acid.
Mander
Man"der (?), v. t. & i. See Maunder.
Manderil
Man"der*il (?), n. A mandrel.
Mandible
Man"di*ble (?), n. [L. mandibula, mandibulum, fr. mandere to chew. Cf.
Manger.]
1. (Anat.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior
maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the
beak of birds.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects,
crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not.
See Illust. of Diptera.
Mandibular
Man*dib"u*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. mandibulaire.] Of or pertaining to a
mandible; like a mandible. -- n. The principal mandibular bone; the
mandible. Mandibular arch (Anat.), the most anterior visceral arch, --
that in which the mandible is developed.
Mandibulate, Mandibulated
Man*dib"u*late (?), Man*dib"u*la`ted (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Provided with
mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
Mandibulate
Man*dib"u*late (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An insect having mandibles.
Mandibuliform
Man`di*bu"li*form (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having the form of a mandible; --
said especially of the maxill\'91 of an insect when hard and adapted
for biting.
Mandibulohyoid
Man*dib`u*lo*hy"oid (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining both to the mandibular
and the hyoid arch, or situated between them.
Mandil
Man"dil (?), n. [OF. mandil; cf. Sp. & Pg. mandil a coarse apron, a
haircloth; all from Ar. mandil tablecloth, handkerchief, mantle, fr.
LGr. mantile, mantele. See Mantle.] A loose outer garment worn the
16th and 17th centuries.
Mandilion
Man*dil"ion (?), n. See Mandil. Chapman.
Mandingos
Man*din"gos (?), n. pl.; sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and
powerful tribe of West African negroes.
Mandioc, Mandioca
Man"di*oc (?), Man`di*o"ca (?), n. (Bot.) See Manioc.
Mandlestone
Man"dle*stone` (?), n. [G. mandelstein almond stone.] (Min.)
Amygdaloid.
Mandment
Mand"ment (?), n. Commandment. [Obs.]
Mandolin, Mandoline
Man"do*lin, Man"do*line (?), n. [F. mandoline, It. mandolino, dim. of
mandola, fr. L. pandura. See Bandore.] (Mus.) A small and beautifully
shaped instrument resembling the lute.
Mandore
Man"dore (?), n. [See Mandolin, and Bandore.] (Mus.) A kind of
four-stringed lute.
Mandragora
Man*drag"o*ra (?), n. [L., mandragoras the mandrake.] (Bot.) A genus
of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1.
Mandragorite
Man*drag"o*rite (?), n. One who habitually intoxicates himself with a
narcotic obtained from mandrake.
Mandrake
Man"drake (?), n. [AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr. Gr.
mandragore.]
1. (Bot.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade
family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a
man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out
when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is
found in the Mediterranean region.
And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That living
mortals, hearing them, run mad. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; Th e mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
but proof is wanting.
2. (Bot.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May apple under
May, and Podophyllum. [U.S.]
Mandrel
Man"drel (?), n. [F. mandrin, prob. through (assumed) LL. mamphurinum,
fr. L. mamphur a bow drill.] (Mach.) (a) A bar of metal inserted in
the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process
of manufacture; an arbor. (b) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the
revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.
[Written also manderil.] Mandrel lathe, a lathe with a stout spindle,
adapted esp. for chucking, as for forming hollow articles by turning
or spinning.
Mandrill
Man"drill (?), n. [Cf. F. mandrille, Sp. mandril, It. mandrillo; prob.
the native name in Africa. Cf. Drill an ape.] (Zo\'94l.) a large West
African baboon (Cynocephalus, OR Papio, mormon). The adult male has,
on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings,
conspicuously striped with blue and red.
Manducable
Man"du*ca*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. manducable. See Manducate.] Such as can
be chewed; fit to be eaten. [R.]
Any manducable creature. Sir T. Herbert.
Manducate
Man"du*cate (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manducated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Manducating (?).] [L. manducatus, p. p. of manducare to chew. See
Manger.] To masticate; to chew; to eat. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Manducation
Man`du*ca"tion (?), n. [L. manducatio: cf. F. manducation.] The act of
chewing. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Manducatory
Man"du*ca*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
Manducus
Man*du"cus (?), n. [L., fr. manducare to chew.] (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) A
grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in
processions and by comic actors on the stage.
Mane
Mane (?), n. [AS. manu; akin to OD. mane, D. maan, G. m\'84hne, OHG.
mana, Icel. m\'94n, Dan. & Sw. man, AS. mene necklace, Icel. men, L.
monile, Gr. many\'be neck muscles. &root;275.] The long and heavy hair
growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal
animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of Horse.
Man-eater
Man"-eat`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One who, or that which, has an appetite
for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp.
Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the
habit of feeding upon human flesh.
Maned
Maned (?), a. Having a mane. Maned seal (Zo\'94l.), the sea lion. --
Maned sheep (Zo\'94l.), the aoudad.
Manege
Ma*nege" (?; 277), n. [F. man\'8age. See Manage, n.]
1. Art of horsemanship, or of training horses
2. A school for teaching horsemanship, and for training horses.
Chesterfield.
Maneh
Ma"neh (?), n. [Heb. m\'beneh.] A Hebrew weight for gold or silver,
being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver. Ezek.
xlv. 12.
Maneless
Mane"less (?), a. Having no mane. Maneless lion (Zo\'94l.), a variety
of the lion having a short, inconspicuous mane. It inhabits Arabia and
adjacent countries.
Manequin
Man"e*quin (?), n. [See Manikin.] An artist's model of wood or other
material.
Manerial
Ma*ne"ri*al (?), a. See Manorial.
Manes
Ma"nes (?), n. pl. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) The benevolent spirits of the
dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and
protectors.
Hail, O ye holy manes! Dryden.
Manesheet
Mane"sheet` (?), n. A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's
head.
Maneuver, Man\'d2uvre
Ma*neu"ver, Ma*n\'d2u"vre (?), n. [F. man\'d2uvre, OF. manuevre, LL.
manopera, lit., hand work, manual labor; L.manus hand + opera, fr.
opus work. See Manual, Operate, and cf. Mainor, Manure.]
1. Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval
evolution, movement, or change of position.
2. Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding;
stratagem.
Maneuver, Man\'d2uvre
Ma*neu"ver, Ma*n\'d2u"vre, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Maneuvered (#) or
Man\'d2uvred; p. pr. & vb. n. Maneuvering (, or Man\'d2uvring (.] [Cf.
F. man\'d2uvrer. See Maneuver, n.]
1. To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to
make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack
or defense.
2. To manage with address or art; to scheme.
Maneuver, Man\'d2uvre
Ma*neu"ver, Ma*n\'d2u"vre, v. t. To change the positions of, as of
troops of ships.
Maneuverer, Man\'d2uvrer
Ma*neu"ver*er (?), Ma*n\'d2u"vrer (?), n. One who maneuvers.
This charming widow Beaumont is a nan\'d2uvrer. We can't well make
an English word of it. Miss Edgeworth.
Manful
Man"ful (?), a. Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave,
courageous, resolute, noble. " Manful hardiness." Chaucer. --
Man"ful*ly, adv. -- Man"ful*ness, n.
Mamgabey
Mam"ga*bey (?), n. [So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar,
where he erroneously supposed them be native.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of
several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey
(C. fuliginosus), which is sooty black. [Also written mangaby.]
Mangan
Man"gan (?), n. See Mangonel.
Manganate
Man"ga*nate (?), n. [Cf. F. manganate.] (Chem.) A salt of manganic
acid.
NOTE: &hand; Th e ma nganates ar e usually green, and are wellknown
compounds, though derived from a hypothetical acid.
Manganesate
Man`ga*ne"sate (?), n. (Chem.) A manganate. [Obs.]
Manganese
Man`ga*nese" (?), n. [F. mangan\'8ase, It. mamaganese, sasso magnesio;
prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to the
magnet. See Magnet, and cf. Magnesia.] (Chem.) An element obtained by
reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with
difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature
as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight
54.8.
NOTE: &hand; An al loy of ma nganese wi th ir on (c alled
ferromanganese) is used to increase the density and hardness of
steel.
Black oxide of manganese, Manganese dioxide OR peroxide, OR Black
manganese (Chem.), a heavy black powder MnO2, occurring native as the
mineral pyrolusite, and valuable as a strong oxidizer; -- called also
familiarly manganese. It colors glass violet, and is used as a
decolorizer to remove the green tint of impure glass. Manganese
bronze, an alloy made by adding from one to two per cent of manganese
to the copper and zinc used in brass.
Manganesian
Man`ga*ne"sian (?), a. [Cf. F. mangan\'82sien.] (Chem.) Manganic. [R.]
Manganesic
Man`ga*ne"sic (?), a. [Cf. F. mangan\'82sique.] (Chem.) Manganic.
[Obs.]
Manganesious
Man`ga*ne"sious (?), a. (Chem.) Manganous.
Manganesium
Man`ga*ne"si*um (?), n. [NL.] Manganese.
Manganesous
Man`ga*ne"sous (?), a. (Chem.) Manganous.
Manganic
Man`gan"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. manganique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to
resembling, or containing, manganese; specif., designating compounds
in which manganese has a higher valence as contrasted with manganous
compounds. Cf. Manganous. Manganic acid, an acid, H2MnO4, formed from
manganese, analogous to sulphuric acid.
Manganiferous
Man`ga*nif"er*ous (?), a. [Manganese + -ferous.] Containing manganese.
Manganite
Man"ga*nite (?), n.
1. (Min.) One of the oxides of manganese; -- called also gray
manganese ore. It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black
crystals, also massive.
2. (Chem.) A compound of manganese dioxide with a metallic oxide; so
called as though derived from the hypothetical manganous acid.
Manganium
Man*ga"ni*um (?), n. [NL.] Manganese.
Manganous
Man"ga*nous (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, designating, those
compounds of manganese in which the element has a lower valence as
contrasted with manganic compounds; as, manganous oxide. Manganous
acid, a hypothetical compound analogous to sulphurous acid, and
forming the so-called manganites.
Mangcorn
Mang"corn` (?), n. [OE. mengen to mix. See Mingle, and Corn.] A
mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain. [Prov Eng.]
Mange
Mange (?), n. [See Mangy.] (Vet.) The scab or itch in cattle, dogs,
and other beasts. Mange insect (Zo\'94l.), any one of several species
of small parasitic mites, which burrow in the skin of cattle. horses,
dogs, and other animals, causing the mange. The mange insect of the
horse (Psoroptes, OR Dermatodectes, equi), and that of cattle
(Symbiotes, OR Dermatophagys, bovis) are the most important species.
See Acarina.
Mangel-wurzel
Man"gel-wur`zel (?), n. [G., corrupted fr. mangoldwurzel; mangold beet
+ wurzel root.] (Bot.) A kind of large field beet (B. macrorhiza),
used as food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the
ordinary beet. See Beet. [Written also mangold-wurzel.] <-- Insert:
Illustr. of Mangel-Wurzel -->
Manger
Man"ger (?), n. [F. mangeoire, fr. manger to eat, fr. L. manducare,
fr. mandere to chew. Cf. Mandible, Manducate.]
1. A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle
to eat.
2. (Naut.) The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships
high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running
over it.
Mangily
Man"gi*ly (?), adv. In a mangy manner; scabbily.
Manginess
Man"gi*ness, n. [From Mangy.] The condition or quality of being mangy.
Mangle
Man"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mangling
(?).] [A frequentative fr. OE. manken to main, AS. mancian, in
bemancian to mutilate, fr. L. mancus maimed; perh. akin to G. mangeln
to be wanting.]
1. To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or
torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a
bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate.
Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Milton.
2. To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to
mangle a piece of music or a recitation.
To mangle a play or a novel. Swift.
Mangle
Man"gle, n. [D. mangel, fr. OE. mangonel a machine for throwing
stones, LL. manganum, Gr. Mangonel.] A machine for smoothing linen or
cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller
pressure. Mangle rack (Mach.), a contrivance for converting continuous
circular motion into reciprocating rectilinear motion, by means of a
rack and pinion, as in the mangle. The pinion is held to the rack by a
groove in such a manner that it passes alternately from one side of
the rack to the other, and thus gives motion to it in opposite
directions, according to the side in which its teeth are engaged. --
Mangle wheel, a wheel in which the teeth, or pins, on its face, are
interrupted on one side, and the pinion, working in them, passes from
inside to outside of the teeth alternately, thus converting the
continuous circular motion of the pinion into a reciprocating circular
motion of the wheel.
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Mangle
Man"gle (?), v. t. [Cf. D. mangelen. See Mangle, n.] To smooth with a
mangle, as damp linen or cloth.
Mangler
Man"gler (?), n. [See 1st Mangle.] One who mangles or tears in
cutting; one who mutilates any work in doing it.
Mangler
Man"gler, n. [See 3d Mangle.] One who smooths with a mangle.
Mango
Man"go (?), n.; pl. Mangoes (#). [Pg. manga, fr. Tamil m\'benk\'bey.]
1. The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an apple, and
of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others
tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for
market.
2. A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled.
Mango bird (Zo\'94l.), an oriole (Oriolus kundoo), native of India. --
Mango fish (Zo\'94l.), a fish of the Ganges (Polynemus risua), highly
esteemed for food. It has several long, slender filaments below the
pectoral fins. It appears about the same time with the mango fruit, in
April and May, whence the name. -- Mango tree (Bot.), an East Indian
tree of the genus Mangifera (M. Indica), related to the cashew and the
sumac. It grows to a large size, and produces the mango of commerce.
It is now cultivated in tropical America.
Mangoldwurzel
Man"gold*wur`zel (?), n. [G.] (Bot.) See Mangel-wurzel.
Mangonel
Man"go*nel (?), n. [OF. mangonel, LL. manganellus, manganum, fr. Gr.
Mangle, n.] A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and
javelins.
Mangonism
Man"go*nism (?), n. The art of mangonizing, or setting off to
advantage. [Obs.]
Mangonist
Man"go*nist (?), n.
1. One who mangonizes. (Zo\'94l.)
2. A slave dealer; also, a strumpet. [Obs.]
Mangonize
Man"go*nize (?), v. t. [L. mangonizare, fr. mango a dealer in slaves
or wares, to which he tries to give an appearance of greater value by
decking them out or furbishing them up.] To furbish up for sale; to
set off to advantage. [Obs. or R.] B. Jonson.
Mangosteen, Mangostan
Man"go*steen (?), Man"go*stan (?), n. [Malay mangusta, mangis.] (Bot.)
A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (G. Mangostana). The
tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called
mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of which is very
delicious food.
Mangrove
Man"grove (?), n. [Malay manggi-manggi.]
1. (Bot.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R.
Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting
muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting
a\'89rial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become
new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached
to the parent plant.
NOTE: &hand; Th e fr uit ha s a ru ddy brown shell, and a delicate
white pulp which is sweet and eatable. The bark is astringent, and
is used for tanning leather. The black and the white mangrove
(Avicennia nitida and A. tomentosa) have much the same habit.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The mango fish.
Mangue
Mangue (?), n. [F.] (Zo\'94l.) The kusimanse.
Mangy
Man"gy (?), a. [Compar. Mangier (?); superl. Mangiest.] [F. mang\'82,
p. p. of manger to eat. See Manger.] Infected with the mange; scabby.
Manhaden
Man*ha"den (?), n. See Menhaden.
Manhead
Man"head (?), n. Manhood. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Manhole
Man"hole` (?), n. A hole through which a man may descend or creep into
a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning
or repairing.
Manhood
Man"hood, n. [Man- + -hood.]
1. The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished
from a child or a woman.
2. Manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution.
I am ashamed That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus. Shak.
Mania
Ma"ni*a (?), n. [L. mania, Gr. manie, F. manie. Cf. Mind, n.,
Necromancy.]
1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.
2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or
many people; as, the tulip mania.
Mania a potu [L.], madness from drinking; delirium tremens. Syn. --
Insanity; derangement; madness; lunacy; alienation; aberration;
delirium; frenzy. See Insanity.
Maniable
Man"i*a*ble (?), a. [F., fr. manier to manage, fr. L. manus hand.]
Manageable. [Obs.] Bacon.
Maniac
Ma"ni*ac (?), a. [F. maniaque. See Mania.] Raving with madness; raging
with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.
Maniac
Ma"ni*ac (?), n. A raving lunatic; a madman.
Maniacal
Ma*ni"a*cal (?), a. Affected with, or characterized by, madness;
maniac. -- Ma*ni"a*cal*ly, adv.
Manicate
Man"i*cate (?), a. [L. manicatus sleeved, fr. manica a sleeve.] (Bot.)
Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and interwoven as
to form a mass easily removed.
Manich\'91an, Manichean, Manichee
Man`i*ch\'91"an (?), Man`i*che"an, Man"i*chee (?), n. [LL. Manichaeus:
cf. F. manich\'82en.] A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian
of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is
regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil.
The Manich\'91ans stand as representatives of dualism pushed to its
utmost development. Tylor.
Manich\'91an, Manichean
Man`i*ch\'91"an, Man`i*che"an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the
Manich\'91ans.
Manich\'91ism, Manicheism
Man"i*ch\'91*ism, Man"i*che*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. manich\'82isme.] The
doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the
Manich\'91ans.
Manicheist
Man"i*che*ist, n. [Cf. F. manich\'82iste.] Manich\'91an.
Manichord, Manichordon
Man"i*chord (?), Man`i*chor"don (?), [L. monochordon, Gr. Monochord.]
(Mus.) The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.
Manicure
Man"i*cure (?), n. [F., fr. L. manus hand + curare to cure.] A person
who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially
their nails.<-- now called manicurist --> <-- 2. A thorough cosmetic
treatment of the hands, especially the trimming and polishing of the
fingernails, and removing of cuticles, performed by a manicurist. v.
t. (Metaph.) to trim carefully and meticulously, as to manicure a
lawn. -->
[Men] who had taken good care of their hands by wearing gloves and
availing themselves of the services of a manicure. Pop. Sci.
Monthly.
Manid
Ma"nid (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any species of the genus Manis, or family
Manid\'91.
Manie
Ma`nie" (?), n. [F. See Mania.] Mania; insanity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Manifest
Man"i*fest (?), a. [F. manifeste, L. manifestus, lit., struck by the
hand, hence, palpable; manus hand + fendere (in comp.) to strike. See
Manual, and Defend.]
1. Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly
perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind;
easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight.
Heb. iv. 13.
That which may be known of God is manifest in them. Rom. i. 19.
Thus manifest to sight the god appeared. Dryden.
2. Detected; convicted; -- with of. [R.]
Calistho there stood manifest of shame. Dryden.
Syn. -- Open; clear; apparent; evident; visible; conspicuous; plain;
obvious. -- Manifest, Clear, Plain, Obvious, Evident. What is clear
can be seen readily; what is obvious lies directly in our way, and
necessarily arrests our attention; what isevident is seen so clearly
as to remove doubt; what is manifest is very distinctly evident.
So clear, so shining, and so evident, That it will glimmer through
a blind man's eye. Shak.
Entertained with solitude, Where obvious duty erMilton.
I saw, I saw him manifest in view, His voice, his figure, and his
gesture knew. Dryden.
Manifest
Man"i*fest, n.; pl. Manifests (#). [Cf. F. manifeste. See Manifest,
a., and cf. Manifesto.]
1. A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See
Manifesto. [Obs.]
2. A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by
marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at the
customhouse.<-- = ship's manifest --> Bouvier.
Manifest
Man"i*fest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manifested (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Manifesting.]
1. To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, -- usually to the
mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
There is nothing hid which shall not be manifested. Mark iv. 22.
Thy life did manifest thou lovedst me not. Shak.
2. To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the
customhouse. Syn. -- To reveal; declare; evince; make known; disclose;
discover; display.
Manifestable
Man"i*fest`a*ble (?), a. Such as can be manifested.
Manifestation
Man`i*fes*ta"tion (?), n. [L. manifestatio: cf. F. manifestation.] The
act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested;
discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which
manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of
God's power in creation.
The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed,
requires this public manifestation of them at the great day.
Atterbury.
Manifestible
Man"i*fest`i*ble (?), a. Manifestable.
Manifestly
Man"i*fest*ly (?), adv. In a manifest manner.
Manifestness
Man"i*fest*ness, n. The quality or state of being manifest;
obviousness.
Manifesto
Man`i*fes"to (?), n.; pl. Manifestoes (#). [It. manifesto. See
Manifest, n. & a.] A public declaration, usually of a prince,
sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his
intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to
some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the
purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives. Bouvier.
it was proposed to draw up a manifesto, setting forth the grounds
and motives of our taking arms. Addison
.
Frederick, in a public manifesto, appealed to the Empire against
the insolent pretensions of the pope. Milman.
Manifold
Man"i*fold (?), a. [AS. manigfeald. See Many, and Fold.]
1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied;
complicated.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24.
I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12.
2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify
nouns in the singular number. "The manifold wisdom of God." Eph. iii.
10. "The manifold grace of God." 1 Pet. iv. 10.
Manifold writing, a process or method by which several copies, as of a
letter, are simultaneously made, sheets of coloring paper being
infolded with thin sheets of plain paper upon which the marks made by
a stylus or a type-writer are transferred.
Manifold
Man"i*fold (?), n.
1. A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
2. (Mech.) A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral
outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others.
3. pl. The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [Local, U.S.]
Manifold
Man"i*fold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manifolded (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Manifolding.] To take copies of by the process of manifold writing;
as, to manifold a letter.
Manifolded
Man"i*fold`ed, a. Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a
manifolded shield. [Obs.]
Manifoldly
Man"i*fold`ly, adv. In a manifold manner.
Manifoldness
Man"i*fold`ness, n.
1. Multiplicity. Sherwood.
2. (Math.) A generalized concept of magnitude.
Maniform
Man"i*form (?), a. [L. manus hand + -form.] Shaped like the hand.
Maniglion
Ma*ni"glion (?), n. [It. maniglio, maniglia, bracelet, handle. Cf.
Manilio.] (Gun.) Either one of two handles on the back of a piece of
ordnance.
Manihoc, Manihot
Man"i*hoc (?), Man"i*hot (?), n. See Manioc.
Manikin
Man"i*kin (?), n. [OD. manneken, dim. of man man. See Man, and -kin.]
1. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.
2. A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material,
commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and
organs, their relative position, etc.
Manila, Manilla
Ma*nil"a (?), Ma*nil"la, a. Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the
capital of the Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that
city. Manila cheroot OR cigar, a cheroot or cigar made of tobacco
grown in the Philippine Islands. -- Manila hemp, a fibrous material
obtained from the Musa textilis, a plant allied to the banana, growing
in the Philippine and other East India islands; -- called also by the
native name abaca. From it matting, canvas, ropes, and cables are
made. -- Manila paper, a durable brown or buff paper made of Manila
hemp, used as a wrapping paper, and as a cheap printing and writing
paper. The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber.
Manilio
Ma*nil"io (?), n. See Manilla, 1. Sir T. Herbert.
Manilla
Ma*nil"la (?), n. [Sp. manilla; cf. It. maniglio, maniglia; F.
manille; Pg. manilha; all fr. L. manus hand, and formed after the
analogy of L. monile, pl. monilia, necklace: cf. F. manille.]
1. A ring worn upon the arm or leg as an ornament, especially among
the tribes of Africa.
2. A piece of copper of the shape of a horseshoe, used as money by
certain tribes of the west coast of Africa. Simmonds.
Manilla
Ma*nil"la, a. Same as Manila.
Manille
Ma*nille" (?), n. [F.] See 1st Manilla, 1.
Manioc
Ma"ni*oc (?), n. [Pg. mandioca, fr. Braz.] (Bot.) The tropical plants
(Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are
prepared; also, cassava.[Written also mandioc, manihoc, manihot.]
Maniple
Man"i*ple (?), n. [L. manipulus, maniplus, a handful, a certain number
of soldiers; manus hand + root of plere to fill, plenus full: cf.
F.maniple. See Manual, and Full, a.]
1. A handful. [R.] B. Jonson.
2. A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of
officers, any small body of soldiers; a company. Milton.
3. Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon
the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman
Catholic Church. It is sometimes worn in the English Church service.
Manipular
Ma*nip"u*lar (?), a. [L. manipularis: cf. F. manipulaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to the maniple, or company.
2. Manipulatory; as, manipular operations.
Manipulate
Ma*nip"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manipulated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Manipulating (?).] [LL. manipulatus, p. p. of manipulare to lead by
the hand, fr. L. manipulus. See Maniple.]
1. To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when
knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to
handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.
2. To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a
convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to
manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or
election returns.
Manipulate
Ma*nip"u*late, v. i. To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do
hand work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used
in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also,
specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations.
Manipulation
Ma*nip`u*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. manipulation.]
1. The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being
manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an
artistic or skillful manner, in science or art.
Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the
mind. Whewell.
2. The use of the hands in mesmeric operations.
3. Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies;
sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or
fraud.
Manipulative
Ma*nip"u*la*tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to manipulation;
performed by manipulation.
Manipulator
Ma*nip"u*la`tor (?), n. One who manipulates
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Manipulatory
Ma*nip"u*la*to*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to manipulation.
Manis
Ma"nis (?), n. [NL., fr. L. manes the ghosts or shades of the dead.
So called from its dismal appearance, and because it seeks for its
food by night.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of edentates, covered with
large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each
other like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia
and Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See
Pangolin.
Manito, Manitou, Manitu
Man"i*to (?), Man"i*tou (?), Man"i*tu (?), n. A name given by
tribes of American Indians to a great spirit, whether good or evil,
or to any object of worship. Tylor.
Gitche Manito the mighty, The Great Spirit, the creator, Smiled
upon his helpless children! Longfellow.
Mitche Manito the mighty, He the dreadful Spirit of Evil, As a
serpent was depicted. Longfellow.
Manitrunk
Man"i*trunk (?), n. [L. manus hand + E. trunk.] (Zo\'94l.) The
anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect.
Mankind
Man`kind" (?), n. [AS. mancynn. See Kin kindred, Kind, n.]
1. The human race; man, taken collectively.
The proper study of mankind is man. Pore.
2. Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human
race. Lev. xviii. 22.
3. Human feelings; humanity. [Obs] B. Jonson.
Mankind
Man"kind` (?), a. Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.
[Obs]
Are women grown so mankind? Must they be wooing? Beau. & Fl.
Be not too mankind against your wife. Chapman.
Manks
Manks (?), a. Of or pertaining to the language or people of the of
Man. -- n. The language spoken in the Isle of Man. See Manx.
Manless
Man"less (?), a.
1. Destitute of men. Bakon.
2. Unmanly; inhuman. [Obs.] Chapman.
Manlessly
Man"less*ly, adv. Inhumanly. [Obs.]
Manlike
Man"like` (?), a. [Man + like. Cf. Manly.] Like man, or like a man,
in form or nature; having the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler
qualities; manly. " Gentle, manlike speech." Testament of Love. " A
right manlike man." Sir P. Sidney.
In glaring Chloe's manlike taste and mien. Shenstone.
Manliness
Man"li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being manly.
Manling
Man"ling (?), n. A little man. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Manly
Man"ly, a. [Compar. Manlier (?); superl. Manliest.] [Man + -ly. Cf.
Manlike.] Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or
womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.
Let's briefly put on manly readiness. Shak.
Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life. Dryden.
Syn. -- Bold; daring; brave; courageous; firm; undaunted; hardy;
dignified; stately.
Manly
Man"ly, adv. In a manly manner; with the courage and fortitude of a
manly man; as, to act manly.
Manna
Man"na (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. m\'ben; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift
(of heaven).]
1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey
through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.
Ex. xvi. 15.
2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes
blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered
and used as food.
3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow
friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in
medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus,
and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
NOTE: &hand; Pe rsian ma nna is the secretion of the camel's thorn
(see Camel's thorn, under Camel); Tamarisk manna, that of the
Tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of Western Asia; Australian, manna,
that of certain species of eucalyptus; Brian\'87on manna, that of
the European larch.
Manna grass (Bot.), a name of several tall slender grasses of the
genus Glyceria. they have long loose panicles, and grow in moist
places. Nerved manna grass is Glyceria nervata, and Floating manna
grass is G. flu. -- Manna insect (Zo\'94l), a scale insect (Gossyparia
mannipara), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarisk tree
in Arabia.
Manna croup
Man"na croup` (?). [Manna + Russ. & Pol. krupa groats, grits.]
1. The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the
millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for
puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats.
2. The husked grains of manna grass.
Manner
Man"ner (?), n. [OE. manere, F. mani\'8are, from OF. manier, adj.,
manual, skillful, handy, fr. (assumed) LL. manarius, for L. manuarius
belonging to the hand, fr. manus the hand. See Manual.]
1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method;
style; form; fashion.
The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of
Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land. 2 Kings xvii.
26.
The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle,
but very powerful,manner. Atterbury.
2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or
the like; bearing; habitual style. Specifically: (a) Customary method
of acting; habit.
Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them. Acts xvii. 2.
Air and manner are more expressive than words. Richardson.
(b) pl. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior;
well-bred carriage and address.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Emerson.
(c) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic
peculiarity of an artist.
3. Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.
The bread is in a manner common. 1 Sam. xxi.5.
4. Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the
sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.
Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs. Luke xi. 42.
I bid thee say, What manner of man art thou? Coleridge.
NOTE: &hand; In old usage, of was often omitted after manner, when
employed in this sense. "A manner Latin corrupt was her speech."
Chaucer. By any manner of means, in any way possible; by any sort of
means. -- To be taken in, OR with the manner. [A corruption of to be
taken in the mainor. See Mainor.] To be taken in the very act. [Obs.]
See Mainor. -- To make one's manners, to make a bow or courtesy; to
offer salutation. -- Manners bit, a portion left in a dish for the
sake of good manners. Hallwell. Syn. -- Method; mode; custom; habit;
fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance. See Method.
Mannered
Man"nered (?), a.
1. Having a certain way, esp a. polite way, of carrying and conducting
one's self.
Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is
born. Shak.
2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic
peculiarity.
His style is in some degree mannered and confined. Hazlitt.
Mannerism
Man"ner*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. mani\'82risme.] Adherence to a peculiar
style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or
treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.
Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the
manner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which
does not sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on
principle, and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is
always offensive. Macaulay.
Mannerist
Man"ner*ist, n. [Cf. F. mani\'82riste.] One addicted to mannerism; a
person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic
peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
Mannerliness
Man"ner*li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being mannerly;
civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale.
Mannerly
Man"ner*ly, a. Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant.
What thou thinkest meet, and is most mannerly. Shak.
Mannerly
Man"ner*ly, adv. With good manners. Shak.
Mannheim gold
Mann"heim gold" (?). [From Mannheim in Germany, where much of it was
made.] A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty
per cent of copper and twenty of zinc. Ure.
Mannide
Man"nide (?), n. [Mannite + anhydride.] (Chem.) A white amorphous or
crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and
distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan.
Mannish
Man"nish (?), a. [Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc.]
1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. Chaucer.
But yet it was a figure Most like to mannish creature. Gower.
2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike,
masculine. Chaucer.
A woman impudent and mannish grown. Shak.
3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Man"nish*ly
(#),adv. -- Man"nish*ness, n.
Mannitan
Man"ni*tan (?), n. [Mannite + anhydrite.] (Chem.) A white amorphous or
crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite.
Mannitate
Man"ni*tate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of mannitic acid.
Mannite
Man"nite (?), n. [Cf. F. mannite.]
1. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained
from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus
ornus); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite. <--
(MI11) HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH = D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic
acid; Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal. -- used in
pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. Used as a
food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener. Also used
to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin.
("excipient" use) -->
2. (Bot.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp,
especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron.
Mannitic
Man*nit"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived
from, mannite. Mannitic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,
intermediate between saccharic acid and mannite, and obtained by the
partial oxidation of the latter.
Mannitol
Man"ni*tol (?), n. [Mannite + -ol.] (Chem.) The technical name of
mannite. See Mannite.
Mannitose
Man"ni*tose` (?), n. (Chem.) A variety of sugar obtained by the
partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose.
Man\'d2uvre
Ma*n\'d2u"vre (?), n. & v. See Maneuver.
Manofwar
Man`*of*war" (?), n; pl. Men-of-war. A government vessel employed for
the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war. Man-of-war
bird (Zo\'94l.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and
to the wandering albatross. -- Man-of-war hawk (Zo\'94l.), the frigate
bird. -- Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war. --
Portuguese man-of-war (Zo\'94l.), any species of the genus Physalia.
See Physalia.
Manometer
Ma*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F. manom\'8atre.] An instrument
for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc.,
constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its
elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in
compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with
mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other
spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See
Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump.
Manometric, Manometrical
Man`o*met"ric (?), Man`o*met"ric*al (?), a. [Cf. F. manom\'82trique.]
Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.
Manor
Man"or (?), n. [OE. maner, OF. maneir habitation, village, F. manoir
manor, prop. the OF. inf. maneir to stay, remain, dwell, L. manere,
and so called because it was the permanent residence of the lord and
of his tenants. See Mansion, and cf. Remain.]
1. (Eng. Law) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much
land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use
and subsistence of his family.
My manors, rents, revenues, l forego. Shak.
NOTE: &hand; In th ese da ys, a ma nor ra ther si gnifies th e
jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal, than the land or site, for a
man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the
right and interest of a court-baron, with the perquisites thereto
belonging.
2. (American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a
free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by
performing certain stipulated services. Burrill.
Manor house, or Manor seat, the house belonging to a manor.
Manorial
Ma*no"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a manor. " Manorial claims."
Paley.
Manoscope
Man"o*scope (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] Same as Manometer.
Manoscopy
Ma*nos"co*py (?), n. The science of the determination of the density
of vapors and gases.
Manovery
Ma*no"ver*y (?), n. [See Maneuver.] (Eng. Law) A contrivance or
maneuvering to catch game illegally.
Manqueller
Man"quell`er (?), n. A killer of men; a manslayer. [Obs.] Carew.
Manred, Manrent
Man"red (?), Man"rent` (?), n. Homage or service rendered to a
superior, as to a lord; vassalage. [Obs. or Scots Law] Jamieson.
Manrope
Man"rope` (?), n. (Naut.) One of the side ropes to the gangway of a
ship. Totten.
Mansard roof
Man"sard roof" (?). [So called from its inventor, Fran&cced;ois
Mansard, or Mansart, a distinguished French architect, who died in
1666.] (Arch.) A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides
two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.
Manse
Manse (?), n. [LL. mansa, mansus, mansum, a farm, fr. L. manere,
mansum, to stay, dwell. See Mansion, Manor.]
1. A dwelling house, generally with land attached.
2. The parsonage; a clergyman's house. [Scot.]
Capital manse, the manor house, or lord's court.
Manservant
Man"serv`ant (?), n. A male servant.
Mansion
Man"sion (?), n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a staying,
remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell;
akin to Gr. Manse, Manor, Menagerie, Menial, Permanent.]
1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other
shelter. [Obs.]
In my Father's house are many mansions. John xiv. 2.
These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions
keep. Den
2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house
of considerable size or pretension.
3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8.
Chaucer.
4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its
monthly revolution. [Obs.]
The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the moon. Chaucer.
Mansion house, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London
and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor.
Blackstone.
Mansion
Man"sion, v. i. To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] Mede.
Mansionary
Man"sion*a*ry (?), a. Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons.
Mansionry
Man"sion*ry (?), n. The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a
dwelling place. [Obs.] Shak.
Manslaughter
Man"slaugh`ter (?), n.
1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. Milton.
2. (Law) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc
Manslayer
Man"slay`er (?), n. One who kills a human being; one who commits
manslaughter.
Manstealer
Man"steal`er (?), n. A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or
beings.
Manstealing
Man"steal`ing, n. The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human
beings, especially with a view to e
Mansuete
Man"suete (?), a. [L. mansuetus, p. p. of mansuescere to tame; manus
hand + suescere to accustom: cf. F. mansuet.] Tame; gentle; kind.
[Obs.] Ray.
Mansuetude
Man"sue*tude (?), n. [L. mansuetudo: cf. F.mansu\'82tude.] Tameness;
gentleness; mildness. [Archaic]
Manswear
Man"swear` (?), v. i. To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.
Manta
Man"ta (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) See Coleoptera and
Sea devil.
Mantchoo
Mant*choo" (?), a. & n. Same as Manchu.
Manteau
Man`teau" (?), n.; pl. F. Manteaux (#), E. Manteaus (#). [F. See
Mantle, n.]
1. A woman's cloak or mantle.
2. A gown worn by women. [Obs.]
Mantel
Man"tel (?), n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. manteau de
chemin\'82e. See Mantle.] (Arch.) The finish around a fireplace,
covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides;
especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. [Written
also mantle.]
Mantelet
Man"tel*et (?), n. [F., dim. of manteau, OF. mantel. See Mantle.]
1. (a) A short cloak formerly worn by knights. (b) A short cloak or
mantle worn by women.
A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging. Chaucer.
2. (Fort.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is
sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while
attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly
written mantlet.
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Mantelpiece
Man"tel*piece` (?), n. Same as Mantel.
Mantelshelf
Man"tel*shelf` (?), n. The shelf of a mantel.
Manteltree
Man"tel*tree` (?), n. (Arch.) The lintel of a fireplace when of wood,
as frequently in early houses.
Mantic
Man"tic (?), a. [Gr. Of or pertaining to divination, or to the
condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity;
prophetic. [R.] "Mantic fury." Trench.
Mantilla
Man*til"la (?), n. [Sp. See Mantle.]
1. A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.
2. A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the
shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.
Mantis
Man"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species
of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied
genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for
holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded
in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina. Mantis shrimp.
(Zo\'94l.) See Sguilla.
Mantispid
Man*tis"pid (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus
Mantispa, and allied genera. The larv\'91 feed on plant lice. Also
used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.
Mantissa
Man*tis*sa (?), n. [L., an addition, makeweight; of Tuscan origin.]
(Math.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the
integral part, or characteristic.
Mantle
Man"tle (?), n. [OE. mantel, OF. mantel, F. manteau, fr. L. mantellum,
mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf. mantele, mantile, towel,
napkin); prob. from manus hand + the root of tela cloth. See Manual,
Textile, and cf. Mandil, Mantel, Mantilla.]
1. A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe;
a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.
[The] children are clothed with mantles of satin. Bacon.
The green mantle of the standing pool. Shak.
Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree. Burns.
2. (Her.) Same as Mantling.
3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior
membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing
the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus. (b) Any free, outer
membrane. (c) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
4. (Arch.) A mantel. See Mantel.
5. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
Raymond.
6. (Hydraulic Engin.) A penstock for a water wheel.
Mantle
Man"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mantled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mantling
(?).] To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to
disguise. Shak.
Mantle
Man"tle, v. i.
1. To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of
hawks. Also used figuratively.
Ne is there hawk which mantleth on her perch. Spenser.
Or tend his sparhawk mantling in her mew. Bp. Hall.
My frail fancy fed with full delight. Doth bathe in bliss, and
mantleth most at ease. Spenser.
2. To spread out; -- said of wings.
The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling
proudly, rows. Milton.
3. To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the
scum mantled on the pool.
Though mantled in her cheek the blood. Sir W. Scott.
4. To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
There is a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a
standing pond. Shak.
Nor bowl of wassail mantle warm. Tennyson.
Mantlet
Man"tlet (?), n. See Mantelet.
Mantling
Man"tling (?), n. (Her.) The representation of a mantle, or the
drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.
Manto
Man"to (?), n. [It. or Sp. manto, abbrev., from L. mantelum. See
Mantle.] See Manteau. [Obs.] Bailey.
Mantologist
Man*tol"o*gist (?), n. One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner.
[R.]
Mantology
Man*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] The act or art of divination. [R.]
Mantra
Man"tra (?), n. [Skr.] A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a
charm. [India]
NOTE: &hand; Am ong th e Hi ndoos each caste and tribe has a mantra
peculiar to itself; as, the mantra of the Brahmans.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Mantrap
Man"trap` (?), n.
1. A trap for catching trespassers. [Eng.]
2. A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall.
Mantua
Man"tu*a (?), n.
1. A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in
Italy. [Obs.] Beck (Draper's Dict.).
2. A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown. [Obs.]
Mantuamaker
Man"tu*a*mak`er (?), n. One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for
women; a dressmaker.
Mantuan
Man"tu*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Mantua. -- n. A native or
inhabitant of Mantua.
Manu
Ma"nu (?), n. [Skr.] (Hind. Myth.) One of a series of progenitors of
human beings, and authors of human wisdom.
Manual
Man"u*al (?), a. [OE. manuel, F. manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus hand;
prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. m\'81ndel a
ward, vormund guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. Emancipate, Legerdemain,
Maintain, Manage, Manner, Manur, Mound a hill.] Of or pertaining to
the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign
manual. "Manual and ocular examination." Tatham. Manual alphabet. See
Dactylology. -- Manual exercise (Mil.) the exercise by which soldiers
are taught the use of their muskets and other arms. -- Seal manual,
the impression of a seal worn on the hand as a ring. -- Sign manual.
See under Sign.
Manual
Man"u*al (?), n. [Cf. F. manuel, LL. manuale. See Manual, a.]
1. A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently
handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman
Catholic Church.
This manual of laws, styled the Confessor's Laws. Sir M. Hale.
2. (Mus.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as
distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys. Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
3. (Mil.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon;
as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the
piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).
Manualist
Man"u*al*ist, n. One who works wi
Manually
Man"u*al*ly, adv. By hand.
Manuary
Man"u*a*ry (?), a. [L. manuarius, fr. manus hand.] Manual. -- n. An
artificer. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Manubial
Ma*nu"bi*al (?), a. [L. manubialis, fr. manubiae money obtained from
the sale of booty, booty.] Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Obs.]
Bailey.
Manubrial
Ma*nu"bri*al (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped
like a manubrium; handlelike.
Manubrium
Ma*nu"bri*um (?), n.; pl. L. Manubria (#), E. Manubriums (#). [L.,
handle, fr. manus hand.]
1. (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of
the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma.
See Illust. of Hydromedusa.
Manucode
Man"u*code (?), n. [Javanese manukdewata the bird of the gods: cf. F.
manucode.] (Zo\'94l.) Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia
and New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.
Manuducent
Man`u*du"cent (?), n. One who leads by the hand; a manuductor. [Obs.]
Manuduction
Man`u*duc"tion (?), n. [L. manus hand + ductio a leading, ducere to
lead: cf. F. manuduction.] Guidance by the hand. [Obs.] Glanvill.
South.
Manductor
Man`duc"tor (?), n. [L. manus the hand + ductor a leader, ducere to
lead: cf. F. manuducteur.] (Mus.) A conductor; an officer in the
ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat
time with the hand, and regulated the music. Moore (Encyc. of Music.)
Manufactory
Man`u*fac"to*ry (?), n.; pl. -ries (#). [Cf. L. factorium an oil
press, prop., place where something is made. See Manufacture.]
1. Manufacture. [Obs.]
2. A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory.
Manufactory
Man`u*fac"to*ry, a. Pertaining to manufacturing.
Manufactural
Man`u*fac"tur*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to manufactures. [R.]
Manufacture
Man`u*fac"ture (?), n. [L. manus the hand + factura a making, fr.
facere to make: cf. F. manufacture. See Manual, and Fact.]
1. The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by
machinery, or by other agency.
2. Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by
art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.
Manufacture
Man`u*fac"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manufactured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Manufacturing.] [Cf. F. manufacturer.]
1. To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by
other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.
2. To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms
for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.
Manufacture
Man`u*fac"ture, v. i. To be employed in manufacturing something.
Manufacturer
Man`u*fac"tur*er (?), n. One who manufactures.
Manufacturing
Man`u*fac"tur*ing, a.
1. Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing
community; a manufacturing town.
2. Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects.
Manul
Ma"nul (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft,
light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and
dwells among rocks.
Manumise
Man"u*mise` (?), v. t. [See Manumit.] To manumit. [Obs.] Dryden.
Manumission
Man`u*mis"sion (?), n. [L. manumissio: cf. F. manumission. See
Manumit.] The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from
bondage. "Given to slaves at their manumission." Arbuthnot.
Manumit
Man`u*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manumitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Manumitting.] [L. manumittere, manumissum; manus the hand + mittere to
send, to send off. See Manual, and Missile.] To release from slavery;
to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.
"Manumitted slaves." Hume.
Manumotive
Man"u*mo`tive (?), a. [L. manus the hand + E. motive.] Movable by
hand. [R.]
Manumotor
Man"u*mo`tor (?), n. [L. manus the hand + E. motor.] A small wheel
carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it.
Manurable
Ma*nur"a*ble (, a.
1. Capable of cultivation. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
2. Capable of receiving a fertilizing substance.
Manurage
Ma*nur"age (?), n. Cultivation. [Obs.] Warner.
Manurance
Ma*nur"ance (?), n. Cultivation. [Obs.] Spenser.
Manure
Ma*nure" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Manuring.] [Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand,
to cultivate by manual labor, F. man. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf.
Inure.]
1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by
culture. [Obs.]
To whom we gave the strand for to manure. Surrey.
Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward
things be no more moved. Donne.
2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a
fertilizing substance.
The blood of English shall manure the ground. Shak.
Manure
Ma*nure" (?), n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing
substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying
animal or vegetable substances, etc. Dryden.
Manurement
Ma*nure"ment, n. [Cf. OF. manouvrement.] Cultivation. [Obs.] W.
Wotton.
Manurer
Ma*nur"er (?), n. One who manures land.
Manurial
Ma*nu"ri*al (?), a. Relating to manures.
Manuring
Ma*nur"ing (?), n. The act of process of applying manure; also, the
manure applied.
Manus
Ma"nus (?), n.; pl. Manus. [L., the hand.] (Anat.) The distal segment
of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.
Manuscript
Man"u*script (?), a. [L. manu scriptus. See Manual, and Scribe.]
Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.
Manuscript
Man"u*script, n. [LL. manuscriptum, lit., something written with the
hand. See Manuscript, a.]
1. A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as
distinguished from a printed copy.
2. Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in
manuscript. Craik.
NOTE: &hand; The word is often abbreviated to MS., plural MSS.
Manuscriptal
Man"u*script`al (?), a. Manuscript. [Obs.]
Manutenency
Man`u*ten"en*cy (?), n. [L. manus hand + tenere to hold.] Maintenance.
[Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.
Manway
Man"way` (?), n. A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass
through. Raymond.
Manx
Manx (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants;
as, the Manx language. Manx cat (Zo\'94l.), a breed of domestic cats
having a rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae. --
Manx shearwater (Zo\'94l.), an oceanic bird (Puffinus anglorum, or P.
puffinus), called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It was formerly
abundant in the Isle of Man.
Manx
Manx, n. The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect
of the Celtic.
Many
Ma"ny (?), n. [See Meine, Mansion.] A retinue of servants; a
household. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Many
Ma"ny, a. OR pron.
NOTE: [It ha s no variation to express degrees of comparison; more
and most, which are used for the comparative and superlative
degrees, are from a different root.]
[OE. mani, moni, AS. manig, m\'91nig, monig; akin to D. menig, OS. &
OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan. mange, Sw. m\'86nge, Goth. manags, OSlav.
mnog', Russ. mnogii; cf. Icel. margr, Prov. E. mort. &root;103.]
Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.
Thou shalt be a father of many nations. Gen. xvii. 4.
Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,
are called. 1 Cor. i. 26.
NOTE: &hand; Ma ny is fr eely pr efixed to pa rticiples, fo rming
compounds which need no special explanation; as, many-angled,
many-celled, many-eyed, many-footed, many-handed, many-leaved,
many-lettered, many-named, many-peopled, many-petaled, many-seeded,
many-syllabled (polysyllabic), many-tongued, many-voiced,
many-wived, and the like.<-- in such usage equivalent to multi -->
Comparison is often expressed by many with as or so. "As many as
were willing hearted . . . brought bracelets." Exod. xxxv. 22. "So
many laws argue so many sins." Milton. Many stands with a singular
substantive with a or an.
