M \M\ ([e^]m).
   1. M, the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a
      vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is
      called the labio-nasal consonant. See Guide to
      Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 178-180, 242.

   Note: The letter M came into English from the Greek, through
         the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being further
         derived from the Ph[oe]nician, and ultimately, it is
         believed, from the Egyptian. Etymologically M is
         related to n, in lime, linden; emmet, ant; also to b. M
         is readily followed by b and p. the position of the
         lips in the formation of both letters being the same.
         The relation of b and m is the same as that of d and t
         to n. and that of g and k to ng.

   2. As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English
      and Latin.

M \M\, n.
   1. (Print.) A quadrat, the face or top of which is a perfect
      square; also, the size of such a square in any given size
      of type, used as the unit of measurement for that type:
      500 m's of pica would be a piece of matter whose length
      and breadth in pica m's multiplied together produce that
      number. [Written also {em}.]

   2. (law) A brand or stigma, having the shape of an M,
      formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter and
      admitted to the benefit of clergy.

   {M roof} (Arch.), a kind of roof formed by the junction of
      two common roofs with a valley between them, so that the
      section resembles the letter M.

Ma \Ma\ (m[aum]), n. [Cf. {Mamma}.]
   1. A child's word for mother.

   2. [Hind.] In Oriental countries, a respectful form of
      address given to a woman; mother. --Balfour (Cyc. of
      India).

Ma \Ma\, conj. [It.] (Mus.)
   But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, ``Vivace, ma non
   troppo presto'' (i. e., lively, but not too quick). --Moore
   (Encyc. of Music).

Maa \Maa\, n. [See {New} a gull.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The common European gull ({Larus canus}); -- called also
   {mar}. See {New}, a gull.

Maad \Maad\, obs. p. p. of {Make}.
   Made. --Chaucer.

Maalin \Maa"lin\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The sparrow hawk.
   (b) The kestrel.

Ma'am \Ma'am\, n.
   Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often
   used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation.

Maara shell \Ma"a*ra shell`\ (Zo["o]l.)
   A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell ({Turbo
   margaritaceus}), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an
   ornament.

Maasha \Ma*ash"a\, n.
   An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a
   rupee.

Maat \Maat\, a. [See {Mate}, a.]
   Dejected; sorrowful; downcast. [Obs.] ``So piteous and so
   maat.'' --Chaucer.

Mad \Mad\, n. [Cf. W. mad a male child, a boy.]
   1. A slattern. [Prov. Eng.]

   2. The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies;
      and hence, sometimes, any fairy. --Shak.

Mabble \Mab"ble\, v. t.
   To wrap up. [Obs.]

Mabby \Mab"by\, n.
   A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes; -- used
   in the Barbadoes.

Mabolo \Ma*bo"lo\, n. (Bot.)
   A kind of persimmon tree ({Diospyros discolor}) from the
   Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West
   Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.

Mac \Mac\ [Gael., son.]
   A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son.

Macaco \Ma*ca"co\, n. [Cf. Pg. macaco.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur
   ({Lemur macaco}), and the ring-tailed lemur ({L. catta}).

Macacus \Ma*ca"cus\, n. [NL., a word of African origin. Cf.
   {Macaco}, {Macaque}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They
   have short tails and prominent eyebrows.



Macadamization \Mac*ad`am*i*za"tion\, n.
   The process or act of macadamizing.

Macadamize \Mac*ad"am*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Macadamized};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Macadamizing}.] [From John Loudon McAdam,
   who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.]
   To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so
   as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

Maoadam road \Mao*ad"am road`\ [See {Macadamize}.]
   A macadamized road.

Macao \Ma*ca"o\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A macaw.



Macaque \Ma`caque"\, n. [F. See {Macacus}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the
   genus {Macacus}

; as, {M. maurus}, the moor macaque of the East Indies.



Macaranga gum \Mac`a*ran"ga gum`\
   A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree ({Macaranga
   Indica}) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking
   impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a
   medicine. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Macarize \Mac"a*rize\, v. t. [Gr. ? to bless.]
   To congratulate. [Oxford Univ. Cant] --Whately.

Macaroni \Mac`a*ro"ni\, n.; pl. {Macaronis}, or {Macaronies}.
   [Prov. It. macaroni, It. maccheroni, fr. Gr. ? happiness,
   later, a funeral feast, fr. ? blessed, happy. Prob. so called
   because eaten at such feasts in honor of the dead; cf. Gr. ?
   blessed, i. e., dead. Cf. {Macaroon}.]
   1. Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour,
      and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.



   Note: A paste similarly prepared is largely used as food in
         Persia, India, and China, but is not commonly made
         tubular like the Italian macaroni. --Balfour (Cyc. of
         India).

   2. A medley; something droll or extravagant.

   3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.] --Addison.

   4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English
      fops of about 1775. --Goldsmith.



   5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland
      soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich
      uniform. --W. Irving.

Macaronian \Mac`a*ro"ni*an\, Macaronic \Mac`a*ron"ic\, a. [Cf.
   It. maccheronico, F. macaronique.]
   1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of
      mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.

   2. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called
      macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.

Macaronic \Mac`a*ron"ic\, n.
   1. A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.

   2. A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular
      words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with
      genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding
      Latin terminations to other roots.

Macaroon \Mac`a*roon"\, n. [F. macaron, It. maccherone. See
   {Macaroni}.]
   1. A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs,
      almonds, and sugar.

   2. A finical fellow, or macaroni. [Obs.]

Macartney \Ma*cart"ney\, n. [From Lord Macartney.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A fire-backed pheasant. See {Fireback}.

Macassar oil \Ma*cas`sar oil"\
   A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so
   called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district
   of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of
   perfumed castor oil and olive oil.

Macauco \Ma*cau"co\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of several species of small lemurs, as {Lemur
   murinus}, which resembles a rat in size.

Macavahu \Ma`ca*va"hu\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A small Brazilian monkey ({Callithrix torquatus}), -- called
   also {collared teetee}.

Macaw \Ma*caw"\, n. [From the native name in the Antilles.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Any parrot of the genus {Sittace}, or {Macrocercus}. About
   eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are
   large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a
   naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the
   colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.





   {Macaw bush} (Bot.), a West Indian name for a prickly kind of
      nightshade ({Solanum mammosum}).

   {Macaw palm}, {Macaw tree} (Bot.), a tropical American palm
      ({Acrocomia fusiformis} and other species) having a
      prickly stem and pinnately divided leaves. Its nut yields
      a yellow butter, with the perfume of violets, which is
      used in making violet soap. Called also {grugru palm}.

Maccabean \Mac`ca*be"an\, a.
   Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as,
   the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times.

Maccabees \Mac"ca*bees\, n. pl.
   1. The name given later times to the Asmon[ae]ans, a family
      of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the
      reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a
      period of freedom for Israel. --Schaff-Herzog.

   2. The name of two ancient historical books, which give
      accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the
      Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical
      books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in
      the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books,
      two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint.



Maccaboy \Mac"ca*boy\, Maccoboy \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[=a]s, fr. Skr. m[=a]sha 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. ?; cf. Skr.
   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: Red mace 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. ? to knead.]
   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['e]ration.]
   The act or process of macerating.

Machaerodus \Ma*ch[ae]"ro*dus\, Machairodus \Ma*chai"ro*dus\, n.
   [NL., fr. Gr. ? dagger + ? tooth.] (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 \Mach"i*a*vel*ism\, Machiavelianism
\Mach`i*a*vel"ian*ism\, n. [Cf. F. machiav['e]lisme; 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[^a]chicolis, m[^a]checoulis; perh. fr.
   F. m[`e]che match, combustible matter + OF. coulis, couleis,
   flowing, fr. OF. & F. couler to flow. Cf. {Match} for making
   fire, and {Cullis}.]
   1. (Mil. Arch.) 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[^a]chicoulis.] (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. ?, from ? means, expedient. Cf.
   {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: The term machine is most 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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   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: 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["o]l.) See under
      {Chub}.