Many a, a large number taken distributively; each one of many. "For
thy sake have I shed many a tear." Shak. "Full many a gem of purest
ray serene." Gray. -- Many one, many a one; many persons. BK. of Com.
Prayer. -- The many, the majority; -- opposed to the few. See Many, n.
-- Too many, too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are too many
for us. L'Estrange. Syn. -- Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold;
various; divers; sundry.
Many
Ma"ny, n. [AS. menigeo, menigo, menio, multitude; akin to G. menge,
OHG. manag\'c6, menig\'c6, Goth. managei. See Many, a.]
1. The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a
community.
After him the rascal many ran. Spenser.
2. A large or considerable number.
A many of our bodies shall no doubt Find native graves. Shak.
Seeing a great many in rich gowns. Addison.
It will be concluded by manythat he lived like an honest man.
Fielding.
NOTE: &hand; In th is se nse, ma ny is connected immediately with
another substantive (without of) to show of what the many consists;
as, a good many [of] people think so.
He is liable to a great many inconveniences. Tillotson.
Many-minded
Ma"ny-mind`ed (?), a. Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.
Manyplies
Ma"ny*plies (?), n. [Many, adj. + plies, pl. of ply a fold.] (Anat.)
The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb
stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of
ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous
folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.
Many-sided
Ma"ny-sid`ed (?), a.
1. Having many sides; -- said of figures. Hence, presenting many
questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic.
2. Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike pursuits or
objects of attention; versatile. -- Ma"ny-sid`ed*ness, n.
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Manyways, Manywise
Ma"ny*ways` (?), Ma"ny*wise` (?), adv. In many different ways;
variously.
Manzanita
Man`za*ni"ta (?), n. [Sp., dim. of munzana an apple.] (Bot.) A name
given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to A. glauca
and A. pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish
smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing
clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the
grizzly bear.
Maori
Ma"o*ri (?), n.; pl. Maoris (. (Ethnol.) One of the aboriginal
inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New
Zealand. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.
Map
Map (?), n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L.
mappa napkin, signal cloth; -- a Punic word. Cf. Apron, Napkin,
Nappe.]
1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of
it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually
on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial
sphere, or of some part of it.
NOTE: &hand; Th ere ar e five principal kinds of projection used in
making maps: the orthographic, the stereographic, the globuar, the
conical, and the cylindrical, or Mercator's projection. See
Projection.
2. Anything which represents graphically a succession of events,
states, or acts; as, an historical map.
Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn. Shak.
Map lichen (Bot.), a lichen (Lecidea geographica.) growing on stones
in curious maplike figures. Dr. Prior.
Map
Map, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mapping (?).] To
represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map
out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate
systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map
out, a journey; to map out business.
I am near to the place where they should meet, if Pisanio have
mapped it truly. Shak.
Mapach
Ma*pach" (?), n. [Mexican.] The raccoon.
Maple
Ma"ple (?), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel.
m\'94purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.) A
tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. A. saccharinum
is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is
made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the
red or swamp maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple, A. dasycarpum,
having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A. Pennsylvanium,
called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is A. campestre, the
sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is A.
platanoides.
NOTE: &hand; Ma ple is much used adjectively, or as the first part
of a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
Bird's-eye maple, Curled maple, varieties of the wood of the rock
maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous
course of the fibers. -- Maple honey, Maple molasses, OR Maple sirup,
maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. -- Maple sugar, sugar
obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.
Maplike
Map"like` (?), a. Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as,
the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.
Mappery
Map"per*y (?), n. [From Map.] The making, or study, of maps. [Obs.]
Shak.
Maqui
Ma"qui (?), n. (Bot.) A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark
furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is
made from its berries.
Mar
Mar (?), n. A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
Mar
Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (m\'84rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.]
[OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct,
impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D.
marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and
Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. Moor, v.]
1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing
a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.
I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks.
Shak.
But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. Dryden.
Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage.
Milton.
2. To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend,
to mar the subject." Shak.
Mar
Mar, n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a
disfigurement.
Mara
Ma"ra (?), n. [Skr. m\'bera.] (Hind. Myth.) The principal or ruling
evil spirit. E. Arnold.
Mara
Ma"ra, n. [Icel. mara nightmare, an ogress. See Nightmare.] (Norse
Myth.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on
their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
Mara
Ma"ra, n. (Zo\'94l.) The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus.)
Marabou
Mar`a*bou" (?), n. [F.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly
Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes
plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L.
argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also marabu.]
2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and
a griffe. [Louisiana] Bartlett.
Marabout
Marabout" (?), n. [F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. mor\'bebit. Cf.
Maravedi.] A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work
cures supernaturally.
Maracan
Mar"a*can (?), n. [Braz. maracan\'a0.] (Zo\'94l.) A macaw.
Marai
Ma*rai" (?), n. A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the
islanders of the Pacific Ocean.
Maranatha
Mar`a*nath"a (?), n. [Aramaic m\'beran ath\'be.] "Our Lord cometh;" --
an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle
to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in
anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, "May the
Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes." See Anathema
maranatha, under Anathema.
Maranta
Ma*ran"ta (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants found in
tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous
roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species
(Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated
for ornament.
Maraschino
Ma`ra*schi"no (?), n. [It., fr. marasca, amarasca, a sour cherry, L.
amarus bitter.] A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and
flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.
<-- Maraschino cherry -- a cherry which is colored a deep red and
sweetened by cooking in colored syrup, and flavored with maraschino.
Used as a garnish in deserts and cocktails. -->
Marasmus
Ma*ras"mus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A wasting of flesh without
fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. Milton.
Marasmus senilis [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged.
Maraud
Ma*raud" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marauded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Marauding.] [F. marauder, fr. maraud vagabond, OF. marault; of
uncertain origin, perh. for malault, fr. (assumed) LL. malaldus; fr.
L. malus bad, ill + a suffix of German origin (cf. Herald). Cf.
Malice.] To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty;
to plunder. "Marauding hosts." Milman.
Maraud
Ma*raud", n. An excursion for plundering.
Marauder
Ma*raud`er (?), n. [From Maraud, v.: cf. F. maraudeur.] A rover in
quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages. De Quincey.
Maravedi
Mar`a*ve"di (?), n. [Sp. maraved\'a1; -- so called from the
Mor\'bebit\'c6n (lit., the steadfast), an Arabian dynasty which
reigned in Africa and Spain. Cf. Marabout.] (Numis.) A small copper
coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a
farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.
Marble
Mar"ble (?), n. [OE. marbel, marbre, F. marbre, L. marmor, fr. Gr.
Marmoreal.]
1. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of
being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The
color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and
green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also
given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd
antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc.
NOTE: &hand;
Breccia marble consists of limestone fragments cemented together. --
Ruin marble, when polished, shows forms resembling ruins, due to
disseminated iron oxide. -- Shell marble contains fossil shells. --
Statuary marble is a pure, white, fine-grained kind, including Parian
(from Paros) and Carrara marble. If coarsely granular it is called
saccharoidal.
2. A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or
record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as,
the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles.
3. A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a
plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with
marbles.
NOTE: &hand; Marble is also much used in self-explaining compounds;
when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means, hard, cold,
destitute of compassion or feeling; as, marble-breasted,
marble-faced, marble-hearted.
Marble
Mar"ble, a.
1. Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.
2. Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.
Marble
Mar"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Marbling
(?).] [Cf. F. marbrer. See Marble, n.] To stain or vein like marble;
to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the
surface of paper.
Marbled
Mar"bled (?), a.
1. Made of, or faced with, marble. [Obs.] "The marbled mansion." Shak.
2. Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble. "Marbled
paper." Boyle.
3. (zo\'94l.) Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused
blending of irregular spots and streaks.
Marble-edged
Mar"ble-edged` (?), a. Having the edge veined or spotted with
different colors like marble, as a book.
Marbleize
Mar"ble*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marbleized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Marbleizing (?).] To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover
with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or
iron.
Marbler
Mar"bler (, n.
1. One who works upon marble or other stone. [R.] Fuller.
2. One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.
Marbling
Mar"bling (?), n.
1. The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of
marble.
2. An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled
appearance.
3. pl. (Zo\'94l.) Distinct markings resembling the variegations of
marble, as on birds and insects.
Marbly
Mar"bly, a. Containing, or resembling, marble.
Marbrinus
Mar*bri"nus (?), n. [LL., fr. OF. & F. marble marble. See Marble.] A
cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in
the 15th and 16th centuries. Beck (Draper's Dict.).
Marc
Marc (?), n. [F.] The refuse matter which remains after the pressure
of fruit, particularly of grapes.
Marc
Marc, n. [AS. marc; akin to G. mark, Icel. m\'94rk, perh. akin to E.
mark a sign. &rot;106, 273.] [Written also mark.]
1. A weight of various commodities, esp. of gold and silver, used in
different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to
eight ounces.
2. A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen
shillings and four pence.
3. A German coin and money of account. See Mark.
Marcantant
Mar"can*tant (?), n. [It. mercatante. See Merchant.] A merchant.
[Obs.] Shak.
Marcasite
Mar"ca*site (?), n. [F. marcassite; cf. It. marcassita, Sp.
marquesita, Pg. marquezita; all fr. Ar. marqash\'c6tha.] (Min.) A
sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in
composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites. Golden
marcasite, tin. [Obs.]
Marcasitic, Marcasitical
Mar`ca*sit"ic (?), Mar`ca*sit"ic*al (?), a. Containing, or having the
nature of, marcasite.
Marcassin
Mar*cas"sin (?), n. [F.] (Her.) A young wild boar.
Marcato
Mar*ca"to (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) In a marked emphatic manner; -- used
adverbially as a direction.
Marceline
Mar"cel*ine (?), n. [F., fr. L. marcidus withered, fr. marcere to
wither, shrivel.] A thin silk fabric used for linings, etc., in
ladies' dresses.
Marcescent
Mar*ces"cent (?), a. [L. marcescens, p. pr. of marcescere to wither,
decay, fr. marcere to wither, droop: cf. F. marcescent.] (Bot.)
Withering without
Marcescible
Mar*ces"ci*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. marcescible.] Li
March
March (?), n. [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr. Martius belonging to
Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf. Martial.] The third month of
the year, containing thirty-one days.
The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and
changing skies. Bryant.
As mad as a March Hare, an old English Saying derived from the fact
that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and
violent. Wright.
March
March, n. [OE. marche, F. marche; of German origin; cf. OHG. marcha,
G. mark, akin to OS. marka, AS. mearc, Goth. marka, L. margo edge,
border, margin, and possibly to E. mark a sign. Margin, Margrave,
Marque, Marquis.] A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent
to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in
English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers
between England and Scotland, and England and Wales.
Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions -- France,
Savoy, and Switzerland. Fuller.
Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles. Tennyson.
March
March, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d March.] To border; to be
contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.]
That was in a strange land Which marcheth upon Chimerie. Gower.
To march with, to have the same boundary for a greater or less
distance; -- said of an estate.
March
March, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Marching.] [F.
marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob. fr. L. marcus hammer. Cf.
Mortar.]
1. To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave,
deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily. Shak.
2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the
German army marched into France.
March
March, v. t. TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a
soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops;
to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause
to go by peremptory command, or by force.
March them again in fair array. Prior.
March
March, n. [F. marche.]
1. The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place
to another; military progress; advance of troops.
These troops came to the army harassed with a long and wearisome
march. Bacon.
2. Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of
soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward
movement.
With solemn march Goes slow and stately by them. Shak.
This happens merely because men will not bide their time, but will
insist on precipitating the march of affairs. Buckle.
3. The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march
of twenty miles.
4. A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the
movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.
The drums presently striking up a march. Knolles.
To make a march, (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of a hand, in
the game of euchre.
Macher
Mach"er (?), n. One who marches.
Marcher
March"er, n. [See 2d March.] The lord or officer who defended the
marches or borders of a territory.
Marchet, Merchet
Mar"chet (?), Mer"chet (?), n. [LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.] In
old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a
tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.
Marching
March"ing (?), a. & n.,fr. March, v. Marching money (Mil.), the
additional pay of officer or soldier when his regiment is marching. --
In marching order (Mil.), equipped for a march. -- Marching regiment.
(Mil.) (a) A regiment in active service. (b) In England, a regiment
liable to be ordered into other quarters, at home or abroad; a
regiment of the line.
Marchion-ess
Mar"chion-ess (?), n. [LL. marchionissa, fr. marchio a marquis. See
Marquis.] The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank
and dignity of a marquis. Spelman.
March-mad
March"-mad` (?), a. Extremely rash; foolhardy. See under March, the
month. Sir W. Scott.
Marchman
March"man (?), n. A person living in the marches between England and
Scotland or Wales.
Marchpane
March"pane` (?), n. [Cf. It. marzapane,Sp. pan,. massepain, prob. fr.
L. maza frumenty (Gr. ma^za) + L. panis bread; but perh. the first
part of the word is from the name of the inventor.] A kind of sweet
bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds and sugar. [Obs.]<-- =
marzipan --> Shak.
March-ward
March"-ward` (?), n. A warden of the marches; a marcher.
Marcian
Mar"cian (?), a. Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Marcid
Mar"cid (?), a. [L. marcidus, fr. marcere to wither, pine.]
1. Pining; lean; withered. Dryden.
2. Characterized by emaciation, as a fever. Harvey.
Mar-cidi-ty
Mar-cid"i-ty (?), n. [LL. marciditas.] The state or quality of being
withered or lean. [R.]
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Marcionite
Mar"cion*ite (?), n. (Eccl. Hist) A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of
the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two
conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a
third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world
and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation. Brande & C.
Marcobrunner
Mar`co*brun"ner (?), n. [G. Marcobrunner.] A celebrated Rhine wine.
Marcor
Mar"cor (?), n. [L., fr. marcere to wither.] A wasting away of flesh;
decay. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Marcosian
Mar*co"sian (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a Gnostic sect of the second
century, so called from Marcus, an Egyptian, who was reputed to be a
margician.
Mardi gras
Mar"di` gras" (?), n. [F., literally, fat Tuesday.] The last day of
Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival
and merrymaking.
Mare
Mare (?), n. [OE. mere, AS. mere, myre, fem of AS. mearh horse, akin
to D. merrie mare, G. m\'84hre, OHG. marah horse, meriha mare, Icel.
marr horse, OCelt. marka (Pausan. 19, 19,4), Ir. marc, W. march. Cf.
Marshal.] The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.
Mare
Mare, n. [AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora,
Bohem. m.] (Med.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance,
with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the
incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare.
I will ride thee o' nights like the mare. Shak.
Marechal Niel
Mare"chal Niel" (?). [F.] A kind of large yellow rose. [Written also
Marshal Niel.]
Mareis
Mar"eis (?), n. A Marsh. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Marena
Ma*re"na (?), n. [NL. Salmo maraena, G. mar\'84ne, mor\'84ne; -- so
called from Lake Morin, in the March of Brandenburg, in Prussia.]
(Zo\'94l.) A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus.
Mareschal
Mare"schal (?), n. [OF. mareschal, F. mar\'82chal. See Marshal.] A
military officer of high rank; a marshal. [Obs.]
Mare's-nest
Mare's"-nest` (?), n. A supposed discovery which turns out to be a
hoax; something grosaly absurd.
Mare's-tail
Mare's"-tail` (?), n.
1. A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and
believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud.
Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails. Old
Rhyme.
2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H.vulgaris), having
narrow leaves in whorls.
Margarate
Mar"ga*rate (?), n. [Cf. F. margarate.] (Physiol. Chem.) A compound of
the so-called margaric acid with a base.
Margaric
Mar*gar"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. margarique. See Margarite.] Pertaining to,
or resembling, pearl; pearly. Margaric acid. (a) (Physiol. Chem.) A
fatty body, crystallizing in pearly scales, and obtained by digesting
saponified fats (soaps) with an acid. It was formerly supposed to be
an individual fatty acid, but is now known to be simply an intimate
mixture of stearic and palmitic acids. (b) (Chem.) A white,
crystalline substance, C17H34O2 of the fatty acid series, intermediate
between palmitic and stearic acids, and obtained from the wax of
certain lichens, from cetyl cyanide, and other sources.
Margarin
Mar"ga*rin (?), n. [Cf. F. margarine. See Margarite.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable
oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and
margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of
tristearin and teipalmitin.
Marasritaceous
Mar`as*ri*ta"ceous (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl;
pearly.
Margarite
Mar"ga*rite (?), n. [L. margarita, Gr. marguerite.]
1. A pearl. [Obs.] Peacham.
2. (Min.) A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and
yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.
Margaritic
Mar`ga*rit"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. margaritique.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Margaric.
Margaritiferous
Mar`ga*ri*tif"er*ous (?), a. [L. margaritifer; margarita pearl + ferre
to bear: cf. F. margaritif\'8are.] Producing pearls.
Margarodite
Mar*gar"o*dite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A hidrous potash mica related to
muscovite.
Margarone
Mar"ga*rone (?), n. [Margaric + -one.] (Chem.) The ketone of margaric
acid.
Margarous
Mar"ga*rous (?), a. (Chem.) Margaric; -- formerly designating a
supposed acid. [Obs.]
Margate fish
Mar"gate fish" (?). (Zo\'94l.) A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus)
of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also
red-mouth grunt.
Margay
Mar"gay (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An American wild cat (Felis tigrina),
ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also
long-tailed cat.
Marge
Marge (?), n. [F. marge. See Margin.] Border; margin; edge; verge.
[Poetic] Tennyson.
Along the river's stony marge. Wordsworth.
Margent
Mar"gent (?), n. [OE. See Margin.] A margin; border; brink; edge.
[Obs.]
The beached margent of the sea. Shak.
Margent
Mar"gent, v. t. To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to
margin. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
Margin
Mar"gin (?), n. [OE. margine, margent, L. margo, ginis. Cf. March a
border, Marge.]
1. A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.
2. Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in
writing or printing.
3. (Com.) The difference between the cost and the selling price of an
article.
4. Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen
or known with certainty.
5. (Brokerage) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure
him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his
principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat,
etc. N. Biddle.
Margin draft (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of
hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints. -- Margin of a course
(Arch.), that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not
covered by the course immediately above it. See 2d Gauge. Syn. --
Border; brink; verge; brim; rim.
Margin
Mar"gin (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Margined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Marginging.]
1. To furnish with a margin.
2. To enter in the margin of a page.
Marginal
Mar"gin*al (?), a. [Cf. F. marginal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a margin.
2. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.
Marginalia
Mar`gi*na"li*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] Marginal notes.
Marginally
Mar"gin*al*ly, adv. In the margin of a book.
Marginate
Mar"gin*ate (?), a. [L. marginatus, p. p. of marginare to margin. See
Margin, n.] Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure.
Marginate
Mar"gin*ate (?), v. t. To furnish with a distinct margin; to margin.
[R.] Cockeram.
Marginated
Mar"gin*a`ted (?), a. Same as Marginate, a.
Margined
Mar"gined (?), a.
1. Having a margin. Hawthorne.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Bordered with a distinct line of color.
Marginella
Mar`gi*nel"la (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. margo, marginis, a margin.]
(Zo\'94l.) A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native
of all warm seas.
Marginicidal
Mar"gin*i*ci`dal (?), a. [L. margo, -ginis, margin + caedere to cut.]
(Bot.) Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of
fruits.
Margosa
Mar*go"sa (?), n. [Pg. amargoso bitter.] (Bot.) A large tree of genus
Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as
a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious
gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree,
and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as
Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the
tree are considered anthelmintic.
The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having
a peculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies. Sir S. Baker.
Margravate, Margraviate
Mar"gra*vate (?), Mar*gra"vi*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. margraviat.] The
territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.
Margrave
Mar"grave (?), n. [G. markgraf, prop., lord chief justice of the
march; mark bound, border, march + graf earl, count, lord chief
justice; cf. Goth. gagr\'89fts decree: cf. D. markgraaf, F. margrave.
See March border, and cf. Landgrave, Graff.]
1. Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany.
2. The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a
marquis.
Margravine
Mar"gra*vine (?), n. [G. markgr\'84fin: cf. F. margrafine.] The wife
of a margrave.
Marguerite
Mar"gue*rite (?), n. [F., a pearl, a daisy. See Margarite.] (Bot.) The
daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye
daisy and to the China aster. Longfellow.
Marian
Ma"ri*an (?), a. Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary,
Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII.
Of all the Marian martyrs, Mr. Philpot was the best-born gentleman.
Fuller.
Maid Marian. See Maidmarian in the Vocabulary. <-- 2. a prominent
character in the legend of Robin Hood -->
Marie
Mar"ie (?), interj. Marry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mariet
Mar"i*et (?), n. [F. mariette, prop. dim. of Marie Mary.] (Bot.) A
kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called Viola Mariana;
but it is not a violet.
Marigenous
Ma*rig"e*nous (?), a. [L. mare the sea + -genous.] Produced in or by
the sea.
Marigold
Mar"i*gold (?), n. [Mary + gold.] (Bot.) A name for several plants
with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see
Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.
NOTE: &hand; Th ere are several yellow-flowered plants of different
genera bearing this name; as, the African OR French marigold of the
genus Tagetes, of which several species and many varieties are
found in gardens. They are mostly strong-smelling herbs from South
America and Mexico: bur marigold, of the genus Bidens; corn
marigold, of the genus Chrysanthemum (C. segetum, a pest in the
cornfields of Italy); fig marigold, of the genus Mesembryanthemum;
marsh marigold, of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), commonly known
in America as the cowslip. See Marsh Marigold.
Marigold window. (Arch.) See Rose window, under Rose.
Marikina
Mar`i*ki"na (?), n. [From the native name: cf. Pg. mariquinha.]
(Zo\'94l) A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.
Marimba
Ma*rim"ba (?), n. [Pg.] A musical istrument of percussion, consisting
of bars yielding musical tones when struck. Knight.
Marimonda
Mar`i*mon"da (?), n. [Sp.] (Zo\'94l.) A spider monkey (Ateles
belzebuth) of Central and South America.
Marinade
Mar`i*nade" (?), n. [F.: cf. It. marinato marinade, F. mariner to
preserve food for use at sea. See Marinate.] (Cookery) A brine or
pickle containing wine and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat
and fish.
Marinate
Mar"i*nate (?), v. t. [See Marine, and cf. Marinade.] To salt or
pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by
the use of marinade.
Marine
Ma*rine" (?), a. [L. marinus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F. marin. See Mere
a pool.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with
navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or
bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.
2. (Geol.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea;
as, marine deposits.
Marine acid (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. [Obs.] -- Marine barometer.
See under Barometer. -- Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers,
noncommissioned officers, privates, and musicants of marines.<--
officially part of the navy, but now considered one of the four
branches of the armed forces in the US --> -- Marine engine (Mech.), a
steam engine for propelling a vessel. -- Marine glue. See under Glue.
-- Marine insurance, insurance against the perils of the sea,
including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry. -- Marine
interest, interest at any rate agreed on for money lent upon
respondentia and bottomry bonds. -- Marine law. See under Law. --
Marine league, three geographical miles. -- Marine metal, an alloy of
lead, antimony, and mercury, made for sheathing ships. Mc Elrath. --
Marine soap, cocoanut oil soap; -- so called because, being quite
soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard. -- Marine store,
a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are bought and sold; a junk
shop. [Eng.]
Marine
Ma*rine", n. [F. marin a sea solider, marine naval economy, a marine
picture, fr. L. marinus. See Marine, a.]
1. A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of
troops trained to do duty in the navy. <-- a member of the marine
corps -->
2. The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of
navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as,
the mercantile marine.
3. A picture representing some marine subject.
Tell that to the marines, an expression of disbelief, the marines
being regarded by sailors as credulous. [Colloq.]
Marined
Ma*rined" (?), a. [Cf. F. marin\'82.] (Her.) Having the lower part of
the body like a fish. Crabb.
Mariner
Mar"i*ner (?), n. [F. marinier, LL. marinarius. See Marine.] One whose
occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.
Chaucer. Mariner's compass. See under Compass.
Marinership
Mar"i*ner*ship, n. Seamanship. [Obs.] Udalt.
Marinorama
Mar`i*no*ra"ma (?), n. [NL., from L. marinus marine + Gr. A
representation of a sea view.
Mariolater
Ma`ri*ol"a*ter (?), n. [See Mariolatry.] One who worships the Virgin
Mary.
Mariolatry
Ma`ri*ol"a*try (?), n. [Gr. The worship of the Virgin Mary.
Marionette
Mar`i*o*nette" (?), n. [F. marionette, prop. a dim. of Marie Mary.]
1. A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.
2. (Zo\'94l.) The buffel duck.
Mariotte's law
Ma`ri*otte's law` (?). (Physics.) See Boyle's law, under Law.
Mariposa lily
Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y (?). [Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E. lily. So called
from the gay apperance of the blossoms.] (Bot.) One of a genus
(Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often
gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of them are
natives of California.
Mariput
Mar"i*put (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A species of civet; the zoril.
Marish
Mar"ish (?), n. [Cf. F. marais, LL. marascus. See Marsh.] Low, wet
ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor. [Archaic] Milton. Tennyson.
Marish
Mar"ish, a.
1. Moory; fenny; boggy. [Archaic]
2. Growing in marshes. "Marish flowers." Tennyson.
Marital
Mar"i*tal (?), a. [F., fr. L. maritalis, fr. maritus belonging to
marriage, n., a husband. See Marry, v.] Of or pertaining to a husband;
as, marital rights, duties, authority. "Marital affection." Ayliffe.
Maritated
Mar"i*ta`ted (?), a. [L. maritatus married.] Having a husband;
married. [Obs.]
Maritimal, Maritimale
Ma*rit"i*mal, Ma*rit"i*male (?), a. See Maritime. [Obs.]
Maritime
Mar"i*time (?), a. [L. maritimus, fr. mare the sea: cf. F. maritime.
See Mere a pool.]
1. Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea
by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy;
as, maritime states. "A maritime town." Addison.
2. Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to navigation and
naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea. "Maritime service."
Sir H. Wotton.
Maritime law. See Law. -- Maritime loan, a loan secured by bottomry or
respodentia bonds. -- Martime nations, nations having seaports, and
using the sea more or less for war or commerce.
Marjoram
Mar"jo*ram (?), n. [OE. majoran, F. marjolaine, LL. marjoraca, fr. L.
amaracus, amaracum, Gr. (Bot.) A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum)
comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana)
is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild
marjoram of Europe and America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than
the other.
Mark
Mark (?), n. A license of reprisals. See Marque.
Mark
Mark, n. [See 2d Marc.]
1. An old weight and coin. See Marc. "Lend me a mark." Chaucer.
2. The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8
cents of United States money; the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs.
Also, a silver coin of this value. <-- in 1995, approx. 65 cents
American -->
Mark
Mark, n. [OE. marke, merke, AS. mearc; akin to D. merk, MHG. marc, G.
marke, Icel. mark, Dan. m\'91rke; cf. Lith. margas party-colored.
&root;106, 273. Cf. Remark.]
1. A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a
line, point, stamp, figure, or the like, drawn or impressed, so as to
attract the attention and convey some information or intimation; a
token; a trace.
The Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill
him. Gen. iv. 15.
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2. Specifically: (a) A character or device put on an article of
merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.
(b) A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature
by one who can not write.
The mark of the artisan is found upon the most ancient fabrics that
have come to light. Knight.
3. A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a
surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.
4. A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not
regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this
pencil makes a fine mark.
I have some marks of yours upon my pate. Shak.
5. An evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a significative
token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent impression of
one's activity or character.
The confusion of tongues was a mark of separation. Bacon.
6. That toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at; what one
seeks to hit or reach.
France was a fairer mark to shoot at than Ireland. Davies.
Whate'er the motive, pleasure is the mark. Young.
7. Attention, regard, or respect.
As much in mock as mark. Shak.
8. Limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to
come up to the mark.
9. Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station.
In the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the Senate. Shak.
10. Pre\'89minence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of
no mark.
11. (Logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
12. A number or other character used in registring; as, examination
marks; a mark for tardiness.
13. Image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children;
descendants. [Obs.] "All the mark of Adam." Chaucer.
14. (Naut.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are
placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms.
The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps."
A man of mark, a conspicuous or eminent man. -- To make one's mark.
(a) To sign, as a letter or other writing, by making a cross or other
mark. (b) To make a distinct or lasting impression on the public mind,
or on affairs; to gain distinction. Syn. -- Impress; impression;
stamp; print; trace; vestige; track; characteristic; evidence; proof;
token; badge; indication; symptom.
Mark
Mark (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Marking.]
[OE. marken, merken, AS. mearcian, from mearc. See Mark the sign.]
1. To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make
recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to
mark clothing.
2. To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and
figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his
courage and energy marked him for a leader.
3. To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any
evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the
floor.
4. To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the
points in a game of billiards or cards.
5. To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to
remark; to heed; to regard. "Mark the perfect man." Ps. xxxvii. 37.
To mark out. (a) To designate, as by a mark; to select; as, the
ringleaders were marked out for punishment. (b) To obliterate or
cancel with a mark; as, to mark out an item in an account. -- To mark
time (Mil.), to keep the time of a marching step by moving the legs
alternately without advancing. Syn. -- To note; remark; notice;
observe; regard; heed; show; evince; indicate; point out; betoken;
denote; characterize; stamp; imprint; impress; brand.
Mark
Mark, v. i. To take particular notice; to observe critically; to note;
to remark.
Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh maschief. 1 Kings
xx. 7.
Markable
Mark"a*ble (?), a. Remarkable. [Obs.] Sandys.
Marked
Marked (?), a. Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark;
hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a
marked instance. -- Mark"ed*ly (#), adv. J. S. Mill. A marked man, a
man who is noted by a community, or by a part of it, as, for
excellence or depravity; -- usually with an unfavorable suggestion.
Markee
Mar*kee" (?), n. See Marquee.
Marker
Mark"er (?), n. One who or that which marks. Specifically: (a) One who
keeps account of a game played, as of billiards. (b) A counter used in
card playing and other games. (c) (Mil.) The soldier who forms the
pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.
(d) An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric
by creasing it.
Market
Mar"ket (?), n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark\'bet, merk\'bet, G.
markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p.
mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob.
akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march\'82. See Merit,
and cf. Merchant, Mart.]
1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the
purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private
purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the
town every week.
He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails,
meetings, markets, fairs. Shak.
Three women and a goose make a market. Old Saying.
2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building,
where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place
where provisions are sold.
There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. John v. 2.
3. An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price
offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand
exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for
woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods.
There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be
created for produce, or how production can be limited to the
capacities of the market. J. S. Mill.
4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow
market.
5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price.
Hence: Value; worth.
What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to
sleep and feed ? Shak.
6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public
market.
NOTE: &hand; Ma rket is of ten us ed ad jectively, or in forming
compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market
folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market
rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like.
Market beater, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] Chaucer.
-- Market bell, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in
a market may begin. [Eng.] Shak. -- Market cross, a cross set up where
a market is held. Shak. -- Market garden, a garden in which vegetables
are raised for market. -- Market gardening, the raising of vegetables
for market. -- Market place, an open square or place in a town where
markets or public sales are held. -- Market town, a town that has the
privilege of a stated public market.
Market
Mar"ket (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Marketing.]
To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions
or goods.
Market
Mar"ket, v. t. To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell
in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most
of the farmes have marketed their crops.
Industrious merchants meet, and market there The world's collected
wealth. Southey.
Marketable
Mar"ket*a*ble (?), a.
1. Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and
lawfully sold; as, dacayemarketable.
2. Current in market; as, marketable value.
3. Wanted by purchasers; salable; as, furs are not marketable in that
country.
Marketableness
Mar"ket*a*ble*ness, n. Quality of being marketable.
Marketer
Mar"ket*er (?), n. One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who
carries goods to market.
Marketing
Mar"ket*ing, n.
1. The act of selling or of purchasing in, or as in, a market.
2. Articles in, or from, a market; supplies.
Marketstead
Mar"ket*stead (?), n. [Market + stead a place.] A market place. [Obs.]
Drayton.
Markhoor
Mark"hoor` (?), n. [Per. m\'ber-kh snake eater.] (Zo\'94l.) A large
wild goat (Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. It
inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere.
Marking
Mark"ing (?), n. The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or
marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the
marking of a bird's plumage. Marking ink, indelible ink, because used
in marking linen. -- Marking nut (Bot.), the nut of the Semecarpus
Anacardium, an East Indian tree. The shell of the nut yields a
blackish resinous juice used for marking cotton cloth, and an oil
prepared from it is used for rheumatism.
Markis
Mar"kis (?), n. A marquis. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Markisesse
Mar"kis*esse (?), n. A marchioness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Markman
Mark"man (?), n. A marksman. [Obs.] Shak.
Marksman
Marks"man (?), n.; pl. Marksmen (#). [Earlier markman; mark + man.]
1. One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.<--
esp. with a rifle. A designation in the army. -->
2. (Law) One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in
signing documents. Burrill.
Marksmanship
Marks"man*ship, n. Skill of a marksman.
Marl
Marl (?), v. t. [See Marline.] (Naut.) To cover, as part of a rope,
with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent
unwinding. Marling spike. (Naut.) See under Marline.
Marl
Marl, n. [OF. marle, F. marne, LL. margila, dim. of L. marga marl.
Originally a Celtic word, according to Pliny, xvii. 7: "Quod genus
terr\'91 Galli et Britanni margam vocant." &root;274.] A mixed earthy
substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very
varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous,
clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.
Marl
Marl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Marling.] [Cf.
F. marner. See Marl, n.] To overspread or manure with marl; as, to
marl a field.
Marlaceous
Mar*la"ceous (?), a. Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of
marl.
Marlin
Mar"lin (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The American great marbled godwit (Limosa
fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa h\'91matica).
Hook-billed marlin, a curlew. <-- 2. [from marlinspike, the shape of
its bill] any of several marine billfishes of the genera Makaira and
Tetrapturus, popular as game in sport fishing -->
Marline
Mar"line (?), n. [LG. marlien, marling, or D. marling, marlijn, fr. D.
marren to tie, prob. akin to E. moor, v., and lijn line: cf.F. merlin.
See Moor, v., Line.] (Naut.) A small line composed of two strands a
little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent
their being weakened by fretting. Marline spike, Marling spike
(Naut.), an iron tool tapering to a point, used to separate the
strands of a rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the
thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See Fid. [Written also
marlin spike] -- Marline-spike bird. [The name alludes to the long
middle tail feathers.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A tropic bird. (b) A jager, or
skua gull.
Marline
Mar"line (?), v. t. [F. merliner.] (Naut.) To wind marline around; as,
to marline a rope.
Marlite
Marl"ite (?), n. [Cf. F. marlite. See Marl, n.] (Min.) A variety of
marl.
Marlitic
Mar*lit"ic (?), a. Partaking of the qualites of marlite.
Marlpit
Marl"pit` (?), n. Apit where marl is dug.
Marlstone
Marl"stone` (?), n. (Geol.) A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or
impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of
England.
Marly
Marl"y (?), a. [Compar. Marlier (?); superl. Marliest.] Consisting or
partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.
Marmalade
Mar"ma*lade (?), n. [F. marmelade, Pg. marmelada, fr. marm\'82lo a
quince, fr. L. melimelum honey apple, Gr. Mellifluous, Melon.] A
preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear,
apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike
consistence. Marmalade tree (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree (Lucuma
mammosa) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate
leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long,
containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a single large seed. The fruit
is called marmalade, or natural marmalade, from its consistency and
flavor. <-- produces -->
Marmalet
Mar"ma*let` (?), n. See Marmalade. [Obs.]
Marmatite
Mar"ma*tite (?), n. [Cf. F. marmatite.] (Min.) A ferruginous variety
of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly black in color.
Marmolite
Mar"mo*lite (?), n. [Gr. -lite.] (Min.) A thin, laminated variety of
serpentine, usually of a pale green color.
Marmoraceous
Mar`mo*ra"ceous (?), a. [L. marmor marble. See Marble.] Pertaining to,
or like, marble.
Marmorate, Marmorated
Mar"mo*rate (?), Mar"mo*ra`ted (?), a. [L. marmoratus, p. p. of
marmorate to overlay with marble, fr. marmor marble.] Variegated like
marble; covered or overlaid with marble. [R.]
Marmoration
Mar`mo*ra"tion (?), n. [L. marmoratio.] A covering or incrusting with
marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.
[R.]
Marmoratum opus
Mar`mo*ra`tum o"pus (?). [L. See Marmorate, and Opus.] (Arch.) A kind
of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble
dust, and capable of taking a high polish.
Marmoreal, Marmorean
Mar*mo"re*al (?), Mar*mo"re*an (?), a. [L. marmoreus, fr. marmor
marble: cf. F. marmor\'82en. See Marble.] Pertaining to, or
resembling, marble; made of marble.
Marmorosis
Mar`mo*ro"sis (?), n. [NL.] (Geol.) The metamorphism of limestone,
that is, its conversion into marble. Geikie.
Marmose
Mar"mose` (?), n. [F.] (Zo\'94l.) A species of small opossum
(Didelphus murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil.
Marmoset
Mar"mo*set` (?), n. [F. marmouset a grotesque figure, an ugly little
boy, prob. fr. LL. marmoretum, fr. L. marmor marble. Perhaps confused
with marmot. See Marble.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of
small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family
Hapalid\'91. They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail.
They are often kept as pets. Called also squirrel monkey.
Marmot
Mar"mot (?), n. [It. marmotta, marmotto, prob. fr. L. mus montanus, or
mus montis, lit., mountain mouse or rat. See Mountain, and Mouse.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European
marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the
higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European
species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.<--
related to the woodchuck, (groundhog) but usually used only for the
western variety -->
2. Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the
genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.
Marmot squirrel (Zo\'94l.), a ground squirrel or spermophile. --
Prairie marmot. See Prairie dog.
Marmottes oil
Mar"mottes oil` (?). A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus
brigantiaca. It is used instead of olive or almond oil. De Colange.
Marmozet
Mar"mo*zet` (?), n. See Marmoset.
Marone
Ma*rone" (?), n. See Maroon, the color.
Maronite
Mar"o*nite (?), n.; pl. Maronites (. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a body of
nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside on Mount
Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one
Maron of the 6th century.
Maroon
Ma*roon" (?), n. [Written also marroon.] [F. marron, abbrev. fr. Sp.
cimarron wild, unruly, from cima the summit of a mountain; hence,
negro cimarron a runaway negro that lives in the mountains.] In the
West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in
the mountains.
Maroon
Ma*roon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Marooning.] [See Maroon a fugitive slave.] To put (a person) ashore on
a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate. Marooning party,
a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in
some retired place; a prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] Bartlett.
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Maroon
Ma*roon" (?), a. [F. marron chestnut-colored, fr. marron a large
French chestnut, It. marrone; cf. LGr. Marron.] Having the color
called maroon. See 4th Maroon. Maroon lake, lake prepared from madder,
and distinguished for its transparency and the depth and durability of
its color.
Maroon
Ma*roon", n.
1. A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast
rather than approaching crimson or purple.
2. An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
Marplot
Mar"plot` (?), n. One who, by his officious
Marque
Marque (?), n. [F. marque, in lettre de marque letter of marque, a
commission with which the commandant of every armed vessel was obliged
to be provided, under penalty of being considered a pirate or corsair;
marque here prob. meaning, border, boundary (the letter of marque
being a permission to go beyond the border), and of German origin. See
March border.] (Law) A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction,
or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals. Letters
of marque, Letters of marque and reprisal, a license or extraordinary
commission granted by a government to a private person to fit out a
privateer or armed ship to cruise at sea and make prize of the enemy's
ships and merchandise. The ship so commissioned is sometimes called a
letter of marque. <-- privateer -->
Marquee
Mar*quee" (?), n. [F. marquise, misunderstood as a plural; prob.
orig., tent of the marchioness. See Marquis.] A large field tent;
esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank. [Written also
markee.]
Marquess
Mar"quess (?), n. [Cf. Sp. marques. See Marquis.] A marquis. Lady
marquess, a marchioness. [Obs.] Shak.
Marquetry
Mar"quet*ry (?), n. [F. marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay,
fr. marque mark, sign; of German origin. See Mark a sign.] Inlaid
work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of
several colors.
Marquis
Mar"quis (?), n. [F. marquis, OF. markis, marchis, LL. marchensis; of
German origin; cf. G. mark bound, border, march, OHG. marcha. See
March border, and cf. Marchioness, Marquee, Marquess.] A nobleman in
England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke.
Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the
marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the
name is now a mere title conferred by patent.
Marquisate
Mar"quis*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. marquisat.] The seigniory, dignity, or
lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.
Marquisdom
Mar"quis*dom (?), n. A marquisate. [Obs.] "Nobles of the marquisdom of
Saluce." Holinshed.
Marquise
Mar`quise" (?), n. [F. See Marquis, and cf. Marquee.] The wife of a
marquis; a marchioness.
Marquisship
Mar"quis*ship (?), n. A marquisate.
Marram
Mar"ram (?), n. (Bot.) A coarse grass found on sandy beaches
(Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.
Marrer
Mar"rer (?), n. One who mars or injures.
Marriable
Mar"ri*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. mariable.] Marriageable. [R.] Coleridge.
Marriage
Mar"riage (?), n. [OE. mariage, F. mariage. See Marry, v. t.]
1. The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of
a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.
Marriage is honorable in all. Heb. xiii. 4.
2. The marriage vow or contract. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a
marriage for his son. Matt. xxii. 2.
4. Any intimate or close union.
Marriage brokage. (a) The business of bringing about marriages. (b)
The payment made or demanded for the procurement of a marriage. --
Marriage favors, knots of white ribbons, or bunches of white flowers,
worn at weddings. -- Marriage settlement (Law), a settlement of
property in view, and in consideration, of marriage. Syn. --
Matrimony; wedlock; wedding; nuptials. -- Marriage, Matrimony,
Wedlock. Marriage is properly the act which unites the two parties,
and matrimony the state into which they enter. Marriage is, however,
often used for the state as well as the act. Wedlock is the old
Anglo-Saxon term for matrimony.
Marriageability
Mar`riage*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being
marriageable.
Marriageable
Mar"riage*a*ble (?), a. Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at
which marriage is allowable. -- Mar"riage*a*ble*ness, n.
Marrried
Marr"ried (?), a.
1. Being in the state of matrimony; wedded; as, a married man or
woman.
2. Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married state.
Marrier
Mar"ri*er (?), n. One who marries.
Marron
Mar*ron" (?), n. [See Maroon, a.]
1. A large chestnut. [Obs.] Holland.
2. A chestnut color; maroon.
3. (Pyrotechny & Mil.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about
with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse,
-- used to make a noise like a cannon. [Written also maroon.]
Marroon
Mar*roon" (?), n. & a. Same as 1st Maroon.
Marrot
Mar"rot (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The razor-billed auk. See Auk. (b) The
common guillemot. (c) The puffin. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also marrott,
and morrot.]
Marrow
Mar"row (?), n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS.
marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan.
marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. &root;274 Cf.
Merge.]
1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the
medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the
smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.
2. The essence; the best part.
It takes from our achievements . . . The pith and marrow of our
attribute. Shak.
3. [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon
together.] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.
[Scot.]
Chopping and changing I can not commend, With thief or his marrow,
for fear of ill end. Tusser.
Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of squash,
esp. to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and
with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety of
an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling
marrow. -- Spinal marrow. (Anat.) See Spinal cord, under Spinal.
Marrow
Mar"row (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marrowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Marrowing.] To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut.
Marrowbone
Mar"row*bone` (?), n. A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee
bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.
Marrowfat
Mar"row*fat (?), n. A rich but late variety of pea.
Marrowish
Mar"row*ish, a. Of the nature of, or like, marrow.
Marrowless
Mar"row*less, a. Destitute of marrow.
Marrowy
Mar"row*y (?), a. Full of marrow; pithy.
Marrubium
Mar*ru"bi*um (?), n. [L.] (Bot.) A genus of bitter aromatic plants,
sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound.
Marry
Mar"ry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Married (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Marrying.] [OE. marien, F. marier, L. maritare, fr. maritus husband,
fr. mas, maris, a male. See Male, and cf. Maritral.]
1. To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of
joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a
woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place.
Tell him that he shall marry the couple himself. Gay.
2. To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a
woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4.
A woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth husband, and being
now a widow, was prohibited to marry. Evelyn.
3. To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.
M\'91cenas took the liberty to tell him [Augustus] that he must
either marry his daughter [Julia] to Agrippa, or take away his
life. Bacon.
4. To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.
NOTE: &hand; We say, a man is married to or marries a woman; or, a
woman is married to or marries a man. Both of these uses are
equally well authorized; but given in marriage is said only of the
woman.
They got him [the Duke of Monmouth] . . . to declare in writing,
that the last king [Charles II.] told him he was never married to
his mother. Bp. Lloyd.
5. Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto
you. Jer. iii. 14.
To marry ropes. (Naut.) (a) To place two ropes along side of each
other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time. (b)
To join two ropes end to end so that both will pass through a block.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Marry
Mar"ry, v. i. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a
husband or a wife.
I will, therefore, that the younger women marry. 1 Tim. v. 14.
Marrrying man, a man disposed to marry. [Colloq.]
Marry
Mar"ry, interj. Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to
have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.
[Obs.] Shak.
Mars
Mars (?), n. [L. Mars, gen. Martis, archaic Mavors, gen. Mavortis.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The god of war and husbandry.
2. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in
order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of
about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of
141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light.
3. (Alchemy) The metallic element iron, the symbol of which m. was the
same as that of the planet Mars. [Archaic] Chaucer.
Mars brown, a bright, somewhat yellowish, brown.
Marsala
Mar*sa"la (?), n. [It., fr. Marsala, in Sicyly.] A kind of wine
exported from Marsala in Sicily.
Marsdenia
Mars*de"ni*a (?), n. [NL. From W. Marsden, an English author.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with
fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and
one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.
Marseillais, a. m. Marseillaise
Mar`sei`llais" (?), a. m. Mar`sei`llaise" (?), a. f.[F.] Of or
pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to its inhabitants.
Marseillaise hymn, OR The Marseillaise, the national anthem of France,
popularly so called. It was composed in 1792, by Rouget de l'Isle, an
officer then stationed at Strasburg. In Paris it was sung for the
first time by the band of men who came from Marseilles to aid in the
revolution of August 10, 1792; whence the name.
Marseillais, n. m. Marseillaise
Mar`sei`llais", n. m. Mar`sei`llaise", n. f.[F.] A native or
inhabitant of Marseilles.
Marseilles
Mar*seilles" (?), n. A general term for certain kinds of fabrics,
which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus
forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first
made in Marseilles, France.
Marsh
Marsh (?), n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See Mere pool,
and cf. Marish, Morass.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered
partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written
also marish.] Marsh asphodel (Bot.), a plant (Nartheeium ossifragum)
with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; --
called also bog asphodel. -- Marsh cinquefoil (Bot.), a plant
(Potentilla palustris) having purple flowers, and found growing in
marshy places; marsh five-finger. -- Marsh elder. (Bot.) (a) The
guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus). (b) In the United
States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes (Iva frutescens). --
Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above). -- Marsh gas.
(Chem.) See under Gas. -- Marsh grass (Bot.), a genus (Spartina) of
coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also cord grass. The tall
S. cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low S.
juncea is a common component of salt hay. -- Marsh harrier (Zo\'94l.),
a European hawk or harrier (Circus \'91ruginosus); -- called also
marsh hawk, moor hawk, moor buzzard, puttock. -- Marsh hawk.
(Zo\'94l.) (a) A hawk or harrier (Circus cyaneus), native of both
America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white
rump. Called also hen harrier, and mouse hawk. (b) The marsh harrier.