   {Frigate mackerel}. See under {Frigate}.

   {Horse mackerel} . See under {Horse}.

   {Mackerel bird} (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck; -- so called because
      it arrives in England at the time when mackerel are in
      season.

   {Mackerel cock} (Zo["o]l.), the Manx shearwater; -- so called
      because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the
      east coast of Ireland.

   {Mackerel guide}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Garfish}
   (a) .

   {Mackerel gull} (Zo["o]l.) any one of several species of gull
      which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake.

   {Mackerel midge} (Zo["o]l.), 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["o]l.), 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 \Mack"i*naw blan"ket\, Mackinaw \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 lace \Mac"ra*me lace"\
   A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in decorating
   furniture.

Macrencephalic \Mac`ren*ce*phal"ic\, Macrencephalous
\Mac`ren*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Macro + encephalic, encephalous.]
   Having a large brain.



Macro- \Mac"ro-\ [Gr. makro`s, adj.]
   A combining form signifying long, large, great; as
   macrodiagonal, macrospore.



Macrobiotic \Mac`ro*bi*ot"ic\, a. [Gr. ? long-lived; ? long + ?
   life: cf. F. 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.? long + ?
   hand.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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. ? the world: cf. F.
   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.



Macrodactyl \Mac`ro*dac"tyl\, n. [Gr. ? long-fingered; ? long +
   ? finger: cf. F. macrodactyle.] (Zo["o]l.)
   One of a group of wading birds ({Macrodactyli}) having very
   long toes. [Written also {macrodactyle}.]

Macrodactylic \Mac`ro*dac*tyl"ic\, Macrodactylous
\Mac`ro*dac"tyl*ous\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   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. ?, ?, a tooth.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   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. ?; ? long + ?
   discourse: cf. F. 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. ? long.] (Pron.)
   A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to
   denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as,
   [=a], in d[=a]me; [=e], in s[=e]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. ? a leaf.]
   (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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   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. ? long + ?
   feather, wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A division of birds; the Longipennes.

Macropterous \Ma*crop"ter*ous\, a. [See {Macropteres}.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Having long wings.

Macropus \Mac"ro*pus\, n. [NL. See {Macropod}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.

Macropyramid \Mac`ro*pyr"a*mid\, n. [Macro- + pyramid.]
   (Crystallog.)
   See {Macroprism}.

Macroscopic \Mac`ro*scop"ic\, Macroscopical \Mac`ro*scop"ic*al\,
   a. [Macro- + Gr. ? to view.]
   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. ? stretched out. See {Macro-},
   and {Tone}.] (Pron.)
   Same as {Macron}.

Macrotous \Ma*cro"tous\, a. [Macro- + Gr. o"y^s, gen. 'wto`s,
   the ear.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Large-eared.

Macroura \Ma*crou"ra\, n. pl., Macroural \Ma*crou"ral\, a.,
   etc.(Zo["o]l.)
   Same as {Macrura}, {Macrural}, etc.

Macrozoospore \Mac`ro*zo"["o]*spore\, n. [Macro- + zo["o]spore.]
   (Bot.)
   A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in
   certain green alg[ae].

Macrura \Ma*cru"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? long + ? tail.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   Same as {Macrurous}.

Macruran \Ma*cru"ran\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   One of the Macrura.

Macruroid \Ma*cru"roid\, a. [Macrura + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Like or pertaining to the Macrura.

Macrurous \Ma*cru"rous\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   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. ? kneading trough, fr. ? to
   knead.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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[ae]}. [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["o]l.) 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[ae]; 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?d,
   gem[=a]d, mad; akin to OS. gem?d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel.
   mei?a to hurt, Goth. gam['a]ids 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?a; akin to D. & G. made, Goth. mapa, and
   prob. to E. moth.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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[ae]dere; akin to Icel.
   ma?ra.] (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: Madder is sometimes used in forming 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[ae]) 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["o]l.)
   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 \Mad"e*cass\, Madecassee \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 \Mad`e*fac"tion\, Madefication \Mad`e*fi*ca"tion\,
   n. [L. madefacere to make wet; madere to be wet + facere to
   make: cf. F. mad['e]faction.]
   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['e]fier, 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["o]l.) A marine food fish ({Sci[ae]na chrysura}), of
      the Southern United States; -- called also {yellowtail},
      and {silver perch}.

Madge \Madge\, n. [Cf. OF. & Prov. F. machette.] (Zo["o]l.)
      (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?n.]
   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.



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[.a]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["o]l.)
   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.



Madrepora \Mad`re*po"ra\, n. [NL. See {Madre?ore}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   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['e]
   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['e]pore
   is rather from It. madrepora, and this perh. fr. It. madre
   mother (see {Mother}) + Gr. ? a soft stone.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to
   any stony coral.

Madreporian \Mad`re*po"ri*an\, Madreporic \Mad`re*po"ric\, a.
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.

   {Madreporic plate} (Zo["o]l.), 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["o]l.)
   Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure.

Madreporite \Mad"re*po*rite\, n. [Cf. F. madr['e]porite]
   1. (Paleon.) A fossil coral.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. ?
   fold, stable; hence, 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]

Madrona \Ma*dro"[~n]a\, n. [Sp. madro[~n]o.] (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[~n]a apples.
   [Written also {madro[~n]o}.]

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.

Maegbote \M[ae]g"bote`\, Magbote \Mag"bote`\, n. [AS. m[=ae]g
   kinsman + b[=o]t 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.

Maenad \M[ae]"nad\, n. [L. Maenas, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to
   rave.]
   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[ae]gbote}.

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. ? crumb of bread, fr.
   ? to knead.] (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[ae]
      near the south pole, resembling thin white clouds.



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["i]ne}, etc.





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["o]l.) 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. ?; of Per. origin.
   Cf. {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. ? (sc. ?), fr.
   ?. See {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 \Mag"ic\, Magical \Mag"ic*al\, a. [L. magicus, Gr. ?, fr.
   ?: cf. F. 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: Although with certain 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["o]l.), 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.



Magilp \Ma*gilp"\, Magilph \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.

   Usage: {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 \Mag`is*trat"ic\, Magistratical \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. ?, fr. ? to squeeze, knead.]
   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.



   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['e], 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.

--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. ? ? ? a magnet. Cf.
   {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['e]site.] (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. ? ? a magnet, metal that looked like silver,
   prop., Magnesian stone, fr. Gr. ?, a country in Thessaly. Cf.
   {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["e] 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: An artificial magnet, produced 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 \Mag*net"ic\, Magnetical \Mag*net"ic*al\, a. [L.
   magneticus: cf. F. magn['e]tique.]
   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['e]tisme.]
   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['e]tiser.]
   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 \Mag`net*o-e*lec"tric\, Magneto-electrical
\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['e]tom[`e]tre.] (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 \Mag*nif"ic\, Magnifical \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.



   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.



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: {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["o]l.), 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[ae]}) 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["o]l.)
   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. ?, prob. of Eastern origin. See {Pie} magpie, and
   cf. the analogous names {Tomtit}, and {Jackdaw}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of numerous species of the genus {Pica} and related
   genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.

   Note: The 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["o]l.), a common Australian bird ({Grallina
      picata}), conspicuously marked with black and white; --
      called also {little magpie}.

   {Magpie moth} (Zo["o]l.), 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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   A kind of baboon; the wanderoo.

Mahabarata \Ma*ha*ba"ra*ta\, Mahabharatam \Ma*ha*bha"ra*tam\, n.
   [Skr. mah[=a]bh[=a]rata.]
   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[=a]r[=a]ja; mahat great +
   r[=a]ja king.]
   A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to other
   persons of high rank.

Maharif \Ma`ha*rif"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   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: The title has been taken by several persons 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: Several other trees, with wood more 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["o]l.)
   A South African lemur ({Galago maholi}), having very large
   ears. [Written also {moholi}.]