-- Marsh hen (Zo\'94l.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of fresh-water
marshes, and R. longirostris of salt-water marshes. -- Marsh mallow
(Bot.), a plant of the genus Alth\'91a ( A. officinalis) common in
marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as
a demulcent. -- Marsh marigold. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. -- Marsh
pennywort (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous genus Hydrocotyle;
low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also
water pennywort. -- Marsh quail (Zo\'94l.), the meadow lark. -- Marsh
rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice (S. Limonium), common in
salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used
in medicine. Called also sea lavender. -- Marsh samphire (Bot.), a
plant (Salicornia herbacea) found along seacoasts. See Glasswort. --
Marsh St. John's-wort (Bot.), an American herb (Elodes Virginica) with
small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers. -- Marsh tea. (Bot.).
Same as Labrador tea. -- Marsh trefoil. (Bot.) Same as Buckbean. --
Marsh wren (Zo\'94l.), any species of small American wrens of the
genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt
marshes.
Marshal
Mar"shal (?), n. [OE. mareschal, OF. mareschal, F. mar\'82chal, LL.
mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc (G. marschall); marah horse + scalc
servant (akin to AS. scealc, Goth. skalks). F. mar\'82chal signifies,
a marshal, and a farrier. See Mare horse, and cf. Seneschal.]
1. Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom. [Obs.]
2. An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of
ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like; as, specifically:
(a) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide
entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant. (b) One who regulates rank
and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of
procession, and the like. (c) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it
was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists. Johnson. (d)
(France) The highest military officer. In other countries of Europe a
marshal is a military officer of high rank, and called field marshal.
(e) (Am. Law) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial
district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of
the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a
sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers
of a city.
Earl marshal of England, the eighth officer of state; an honorary
title, and personal, until made hereditary in the family of the Duke
of Norfolk. During a vacancy in the office of high constable, the earl
marshal has jurisdiction in the court of chivalry. Brande & C. -- Earl
marshal of Scotland, an officer who had command of the cavalry under
the constable. This office was held by the family of Keith, but
forfeited by rebellion in 1715. -- Knight marshal, OR Marshal of the
King's house, formerly, in England, the marshal of the king's house,
who was authorized to hear and determine all pleas of the Crown, to
punish faults committed within the verge, etc. His court was called
the Court of Marshalsea. -- Marshal of the Queen's Bench, formerly the
title of the officer who had the custody of the Queen's bench prison
in Southwark. Mozley & W.
Marshal
Mar"shal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marshaled (?) or Marshalled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Marshaling or Marshalling.]
1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to
marshal troops or an army.
And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to
light they came. Dryden.
2. To direct, guide, or lead.
Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. Shak.
3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an
escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an
achievement.
Marshaler
Mar"shal*er (?), n. [Written also marshaller.] One who marshals.
Marshaling
Mar"shal*ing, n. [Written also marshalling.]
1. The act of arranging in due order.
2. (Her.) The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of
the owner.
Marshaling of assets (Law), the arranging or ranking of assets in due
order of administration.
Marshalsea
Mar"shal*sea (?), n. [Marshal + OE. se a seat. See See a seat.] The
court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging
to the marshal of the king's household. [Eng.] Court of Marshalsea, a
court formerly held before the steward and marshal of the king's house
to administer justice between the king's domestic servants.
Blackstone.
Marshalship
Mar"shal*ship, n. The office of a marshal.
Marshbanker, Marsebanker
Marsh"bank`er (?), Marse"bank`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The menhaden.
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Marshiness
Marsh"i*ness (?), n. The state or condition of being marshy.
Marsh marigold
Marsh mar"i*gold (?). (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C.
palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers.
In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of
cowslip. See Cowslip.
Marshy
Marsh"y (?), a. [E. Marsh.]
1. Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.
2. Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed. Dryden.
Marsipobranch
Mar"si*po*branch` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Marsipobranchia.
Marsipobranchia
Mar"si*po*bran"chi*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A class of
Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill
cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike
mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See
Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and
Marsipobranchii.
Marsupial
Mar*su"pi*al (?), a. [Cf. F. marsupial.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or
pertaining to the Marsupialia.
2. (Anat. & Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the
marsupial bones.
Marsupial frog. (Zo\'94l.) See Nototrema.
Marsupial
Mar*su"pi*al, n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Marsupialia.
Marsupialia
Mar*su`pi*a"li*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. marsupium a pouch, bag,
purse, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the
mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the
opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the
corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their
young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young
for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called
also Marsupiata.
Marsupialian, Marsupian
Mar*su`pi*a"li*an (?), Mar*su"pi*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the
Marsupialia.
Marsupiate
Mar*su"pi*ate (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Related to or resembling the
marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials,
and also some fishes and Crustacea.
Marsupion
Mar*su"pi*on (?), n. [NL.] Same as Marsupium.
Marsupite
Mar"su*pite (?), n. [See Marsupial.] (Paleon.) A fossil crinoid of the
genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form.
Marsupium
Mar*su"pi*um (?), n.; pl. Marsupia (#). [L., a pouch], (Anat. &
Zo\'94l.) (a) The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen,
in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use
in other animals, as certain Crustacea. (b) The pecten in the eye of
birds and reptiles. See Pecten.
Mart
Mart (?), n. [Contr. fr. market.]
1. A market.
Where has commerce such a mart . . . as London ? Cowper.
2. A bargain. [Obs.] Shak.
Mart
Mart, v. t. To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart. [Obs.]
To sell and mart your officer for gold To undeservers. Shak.
Mart
Mart, v. t. To traffic. [Obs.] Shak.
Mart
Mart, n. [See Mars.]
1. The god Mars. [Obs.]
2. Battle; contest. [Obs.] Fairfax.
Martagon
Mar"ta*gon (?), n. [Cf. F. & Sp. martagon, It. martagone.] (Bot.) A
lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and
Asia.
Martel
Mar"tel (?), v. i. [F. marteler, fr. martel, marteau, hammer, a dim.
fr. L. martulus, marculus, dim. of marcus hammer. Cf. March to step.]
To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer. [Obs.] Spenser.
Martel de fer
Mar`tel` de fer" (?). [OF., hammer of iron.] A weapon resembling a
hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen
in the Middle Ages to break armor. Fairholt.
Marteline
Mar"te*line (?), n. [F.] A small hammer used by marble workers and
sculptors.
Martello tower
Mar*tel"lo tow`er (?). [It. martello hammer. The name was orig. given
to towers erected on the coasts of Sicily and Sardinia for protection
against the pirates in the time of Charles the Fifth, which prob.
orig. contained an alarm bell to be struck with a hammer. See Martel.]
(Fort.) A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on
the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing
platform, so as to be fired in any direction.
NOTE: &hand; Th e En glish bo rrowed th e na me of th e tower from
Corsica in 1794.
Marten
Mar"ten (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A bird. See Martin.
Marten
Mar"ten, n. [From older martern, marter, martre, F. martre, marte, LL.
martures (pl.), fr. L. martes; akin to AS. mear, meard, G. marder,
OHG. mardar, Icel. m\'94r. Cf. Foumart.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus
Mustela, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species
are the European beech, or stone, marten (Mustela foina); the pine
marten (M. martes); and the American marten, or sable (M. Americana),
which some zo\'94logists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.
2. The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.
Martern
Mar"tern (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Marten. [Obs.]
Mar-text
Mar"-text` (?), n. A blundering preacher.
Martial
Mar"tial (?), a. [F., fr. L. martialis of or belonging to Mars, the
god of war. Cf. March the month.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music;
a martial appearance. "Martial equipage." Milton.
2. Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave.
But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, Each other's poise and
counterbalance are. Dryden.
3. Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as,
martial law; a court-martial.
4. Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars. Sir T.
Browne.
5. (Old Chem. & Old Med.) Pertaining to, or containing, iron;
chalybeate; as, martial preparations. [Archaic]
Martial flowers (Med.), a reddish crystalline salt of iron; the
ammonio-chloride of iron. [Obs.] -- Martial law, the law administered
by the military power of a government when it has superseded the civil
authority in time of war, or when the civil authorities are unable to
enforce the laws. It is distinguished from military law, the latter
being the code of rules for the regulation of the army and navy alone,
either in peace or in war. Syn. -- Martial, Warlike. Martial refers
more to war in action, its array, its attendants, etc.; as, martial
music, a martial appearance, a martial array, courts-martial, etc.
Warlike describes the feeling or temper which leads to war, and the
adjuncts of war; as, a warlike nation, warlike indication, etc. The
two words are often used without discrimination.
Martialism
Mar"tial*ism (?), n. The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable
for war. [Obs.]
Martialist
Mar"tial*ist, n. A warrior. [Obs.] Fuller.
Martialize
Mar"tial*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Martialized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Martializing (?).] To render warlike; as, to martialize a people.
Martially
Mar"tial*ly, adv. In a martial manner.
Martialness
Mar"tial*ness, n. The quality of being martial. <-- Martian. 1. of or
referring to Mars. 2. an inhabitant of Mars ;- fictional or
hypothetical. -->
Martin
Mar"tin (?), n. (Stone Working) [Etymol. uncertain.] A perforated
stone-faced runner for grinding.
Martin
Mar"tin, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. Martlet.]
(Zo\'94l.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [Written also
marten.]
NOTE: &hand; Th e Am erican pu rple ma rtin, or bee martin (Progne
subis, OR purpurea), and the European house, or window, martin
(Hirundo, OR Chelidon, urbica), are the best known species.
Bank martin. (a) The bank swallow. See under Bank. (b) The fairy
martin. See under Fairy. -- Bee martin. (a) The purple martin. (b) The
kingbird. -- Sand martin, the bank swallow.
Martinet
Mar"ti*net` (?), n. [So called from an officer of that name in the
French army under Louis XIV. Cf. Martin the bird, Martlet.] In
military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays
stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms
and fixed methods. [Hence, the word is commonly employed in a
depreciatory sense.]
Martinet
Mar"ti*net`, n. [F.] (Zo\'94l.) The martin.
Martineta
Mar`ti*ne"ta (?), n. [Cf. Sp. martinete.] (Zo\'94l.) A species of
tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest.
Martinetism
Mar"ti*net`ism (?), n. The principles or practices of a martinet;
rigid adherence to discipline, etc.
Martingale, Martingal
Mar"tin*gale (?), Mar"tin*gal (?), n. [F. martingale; cf. It.
martingala a sort of hose, martingale, Sp. martingala a greave, cuish,
martingale, Sp. alm\'a0rtaga a kind of bridle.]
1. A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs,
and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings,
through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of
the horse, and prevent him from rearing.
2. (Naut.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying
jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also,
the dolphin striker itself.
3. (Gambling) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been
lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; --
metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a
harness. [Cant] Thackeray.
Martinmas
Mar"tin*mas (?), n. [St. Martin + mass religious service.] (Eccl.) The
feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often called
martlemans. Martinmas summer, a period of calm, warm weather often
experienced about the time of Martinmas; Indian summer. Percy Smith.
Martite
Mar"tite (?), n. [L. Mars, Martis, the god Mars, the alchemical name
of iron.] (Min.) Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a
pseudomorph after magnetite.
Martlemas
Mar"tle*mas (?), n. See Martinmas. [Obs.]
Martlet
Mart"let (?), n. [F. martinet. See Martin the bird, and cf. Martinet a
disciplinarian.]
1. (Zo\'94l.) The European house martin.
2. [Cf. F. merlette.] (Her.) A bird without beak or feet; -- generally
assumed to represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the
fourth son.
Martyr
Mar"tyr (?), n. [AS., from L. martyr, Gr. ma`rtyr, ma`rtys, prop., a
witness; cf. Skr. sm&rsdot; to remember, E. memory.]
1. One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel;
one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first
Christian martyr. Chaucer.
To be a martyr, signifies only to witness the truth of Christ; but
the witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with
persecution, that martyrdom now signifies not only to witness, but
to witness by death South.
2. Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of
great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause.
Then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr !
Shak.
Martyr
Mar"tyr (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Martyred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Martyring.]
1. To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to
sacrifice on account of faith or profession. Bp. Pearson.
2. To persecute; to torment; to torture. Chaucer.
The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart Thou martyrest with sorrow
and with smart. Spenser.
Racked with sciatics, martyred with the stone. Pope.
Martyrdom
Mar"tyr*dom (?), n. [Martyr + -dom.]
1. The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of
death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.
Bacon.
I came from martyrdom unto this peace. Longfellow.
2. Affliction; torment; torture. Chaucer.
Martyrization
Mar`tyr*i*za"tion (?), n. Act of martyrizing, or state of being
martyrized; torture. B. Jonson.
Martyrize
Mar"tyr*ize (?), v. t. [Cf. F. martyriser, LL. martyrizare.] To make a
martyr of. Spenser.
Martyrly
Mar"tyr*ly, adv. In the manner of a martyr.
Martyrologe
Mar"tyr*o*loge (?), n. [LL. martyrologium: cf. F. martyrologe.] A
martyrology. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Martyrologic, Martyrological
Mar`tyr*o*log"ic (?), Mar`tyr*o*log"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to
martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of
martyrs.
Martyrologist
Mar`tyr*ol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. martyrologiste.] A writer of
martyrology; an historian of martyrs. T. Warton.
Martyrology
Mar`tyr*ol"o*gy (?), n.; pl. -gies (#). [Martyr + -logy.] A history or
account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Martyrship
Mar"tyr*ship, n. Martyrdom. [R.] Fuller.
Marvel
Mar"vel (?), n. [OE. mervaile, F. merveille, fr. L. mirabilia
wonderful things, pl., fr. mirabilis wonderful, fr. mirari to wonder
or marvel at. See Admire, Smile, and cf. Miracle.]
1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
I will do marvels such as have not been done. Ex. xxxiv. 10.
Nature's sweet marvel undefiled. Emerson.
2. Wonder. [R.] "Use lessens marvel." Sir W. Scott.
Marvel of Peru. (Bot.) See Four-o'clock.
Marvel
Mar"vel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marveled (?) or Marvelled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Marveling or Marvelling.] [OE. merveilen, OF. merveillier.] To be
struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder.
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 1 john iii. 13.
Marvel
Mar"vel, v. t.
1. To marvel at. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. To cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used impersonally. [Obs.]
But much now me marveleth. Rich. the Redeless.
Marvelous
Mar"vel*ous (?), a. [OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F. Merveilleux.
See Marvel, n.] >[Written also marvellous.]
1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Ps. cxiii.
23.
2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or superna
The marvelous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and
especially the machines of the gods. Pope.
The marvelous, that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural;
that which is wonderful; -- opposed to the probable. Syn. --
Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable; incredible.
-- Marvelous, Wonderful. We speak of a thing as wonderful when it
awakens our surprise and admiration; as marvelous when it is so much
out of the ordinary course of things as to seem nearly or quite
incredible.
Marvelously
Mar"vel*ous*ly, adv. In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.
Marvelousness
Mar"vel*ous*ness, n. The quality or state of being marvelous;
wonderfulness; strangeness.
Marver
Mar"ver (?), n. [Prob. corrupt. fr. OE. or F. marbre marble.] (Glass
Marking) A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is
rolled to give it shape. <-- Marxism. n. A system of economic and
political thought, originated by Karl Marx, and elaborated by others.
It holds that the state has been the a device for suppression of the
masses, allowing exploitation by a dominant (capitalistic) class; that
historical change occurs through class struggle; and that the
capitalist system will inevitably wither away to be superseded by a
classless society. Marxism-Leninism. Marxism, as interpreted by V.I.
Lenin Marxist. n. 1. One who believes in the theories of Karl Marx. 2.
adj. of or pertaining to Marx or Marxism. -->
Mary
Mar"y (?), n. Marrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mary
Ma"ry (?), interj. See Marry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mary-bud
Ma"ry-bud` (?), n. (Bot.) The marigold; a blossom of the marigold.
Shak.
Maryolatry
Ma`ry*ol"a*try (?), n. Mariolatry.
Marysole
Ma"ry*sole (?), n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the fish.] (Zo\'94l.)
A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also
carter, and whiff. <-- Marzipan. the word more commonly used
(1950-1990) for marchpane. -->
Mascagnin, Mascagnite
Mas*ca"gnin (?), Mas*ca"gnite (?), n. [Cf. F. mascagnin.] (Min.)
Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named
from Mascagni, who discovered it.
Mascle
Mas"cle (?), n. [OF. mascle, F. macle, L. macula spot, mesh of a net,
LL. macula, macla, mascla a scale of a coat of mail. See Mail armor.]
(Her.) A lozenge voided.
Mascled
Mas"cled (?), a. Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales;
having lozenge-shaped divisions. Mascled armor, armor composed of
small lozenge-shaped scales of metal fastened on a foundation of
leather or quilted cloth.
Mascot, Mascotte
Mas"cot, Mas"cotte (?), n. [Through French fr. Pr. mascot a little
sorcerer or magician, mascotto witchcraft, sorcery.] A person who is
supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she
belongs; anything that brings good luck.
Masculate
Mas"cu*late (?), v. t. [L. masculus male, masculine.] To make strong.
[Obs.] Cockeram.
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Masculine
Mas"cu*line (?), a. [L. masculinus, fr. masculus male, manly, dim. of
mas a male: cf. F. masculin. See Male masculine.]
1. Of the male sex; not female.
Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons. Chaucer.
2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a
man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.
That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a
masculine energy. Hallam.
3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [R.] "A
masculine church." Fuller.
4. (Gram.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words
pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine
and neuter. See Gender. -- Mas"cu*line*ly, adv. -- Mas"cu*line*ness,
n.
Masculinity
Mas`cu*lin"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being masculine;
masculineness.
Mase
Mase (?), n. & v. See Maze. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Maselyn
Mas"e*lyn (?), n. A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Maser
Ma"ser (?), n. Same as Mazer.
Mash
Mash (?), n. A mesh. [Obs.]
Mash
Mash, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische, mash, wash, and
prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See Mix.]
1. A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by
beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat,
corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and
stirred in hot water for making the wort.
2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
3. A mess; trouble. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort.
Mash
Mash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mashing.] [Akin
to G. meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and prob. to mischen, E. mix.
See 2d Mash.] To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state
by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a
mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert,
as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort. Mashing
tub, a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; --
called also mash tun, and mash vat. <-- mashed potato. n. the name of
a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's. mashed potatoes n. pl.
Potatoes which have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency,
usu. with sparing addition of milk, salt, butter, or other flavoring.
It is a popular accompaniment to a meat course [U.S., 1900's],
providing bulk and calories to a meal. -->
Masher
Mash"er (?), n.
1. One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for
making mash.
2. A charmer of women. [Slang] London Punch.
Mashlin
Mash"lin (?), n. See Maslin.
Mashy
Mash"y (?), a. Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or
consisting of, a mash.
Mask
Mask (?), n. [F. masque, LL. masca, mascha, mascus; cf. Sp. & Pg.
m\'a0scara, It. maschera; all fr. Ar. maskharat buffoon, fool,
pleasantry, anything ridiculous or mirthful, fr. sakhira to ridicule,
to laugh at. Cf. Masque, Masquerade.]
1. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or
protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's
mask.
2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all
wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.
Bacon.
This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask. Milton.
4. A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore
masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
5. (Arch.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other
prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called
also mascaron.
6. (Fort.) (a) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects
the caponiere. (b) A screen for a battery.
7. (Zo\'94l.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so
as to form a prehensile organ.
Mask house, a house for masquerades. [Obs.]
Mask
Mask, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Masking.]
1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against
injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
They must all be masked and vizarded. Shak.
2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
Masking the business from the common eye. Shak.
3. (Mil.) (a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. (b) To
cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a
superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.
Mask
Mask, v. i.
1. To take part as a masker in a masquerade. Cavendish.
2. To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way. Shak.
Masked
Masked (?), a.
1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden.
2. (Bot.) Same as Personate.
3. (Zo\'94l.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly
in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
Masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks. -- Masked battery
(Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it
opens fire. H. L. Scott. -- Masked crab (Zo\'94l.), a European crab
(Corystes cassivelaunus) with markings on the carapace somewhat
resembling a human face. -- Masked pig (Zo\'94l.), a Japanese domestic
hog (Sus pliciceps). Its face is deeply furrowed.
Masker
Mask"er (?), n. One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a
masquerade.
Masker
Mask"er, v. t. To confuse; to stupefy. [Obs.] Holland.
Maskery
Mask"er*y (?), n. The dress or disguise of a maske [Obs.] Marston.
Maskinonge
Mas"ki*nonge (?), n. The muskellunge.
Mask shell
Mask" shell` (?). (Zo\'94l.) Any spiral marine shell of the genus
Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture.
Maslach
Mas"lach (?), n. [Ar. maslaq: cf. F. masloc.] (Med.) An excitant
containing opium, much used by the Turks. Dunglison.
Maslin
Mas"lin (?), n. [OE. missellane, misceline, miscelin, meslin, fr.
miscellane. See Miscellane.]
1. A mixture composed of different materials; especially: (a) A
mixture of metals resembling brass. (b) A mixture of different sorts
of grain, as wheat and rye. [Written also meslin, mislin, maselyn,
mastlin.]
2. A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a). [Obs.]
Mead eke in a maselyn. Chaucer.
Maslin
Mas"lin, a. Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is
made of rye mixed with a little wheat. [Written also meslin, mislin,
etc.]
Mason
Ma"son (?), n. [F. ma, LL. macio, machio, mattio, mactio, marcio,
macerio; of uncertain origin.]
1. One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who
prepares stone for building purposes.
2. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.
Mason bee (Zo\'94l.), any one of numerous species of solitary bees of
the genus Osmia. They construct curious nests of hardened mud and
sand. -- Mason moth (Zo\'94l.), any moth whose larva constructs an
earthen cocoon under the soil. -- Mason shell (Zo\'94l.), a marine
univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it cements
other shells and pebbles upon its own shell; a carrier shell. -- Mason
wasp (Zo\'94l.), any wasp that constructs its nest, or brood cells, of
hardened mud. The female fills the cells with insects or spiders,
paralyzed by a sting, and thus provides food for its larv\'91
Mason
Ma"son, v. t. To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over,
etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to
mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.
Masonic
Ma*son"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or
mysteries.
Masonry
Ma"son*ry (?), n. [F. ma\'87onnerie.]
1. The art or occupation of a mason.
2. The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry;
skillful masonry.
3. That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the
materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like.
Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.
4. The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; freemasonry.
Masoola boat
Ma*soo"la boat` (?). A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras,
India. The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross
over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the
beach through surf is much reduced. [Written also masula, masulah,
etc.]
Masora
Ma*so"ra (?), n. [NHeb. m\'bes tradition.] A Jewish critical work on
the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis
of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries. [Written
also Masorah, Massora, and Massorah.]
Masoret
Mas"o*ret (?), n. A Masorite. [Written also Masorete, and Massorete.]
Masoretic, Masoretical
Mas`o*ret"ic (?), Mas`o*ret"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. massor\'82tique.] Of
or relating to the Masora, or to its authors. Masoretic points and
accents, the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible,
of which the first mention is in the Masora.
Masorite
Mas"o*rite (?), n. One of the writers of the Masora.
Masque
Masque (?), n. A mask; a masquerade.
Masquerade
Mas`quer*ade" (?), n. [F. mascarade, fr. Sp. mascarada, or It.
mascherata. See Mask.]
1. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with
dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
In courtly balls and midnight masquerades. Pope.
2. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.
[Obs.]
3. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by
a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied
the political eloquence of Rome. De Quincey.
4. A Spanish diversion on horseback.
Masquerade
Mas`quer*ade", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Masqueraded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Masquerading.]
1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of
being what one is not.
A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into the woods,
masquerading up and down in a lion's skin. L'Estrange.
Masquerade
Mas`quer*ade", v. t. To conceal with masks; to disguise. "To
masquerade vice." Killingbeck.
Masquerader
Mas`quer*ad"er (?), n. One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask;
one disguised.
Mass
Mass (?), n. [OE. masse, messe, AS. m\'91sse. LL. missa, from L.
mittere, missum, to send, dismiss: cf. F. messe. In the ancient
churches, the public services at which the catechumens were permitted
to be present were called missa catechumenorum, ending with the
reading of the Gospel. Then they were dismissed with these words :
"Ite, missa est" [sc. ecclesia], the congregation is dismissed. After
that the sacrifice proper began. At its close the same words were said
to those who remained. So the word gave the name of Mass to the
sacrifice in the Catholic Church. See Missile, and cf. Christmas,
Lammas, Mess a dish, Missal.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the
consecration and oblation of the host.
2. (Mus.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as
a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo,
the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the
Benedictus.
Canon of the Mass. See Canon. -- High Mass, Mass with incense, music,
the assistance of a deacon, subdeacon, etc. -- Low Mass, Mass which is
said by the priest through-out, without music. -- Mass bell, the
sanctus bell. See Sanctus. -- Mass book, the missal or Roman Catholic
service book.
Mass
Mass (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Massed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Massing.] To
celebrate Mass. [Obs.] Hooker.
Mass
Mass, n. [OE. masse, F. masse, L. massa; akin to Gr. Macerate.]
1. A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or
an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body
or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal,
sand, or water.
If it were not for these principles, the bodies of the earth,
planets, comets, sun, and all things in them, would grow cold and
freeze, and become inactive masses. Sir I. Newton.
A deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred To rage. Savile.
2. (Phar.) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous
lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
3. A large quantity; a sum.
All the mass of gold that comes into Spain. Sir W. Raleigh.
He had spent a huge mass of treasure. Sir J. Davies.
4. Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
This army of such mass and charge. Shak.
5. The principal part; the main body.
Night closed upon the pursuit, and aided the mass of the fugitives
in their escape. Jowett (Thucyd.).
6. (Physics) The quantity of matter which a body contains,
irrespective of its bulk or volume.
NOTE: &hand; Ma ss an d weight are often used, in a general way, as
interchangeable terms, since the weight of a body is proportional
to its mass (under the same or equal gravitative forces), and the
mass is usually ascertained from the weight. Yet the two ideas,
mass and weight, are quite distinct. Mass is the quantity of matter
in a body; weight is the comparative force with which it tends
towards the center of the earth. A mass of sugar and a mass of lead
are assumed to be equal when they show an equal weight by balancing
each other in the scales.
Blue mass. See under Blue. -- Mass center (Geom.), the center of
gravity of a triangle. -- Mass copper, native copper in a large mass.
-- Mass meeting, a large or general assembly of people, usually a
meeting having some relation to politics. -- The masses, the great
body of the people, as contrasted with the higher classes; the
populace.
Mass
Mass, v. t. To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective
body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
But mass them together and they are terrible indeed. Coleridge.
Massacre
Mas"sa*cre (?), n. [F., fr. LL. mazacrium; cf. Prov. G. metzgern,
metzgen, to kill cattle, G. metzger a butcher, and LG. matsken to cut,
hew, OHG. meizan to cut, Goth. m\'a0itan.]
1. The killing of a considerable number of human beings under
circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of
civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day.<-- St.
Valentine's Day massacre; Amritsar massacre; the Wounded Knee
massacre. -->
2. Murder. [Obs.] Shak. Syn. -- Massacre, Butchery, Carnage. Massacre
denotes the promiscuous slaughter of many who can not make resistance,
or much resistance. Butchery refers to cold-blooded cruelty in the
killing of men as if they were brute beasts. Carnage points to
slaughter as producing the heaped-up bodies of the slain.
I'll find a day to massacre them all, And raze their faction and
their family. Shak.
If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds, Brhold this pattern of
thy butcheries. Shak.
Such a scent I draw Of carnage, prey innumerable ! Milton.
Massacre
Mas"sa*cre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Massacred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Massacring (?).] [Cf. F. massacrer. See Massacre, n.] To kill in
considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill
with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the
usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing
of human beings.
If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximian had
massacred the Theban legion. Macaulay.
Massacrer
Mas"sa*crer (?), n. One who massacres. [R.]
Massage
Mas"sage (?), n. [F.] A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially
when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure.
Massasauga
Mas`sa*sau"ga (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, OR
Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley.
Mass\'82, OR Mass\'82 shot
Mass\'82, OR Mass\'82 shot (?), n. (Billiards) A stroke made with the
cue held vertically.
Masser
Mass"er, n. A priest who celebrates Mass. [R.] Bale.
Masseter
Mas"se*ter (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mass\'82ter.] (Anat.) The large
muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.
Masseteric
Mas`se*ter"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the masseter.
Masseterine
Mas"se*ter`ine (?), a. (Anat.) Masseteric.
Masseur, n. m., Masseuse
Mas`seur" (?), n. m., Mas`seuse" (?), n. f.,} [F., or formed in
imitation of French. See Massage.] (Med.) One who performs massage.
Massicot
Mas"si*cot (?), n. [F. massicot; E. masticot is a corruption.] (Chem.)
Lead protoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused
and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is
used as a pigment.<-- now pref. Lead monoxide; also, lead oxide
yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb3O4 -->
NOTE: &hand; Ma ssicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as a
drier in the composition of ointments and plasters.
Massiness
Mass"i*ness (?), n. [From Massy.] The state or quality of being massy;
ponderousness.
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Massive
Mass"ive (?), a. [F. massif.]
1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy;
massy. "Massive armor." Dr. H. More.
2. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure,
but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive.
Massive rock (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not distinctly
schistone, as granite; also, with some authors, an eruptive rock.
Massively
Mass"ive*ly, adv. In a heavy mass.
Massiveness
Mass"ive*ness, n. The state or quality of being massive; massiness.
Massoola boat
Mas*soo"la boat`. See Masoola boat.
Massora
Mas*so"ra (?), n. Same as Masora.
Massoret
Mas"so*ret (?), n. Same as Masorite.
Massy
Mass"y (?), a. [Compar. Massier (?); superl. Massiest.] Compacted
into, or consisting of, a mass; having bulk and weight ot substance;
ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; as, a massy shield; a massy
rock.
Your swords are now too massy for your strengths, And will not be
uplifted. Shak.
Yawning rocks in massy fragments fly. Pope.
Mast
Mast (?), n. [AS. m\'91st, fem. ; akin to G. mast, and E. meat. See
Meat.] The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts;
acorns.
Oak mast, and beech, . . . they eat. Chapman.
Swine under an oak filling themselves with the mast. South.
Mast
Mast, n. [AS. m\'91st, masc.; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. mast, Icel.
mastr, and perh. to L. malus.]
1. (Naut.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar,
set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging,
etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by
iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel.
The tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some
great ammiral.<--sic--> Milton.
NOTE: &hand; Th e mo st common general names of masts are foremast,
mainmast, and mizzenmast, each of which may be made of separate
spars.
2. (Mach.) The vertical post of a derrick or crane.
Afore the mast, Before the mast. See under Afore, and Before. -- Mast
coat. See under Coat. -- Mast hoop, one of a number of hoops attached
to the fore edge of a boom sail, which slip on the mast as the sail is
raised or lowered; also, one of the iron hoops used in making a made
mast. See Made.
Mast
Mast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masted; p. pr. & vb. n. Masting.] To furnish
with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a
ship.
Mastax
Mas"tax (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The pharynx of a rotifer.
It usually contains four horny pieces. The two central ones form the
incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush
the food. (b) The lore of a bird.
Masted
Mast"ed (?), a. Furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in
composition; as, a three-masted schooner.
Master
Mast"er (?), n. (Naut.) A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only
in compounds; as, a two-master.
Master
Mas"ter (?), n. [OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F.
ma\'8ctre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root
of magnus great, akin to Gr. Maestro, Magister, Magistrate, Magnitude,
Major, Mister, Mistress, Mickle.]
1. A male person having another living being so far subject to his
will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; --
formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The
employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to
whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal
noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a
household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male
teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony
or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a
dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other
supernatural being.
2. One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be
master of one's time. Shak.
Master of a hundred thousand drachms. Addison.
We are masters of the sea. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
3. One who has attained great skill in the use or application of
anything; as, a master of oratorical art.
Great masters of ridicule. Maccaulay.
No care is taken to improve young men in their own language, that
they may thoroughly understand and be masters of it. Locke.
4. A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced m\'ccster,
except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually
abbreviated to Mr.
5. A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
Where there are little masters and misses in a house, they are
impediments to the diversions of the servants. Swift.
6. (Naut.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called
captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above
ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who
had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.
7. A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp.
the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in
other civic societies.
Little masters, certain German engravers of the 16th century, so
called from the extreme smallness of their prints. -- Master in
chancery, an officer of courts of equity, who acts as an assistant to
the chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to
him, and reporting thereon to the court. -- Master of arts, one who
takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title
itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. -- Master of the
horse, the third great officer in the British court, having the
management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he
rides next to the sovereign. -- Master of the rolls, in England, an
officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great
seal, and of the records of the chancery, and acts as assistant judge
of the court. Bouvier. Wharton. -- Past master, one who has held the
office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly
organized. -- The old masters, distinguished painters who preceded
modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and
17th centuries. -- To be master of one's self, to have entire
self-control; not to be governed by passion. -- To be one's own
master, to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from
anybody.
NOTE: &hand; Ma ster, si gnifying ch ief, pr incipal, ma sterly,
superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjiectively or
in compounds; as, master builder or master-builder, master chord or
master-chord, master mason or master-mason, master workman or
master-workman, master mechanic, master mind, master spirit, master
passion, etc.
Throughout the city by the master gate. Chaucer.
Master joint (Geol.), a quarryman's term for the more prominent and
extended joints traversing a rock mass. -- Master key, a key adapted
to open several locks differing somewhat from each other;
figuratively, a rule or principle of general application in solving
difficulties. -- Master lode (Mining), the principal vein of ore. --
Master mariner, an experienced and skilled seaman who is certified to
be competent to command a merchant vessel. -- Master sinew (Far.), a
large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from
the bone by a hollow place, where the windgalls are usually seated. --
Master singer. See Mastersinger. -- Master stroke, a capital
performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master
stroke of policy. -- Master tap (Mech.), a tap for forming the thread
in a screw cutting die. -- Master touch. (a) The touch or skill of a
master. Pope. (b) Some part of a performance which exhibits very
skillful work or treatment. "Some master touches of this admirable
piece." Tatler. -- Master work, the most important work accomplished
by a skilled person, as in architecture, literature, etc.; also, a
work which shows the skill of a master; a masterpiece. -- Master
workman, a man specially skilled in any art, handicraft, or trade, or
who is an overseer, foreman, or employer.
Master
Mas"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mastered (?); p. pr. vb. n.
Mastering.]
1. To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or
authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
Obstinacy and willful neglects must be mastered, even though it
cost blows. Locke.
2. To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an
adept in; as, to master a science.
3. To own; to posses. [Obs.]
The wealth That the world masters. Shak.
Master
Mas"ter, v. i. To be skillful; to excel. [Obs.]
Masterdom
Mas"ter*dom (?), n. [Master + -dom.] Dominion; rule; command. [R.]
Shak.
Masterful
Mas"ter*ful (?), a.
1. Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary.
Dryden.
2. Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing
power or mastery.
His masterful, pale face. Mrs. Browning.
Masterfully
Mas"ter*ful*ly, adv. In a masterful manner; imperiously.
A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in high
contempt of the royal authority. Macaulay.
Masterhood
Mas"ter*hood (?), n. The state of being a master; hence, disposition
to command or hector. C. Bront\'82.
Masterless
Mas"ter*less, a. Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or
ungovernable. -- Mas"ter*less*ness, n.
Masterliness
Mas"ter*li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being masterly;
ability to control wisely or skillfully.
Masterly
Mas"ter*ly, a.
1. Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough
knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a
masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy. "A wise
and masterly inactivity." Sir J. Mackintosh.
2. Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.
Masterly
Mas"ter*ly, adv. With the skill of a master.
Thou dost speak masterly. Shak.
Masterous
Mas"ter*ous (?), a. Masterly. [Obs.] Milton.
Masterpiece
Mas"ter*piece` (?), n. Anything done or made with extraordinary skill;
a capital performance; a chef-d'\'d2uvre; a supreme achievement.
The top and masterpiece of art. South.
Dissimulation was his masterpiece. Claredon.
Mastership
Mas"ter*ship, n.
1. The state or office of a master.
2. Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority.
Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Driden.
3. Chief work; masterpiece. [Obs.] Dryden.
4. An ironical title of respect.
How now, seignior Launce ! what news with your mastership ? Shak.
Mastersinger
Mas"ter*sing`er (?), n. [A translation of G. meisters\'84nger.] One of
a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities
of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to
observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.
Masterwort
Mas"ter*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A tall and coarse European
umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria). (b)
The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy
colored involucre. (c) Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum
lanatum).
Mastery
Mas"ter*y (?), n.; pl. Masteries (#). [OF. maistrie.]
1. The position or authority of a master; dominion; command;
supremacy; superiority.
If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the
passages of the tops. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph;
pre\'89minence.
The voice of them that shout for mastery. Ex. xxxii. 18.
Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.
1 Cor. ix. 25.
O, but to have gulled him Had been a mastery. B. Jonson.
3. Contest for superiority. [Obs.] Holland.
4. A masterly operation; a feat. [Obs.]
I will do a maistrie ere I go. Chaucer.
5. Specifically, the philosopher's stone. [Obs.]
6. The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered.
He could attain to a mastery in all languages. Tillotson.
The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself,
should not be cumbered with other difficulties. Locke.
Mastful
Mast"ful (?), a. [See lst Mast.] Abounding in mast; producing mast in
abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut. Dryden.
Masthead
Mast"head` (?), n. (Naut.) The top or head of a mast; the part of a
mast above the hounds.
Masthead
Mast"head", v. t. (Naut.) To cause to go to the masthead as a
punishment. Marryat.
Masthouse
Mast"house` (?), n. A building in which vessels' masts are shaped,
fitted, etc.
Mastic
Mas"tic (?), n. [F., fr. L. mastiche, mastichum, Gr. [Written also
mastich.]
1. (Bot.) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus),
growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and
producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.
2. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The
best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell,
and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in
varnishes.
3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil,
used for plastering walls, etc.
Barbary mastic (Bot.), the Pistachia Atlantica. -- Peruvian mastic
tree (Bot.), a small tree (Schinus Molle) with peppery red berries; --
called also pepper tree. -- West Indian mastic (Bot.), a lofty tree
(Bursera gummifera) full of gum resin in every part.
Masticable
Mas"ti*ca*ble (?), a. Capable of being masticated.
Masticador
Mas`ti*ca"dor (?), n. [Cf. Sp. mastigador. See Masticate.] (Man.) A
part of a bridle, the slavering bit. [Written also mastigador.]
Masticate
Mas"ti*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Masticated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Masticating (?).] [L. masticatus, p. p. of masticare to chew, prob.
fr. mastiche mastic. See Mastic.] To grind or crush with, or as with,
the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to
masticate food.
Masticater
Mas"ti*ca`ter (?), n. One who masticates.
Mastication
Mas`ti*ca"tion (?), n. [L. masticatio: cf. F. mastication.] The act or
operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.
Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, without
which there can be no good digestion. Arbuthnot.
Masticator
Mas"ti*ca`tor (?), n.
1. One who masticates.
2. A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people;
also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or similar tough
substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of manufacture.
Masticatory
Mas"ti*ca*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. masticatoire.] Chewing; adapted to
perform the office o
Masticatory
Mas"ti*ca*to*ry, n.; pl. -ries (. (Med.) A substance to be chewed to
increase the saliva. Bacon.
Mastich
Mas"tich (?), n. See Mastic.
Masticin
Mas"ti*cin (?), n. (Chem.) A white, amorphous, tenacious substance
resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.
Masticot
Mas"ti*cot (?), n. (Chem.) Massicot. [Obs.]
Mastiff
Mas"tiff (?), n.; pl. Mastiffs (. [Mastives is irregular and unusual.]
[Prob. fr. Prov. E. masty, adj., large, n., a great dog, prob. fr.
mast fruit, and hence, lit., fattened with mast. There is perh.
confusion with OF. mestif mongrel; cf. also F. m\'83tin mastiff, OF.
mastin.] (Zo\'94l.) A breed of large dogs noted for strength and
courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and
characteristic of different countries. Mastiff bat (Zo\'94l.) , any
bat of the genus Molossus; so called because the face somewhat
resembles that of a mastiff.
Mastigopod
Mas"ti*go*pod (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Mastigopoda.
Mastigopoda
Mas`ti*gop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The Infusoria.
Mastigure
Mas"ti*gure (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several large
spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastix. They inhabit Southern
Asia and North Africa.
Masting
Mast"ing (?), n. (Naut.) The act or process of putting a mast or masts
into a vessel; also, the scientific principles which determine the
position of masts, and the mechanical methods of placing them. Masting
house (Naut.), a large building, with suitable mechanism overhanging
the water, used for stepping and unstepping the masts of vessels.
Mastitis
Mas*ti"tis (?), n. [Gr. -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the breast.
Mastless
Mast"less (?), a. [See lst Mast.] Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak
or beech. Dryden.
Mastless
Mast"less, a. [See 2d Mast.] Having no mast; as, a mastless vessel.
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Mastlin
Mast"lin (?), n. See Maslin.
Mastodon
Mas"to*don (?), n. [Gr. (Paleon.) An extinct genus of mammals closely
allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often
a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The
species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in
nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late
Quaternary time.
Mastodonsaurus
Mas`to*don*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. E. Mastodon + Gr. (Paleon.) A
large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic
rocks.
Mastodontic
Mas`to*don"tic (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; as,
mastodontic dimensions. Everett.
Mastodynia, Mastodyny
Mas`to*dyn"i*a (?), Mas*tod"y*ny (, n. [NL. mastodynia, fr. Gr. (Med.)
Pain occuring in the mamma or female breast, -- a form of neuralgia.
Mastoid
Mas"toid (?), a. [Gr. masto\'8bde.] (Anat.) (a) Resembling the nipple
or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal
bone behind the ear. (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the
mastoid process; mastoidal.
Mastoidal
Mas*toid"al (?), a. Same as Mastoid.
Mastology
Mas*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. mastologie.] The natural
history of Mammalia.
Mastress
Mas"tress (?), n. Mistress. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Masturbation
Mas`tur*ba"tion (?), n. [L. masturbatus, p. p. of masturbari to
practice onanism: cf. F. masturbation.] Onanism; self-pollution.
Masty
Mast"y (?), a. [See lst Mast.] Full of mast; abounding in acorns, etc.
Masula boat
Ma*su"la boat` (?). Same as Masoola boat.
Mat
Mat (?), n. [Cf. Matte.] A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of
copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also
matt.]
Mat
Mat, a. [OF. See 4th Mate.] Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
[Obs.]
When he saw them so piteous and so maat. Chaucer.
Mat
Mat, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.]
1. A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar
material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering
the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.
2. Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses,
putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from
friction, and the like.
3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble
a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.
4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put
under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a
daguerreotype.
Mat grass. (Bot.) (a) A low, tufted, European grass (Nardus stricta).
(b) Same as Matweed. -- Mat rush (Bot.), a kind of rush (Scirpus
lacustris) used in England for making mats.
Mat
Mat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Matting.]
1. To cover or lay with mats. Evelyn.
2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a
mat; to entangle.
And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair. Dryden.
Mat
Mat, v. i. To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted
together like a mat.
Matachin
Ma`ta*chin" (?), n. [Sp.] An old dance with swords and bucklers; a
sword dance.
Mataco
Mat"a*co (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutis
tricinctus). See Illust. under Loricata.
Matadore, Matador
Mat"a*dore, Mat"a*dor (?), n. [Sp. matador, prop., a killer, fr. matar
to kill, L. mactare to sacrifice, kill.]
1. The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights.
2. (Card Playing) In the game of quadrille or omber, the three
principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs
the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the
seven of a red one.
When Lady Tricksey played a four, You took it with a matadore.
Swift.
Matagasse
Mat`a*gasse" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- called
also mattages. [Prov. Eng.]
Matamata
Ma`ta*ma"ta (?), n. [Pg.] (Zo\'94l.) The bearded tortoise (Chelys
fimbriata) of South American rivers.
Matanza
Ma*tan"za (?), n. [Sp., slaughter, fr. matar to kill.] A place where
animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow. [Western U. S.]
Match
Match (?), n. [OE. macche, F. m\'8ache, F. m\'8ache, fr. L. myxa a
lamp nozzle, Gr. Mucus.] Anything used for catching and retaining or
communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily,
or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood
dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by
friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.
Match box, a box for holding matches. -- Match tub, a tub with a
perforated cover for holding slow matches for firing cannon, esp. on
board ship. The tub contains a little water in the bottom, for
extinguishing sparks from the lighted matches. -- Quick match, threads
of cotton or cotton wick soaked in a solution of gunpowder mixed with
gum arabic and boiling water and afterwards strewed over with mealed
powder. It burns at the rate of one yard in thirteen seconds, and is
used as priming for heavy mortars, fireworks, etc. -- Slow match,
slightly twisted hempen rope soaked in a solution of limewater and
saltpeter or washed in a lye of water and wood ashes. It burns at the
rate of four or five inches an hour, and is used for firing cannon,
fireworks, etc.
Match
Match, n. [OE. macche, AS. gem\'91cca; akin to gemaca, and to OS.
gimako, OHG. gimah fitting, suitable, convenient, Icel. mark suitable,
maki mate, Sw. make, Dan. mage; all from the root of E. make, v. See
Make mate, and Make, v., and cf. Mate an associate.]
1. A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or
cope with another; an equal; a mate.
Government . . . makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank,
a match for the mightiest of his fellow subjects. Addison.
2. A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a
union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like; as,
specifically: (a) A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine
superiority; an emulous struggle. "Many a warlike match." Drayton.
A solemn match was made; he lost the prize. Dryden.
(b) A matrimonial union; a marriage.
3. An agreement, compact, etc. "Thy hand upon that match." Shak.
Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than
those of its own making. Boyle.
4. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage. "She . . .
was looked upon as the richest match of the West." Clarendon.
5. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
It were no match, your nail against his horn. Shak.
6. Suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds
or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a
match.
7. (Founding) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand,
etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for
giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the
mold.
Match boarding (Carp.), boards fitted together with tongue and groove,
or prepared to be so fitted. -- Match game, a game arranged as a test
of superiority. -- Match plane (Carp.), either of the two planes used
to shape the edges of boards which are joined by grooving and
tonguing. -- Match plate (Founding), a board or plate on the opposite
sides of which the halves of a pattern are fastened, to facilitate
molding. Knight. -- Match wheel (Mach.), a cogwheel of suitable pitch
to work with another wheel; specifically, one of a pair of cogwheels
of equal size.
Match
Match, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Matching.]
1. To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival
successfully; to equal.
No settled senses of the world can match The pleasure of that
madness. Shak.
2. To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to
show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or
in opposition to, as equal.
No history or antiquity can matchis policies and his conduct.
South.
3. To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.
Eternal might To match with their inventions they presumed So easy,
and of his thunder made a scorn. Milton.
4. To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar
to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match
cloth. "Matching of patterns and colors." Swift.
5. To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit
(one thing to another).
Let poets match their subject to their strength. Roscommon.
6. To marry; to give in marriage.
A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched his daughter
with a king. Addison.
7. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together;
specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as,
to match boards.
Matching machine, a planing machine for forming a tongue or a groove
on the edge of a board.
Match
Match, v. i.
1. To be united in marriage; to mate.
I hold it a sin to match in my kindred. Shak.
Let tigers match with hinds, and wolves with sheep. Dryden.
2. To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to
tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.
Matchable
Match"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being matched; comparable on equal
conditions; adapted to being joined together; correspondent. --
Match"a*ble*ness, n.
Sir Walter Raleigh . . . is matchable with the best of the
ancients. Hakewill.
Match-cloth
Match"-cloth` (?), n. A coarse cloth.
Match-coat
Match"-coat` (?), n. A coat made of match-cloth.
Matcher
Match"er (?), n. One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine.
See under 3d Match.
Matchless
Match"less, a. [Cf. Mateless.]