Mahomedan \Ma*hom"ed*an\, Mahometan \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["o]l.)
   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[=a]wat, Skr. mah[=a]m[=a]tra;
   mahat great + m[=a]tr[=a] 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[=a], Marh[=a]tt[=a], the
   name of a famous Hindoo race, from the old Skr. name
   Mah[=a]-r[=a]shtra.]
   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 \Ma*hu"met*an\, Mahumetanism \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["o]l.)
   (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["o]l.)
   Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family {Maiad[ae]}.

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: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition,
         signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.

   4. (Zo["o]l.) 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["o]l.) 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}.



Maiden \Maid"en\, n. [OE. maiden, meiden, AS. m[ae]gden, dim. of
   AS. m[ae]g?, fr. mago son, servant; akin to G. magd,
   m["a]dchen, maid, OHG. magad, Icel. m["o]gr 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 \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[ae]gdenh[=a]d. 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[ae]g?h[=a]d. 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 \Ma*ieu"tic\, Maieutical \Ma*ieu"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?,
   fr. ? midwife.]
   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["o]l.)
   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.



Maihem \Mai"hem\, n.
   See {Maim}, and {Mayhem}.

Maikel \Mai*kel"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.) 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. ? hide, skin.]
   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: In the 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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   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?a to mutilate,
   m[=a]c'ha to crowd, press; or cf. OHG. mang?n 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[ae]gen strength, power, force; akin to
   OHG. magan, Icel. megin, and to E. may, v. ?. See {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[a^]N`g[=o]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: A thief 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: Mainpernors 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: The mainsail of a ship is extended upon 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[=a]nswerian to forswear;
   m[=a]n 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["o]l.)
   Of or pertaining to the genus Maia, or family {Maiade[ae]}.

Maister \Mais"ter\, n.
   Master. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.

Maister \Mais"ter\, a.
   Principal; chief. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Maistre \Mais"tre\, Maistrie \Mais"trie\, Maistry \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, is the language
   of the Island of Hayti.] (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["o]l.), a South American bird of the genus
      {Pseudoleistes}, allied to the troupials.

   {Maize yellow}, a delicate pale yellow.

Majestatic \Maj`es*tat"ic\, Majestatal \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.



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['e], 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: 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: In hypothetical 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['e].
   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}.

Majusculae \Ma*jus"cu*l[ae]\, n. pl. [L., fem. pl. fr.
   majusculus somewhat greater or great, dim. of major, majus.
   See {Major}.] (Pal[ae]ography)
   Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century
   and earlier.

Majuscule \Ma*jus"cule\, n. [Cf. F. majuscule. See
   {Majuscul[ae]}.]
   A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient
   manuscripts. See {Majuscul[ae]}.

   {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?n,
   OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n 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: 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: In the active voice the 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: Formerly, authors 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.''

--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[=e]s`), n.
   A peacemaker. [R.] --Shak.

Maker \Mak"er\ (m[=a]k"[~e]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: ``The Greeks named 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.



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["o]l.)
   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: The formmale- 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. ? a mallow, from its
   resembling the green color of the leaf of mallows: cf. F.
   malachite. Cf. {Mallow}.] (Min.)
   Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in
   green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure.

   Note: 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. ? soft + ? a
   leech.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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. ? soft + ? skin.] (Zo["o]l.)
   One of a tribe of beetles ({Malacodermata}), with a soft and
   flexible body, as the fireflies.

Malacolite \Mal"a*co*lite\, n. [Gr. ? soft + -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. ? soft + -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. ? soft +
   -poda.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also
   {Protracheata}, and {Onychophora}.

   Note: They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from
         seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly
         jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of
         antenn[ae]. The tranche[ae] 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['e]rygien.] (Zo["o]l.)
   One of the Malacopterygii.

Malacopterygii \Mal`a*cop`te*ryg"i*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
   soft + ? wing, fin, fr. ? feather.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   Belonging to the Malacopterygii.

Malacosteon \Mal`a*cos"te*on\, n. [NL., Gr. fr. ? soft + ?
   bone.] (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. ? soft + ? mouth.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes.

Malacostraca \Mal`a*cos"tra*ca\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? soft +
   ? shell of a testacean.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and
   Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca.

Malacostracan \Mal`a*cos"tra*can\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   One of the Malacostraca.

Malacostracology \Mal`a*cos`tra*col"o*gy\, n. [Malacostracan +
   -logy.]
   That branch of zo["o]logical science which relates to the
   crustaceans; -- called also {carcinology}.

Malacostracous \Mal`a*cos"tra*cous\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   Belonging to the Malacostraca.

Malacotoon \Mal`a*co*toon"\, n. (Bot.)
   See {Melocoton}.

Malacozoa \Mal`a*co*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? soft + ? an
   animal.] (Zo["o]l.)
   An extensive group of Invertebrata, including the Mollusca,
   Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa. Called also {Malacozoaria}.

Malacozoic \Mal`a*co*zo"ic\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   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 [`a] propos; mal
   evil + [`a] propos to the purpose.]
   Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.

Malapterurus \Mal*ap`te*ru"rus\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? soft + ?
   wing + ? tail.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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: The morbific 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 \Ma*la"ri*al\, Malarian \Ma*la"ri*an\, Malarious
\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["o]l.)
   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 \Ma"lax\, Malaxate \Ma*lax"ate\, v. t. [L. malaxare,
   malaxatum, cf. Gr. ?, fr. ? soft: cf. F. 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 \Ma*lay"\, Malayan \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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   Any species of marine annelids of the genus {Maldane}, or
   family {Maldanid[ae]}. 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[^a]le, 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.



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['e]diction. 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.

   Usage: {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['e]fique. See
   {Malefaction}.]
   Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.
   [R.] --Chaucer.

Malefice \Mal"e*fice\, n. [L. maleficium: cf. F. mal['e]fice.
   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['e]ique. 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["o]l.)
   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.



Malice \Mal"ice\, n. [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad,
   ill, evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. ? black, Skr.
   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.

   Usage: 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 \Ma*lig"nance\, Malignancy \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['e], 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\ (m[add]l; 277), 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\ (m[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malled} (m[add]ld);
   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\ (m[a^]l), n. [LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG.
   mahal assembly, transaction; akin to AS. m[ae][eth]el,
   me[eth]el, assembly, m[=ae]lan to speak, Goth. ma[thorn]l
   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.



Mallard \Mal"lard\, n. [F. malari,fr. m[^a]le male + -art =-ard.
   See {Male}, a., and {-ard}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) A drake; the male of {Anas boschas}.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) 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['e]abilit['e].]
   The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed to
   {friability} and {brittleness}. --Locke.

Malleable \Mal"le*a*ble\, a. [F. mall['e]able, 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['e]ation.]
   The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf,
   as a metal; extension by beating.



Mallecho \Mal"le*cho\, n.
   Same as {Malicho}.

Mallee bird \Mal*lee" bird`\ (Zo["o]l.) [From native name.]
   The leipoa. See {Leipoa}.

Mallemock \Mal"le*mock\, Mallemoke \Mal"le*moke\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   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["o]l.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of
      Rotifera. See {Mastax}.

   3. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.

Mallophaga \Mal*loph"a*ga\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lock of
   wool + ? to eat.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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. ? fleecy.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the
   capelin ({Mallotus villosus}), is extensively used as bait
   for cod.

Mallow \Mal"low\, Mallows \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: The flowers 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`\ (m[a^]l"l[-o]*w[^u]rt), n. (Bot.)
   Any plant of the order {Malvace[ae]}.

Malm \Malm\, Malmbrick \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["o]l.)
   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}.



Malmag \Mal"mag\, n. [F., from native name in Madagascar.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   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.



Malonyl \Mal"o*nyl\, n. [Malonic + -yl.] (Chem.)
   A hydrocarbon radical, {CH2.(CO)2}, from malonic acid.



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[ae]}), 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["o]l.), a mouse-colored variety of the
      domestic cat.

   {Maltese cross}. See Illust. 5, of {Cross}.

   {Maltese dog} (Zo["o]l.), 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: Malthus 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 \Malt"in\, Maltine \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[ae]}), 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.

Mam \Mam\ (m[a^]m), 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?k 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[ae]}. [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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   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: Mammalia are divided into three 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[ae].

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[ae] 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["o]l.)
   A mammal. See {Mammalia}.

Mammiferous \Mam*mif"er*ous\, a. [Mamma breast + -ferous: cf. F.
   mammif[`e]re.]
   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[ae].

Mammilla \Mam*mil"la\, n.; pl. {Mammil[ae]}. [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 \Mam"mil*late\, Mammillated \Mam"mil*la`ted\, a. [See
   {Mammilla}.]
   1. Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples
      or mamm[ae].

   2. (Zo["o]l.) Bounded like a nipple; -- said of the apex of
      some shells.

Mammilliform \Mam*mil"li*form\, a. [Mammilla + -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[=u]d[=i]
   a muslin.]
   Coarse plain India muslins.

Mammology \Mam*mol"o*gy\, n. [Mamma + -logy.]
   Mastology. See {Mammalogy}.

Mammon \Mam"mon\, n. [L. mammona, Gr. ? riches, Syr. mam?n[=a];
   cf. Heb. matm?n a hiding place, subterranean storehouse,
   treasury, fr. t[=a]man 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.



Mammoth \Mam"moth\, n. [Russ. m[^a]mont, m['a]mant, 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["o]l.)
   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: 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. ?; ? grandmother + ? to
   nourish.]
   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['a]mz?r.]
   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[eth]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.



   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: Man 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["o]l.), 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[oe]a
      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: In ``Othello,'' 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[`e]ge, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare
   to manage, fr. L. manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by
   F. m['e]nage 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["e]thon

         Wanting the manage of unruly jades. --Shak.

         The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl.  --Shak.

   Note: This word, in its 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['e].

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["o]l.)
   Any one of numerous small birds belonging to {Pipra},
   {Manacus}, and other genera of the family {Piprid[ae]}. 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['i], from the native name in
   Hayti. Cf. {Lamantin}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any species of {Trichechus}, a genus of sirenians; -- called
   also{sea cow}. [Written also {manaty}, {manati}.]

   Note: One species ({Trichechus Senegalensis}) 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[=o]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. ? divination: cf. F. -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[=i]
   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})

.

   {Mandarin duck} (Zo["o]l.), 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.



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["o]l.) 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 \Man*dib"u*late\, Mandibulated \Man*dib"u*la`ted\,
   a. (Zo["o]l.)
   Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

Mandibulate \Man*dib"u*late\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   An insect having mandibles.

Mandibuliform \Man`di*bu"li*form\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the
   maxill[ae] 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. ?, fr. L. 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 \Man"di*oc\, Mandioca \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 \Man"do*lin\, Mandoline \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. ?: cf. F. 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: The 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["o]l.)
   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["a]hne, OHG. mana, Icel. m["o]n, Dan. & Sw. man, AS. mene
   necklace, Icel. men, L. monile, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. many[=a] 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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.), the sea lion.

   {Maned sheep} (Zo["o]l.), the aoudad.

Manege \Ma*nege"\ (?; 277), n. [F. man[`e]ge. 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[=a]neh.]
   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["o]l.), 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 \Ma*neu"ver\, Manoeuvre \Ma*n[oe]u"vre\, n. [F.
   man[oe]uvre, 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 \Ma*neu"ver\, Manoeuvre \Ma*n[oe]u"vre\, v. i. [imp. &
   p. p. {Maneuvered}or {Man[oe]uvred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Maneuvering}, or {Man[oe]uvring}.] [Cf. F. man[oe]uvrer. 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 \Ma*neu"ver\, Manoeuvre \Ma*n[oe]u"vre\, v. t.
   To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.

Maneuverer \Ma*neu"ver*er\, Manoeuvrer \Ma*n[oe]u"vrer\, n.
   One who maneuvers.

         This charming widow Beaumont is a nan[oe]uvrer. 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["o]l.)
   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: The manganates are 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[`e]se, It. manganese,
   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: An alloy of manganese with iron (called 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['e]sien.]
   (Chem.)
   Manganic. [R.]

Manganesic \Man`ga*ne"sic\, a. [Cf. F. mangan['e]sique.] (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["o]l.), 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}.]



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. ? a machine for defending
   fortifications, axis of a pulley. Cf. {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.



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[=a]nk[=a]y.]
   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["o]l.), an oriole ({Oriolus kundoo}), native
      of India.

   {Mango fish} (Zo["o]l.), 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. ? See {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. [Obs.]

   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 \Man"go*steen\, Mangostan \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["e]rial 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: The fruit has a ruddy 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["o]l.) The mango fish.

Mangue \Mangue\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The kusimanse.

Mangy \Man"gy\, a. [Compar. {Mangier}; superl. {Mangiest}.] [F.
   mang['e], 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. ?, fr. ? to rage; cf. OE.
   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.

Manichaean \Man`i*ch[ae]"an\, Manichean \Man`i*che"an\, Manichee
\Man"i*chee\, n. [LL. Manichaeus: cf. F. manich['e]en.]
   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[ae]ans stand as representatives of dualism
         pushed to its utmost development.        --Tylor.

Manichaean \Man`i*ch[ae]"an\, Manichean \Man`i*che"an\, a.
   Of or pertaining to the Manich[ae]ans.

Manichaeism \Man"i*ch[ae]*ism\, Manicheism \Man"i*che*ism\, n.
   [Cf. F. manich['e]isme.]
   The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by
   the Manich[ae]ans.

Manicheist \Man"i*che*ist\, n. [Cf. F. manich['e]iste.]
   Manich[ae]an.

Manichord \Man"i*chord\, Manichordon \Man`i*chor"don\, [L.
   monochordon, Gr. ?; -- so called because it orig. had only
   one string. See {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.





      [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["o]l.)
   Any species of the genus Manis, or family {Manid[ae]}.

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.

   Usage: {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
                er?while appeared unsought.       --Milton.

                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.

--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 \Man"i*hoc\, Manihot \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 \Ma*nil"a\, Manilla \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.



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["o]l.)
   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 \Man"i*to\, Manitou \Man"i*tou\, Manitu \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["o]l.)
   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. ?, Heb. m[=a]n; 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: {Persian manna} 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[,c]on 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["o]l), 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[`e]re, 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: 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['e]risme.]
   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['e]riste.]
   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}.



   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.

Manoeuvre \Ma*n[oe]u"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["o]l.), The frigate bird; also applied
      to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross.

   {Man-of-war hawk} (Zo["o]l.), the frigate bird.

   {Man-of-war's man}, a sailor serving in a ship of war.

   {Portuguese man-of-war} (Zo["o]l.), any species of the genus
      {Physalia}. See {Physalia}.

Manometer \Ma*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? thin, rare + -meter: cf. F.
   manom[`e]tre.]
   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 \Man`o*met"ric\, Manometrical \Man`o*met"ric*al\, a.
   [Cf. F. manom['e]trique.]
   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: In these days, a manor rather signifies the
         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. ? thin, rare + -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 \Man"red\, Manrent \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[,c]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. ?. Cf. {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?am.

   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?
      or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act,
      but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement
      of anger.

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?slave them.

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['e]tude.]
   Tameness; gentleness; mildness. [Archaic]

Manswear \Man"swear`\, v. i.
   To swear falsely. Same as {Mainswear}.

Manta \Man"ta\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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['e]e. 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}.



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. ? prophetic.]
   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. ? a prophet.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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["o]l.) See {Sguilla}.

Mantispid \Man*tis"pid\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   Any neuropterous insect of the genus {Mantispa}, and allied
   genera. The larv[ae] 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["o]l.)
      (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. ? prophet + -logy.]
   The act or art of divination. [R.]