1. Having no equal; unequaled. "A matchless queen." Waller.
2. Unlike each other; unequal; unsuited. [Obs.] "Matchless ears."
Spenser. -- Match"less*ly, adv. -- Match"less*ness, n.
Matchlock
Match"lock` (?), n. An old form of gunlock containing a match for
firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
Matchmaker
Match"mak`er (?), n.
1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding.
2. One who tries to bring about marriages.
Matchmaking
Match"mak`ing, n.
1. The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.
2. The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.
Matchmaking
Match"mak`ing, a. Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a
matchmaking woman.
Mate
Ma"te (?), n. [Sp.] The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the
Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor,
with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South
America.
Mate
Mate (?), n. [F. mat, abbrev. fr. \'82chec et mat. See Checkmate.]
(Chess) Same as Checkmate.
Mate
Mate, a. See 2d Mat. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mate
Mate, v. t. [F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate, checkmate. See
Mate checkmate.]
1. To confuse; to confound. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To checkmate.
Mate
Mate, n. [Perhaps for older make a companion; cf. also OD. maet
companion, mate, D. maat. Cf. Make a companion, Match a mate.]
1. One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an
associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar
object.
2. Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower
animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of
their young.
3. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
Ye knew me once no mate For you; there sitting where you durst not
soar. Milton.
4. (Naut.) An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the
captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are
called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the
navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's
mate.
Mate
Mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mated; p. pr. & vb. n. Mating.]
1. To match; to marry.
If she be mated with an equal husband. Shak.
2. To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
There is no passion in the mind of man so weak but it mates and
masters the fear of death. Bacon.
I, . . . in the way of loyalty and truth, . . . Dare mate a sounder
man than Surrey can be. Shak.
Mate
Mate, v. i. To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual
companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate
with that one.
Mateless
Mate"less, a. [Cf. Matchless.] Having no mate.
Matelote
Mat"e*lote (?), n. [F., fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as
sailors prepare.] A dish of food composed of many kings of fish.
Mateology
Ma`te*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. mat\'82ologie.] A vain, unprofitable
discourse or inquiry. [R.]
Mateotechny
Ma`te*o*tech"ny (?), n. [Gr. Any unprofitable science. [Obs.]
Mater
Ma"ter (?), n. [L., mother. See Mother.] See Alma mater, Dura mater,
and Pia mater.
Material
Ma*te"ri*al (?), a. [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff, matter: cf. F.
mat\'82riel. See Matter, and cf. Mat\'90riel.]
1. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as,
material substance or bodies.
The material elements of the universe. Whewell.
2. Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as
distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily
wants, interests, and comforts.
3. Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence;
not be dispensed with; important.
Discourse, which was always material, never trifling. Evelyn.
I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are
most material to our present purpose. Locke.
4. (Logic.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a
thing. See Matter.
Material cause. See under Cause. -- Material evidence (Law), evidence
which conduces to the proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis.
Wharton. Syn. -- Corporeal; bodily; important; weighty; momentous;
essential.
Material
Ma*te"ri*al, n. The substance or matter of which anything is made or
may be made. Raw material, any crude, unfinished, or elementary
materials that are adapted to use only by processes of skilled labor.
Cotton, wool, ore, logs, etc., are raw material.
Material
Ma*te"ri*al, v. t. To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
Materialism
Ma*te"ri*al*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. mat\'82rialisme.]
1. The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.
The irregular fears of a future state had been supplanted by the
materialism of Epicurus. Buckminster.
2. The tendency to give undue importance to material interests;
devotion to the material nature and its wants.
3. Material substances in the aggregate; matter. [R. & Obs.] A.
Chalmers.
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Materialist
Ma*te"ri*al*ist (?), n. [Cf. F. mat\'82rialiste.]
1. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and
maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the result of some
peculiar organization of matter.
2. One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished from the
idealist, who denies it. Berkeley.
Materialistic, Materialistical
Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic (?), Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining
to materialism or materialists; of the nature of materialism.
But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his
physics. C. Kingsley.
Materiality
Ma*te`ri*al"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. mat\'82rialit\'82.]
1. The quality or state of being material; material existence;
corporeity.
2. Importance; as, the materiality of facts.
Materialization
Ma*te`ri*al*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of materializing, or the state
of being materialized.
Materialize
Ma*te"ri*al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Materialized (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Materializing (?).] [Cf. F. mat\'82rialiser.]
1. To invest wich material characteristics; to make perceptible to the
senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material
objects.
Having wich wonderful art and beauty materialized, if I may so call
it, a scheme of abstracted notions, and clothed the most nice,
refined conceptions of philosophy in sensible images. Tatler.
2. To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or
principles which are appropriate to matter.
3. To cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to
occupy with material interests; as, to materialize thought.
4. (Spiritualism) To make visable in, or as in, a material form; --
said of spirits.
A female spirit form temporarily materialized, and not
distinguishable from a human being. Epes Sargent.
Materialize
Ma*te"ri*al*ize, v. i. To appear as a material form; to take
substantial shape. [Colloq.]
Materially
Ma*te"ri*al*ly, adv.
1. In the state of matter.
I do not mean that anything is separable from a body by fire that
was not materially pre\'89xistent in it. Boyle.
2. In its essence; substantially.
An ill intention is certainly sufficient to spoil . . . an act in
itself materially good. South.
3. In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it materially
concern us to know the real motives of our actions.
Materialness
Ma*te"ri*al*ness, n. The state of being material.
Materia medica
Ma*te"ri*a med"i*ca (?). [L. See Matter, and Medical.]
1. Material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a
general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.
2. That branch of medical science which treats of the nature and
properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of
diseases.
Materiarian
Ma*te`ri*a"ri*an (?), n. [L. materiarius.] See Materialist. [Obs.]
Materiate, Materiated
Ma*te"ri*ate (?), Ma*te"ri*a`ted (?), a. [L. materiatus, p. p. of
materiare to build of wood.] Consisting of matter. [Obs.] Bacon.
Materiation
Ma*te`ri*a"tion (?), n. [L. materiatio woodwork.] Act of forming
matter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Mat\'82riel
Ma`t\'82`ri`el" (?), n. [F. See Material.] That in a complex system
which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in
distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions,
provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and
apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.
Materious
Ma*te"ri*ous (?), a. See Material. [Obs.]
Maternal
Ma*ter"nal (?), a. [F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater mother. See
Mother.] Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly;
as, maternal love; maternal tenderness. Syn. -- See Motherly.
Maternally
Ma*ter"nal*ly, adv. In a motherly manner.
Maternity
Ma*ter"ni*ty (?), n. [F. maternit\'82, LL. maternitas.] The state of
being a mother; the character or relation of a mother.
Matfelon
Mat"fel*on (?), n. [W. madfelen.] (Bot.) The knapweed (Centaurea
nigra).
Math
Math (?), n. [AS. mm\'bewan to mow, G. mahd math. See Mow to cut
(grass).] A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly
used in composition; as, an aftermath. [Obs.]
The first mowing thereof, for the king's use, is wont to be sooner
than the common math. Bp. Hall.
Mathematic
Math`e*mat"ic (?), a. [F. math\'82matique, L. mathematicus, Gr. mind.
See Mind.] See Mathematical.
Mathematical
Math`e*mat"ic*al (?), a. [See Mathematic.] Of or pertaining to
mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise;
accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments;
mathematical exactness. -- Math`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Mathematician
Math`e*ma*ti"cian (?), n. [Cf. F. math\'82maticien.] One versed in
mathematics.
Mathematics
Math`e*mat"ics (?), n. [F. math\'82matiques, pl., L. mathematica,
sing., Gr. Mathematic, and -ics.] That science, or class of sciences,
which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or
magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these
relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known
or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations.
NOTE: &hand; Ma thematics em braces th ree de partments, namely: 1.
Arithmetic. 2. Geometry, including Trigonometry and Conic Sections.
3. Analysis, in which letters are used, including Algebra,
Analytical Geometry, and Calculus. Each of these divisions is
divided into pure or abstract, which considers magnitude or
quantity abstractly, without relation to matter; and mixed or
applied, which treats of magnitude as subsisting in material
bodies, and is consequently interwoven with physical
considerations.
Mather
Math"er (?), n. See Madder.
Mathes
Math"es (?), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. L. anthemis camomile, Gr. (Bot.)
The mayweed. Cf. Maghet.
Mathesis
Ma*the"sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Learning; especially, mathematics.
[R.] Pope.
Mathurin
Math"u*rin (?), n. (R. C. Ch.) See Trinitarian.
Matico
Ma*ti"co (?), n. (Bot.) A Peruvian plant (Piper, OR Artanthe,
elongatum), allied to the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a
styptic and astringent.
Matie
Mat"ie (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A fat herring with undeveloped roe. [Written
also matty.] [Eng. & Scot.]
M&acir;tin
M&acir;`tin" (?), n. [F. m&acir;tin.] (Zo\'94l.) A French mastiff.
Matin
Mat"in (?), n. [F. fr. L. matutinum the morning, matutinus of the
morning, Matuta the goddess of the morning. See Matutinal.]
1. Morning. [Obs.] Shak.
2. pl. [F. matines. See Etymol. above.] Morning worship or service;
morning prayers or songs.
The winged choristers began To chirp their matins. Cleveland.
3. Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman
Catholic Church.
Matin
Mat"in, a. Of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the
morning; matutinal.
Matinal
Mat"in*al (?), a. Relating to the morning, or to matins; matutinal.
Matin\'82e
Mat`i*n\'82e" (?), n. [F., from matin. See Matin.] A reception, or a
musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See Soir\'90e.
Matrass
Ma*trass" (?), n. [F. matras; perh. so called from its long narrow
neck; cf. OF. matras large arrow, L. materis, mataris, matara, a
Celtic javelin, pike; of Celtic origin.] (Chem.) A round-bottomed
glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead.
Matress
Mat"ress (?), n. See Matress.
Matriarch
Ma"tri*arch (?), n. [L. mater mother + -arch.] The mother and ruler of
a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.
Matriarchal
Ma`tri*ar"chal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a
matriarch.
Matriarchate
Ma"tri*ar"chate (?), n. The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a
matriarchal form of government.
Matrice
Ma"trice (?), n. [Cf. F. matrice. See Matrix.] See Matrix.
Matricidal
Mat"ri*ci`dal (?), a. Of or pertaining to matricide.
Matricide
Mat"ri*cide (?), n. [L. matricidium; mater mother + coedere to kill,
slay: cf. F. matricide. See Mother, and cf. Homicide.]
1. The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.
2. [L. matricida: cf. F. matricide.] One who murders one's own mother.
Matriculate
Ma*tric"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matriculated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Matriculating.] [L. matricula a public roll or register, dim. of
matrix a mother, in respect to propagation, also, a public register.
See Matrix.] To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter
or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college
or university, by enrolling the name in a register.
In discovering and matriculating the arms of commissaries from
North America. Sir W. Scott.
Matriculate
Ma*tric"u*late, v. i. To go though the process of admission to
membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college.
Matriculate
Ma*tric"u*late (?), a. Matriculated. Skelton. -- n. One who is
matriculated. Arbuthnot.
Matriculation
Ma*tric`u*la"tion (?), n. The act or process of matriculating; the
state of being matriculated.
Matrimoine
Mat"ri*moine (?), n. Matrimony. [Obs.]
Matrimonial
Mat`ri*mo"ni*al (?), a. [L. matrimonialis: cf. F. matrimonial. See
Matrimony.] Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage;
connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties.
If he relied upon that title, he could be but a king at courtesy,
and have rather a matrimonial than a regal power. Bacon.
Syn. -- Connubial; conjugal; sponsal; spousal; nuptial; hymeneal.
Matrimonially
Mat`ri*mo"ni*al*ly, adv. In a matrimonial manner.
Matrimonious
Mat`ri*mo"ni*ous (?), a. Matrimonial. [R.] Milton.
Matrimony
Mat"ri*mo*ny (?), n. [OE. matrimoine, through Old French, fr. L.
matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See Mother.]
1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state;
marriage; wedlock.
If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully
joined together in matrimony, ye do now confessit. Book of Com.
Prayer (Eng. Ed. )
2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
Matrimony vine (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine (Lycium barbarum) of the
Potato family. Gray. Syn. -- Marriage; wedlock. See Marriage.
Matrix
Ma"trix (?), n.; pl. Matrices (#). [L., fr. mater mother. See Mother,
and cf. Matrice.]
1. (Anat.) The womb.
All that openeth the matrix is mine. Ex. xxxiv. 19.
2. Hence, that which gives form or origin to anything; as: (a) (Mech.)
The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it shape; a
die; a mold, as for the face of a type. (b) (Min.) The earthy or stony
substance in which metallic ores or crystallized minerals are found;
the gangue. (c) pl. (Dyeing) The five simple colors, black, white,
blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed.
3. (Biol.) The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable,
situated between the cells; the intercellular substance.
4. (Math.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns.
The symbols may express quantities or operations.
Matron
Ma"tron (?), n. [F. matrone, L. matrona, fr. mater mother. See
Mother.]
1. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman
of staid or motherly manners.
Your wives, your daughters, Your matrons, and your maids. Shak.
Grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she
was a mother. Fuller.
2. A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a
public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a
school or hospital.
Jury of matrons (Law), a jury of experienced women called to determine
the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for
other cognate purposes.
Matronage
Mat"ron*age (?), n.
1. The state of a matron.
2. The collective body of matrons. Burke.
Can a politician slight the feelings and convictions of the whole
matronage of his country ? Hare.
Matronal
Mat"ron*al (?), a. [L. matronalis.] Of or pertaining to a matron;
suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.
Matronhood
Ma"tron*hood (?), n. The state of being a matron.
Matronize
Mat"ron*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matronized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Matronizing (?).]
1. To make a matron of; to make matronlike.
Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits. Richardson.
2. To act the part of a marton toward; to superintend; to chaperone;
as, to matronize an assembly.
Matronlike
Ma"tron*like` (?), a. Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
Matronly
Ma"tron*ly, a.
1. Advanced in years; elderly.
2. Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate.
Matronymic
Mat`ro*nym"ic (?), n. [L. mater mother + -nymic, as in patronimic.]
See Metronymic.
Matross
Ma*tross" (?), n. [D. matroos, fr. F. matelot.] (Mil.) Formerly, in
the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate; one of the soldiers
in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing,
and sponging the guns. [Obs.]
Matt
Matt (?), n. See Matte. Knight.
Mattages
Mat`ta*ges" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- written
also matagasse. [Prov. Eng.]
Mattamore
Mat"ta*more` (?), n. [F. matamore, from Ar. matm.] A subterranean
repository for wheat.
Matte
Matte (?), n. [F. matte; cf. F. mat, masc., matte, fem., faint, dull,
dim; -- said of metals. See Mate checkmate.]
1. (Metallurgy) A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by
alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal
from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc.,
according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown
or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.
2. A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not
burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of
gloss.
Matted
Mat"ted (?), a. [See Matte.] Having a dull surface; unburnished; as,
matted gold leaf or gilding. Matted glass, glass ornamented with
figures on a dull ground.
Matted
Mat"ted, a. [See 3d Mat.]
1. Covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor.
2. Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely
together; as, matted hair.
Matter
Mat"ter (?), n. [OE. matere, F. mati\'8are, fr. L. materia; perh. akin
to L. mater mother. Cf. Mother, Madeira, Material.]
1. That of which anything is composed; constituent substance;
material; the material or substantial part of anything; the
constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be
analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.
He is the matter of virtue. B. Jonson.
2. That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are
composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is
perceptible by the senses; body; substance.
NOTE: &hand; Ma tter is us ually di vided by philosophical writers
into three kinds or classes: solid, liquid, and a\'89riform. Solid
substances are those whose parts firmly cohere and resist
impression, as wood or stone. Liquids have free motion among their
parts, and easily yield to impression, as water and wine.
A\'89riform substances are elastic fluids, called vapors and gases,
as air and oxygen gas.
3. That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is
done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action,
discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the
like; theme. "If the matter should be tried by duel." Bacon.
Son of God, Savior of men ! Thy name Shall be the copious matter of
my song. Milton.
Every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small
matter they shall judge. Ex. xviii. 22.
4. That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern;
affair; business.
To help the matter, the alchemists call in many vanities out of
astrology. Bacon.
Some young female seems to have carried matters so far, that she is
ripe for asking advice. Spectator.
5. Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance;
significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no
matter, and the like.
A prophet some, and some a poet, cry; No matter which, so neither
of them lie. Dryden.
6. Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or
distressing; difficulty; trouble.
And this is the matter why interpreters upon that passage in Hosea
will not consent it to be a true story, that the prophet took a
harlot to wife. Milton.
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7. Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite.
Away he goes, . . . a matter of seven miles. L' Estrange.
I have thoughts to tarry a small matter. Congreve.
No small matter of British forces were commanded over sea the year
before. Mi
lton.
8. Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown
out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent
substance.
9. (Metaph.) That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and
in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical
processes and relations; -- opposed to form. Mansel.
10. (Print.) Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy;
also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in
printing.
Dead matter (Print.), type which has been used, or which is not to be
used, in printing, and is ready for distribution. -- Live matter
(Print.), type set up, but not yet printed from. -- Matter in bar,
Matter of fact. See under Bar, and Fact. -- Matter of record, anything
recorded. -- Upon the matter, OR Upon the whole matter, considering
the whole; taking all things into view.
Waller, with Sir William Balfour, exceeded in horse, but were, upon
the whole matter, equal in foot. Clarendon.
Matter
Mat"ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mattering.]
1. To be of importance; to import; to signify.
It matters not how they were called. Locke.
2. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate. [R.] "Each
slight sore mattereth." Sir P. Sidney.
Matter
Mat"ter, v. t. To regard as important; to take account of; to care
for. [Obs.]
He did not matter cold nor hunger. H. Brooke.
Matterless
Mat"ter*less, a.
1. Not being, or having, matter; as, matterless spirits. Davies (Wit's
Pilgr. ).
2. Unimportant; immaterial. [Obs.]
Matter-of-fact
Mat"ter-of-fact" (?), a. Adhering to facts; not turning aside from
absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.
Mattery
Mat"ter*y (?), a.
1. Generating or containing pus; purulent.
2. Full of substance or matter; important. B. Jonson.
Matting
Mat"ting (?), n. [From Mat, v. t. & i.]
1. The act of interweaving or tangling together so as to make a mat;
the process of becoming matted.
2. Mats, in general, or collectively; mat work; a matlike fabric, for
use in covering floors, packing articles, and the like; a kind of
carpeting made of straw, etc.
3. Materials for mats.
4. An ornamental border. See 3d Mat, 4.
Matting
Mat"ting, n. [See Matte.] A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the
arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc.
Mattock
Mat"tock (?), n. [AS. mattuc; cf. W. matog.] An implement for digging
and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and
the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax.
'T is you must dig with mattock and with spade. Shak.
Mattowacca
Mat`to*wac"ca (?), n. [Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) An American clupeoid
fish (Clupea mediocris), similar to the shad in habits and appearance,
but smaller and less esteemed for food; -- called also hickory shad,
tailor shad, fall herring, and shad herring.
Mattress
Mat"tress (?), n. [OF. materas, F. matelas, LL. matratium; cf. Sp. &
Pg. almadraque, Pr. almatrac; all from Ar. ma&tsdot;rah a place where
anything is thrown, what is thrown under something, fr. &tsdot;araha
to throw.]
1. A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable
material, and quilted or otherwise fastened. [Written also matress.]
2. (Hydraulic Engin.) A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to
protect a bank from being worn away by currents or waves.
Maturant
Mat"u*rant (?), n. [L. maturans, p. pr. See Maturate.] (Med.) A
medicine, or application, which promotes suppuration.
Maturate
Mat"u*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maturated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Maturating (?).] [L. maturatus, p. p. of maturare to make ripe, fr.
maturus ripe, mature. See Mature, v. & a.]
1. To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
A tree may be maturated artificially. Fuller.
2. To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
Maturate
Mat"u*rate, v. i. To ripen; to become mature; specif
Maturation
Mat`u*ra"tion (?), n. [L. maturatio a hastening: cf. F. maturation.]
The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence,
specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of
pus or matter.
Maturative
Mat"u*ra*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. maturatif.] Conducing to ripeness or
maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration.
Maturative
Mat"u*ra*tive, n. (Med.) A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant.
Mature
Ma*ture" (?), a. [Compar. Maturer (?); superl. Maturest.] [L. maturus;
prob. akin to E. matin.]
1. Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and
development; fitted by growth and development for any function,
action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.
Now is love mature in ear. Tennison.
How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor
yet mature of age ? Pope.
2. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for
action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a
mature plan.
This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for the violent
breaking out. Shak.
3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of
mature years.
4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration. Syn. -- Ripe;
perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready. -- Mature, Ripe. Both
words describe fullness of growth. Mature brings to view the
progressiveness of the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of
a thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes through which
it has passed; as ripe, when our attention is directed merely to its
state. A mature judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe
scholar.
Mature
Ma*ture" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Maturing.] [See Maturate, Mature.] To bring or hasten to maturity; to
promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
Bacon.
Mature
Ma*ture", v. i.
1. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by
age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
2. Hence, to become due, as a note.
Maturely
Ma*ture"ly, adv.
1. In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely.
2. With caution; deliberately. Dryden.
3. Early; soon. [A Latinism, little used] Bentley.
Matureness
Ma*ture"ness, n. The state or quality of being mature; maturity.
Maturer
Ma*tur"er (?), n. One who brings to maturity.
Maturescent
Mat`u*res"cent (?), a. [L. maturescens, p. pr. of maturescere to
become ripe, v. incho. from maturus. See Mature, a.] Approaching
maturity.
Maturing
Ma*tur"ing (?), a. Approaching maturity; as, maturing fruits; maturing
notes of hand.
Maturity
Ma*tu"ri*ty (?), n. [L. maturitas: cf. F. maturit\'82.]
1. The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development;
as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the
maturity of a plan.
2. Arrival of the time fixed for payment; a becoming due; termination
of the period a note, etc., has to run.
Matutinal
Mat`u*ti"nal (?), a. [L. matutinalis, matutinus: cf. F. matutinal. See
Matin.] Of or pertaining to the morning; early.
Matutinary
Ma*tu"ti*na*ry (?), a. Matutinal. [R.]
Matutine
Mat"u*tine (?), a. Matutinal. [R.]
Matweed
Mat"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A name of several maritime grasses, as the
sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind
the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also,
the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.
Maty
Mat"y (?), n. [Etymology uncertain.] A native house servant in India.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Matzoth
Matz"oth (?), n. [Heb. matsts&omac;th, pl. of matsts\'beh unleavened.]
A cake of unleavened bread eaten by the Jews at the feast of the
Passover.<-- this is pl. form. sing. is matzo or matzoh. Other plurals
matzos and matzohs -->
Maucaco
Mau*ca"co (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A lemur; --
applied to several species, as the White-fronted, the ruffed, and the
ring-tailed lemurs.
Maud
Maud (?), n. A gray plaid; -- used by shepherds in Scotland.
Maudle
Mau"dle (?), v. t. To throw onto confusion or disorder; to render
maudlin. [Obs.]
Maudlin
Maud"lin (?), a. [From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE. Maudeleyne,
who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with weeping.]
1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively
sentimental; weak and silly. "Maudlin eyes." Dryden. "Maudlin
eloquence." Roscommon. "A maudlin poetess." Pope. "Maudlin crowd."
Southey.
2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness.
Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. Byron.
Maudlin, Maudeline
Maud"lin, Maude"line (?), n. (Bot.) An aromatic composite herb, the
costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of
yarrow.
Muadlinism
Muad"lin*ism (?), n. A maudlin state. Dickens.
Maudlinwort
Maud"lin*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) The oxeye daisy.
Mauger, Maugre
Mau"ger, Mau"gre (?), prep. [OF. maugr\'82, malgr\'82, F. malgr\'82.
See Mal-, Malice, and Agree.] In spite of; in opposition to;
notwithstanding.
A man must needs love maugre his heed. Chaucer.
This mauger all the world will I keep safe. Shak.