Mantra \Man"tra\, n. [Skr.]
   A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.
   [India]

   Note: Among the Hindoos 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\ (m[a^]n"[-u]*al), a. [OE. manuel, F. manuel,
   L. manualis, fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand,
   protection, OHG. munt, G. m["u]ndel a ward, vormund guardian,
   Icel. mund hand. Cf. {Emancipate}, {Legerdemain}, {Maintain},
   {Manage}, {Manner}, {Manure}, {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 with the hands; an artificer.

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["o]l.) 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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   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?uvker.
   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: 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["o]l.), a breed of domestic cats having a
      rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae.
      

   {Manx shearwater} (Zo["o]l.), 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 has 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[ae]nig, monig; akin to D.
         menig, OS. & OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan. mange, Sw.
         m[*a]nge, 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: Many is freely prefixed to participles, forming
         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.

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[=i], menig[=i], 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: In this sense, many 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.



Manyways \Ma"ny*ways`\, Manywise \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: There are 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["o]purr; 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: Maple 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["a]rd); 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[=a]ra.] (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["o]l.)
   The Patagonian cavy ({Dolichotis Patagonicus}).

Marabou \Mar`a*bou"\, n. [F.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) 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[=a]bit.
   Cf. {Maravedi}.]
   A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures
   supernaturally.

Maracan \Mar"a*can\, n. [Braz. maracan['a].] (Zo["o]l.)
   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[=a]ran ath[=a].]
   ``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.



Marasmus \Ma*ras"mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, to quench, as
   fire; pass., to die away.] (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['i]; -- so called from
   the Mor[=a]bit[=i]n (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. ?, fr. ? to sparkle, flash. Cf. {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:

   {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: 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["o]l.) 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["o]l.) 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["o]rk, perh.
   akin to E. mark a sign. [root]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[=i]tha.]
   (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 \Mar`ca*sit"ic\, Marcasitical \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? falling off; fading; decaying.

Marcescible \Mar*ces"ci*ble\, a. [Cf. F. marcescible.]
   Li?ble to wither or decay.

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. [root]106. Cf. {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 \Mar"chet\, Merchet \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.

Marchioness \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.]

--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.

Marcidity \Mar*cid"i*ty\, n. [LL. marciditas.]
   The state or quality of being withered or lean. [R.]



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\ (m[^a]r), n. [OE. mere, AS. mere, myre, fem of AS.
   mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. m["a]hre, 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[*u]ra.] (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["a]ne,
   mor["a]ne; -- so called from Lake Morin, in the March of
   Brandenburg, in Prussia.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A European whitefish of the genus {Coregonus}.

Mareschal \Mare"schal\, n. [OF. mareschal, F. mar['e]chal. 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. ? a pearl; cf. F.
   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[`e]re.]
   Producing pearls.

Margarodite \Mar*gar"o*dite\, n. [Gr. ? pearl-like.] (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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.) Bordered with a distinct line of color.

Marginella \Mar`gi*nel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. margo, marginis,
   a margin.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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 \Mar"gra*vate\, Margraviate \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["e]fts 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["a]fin: 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.



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: There 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["o]l)
   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["o]l.)
   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.



   {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.



   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['e].] (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. ? view.]
   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. ? Mary + ? worship.]
   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["o]l.) 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["o]l.)
   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 \Ma*rit"i*mal\, Maritimale \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.



Mark \Mark\, n. [OE. marke, merke, AS. mearc; akin to D. merk,
   MHG. marc, G. marke, Icel. mark, Dan. m[ae]rke; 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.



   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["e]minence; 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[=a]t,
   merk[=a]t, 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['e]. 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: Market is often used adjectively, 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, dacaye? provisions are not
      marketable.

   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[=a]r-kh?r snake eater.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   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.



   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[ae] 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["o]l.)
   The American great marbled godwit ({Limosa fedoa}). Applied
   also to the red-breasted godwit ({Limosa h[ae]matica}).

   {Hook-billed marlin}, a curlew.



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["o]l.)
   (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['e]lo a quince, fr. L. melimelum honey apple, Gr. ? a
   sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; ? honey + ? apple.
   Cf. {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.



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. ? to sparcle + -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 \Mar"mo*rate\, Marmorated \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 \Mar*mo"re*al\, Marmorean \Mar*mo"re*an\, a. [L.
   marmoreus, fr. marmor marble: cf. F. marmor['e]en. 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["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys
   of the genera {Hapale} and {Midas}, family {Hapalid[ae]}.
   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["o]l.) 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.



   2. Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers
      of the genus {Spermophilus}; also, the prairie dog.

   {Marmot squirrel} (Zo["o]l.), 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.



Maroon \Ma*roon"\, a. [F. marron chestnut-colored, fr. marron a
   large French chestnut, It. marrone; cf. LGr. ?. Cf.
   {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 ?nterference, mars or frustrates a
   design or plot.

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.

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.

   Usage: {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["o]l.)
   (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[ae]cenas 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: 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.

   {Marrying 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
      [male] 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 \Mar`sei`llais"\, a. m. Marseillaise
\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 \Mar`sei`llais"\, n. m. Marseillaise
\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["o]l.), a European hawk or harrier
      ({Circus [ae]ruginosus}); -- called also {marsh hawk},
      {moor hawk}, {moor buzzard}, {puttock}.

   {Marsh hawk}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (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["o]l.), 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[ae]a} ( {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["o]l.), 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["o]l.), 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['e]chal, LL. mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc (G.
   marschall); marah horse + scalc servant (akin to AS. scealc,
   Goth. skalks). F. mar['e]chal 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 \Marsh"bank`er\, Marsebanker \Marse"bank`er\, n.
   (Zo["o]l.)
   The menhaden.



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["o]l.)
   One of the Marsipobranchia.

Marsipobranchia \Mar"si*po*bran"chi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a
   pouch + ? a gill.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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["o]l.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young;
      of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.

   2. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as,
      the marsupial bones.

   {Marsupial frog}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Nototrema}.

Marsupial \Mar*su"pi*al\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   One of the Marsupialia.

Marsupialia \Mar*su`pi*a"li*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. marsupium a
   pouch, bag, purse, Gr. ?, dim. of ?, ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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 \Mar*su`pi*a"li*an\, Marsupian \Mar*su"pi*an\, n.
   (Zo["o]l.)
   One of the Marsupialia.

Marsupiate \Mar*su"pi*ate\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
   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["o]l.)
   (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: The English borrowed the name of the tower from Corsica
         in 1794.

Marten \Mar"ten\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   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["o]r?r. Cf.
   {Foumart}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) 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["o]logists consider only a
      variety of the Russian sable.

   2. The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.

Martern \Mar"tern\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   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}.

   Usage: 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.



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["o]l.)
   One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
   less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
   [Written also {marten}.]

   Note: The American purple martin, 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["o]l.)
   The martin.

Martineta \Mar`ti*ne"ta\, n. [Cf. Sp. martinete.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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 \Mar"tin*gale\, Martingal \Mar"tin*gal\, n. [F.
   martingale; cf. It. martingala a sort of hose, martingale,
   Sp. martingala a greave, cuish, martingale, Sp. alm['a]rtaga
   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["o]l.) 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[.r] 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 \Mar`tyr*o*log"ic\, Martyrological
\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 supernatural
      power; incredible.

            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.

   Usage: {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.



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["o]l.)
   A large British fluke, or flounder ({Rhombus megastoma}); --
   called also {carter}, and {whiff}.



Mascagnin \Mas*ca"gnin\, Mascagnite \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\ (m[a^]s"k'l), 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\ (-k'ld), 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 \Mas"cot\, Mascotte \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.



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}.



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['a]scara, 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["o]l.) 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["o]l.) 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["o]l.), a European crab ({Corystes
      cassivelaunus}) with markings on the carapace somewhat
      resembling a human face.

   {Masked pig} (Zo["o]l.), 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?; masquerade. [Obs.]
   --Marston.

Maskinonge \Mas"ki*nonge\, n.
   The muskellunge.

Mask shell \Mask" shell`\ (Zo["o]l.)
   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?on, 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["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      solitary bees of the genus {Osmia}. They construct curious
      nests of hardened mud and sand.

   {Mason moth} (Zo["o]l.), any moth whose larva constructs an
      earthen cocoon under the soil.

   {Mason shell} (Zo["o]l.), 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["o]l.), 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[ae]

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[,c]onnerie.]
   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[=a]s?r[=a]h 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 \Mas`o*ret"ic\, Masoretical \Mas`o*ret"ic*al\, a. [Cf.
   F. massor['e]tique.]
   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[ae]sse. 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. ? a
   barley cake, fr. ? to knead. Cf. {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: Mass and 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['a]itan.]
   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.



   2. Murder. [Obs.] --Shak.

   Syn: {Massacre}, {Butchery}, {Carnage}.

   Usage: 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["o]l.)
   The black rattlesnake ({Crotalus, or Caudisona, tergemina}),
   found in the Mississippi Valley.

Mass'e \Mass['e]\, or Mass'e shot \Mass['e] 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. ? a chewer, ? a muscle
   of the lower jaw used in chewing, from ? to chew: cf. F.
   mass['e]ter.] (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 \Mas`seur"\, n. m., Masseuse \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.



   Note: Massicot 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.



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[ae]st, 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[ae]st, 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.

                                                  --Milton.

   Note: The most 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. ? mouth, jaws.] (Zo["o]l.)
   (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[^i]tre, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative
   from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {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[i^]ster, 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: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly,
         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['e].

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'[oe]uvre; 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["a]nger.]
   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["e]minence.

            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. ?, fr.
   ? to chew, because of its being used in the East for
   chewing.] [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? chewing food.

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[^a]tin mastiff, OF. mastin.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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["o]l.), any bat of the genus {Molossus}; so
      called because the face somewhat resembles that of a
      mastiff.

Mastigopod \Mas"ti*go*pod\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   One of the Mastigopoda.

Mastigopoda \Mas`ti*gop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a whip
   + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The Infusoria.

Mastigure \Mas"ti*gure\, n. [Gr. ?., ?, a scourge + ? tail.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   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. ? breast + -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.



Mastlin \Mast"lin\, n.
   See {Maslin}.

Mastodon \Mas"to*don\, n. [Gr. ? the breast + ?, ?, a tooth. So
   called from the conical projections upon its molar teeth.]
   (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. ? a lizard.] (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 \Mas`to*dyn"i*a\, Mastodyny \Mas*tod"y*ny\, n. [NL.
   mastodynia, fr. Gr. ? the breast + ? pain.] (Med.)
   Pain occuring in the mamma or female breast, -- a form of
   neuralgia.

Mastoid \Mas"toid\, a. [Gr. ?; ? the breast + ? form: cf. F.
   masto["i]de.] (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. ? the breast + -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["o]l.)
   The three-banded armadillo ({Tolypeutis tricinctus}). See
   Illust. under {Loricata}.

Matadore \Mat"a*dore\, Matador \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["o]l.)
   A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also {mattages}. [Prov.
   Eng.]

Matamata \Ma`ta*ma"ta\, n. [Pg.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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[`e]che, F. m[`e]che, fr. L.
   myxa a lamp nozzle, Gr. ? mucus, nostril, a lamp nozzle. Cf.
   {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[ae]cca; 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. ['e]chec 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\ (m[a^]t"[-e]*l[=o]t), n. [F., fr. matelot
   a sailor; properly, a dish such as sailors prepare.]
   A dish of food composed of many kinds of fish.

Mateology \Ma`te*ol"o*gy\ (m[=a]`t[-e]*[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n.
   [Gr. mataiologi`a; ma`taios useless, vain + lo`gos discourse:
   cf. F. mat['e]ologie.]
   A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry. [R.]

Mateotechny \Ma`te*o*tech"ny\ (m[=a]`t[-e]*[-o]*t[e^]k"n[y^]),
   n. [Gr. mataiotechni`a; ma`taios vain + te`chnh art,
   science.]
   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['e]riel. See {Matter}, and cf.
   {Mat['E]riel}.]
   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['e]rialisme.]
   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.



Materialist \Ma*te"ri*al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. mat['e]rialiste.]
   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 \Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic\, Materialistical
\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['e]rialit['e].]
   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['e]rialiser.]
   1. To invest with material characteristics; to make
      perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind
      through the medium of material objects.

            Having with 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["e]xistent 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 \Ma*te"ri*ate\, Materiated \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'eriel \Ma`t['e]`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['e], 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. m[=ae][eth]; akin to m[=a]wan 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['e]matique, L.
   mathematicus, Gr. ? disposed to learn, belonging to learning
   or the sciences, especially to mathematics, fr. ? that which
   is learned, learning, pl. ? things learned, learning,
   science, especially mathematical science, fr. ?, ?, to learn;
   akin to E. 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['e]maticien.]
   One versed in mathematics.

Mathematics \Math`e*mat"ics\, n. [F. math['e]matiques, pl., L.
   mathematica, sing., Gr. ? (sc. ?) science. See {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: Mathematics embraces three departments, 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. ?, from ?, ?, to learn.]
   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["o]l.)
   A fat herring with undeveloped roe. [Written also {matty}.]
   [Eng. & Scot.]

Matin \M[^a]`tin"\, n. [F. m[^a]tin.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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'ee \Mat`i*n['e]e"\, n. [F., from matin. See {Matin}.]
   A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in
   the daytime. See {Soir['E]e}.

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["o]l.)
   A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also {matagasse}. [Prov.
   Eng.]

Mattamore \Mat"ta*more`\, n. [F. matamore, from Ar. matm?ra.]
   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[`e]re, 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: Matter is usually divided by philosophical writers into
         three kinds or classes: solid, liquid, and a["e]riform.
         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["e]riform 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.



   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["o]l.)
   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[.t]rah a place where anything is thrown, what is
   thrown under something, fr. [.t]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?cally, to suppurate.

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.

   Usage: {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['e].]
   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[=o]th, pl. of matsts[=a]h
   unleavened.]
   A cake of unleavened bread eaten by the Jews at the feast of
   the Passover.



Maucaco \Mau*ca"co\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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 \Maud"lin\, Maudeline \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 \Mau"ger\, Maugre \Mau"gre\, prep. [OF. maugr['e],
   malgr['e], F. malgr['e]. 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["o]l.) 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 \Maund\, Maunder \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? Mining)
   A pick with two prongs, to pry with.

Maundy Thursday \Maun"dy Thurs"day\ [OE. maunde a command, OF.
   mand['e], 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. ?, fr. ? Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom
   Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument.]
   A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.

Mauther \Mau"ther\, n. [Cf. AS. m[ae]g? 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["i]ne, and is a dark
      brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a
      beatiful purple color. Called also {aniline purple},
      {violine}, etc.

Mauveine \Mauve"["i]ne\, 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 neglected to brand his cattle.

Mavis \Ma"vis\ (m[=a]"v[i^]s), n. [F. mauvis, Arm. milvid,
   milfid, milc'hhouid, Corn. melhuez.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The European throstle or song thrush ({Turdus musicus}).

Maw \Maw\ (m[add]), n. [See {Mew} a gull.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A gull.

Maw \Maw\, n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG.
   mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. [root]103.]
   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["o]l.) See under {Fish}.

Maw \Maw\, n.
   An old game at cards. --Sir A. Weldon.

Mawk \Mawk\, n. [OE. mauk, ma?ek, Icel. ma?kr; 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["o]l.)
   (a) Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common
       round worm ({Ascaris lumbricoides}), and allied species.
   (b) One of the larv[ae] of botflies of horses; a bot.

Maxilla \Max*il"la\, n.; pl. {Maxill[ae]}. [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["o]l.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.