Maugre
Mau"gre, v. t. To defy. [Obs.] J. Webster.
Maukin
Mau"kin (?), n.
1. See Malkin.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A hare. [Scot.]
Maul
Maul (?), n. [See Mall a hammer.] A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.
[Written also mall.]
Maul
Maul, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mauled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mauling.]
1. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a
coarse manner.
Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and maul. Pope.
2. To injure greatly; to do much harm to.
It mauls not only the person misrepreseted, but him also to whom he
is misrepresented. South.
Maule
Maule (?), n. (Bot.) The common mallow.
Mauling
Maul"ing (?), n. A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist.
Maul-stick
Maul"-stick` (?), n. [G. malerstock; maler a painter + stock stick.] A
stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working. [Written
also mahl-stick.]
Maumet
Mau"met (?), n. See Mawmet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Maunch
Maunch (?), v. t. To munch. [Obs.]
Maunch
Maunch (?), n. See Manche.
Maund
Maund (?), n. [AS. mand, mond.] A hand basket. [Obs.] Herrick.
Maund
Maund, n. [Hind, & Per. man.] An East Indian weight, varying in
different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.
Maund, Maunder
Maund (?), Maund"er (?), v. i. [Cf. F. mendier to beg, E. mendicant.]
1. To beg. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl.
2. To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or
disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.
He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet
devils. Sir W. Scott.
Maunder
Maund"er, v. t. To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.
Maunder
Maund"er, n. A beggar. [Obs.]
Maunderer
Maund"er*er (?), n. One who maunders.
Maundril
Maun"dril (?), n. [Cf. Mandrel.] (Coa A pick with two prongs, to pry
with.
Maundy Thursday
Maun"dy Thurs"day (?). [OE. maunde a command, OF. mand\'82, L.
mandatum, from mandare to command. See called from the ancient custom
of washing the feet of the poor on this day, which was taken to be the
fulfillment of the "new commandment," John xiii. 5, 34.] (Eccl.) The
Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday.
Maungy
Maun"gy (?), a. Mangy. [Obs.] Skelton.
Mauresque
Mau*resque" (?), a. & n. See Moresque.
Maurist
Maur"ist (?), n. [From Maurus, the favorite disciple of St. Benedict.]
A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the
Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the
seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their
interest in literature.
Mausolean
Mau`so*le"an (?), a. [L. Mausoleus. See Mausoleum.] Pertaining to a
mausoleum; monumental.
Mausoleum
Mau`so*le"um (?), n.; pl. E. Mausoleums (#), L. -lea (#). [L.
mausoleum, Gr. A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
Mauther
Mau"ther (?), n. [Cf. AS. m\'91g a maid.] [Also spelled mawther,
mother.] A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [Prov. Eng.]
Mauvaniline
Mauv`an"i*line (?), n. (Chem.) See Mauve aniline, under Mauve.
Mauve
Mauve (?), n. [F., mallow, L. malva. So named from the similarity of
the color to that of the petals of common mallow, Malva sylvestris.
See Mallow.] A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac. Mauve
aniline (Chem.), a dyestuff produced artificially by the oxidation of
commercial aniline, and the first discovered of the so-called
coal-tar, or aniline, dyes. It consists of the sulphate of
mauve\'8bne, and is a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which
dissolves to a beatiful purple color. Called also aniline purple,
violine, etc.
Mauve\'8bne
Mauve"\'8bne (?), n. (Chem.) An artificial organic base, obtained by
oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the
dyestuffs it forms. [Written also mauvine.]
Mauvine
Mauv"ine (?), a. Mauve-colored.
Maverick
Mav"er*ick (?), n. In the southwestern part of the united States, a
bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild;
-- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who
naglected to brand his cattle.
Mavis
Ma"vis (m&amac;"v&icr;s), n. [F. mauvis, Arm. milvid, milfid,
milc'hhouid, Corn. melhuez.] (Zo\'94l.) The European throstle or song
thrush (Turdus musicus).
Maw
Maw (?), n. [See Mew a gull.] (Zo\'94l.) A gull.
Maw
Maw, n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G.
magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave.
1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing;
in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept
humorously or in contempt. Chaucer.
Bellies and maws of living creatures. Bacon.
2. Appetite; inclination. [Obs.]
Unless you had more maw to do me good. Beau. & Fl.
Fish maw. (Zo\'94l.) See under Fish.
Maw
Maw, n. An old game at cards. Sir A. Weldon.
Mawk
Mawk (?), n. [OE. mauk, ma, Icel. ma; akin to Dan. maddik, and E. mad
an earthworm. See Mad, n.]
1. A maggot. [Scot.]
2. A slattern; a mawks. [Prov. Eng.]
Mawkin
Maw"kin (?), n. See Malkin, and Maukin.
Mawkingly
Mawk"ing*ly (?), adv. Slatternly. [Obs.]
Mawkish
Mawk"ish, a. [Orig., maggoty. See Mawk.]
1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.
So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull. Pope.
2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious. J. H.
Newman.
Mawkishly
Mawk"ish*ly, adv. In a mawkish way.
Mawkishness
Mawk"ish*ness, n. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman.
Mawks
Mawks (?), n. A slattern; a mawk. [Prov. Eng.]
Mawky
Mawk"y (?), a. Maggoty. [Prov. Eng.]
Mawmet
Maw"met (?), n. [Contr. fr. Mahomet.] A puppet; a doll; originally, an
idol, because in the Middle Ages it was generally believed that the
Mohammedans worshiped images representing Mohammed. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Beau. & Fl.
Mawmetry
Maw"met*ry (?), n. The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry. See
Mawmet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mawmish
Maw"mish (?), a. [Prov. E. maum soft, mellow, rotten; cf. OD. molm
rotten wood, G. mulm.] Nauseous. [Obs.] L' Estrange.
Mawseed
Maw"seed` (?), n. [Cf. G. magsamen.] (Bot.) The seed of the opium
poppy.
Mawworm
Maw"worm` (?), n. [Maw the belly + worm.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any
intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm
(Ascaris lumbricoides), and allied species. (b) One of the larv\'91 of
botflies of horses; a bot.
Maxilla
Max*il"la (?), n.; pl. Maxill\'91 (#). [L., dim. of mala jaw,
jawbone.]
1. (Anat.) (a) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw. (b) The
bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw
being the mandible. [Now commonly used in this restricted sense.]
2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.
NOTE: &hand; Th ere are usually two pairs in Crustacea and one pair
in insects. In certain insects they are not used as jaws, but may
form suctorial organs. See Illust. under Lepidoptera, and Diptera.
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Maxillar, Maxillary
Max"il*lar (?), Max"il*la*ry (?), a. [L. maxillaris, fr. maxilla
jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire.]
1. (Anat.) Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now
usually applied to the upper jaw only. -- n. The principal maxillary
bone; the maxilla.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla.
Maxilliform
Max*il"li*form (?), a. [Maxilla + -form: cf. F. maxilliforme.] Having
the form, or structure, of a maxilla.
Maxilliped
Max*il"li*ped (?), n. [Maxilla + L. pes, pedis, foot.] (Zo\'94l.) One
of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the
maxill\'91. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea
have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw.
Maxillo-mandibular
Max*il`lo-man*dib"u*lar (?), a. [Maxilla + mandibular.] (Anat.)
Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo-mandibular
nerve.
Maxillo-palatine
Max*il`lo-pal"a*tine (?), a. [Maxilla + palatine.] (Anat.) Pertaining
to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull; as, the
maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also used as n.
Maxilloturbinal
Max*il`lo*tur`bi*nal (?), a. [Maxilla + turbinal.] (Anat.) Pertaining
to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull. -- n. The
maxillo-turbinal, or inferior turbinate, bone.
Maxim
Max"im (?), n. [F. maxime, L. maxima (sc. sententia), the greatest
sentence, proposition, or axiom, i. e., of the greatest weight or
authority, fem. fr. maximus greatest, superl. of magnus great. See
Magnitude, and cf. Maximum.]
1. An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of
important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a
proverb; an aphorism.
'T is their maxim, Love is love's reward. Dryden.
2. (Mus.) The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four
breves; a large. Syn. -- Axiom; aphorism; apothegm; adage; proverb;
saying. See Axiom.
Maximilian
Max`i*mil"ian (?), n. [From the proper name.] A gold coin of Bavaria,
of the value of about 13s. 6d. sterling, or about three dollars and a
quarter.
Maximization
Max`i*mi*za"tion (?), n. The act or process of increasing to the
highest degree. Bentham.
Maximize
Max"i*mize (?), v. t. [L. maximus greatest.] To increase to the
highest degree. Bentham.
Maximum
Max"i*mum (?), n.; pl. Maxima (#). [L., neut. from maximus the
greatest. See Maxim.] The greatest quantity or value attainable in a
given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first
increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; --
opposed to minimum.
Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum
of happiness, and the minimum of misery. P. Colquhoun.
Maximum thermometer, a thermometer that registers the highest degree
of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment.
Maximum
Max"i*mum, a. Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or
attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum
heat.
May
May (?), v. [imp. Might (?)] [AS. pres. m\'91g I am able, pret.
meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G. m\'94gen, OHG. mugan, magan, Icel.
mega, Goth. magan, Russ. moche. Dismay, Main strength, Might. The old
imp. mought is obsolete, except as a provincial word.] An auxiliary
verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a)
Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.
How may a man, said he, with idle speech, Be won to spoil the
castle of his health ! Spenser.
For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what he may do as
just, and what he may do as possible. Bacon.
For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these: "It
might have been." Whittier.
(b) Liberty; permission; allowance.
Thou mayst be no longer steward. Luke xvi. 2.
(c) Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.
Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance Some general
maxims, or be right by chance. Pope.
(d) Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a question
or remark.
How old may Phillis be, you ask. Prior.
(e) Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and the
like. "May you live happily." Dryden. May be, AND It may be, are used
as equivalent to possibly, perhaps, by chance, peradventure. See 1st
Maybe.
May
May, n. [Cf. Icel. m\'91r, Goth. mawi; akin to E. maiden. A maiden.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
May
May, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr.
1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. Chaucer.
2. The early part or springtime of life.
His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. Shak.
3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of
blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
The palm and may make country houses gay. Nash.
Plumes that micked the may. Tennyson.
4. The merrymaking of May Day. Tennyson.
Italian may (Bot.), a shrubby species of Spir\'91a (S. hypericifolia)
with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches.
-- May apple (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant (Podophyllum
peltatum). Also, the plant itself (popularly called mandrake), which
has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the
forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully
drastic. -- May beetle, May bug (Zo\'94l.), any one of numerous
species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state
in May. They belong to Melolontha, and allied genera. Called also June
beetle. -- May Day, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic
parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by
dancing about a May pole. -- May dew, the morning dew of the first day
of May, to which magical properties were attributed. -- May flower
(Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See Mayflower,
in the vocabulary. -- May fly (Zo\'94l.), any species of Ephemera, and
allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species
appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral. -- May game, any
May-day sport. -- May lady, the queen or lady of May, in old May
games. -- May lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley (Convallaria
majalis). -- May pole. See Maypole in the Vocabulary. -- May queen, a
girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day. -- May
thorn, the hawthorn.
Maya
Ma"ya (?), n. (Hindoo Philos.) The name for the doctrine of the
unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness;
vanity; illusion.
Maybe
May"be (?), adv. [For it may be.] Perhaps; possibly; peradventure.
Maybe the amorous count solicits her. Shak.
In a liberal and, maybe, somewhat reckless way. Tylor.
Maybe
May"be, a. Possible; probable, but not sure. [R.]
Then add those maybe years thou hast to live. Driden.
Maybe
May"be, n. Possibility; uncertainty. [R.]
What they offer is mere maybe and shift. Creech.
Maybird
May"bird` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The whimbrel; -- called also May
fowl, May curlew, and May whaap. (b) The knot. [Southern U. S.] (c)
The bobolink.
Maybloom
May"bloom` (?), n. (Bot.) The hawthorn.
Maybush
May"bush` (?), n. (Bot.) The hawthorn.
Mayduke
May"duke` (?), n. [Corrupt. of M\'82doc, a province in France, where
it is supposed to have originated.] A large dark-red cherry of
excellent quality.
Mayfish
May"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A common American minnow (Fundulus
majalis). See Minnow.
Mayflower
May"flow`er (?), n. (Bot.) In England, the hawthorn; in New England,
the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.
Mayhap
May"hap (?), adv. Perhaps; peradventure. [Prov. or Dialectic]
Mayhem
May"hem (?), n. [The same as maim. See Maim.] (Law) The maiming of a
person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are
necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.
Maying
May"ing (?), n. The celebrating of May Day. "He met her once
a-Maying." Milton.
Mayonnaise
Ma`yon`naise" (?), n. [F.] A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs
beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned
with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish,
etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce.
Mayor
May"or (?), n. [OE. maire, F. maire, fr. L. major greater, higher,
nobler, compar. of magnus great; cf. Sp. mayor. See Major, and cf.
Merino.] The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer
of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city
court of which the major is chief judge.
Mayoral
May"or*al (?), n. [Sp., fr. mayor greater, L. major.] The conductir of
a mule team; also, a head shepherd.
Mayoralty
May"or*al*ty (?), n. The office, or the term of office, of a mayor.
Mayoress
May"or*ess (?), n. The wife of a mayor.
Mayorship
May"or*ship, n. The office of a mayor.
Maypole
May"pole` (?), n. A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed
with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had.
Maypop
May"pop (?), n. [Perh. corrupt. fr. maracock.] (Bot.) The edible fruit
of a passion flower, especially that of the North American Passiflora
incarnata, an oval yellowish berry as large as a small apple.
Mayweed
May"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A composite plant (Anthemis Cotula),
having a strong odor; dog's fennel. It is a native of Europe, now
common by the roadsides in the United States. (b) The feverfew.
Mazama, Mazame
Ma*za"ma (?), Ma*za"me (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A goatlike antelope
(Haplocerus montanus) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting
the highest parts; -- called also mountain goat.
Mazard
Maz"ard (?), n. [Cf. F. merise a wild cherry.] (Bot.) A kind of small
black cherry.
Mazard
Maz"ard, n. [Prob. fr. mazer, the head being compared to a large
goblet.] The jaw; the head or skull. [Obs.] Shak.
Mazard
Maz"ard, v. t., To knock on the head. [Obs.]
Mazarine
Maz`a*rine" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime
minister of France, 1643-1661. Mazarine Bible, the first Bible, and
perhaps the first complete book, printed with movable metal types; --
printed by Gutenberg at Mentz, 1450-55; -- so called because a copy
was found in the Mazarine Library, at Paris, about 1760. -- Mazarine
blue, a deep blue color, named in honor of Cardinal Mazarin.
Mazarine
Maz`a*rine", n. Mazarine blue.
Mazdean
Maz"de*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the
beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence,
Zoroastrian.
Mazdeism
Maz"de*ism (?), n. The Zoroastrian religion.
Maze
Maze (?), n. [OE. mase; cf. OE. masen to confuse, puzzle, Norweg.
masast to fall into a slumber, masa to be continually busy, prate,
chatter, Icel. masa to chatter, dial. Sw. masa to bask, be slow, work
slowly and lazily, mas slow, lazy.]
1. A wild fancy; a confused notion. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of
bewilderment.
3. A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an
intricacy; a labyrinth. "Quaint mazes on the wanton green." Shak.
Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook. Wordaworth.
The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled with mazes, and
perplexed with error. Addison.
Syn. -- Labyrinth; intricacy. See Labyrinth.
Maze
Maze (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mazed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mazing.] To
perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze.
South.
Maze
Maze, v. i. To be bewildered. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mazedness
Maz"ed*ness (?), n. The condition of being mazed; confusion;
astonishment. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mazeful
Maze"ful (?), a. Mazy. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Mazer
Maz"er (?), n. [OE. maser, akin to OD. maser an excrescence on a maple
tree, OHG. masar, G. maser spot, Icel. m\'94surr maple.] A large
drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple. [Obs.]
Their brimful mazers to the feasting bring. Drayton.
Mazily
Ma"zi*ly (?), adv. In a mazy manner.
Maziness
Ma"zi*ness, n. The state or quality of being mazy.
Mazological
Maz`o*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to mazology.
Mazologist
Ma*zol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in mazology or mastology.
Mazology
Ma*zol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] Same as Mastology.
Mazourka, Mazurka
Ma*zour"ka (?), Ma*zur"ka (?), n. A Polish dance, or the music which
accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on
the second beat.
Mazy
Ma"zy (?), a. [From Maze.] Perplexed with turns and windings; winding;
intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error.
Milton.
To range amid the mazy thicket. Spenser.
To run the ring, and trace the mazy round. Dryden.
Me
Me (?), pron. One. See Men, pron. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Me
Me (?), pers. pron. [AS. m, dat. & acc., mec, acc. only ; akin to D.
mij, G. mich, Icel. & Goth. mik, L. me, Gr. m\'be, m\'bem. Mine.] The
person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first
person used as the objective and dative case of the pronoum I; as, he
struck me; he gave me the money, or he gave the money to me; he got me
a hat, or he got a hat for me.
NOTE: &hand; In me thinks, me is properly in the dative case, and
the verb is impersonal, the construction being, it appears to me.
In early use me was often placed before forms of the verb to be
with an adjective; as, me were lief.
Me rather had my heart might frrl your love Than my unpleased eye
see your courtesy. Shak.
Meach
Meach (?), v. i. To skulk; to cower. See Mich.
Meacock
Mea"cock (?), n. [Prob. fr. meek + cock.] An uxorious, effeminate, or
spiritless man. [Obs.] Johnson.
Mead
Mead (?), n. [OE. mede, AS. meodo; akin to D. mede, G. met, meth, OHG.
metu, mitu, Icel. mj\'94, Dan. mi\'94d, Sw. mj\'94d, Russ. med', Lith.
midus, W. medd, Gr. madhu honey, a sweet drink, as adj., sweet.
Metheglin.]
1. A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.;
metheglin; hydromel. Chaucer.
2. A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring
extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
[U. S.]
Mead
Mead, n. [AS. m. See Meadow.] A meadow.
A mede All full of freshe flowers, white and reede. Chaucer.
To fertile vales and dewy meads My weary, wandering steps he leads.
Addison.
Meadow
Mead"ow (?), n. [AS. meady; akin to m, and to G. matte; prob. also to
E. mow. See Mow to cut (grass), and cf. 2d Mead.]
1. A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay;
any field on which grass is grown for hay.
2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and
in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark Bay.
Meadow
Mead"ow, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;
produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. "Fat meadow ground."
Milton.
NOTE: &hand; Fo r ma ny names of plants compounded with meadow, see
the particular word in the Vocabulary.
Meadow beauty. (Bot.) Same as Deergrass. -- Meadow foxtail (Bot.), a
valuable pasture grass (Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but
with softer spikes. -- Meadow grass (Bot.), a name given to several
grasses of the genus Poa, common in meadows, and of great value for
nay and for pasture. See Grass. -- Meadow hay, a coarse grass, or true
sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as
fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.] --
Meadow hen. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The American bittern. See Stake-driver. (b)
The American coot (Fulica). (c) The clapper rail. -- Meadow lark
(Zo\'94l.), any species of Sturnella, a genus of American birds allied
to the starlings. The common species (S. magna) has a yellow breast
with a black crescent. -- Meadow mouse (Zo\'94l.), any mouse of the
genus Arvicola, as the common American species A. riparia; -- called
also field mouse, and field vole. -- Meadow mussel (Zo\'94l.), an
American ribbed mussel (Modiola plicatula), very abundant in salt
marshes. -- Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore , a kind of limonite. --
Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip. -- Meadow pink. (Bot.) See
under Pink. -- Meadow pipit (Zo\'94l.), a small singing bird of the
genus Anthus, as A. pratensis, of Europe. -- Meadow rue (Bot.), a
delicate early plant, of the genus Thalictrum, having compound leaves
and numerous white flowers. There are many species. -- Meadow saffron.
(Bot.) See under Saffron. -- Meadow sage. (Bot.) See under Sage. --
Meadow saxifrage (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe (Silaus
pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel. -- Meadow snipe (Zo\'94l.),
the common or jack snipe.
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Meadowsweet, Meadowwort
Mead"ow*sweet` (?), Mead"ow*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) The name of several
plants of the genus Spir\'91a, especially the white- or pink-flowered
S. salicifolia, a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous
S. Ulmaria, which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes.
Meadowy
Mead"ow*y (?), a. Of or pertaining to meadows; resembling, or
consisting of, meadow.
Meager, Meagre
Mea"ger, Mea"gre (?), a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. &
G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. Emaciate, Maigre.]
1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.
Shak.
2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective
in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas;
wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery. "Meager soil."
Dryden.
Of secular habits and meager religious belief. I. Taylor.
His education had been but meager. Motley.
3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk. Syn. -- Thin; lean;
lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren.
Meager, Meagre
Mea"ger, Mea"gre, v. t. To make lean. [Obs.]
Meagerly, Meagrely
Mea"ger*ly, Mea"gre*ly, adv. Poorly; thinly.
Meagerness, Meagreness
Mea"ger*ness, Mea"gre*ness, n. The state or quality of being meager;
leanness; scantiness; barrenness.
Meagre
Mea"gre (?), n. [F. maigre.] (Zo\'94l.) A large European sci\'91noid
fish (Sci\'91na umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It
is valued as a food fish. [Written also maigre.]
Meak
Meak (?), n. [Cf. AS. m sword, OS. m\'beki, Icel. m\'91kir.] A hook
with a long handle. [Obs.] Tusser.
Meaking
Meak"ing, n. [See Meak.] (Naut.) The process of picking out the oakum
from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked. Meaking iron
(Naut.), the tool with which old oakum is picked out of a vessel's
seams.
Meal
Meal (?), n. [OE. mele, AS. m part, portion, portion of time; akin to
E. meal a repast. Cf. Piecemeal.] A part; a fragment; a portion.
[Obs.]
Meal
Meal, n. [OE. mel; akin to E. meal a part, and to D. maal time, meal,
G. mal time, mahl meal, Icel. m\'bel measure, time, meal, Goth. m
time, and to E. measure. See Measure.] The portion of food taken at a
particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually
taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the
acas, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was
silence during the meal.
What strange fish Hath made his meal on thee ? Shak.
Meal
Meal, n. [OE. mele, AS. melu, melo; akin to D. meel, G. mehl, OHG.
melo, Icel. mj\'94l, SW. mj\'94l, Dan. meel, also to D. malen to
grind, G. mahlen, OHG., OS., & Goth. malan, Icel. mala, W. malu, L.
molere, Gr. mill. Mill, Mold soil, Mole an animal, Immolate, Molar.]
1. Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and
unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.;
sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.
2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not
granulated.
Meal beetle (Zo\'94l.), the adult of the meal worm. See Meal worm,
below. -- Meal moth (Zo\'94l.), a lepidopterous insect (Asopia
farinalis), the larv\'91 of which feed upon meal, flour, etc. -- Meal
worm (Zo\'94l.), the larva of a beetle (Tenebrio molitor) which
infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour
and meal.
Meal
Meal, v. t.
1. To sprinkle with, or as with, meal. Shak.
2. To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
Mealies
Meal"ies (?), n. pl. [From Mealy.] (Bot.) Maize or Indian corn; -- the
common name in South Africa.
Mealiness
Meal"i*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being mealy.
Meal-mouthed
Meal"-mouthed` (?), a. See Mealy-mouthed.
Mealtime
Meal"time` (?), n. The usual time of eating a meal.
Mealy
Meal"y (?), a. [Compar. Mealier (?); superl. Mealiest.]
1. Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and
friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy
potato.
2. Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings
of an insect. Shak.
Mealy bug (Zo\'94l.), a scale insect (Coccus adonidum, and related
species), covered with a white powderlike substance. It is a common
pest in hothouses.
Mealy-mouthed
Meal"y-mouthed` (?), a. Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or
timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain
language. "Mealy-mouthed philanthropies." Tennyson.
She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain.
L'Estrange.
-- Meal"y-mouth`ness (#), n.
Mean