   Note: There 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}.



Maxillar \Max"il*lar\, Maxillary \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["o]l.) 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["o]l.)
   One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next
   behind the maxill[ae]. 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[ae]g I am able, pret.
   meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G. m["o]gen, OHG. mugan,
   magan, Icel. mega, Goth. magan, Russ. moche. ?. Cf. {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}, & {It may be}, are used as equivalent to possibly,
      perhaps, by chance, peradventure. See 1st {Maybe}.

May \May\, n. [Cf. Icel. m[ae]r, 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. ?), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury
   by Jupiter.]
   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[ae]a} ({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["o]l.), 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["o]l.), 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\ (m[aum]"y[aum]), 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["o]l.)
   (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['e]doc, a province in
   France, where it is supposed to have originated.]
   A large dark-red cherry of excellent quality.

Mayfish \May"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   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 \Ma*za"ma\, Mazame \Ma*za"me\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   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["o]surr
   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. ? the breast + -logy.]
   Same as {Mastology}.

Mazourka \Ma*zour"ka\, Mazurka \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\ (m[=e]), pers. pron. [AS. m[=e], dat. & acc., mec, acc.
   only; akin to D. mij, G. mich, Icel. & Goth. mik, L. me, Gr.
   me`, 'eme`, Skr. m[=a], m[=a]m. [root]187. Cf. 2d {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: In methinks, 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["o]?r, Dan. mi["o]d, Sw.
   mj["o]d, Russ. med', Lith. midus, W. medd, Gr. ? wine, Skr.
   madhu honey, a sweet drink, as adj., sweet. ?. Cf.
   {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[=ae]d. 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[=ae]d, 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: For many 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["o]l.)
   (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}.
   (b) The American coot ({Fulica}).
   (c) The clapper rail.

   {Meadow lark} (Zo["o]l.), 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["o]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola},
      as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called
      also {field mouse}, and {field vole}.

   {Meadow mussel} (Zo["o]l.), 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["o]l.), 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["o]l.), the common or jack snipe.



Meadowsweet \Mead"ow*sweet`\, Meadowwort \Mead"ow*wort`\, n.
   (Bot.)
   The name of several plants of the genus {Spir[ae]a},
   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 \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
   macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. ?
   long. Cf. {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 \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, v. t.
   To make lean. [Obs.]

Meagerly \Mea"ger*ly\, Meagrely \Mea"gre*ly\, adv.
   Poorly; thinly.

Meagerness \Mea"ger*ness\, Meagreness \Mea"gre*ness\, n.
   The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness;
   barrenness.

Meagre \Mea"gre\, n. [F. maigre.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A large European sci[ae]noid fish ({Sci[ae]na umbra} or {S.
   aquila}), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a
   food fish. [Written also {maigre}.]

Meak \Meak\, n. [Cf. AS. m[=e]ce sword, OS. m[=a]ki, Icel.
   m[ae]kir.]
   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\ (m[=e]l), n. [OE. mele, AS. m[=ae]l 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[=a]l measure,
   time, meal, Goth. m[=e]l 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 act
   or time of eating a meal; as, 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["o]l, SW. mj["o]l, Dan. meel, also
   to D. malen to grind, G. mahlen, OHG., OS., & Goth. malan,
   Icel. mala, W. malu, L. molere, Gr. my`lh mill, and E. mill.
   [root]108. Cf. {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["o]l.), the adult of the meal worm. See
      {Meal worm}, below.

   {Meal moth} (Zo["o]l.), a lepidopterous insect ({Asopia
      farinalis}), the larv[ae] of which feed upon meal, flour,
      etc.

   {Meal worm} (Zo["o]l.), 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["o]l.), 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 \Mean\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meant}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Meaning}.] [OE. menen, AS. m[=ae]nan to recite, tell,
   intend, wish; akin to OS. m[=e]nian to have in mind, mean, D.
   meenen, G. meinen, OHG. meinan, Icel. meina, Sw. mena, Dan.
   mene, and to E. mind. ?. See {Mind}, and cf. {Moan}.]
   1. To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to
      intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do
      ?

            What mean ye by this service ?        --Ex. xii. 26.

            Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto
            good.                                 --Gen. 1. 20.

            I am not a Spaniard To say that it is yours and not
            to mean it.                           --Longfellow.

   2. To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.

            What mean these seven ewe lambs ?     --Gen. xxi.
                                                  29.

            Go ye, and learn what that me?neth.   --Matt. ix.
                                                  13.

Mean \Mean\, v. i.
   To have a purpose or intention. [Rare, except in the phrase
   to mean well, or ill.] --Shak.

Mean \Mean\, a. [Compar. {Meaner}; superl. {Meanest}.] [OE.
   mene, AS. m?ne wicked; akin to m[=a]n, a., wicked, n.,
   wickedness, OS. m?n wickedness, OHG. mein, G. meineid
   perjury, Icel. mein harm, hurt, and perh. to AS. gem?ne
   common, general, D. gemeen, G. gemein, Goth. gam['a]ins, and
   L. communis. The AS. gem?ne prob. influenced the meaning.]
   1. Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar;
      humble. ``Of mean parentage.'' --Sir P. Sidney.

            The mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth
            himself.                              --Is. ii. 9.

   2. Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of
      honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.

            Can you imagine I so mean could prove, To save my
            life by changing of my love ?         --Dryden.

   3. Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard;
      contemptible; despicable.

            The Roman legions and great C[ae]sar found Our
            fathers no mean foes.                 --J. Philips.

   4. Of poor quality; as, mean fare.

   5. Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean
      hospitality.

   Note: Mean is sometimes used in the formation of compounds,
         the sense of which is obvious without explanation; as,
         meanborn, mean-looking, etc.

   Syn: Base; ignoble; abject; beggarly; wretched; degraded;
        degenerate; vulgar; vile; servile; menial; spiritless;
        groveling; slavish; dishonorable; disgraceful; shameful;
        despicable; contemptible; paltry; sordid. See {Base}.

Mean \Mean\, a. [OE. mene, OF. meiien, F. moyen, fr. L. medianus
   that is in the middle, fr. medius; akin to E. mid. See
   {Mid}.]
   1. Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway
      between extremes.

            Being of middle age and a mean stature. --Sir. P.
                                                  Sidney.

   2. Intermediate in excellence of any kind.

            According to the fittest style of lofty, mean, or
            lowly.                                --Milton.

   3. (Math.) Average; having an intermediate value between two
      extremes, or between the several successive values of a
      variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean
      distance; mean motion; mean solar day.

   {Mean distance} (of a planet from the sun) (Astron.), the
      average of the distances throughout one revolution of the
      planet, equivalent to the semi-major axis of the orbit.

   {Mean error} (Math. Phys.), the average error of a number of
      observations found by taking the mean value of the
      positive and negative errors without regard to sign.

   {Mean-square error}, or {Error of the mean square} (Math.
      Phys.), the error the square of which is the mean of the
      squares of all the errors; -- called also, especially by
      European writers, {mean error}.

   {Mean line}. (Crystallog.) Same as {Bisectrix}.

   {Mean noon}, noon as determined by mean time.

   {Mean proportional} (between two numbers) (Math.), the square
      root of their product.

   {Mean sun}, a fictitious sun supposed to move uniformly in
      the equator so as to be on the meridian each day at mean
      noon.

   {Mean time}, time as measured by an equable motion, as of a
      perfect clock, or as reckoned on the supposition that all
      the days of the year are of a mean or uniform length, in
      contradistinction from apparent time, or that actually
      indicated by the sun, and from sidereal time, or that
      measured by the stars.

Mean \Mean\, n.
   1. That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes
      of place, time, or number; the middle point or place;
      middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of
      extremes or excess; moderation; measure.

            But to speak in a mean, the virtue of prosperity is
            temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
                                                  --Bacon.

            There is a mean in all things.        --Dryden.

            The extremes we have mentioned, between which the
            wellinstracted Christian holds the mean, are
            correlatives.                         --I. Taylor.

   2. (Math.) A quantity having an intermediate value between
      several others, from which it is derived, and of which it
      expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise
      specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the
      quantities together and dividing by their number, which is
      called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the
      square root of the product of the quantities.

   3. That through which, or by the help of which, an end is
      attained; something tending to an object desired;
      intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or
      coagent; instrument.

            Their virtuous conversation was a mean to work the
            conversion of the heathen to Christ.  --Hooker.

            You may be able, by this mean, to review your own
            scientific acquirements.              --Coleridge.

            Philosophical doubt is not an end, but a mean. --Sir
                                                  W. Hamilton.

   Note: In this sense the word is usually employed in the
         plural form means, and often with a singular attribute
         or predicate, as if a singular noun.

               By this means he had them more at vantage.
                                                  --Bacon.

               What other means is left unto us.  --Shak.

   4. pl. Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like,
      considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an
      instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose;
      disposable force or substance.

            Your means are very slender, and your waste is
            great.                                --Shak.

   5. (Mus.) A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between
      the soprano and base; a middle part. [Obs.]

            The mean is drowned with your unruly base. --Shak.

   6. Meantime; meanwhile. [Obs.] --Spenser.

   7. A mediator; a go-between. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

            He wooeth her by means and by brokage. --Chaucer.

   {By all means}, certainly; without fail; as, go, by all
      means.

   {By any means}, in any way; possibly; at all.

            If by any means I might attain to the resurrection
            of the dead.                          --Phil. iii.
                                                  ll.
      

   {By no means}, or {By no manner of means}, not at all;
      certainly not; not in any degree.

            The wine on this side of the lake is by no means so
            good as that on the other.            --Addison.

Meander \Me*an"der\, n. [L. Maeander, orig., a river in Phrygia,
   proverbial for its many windings, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]andre.]
   1. A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders
      of the veins and arteries. --Sir M. Hale.

            While lingering rivers in meanders glide. --Sir R.
                                                  Blackmore.

   2. A tortuous or intricate movement.

   3. (Arch.) Fretwork. See {Fret}.

Meander \Me*an"der\, v. t.
   To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.     --Dryton.

Meander \Me*an"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Meandered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Meandering}.]
   To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.

         Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood
         and dale the sacred river ran.           --Coleridge.

Meandrian \Me*an"dri*an\, a. [L. Maeandrius: cf. F.
   m['e]andrien.]
   Winding; having many turns.

Meandrina \Me`an*dri"na\, n. [NL.: cf. F. m['e]andrine.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges,
   including the brain corals.

Meandrous \Me*an"drous\, Meandry \Me*an"dry\, a.
   Winding; flexuous.

Meaning \Mean"ing\, n.
   1. That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim;
      object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent.

            If there be any good meaning towards you. --Shak.

   2. That which is signified, whether by act lanquage;
      signification; sence; import; as, the meaning of a hint.

   3. Sense; power of thinking. [R.] -- {Mean"ing*less}, a. --
      {Mean"ing*ly}, adv.

Meanly \Mean"ly\, adv. [{Mean} middle.]
   Moderately. [Obs.]

         A man meanly learned himself, but not meanly
         affectioned to set forward learning in others.
                                                  --Ascham.

Meanly \Mean"ly\, adv. [From {Mean} low.]
   In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.

         While the heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the
         rude manger lies.                        --Milton.

         Would you meanly thus rely On power you know I must
         obey ?                                   --Prior.

         We can not bear to have others think meanly of them
         [our kindred].                           --I. Watts.

Meanness \Mean"ness\, n.
   1. The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of
      excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness;
      stinginess.

            This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of
            the workmanship.                      --Addison.

   2. A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness. --Goldsmith.

Mean-spirited \Mean"-spir`it*ed\, a.
   Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. --
   {Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness}, n.

Meant \Meant\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Mean}.

Meantime \Mean"time`\, Meanwhile \Mean"while`\, n.
   The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time).

Meantime \Mean"time`\, Meanwhile \Mean"while`\, adv.
   In the intervening time; during the interval.

Mear \Mear\, n.
   A boundary. See {Mere}. [Obs.]

Mease \Mease\, n. [Cf. G. mass measure.]
   Five hundred; as, a mease of herrings. [Prov. Eng.]

Measelry \Mea"sel*ry\, n. [OE. meselrie, OF. mesellerie. See lst
   {Measle}.]
   Leprosy. [Obs.] --R. of Brunne.

Measle \Mea"sle\, n. [OE. mesel, OF. mesel, LL. misellus, L.
   misellus unfortunate, dim. of miser. See {Miser}.]
   A leper. [Obs.] [Written also {meazel}, and {mesel}.]
   --Wyclif (Matt. x. 8. ).

Measle \Mea"sle\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A tapeworm larva. See 2d {Measles}, 4.

Measled \Mea"sled\, a. [See 2d {Measles}.]
   Infected or spotted with measles, as pork. --
   {Mea"sled*ness}, n.

Measles \Mea"sles\, n. [From lst {Measle}.]
   Leprosy; also, a leper. [Obs.]

Measles \Mea"sles\, n.; pl. in form, but used as singular in
   senses 1, 2, & 3. [D. mazelen; akin to G. masern, pl., and E.
   mazer, and orig. meaning, little spots. See {Mazer}.]
   1. (Med.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with
      catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the
      third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots,
      which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised
      above the surface, and after the fourth day of the
      eruption gradually decline; rubeola.

            Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of
            fever.                                --Am. Cyc.



   2. (Veter. Med.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the
      flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of
      the tapeworm.

   3. A disease of trees. [Obs.]

   4. pl. (Zo["o]l.) The larv[ae] of any tapeworm ({T[ae]nia})
      in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called
      also {bladder worms}.

Measly \Mea"sly\, a.
   1. Infected with measles.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork
      and beef.

Measurable \Meas"ur*a*ble\, a. [F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis.
   See {Measure}, and cf. {Mensurable}.]
   1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or
      computation.

   2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive.

            Of his diet measurable was he.        --Chaucer.
      -- {Meas"ur*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Meas"ur*a*bly}, adv.

            Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians.
                                                  --Latimer.

Measure \Meas"ure\, n. [OE. mesure, F. mesure, L. mensura, fr.
   metiri, mensus, to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure,
   Gr. ?, E. meter. Cf. {Immense}, {Mensuration}, {Mete} to
   measure.]
   1. A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or
      extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or
      multiples of which anything is estimated and stated;
      hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.

   2. An instrument by means of which size or quantity is
      measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.

            False ells and measures be brought all clean adown.
                                                  --R. of
                                                  Gloucester.

   3. The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according
      to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated;
      estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.

            The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and
            broader than the sea.                 --Job xi. 9.

   4. The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a
      quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited
      quantity or amount.

            It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in
            three measures of meal.               --Luke xiii.
                                                  21.

   5. Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds;
      moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in
      measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.

            Hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth
            without measure.                      --Is. v. 14.

   6. Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted
      share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due
      proportion.

            Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of
            my days.                              --Ps. xxxix.
                                                  4.

   7. The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying
      and selling; as, to give good or full measure.

   8. Undefined quantity; extent; degree.

            There is a great measure of discretion to be used in
            the performance of confession.        --Jer. Taylor.

   9. Regulated division of movement:
      (a) (Dancing) A regulated movement corresponding to the
          time in which the accompanying music is performed;
          but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the
          minuet.
      (b) (Mus.) (1) The group or grouping of beats, caused by
          the regular recurrence of accented beats. (2) The
          space between two bars. See {Beat}, {Triple},
          {Quadruple}, {Sextuple}, {Compound time}, under
          {Compound}, a., and {Figure}.
      (c) (Poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the
          quantities, or long and short syllables; meter;
          rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.

   10. (Arith.) A number which is contained in a given number a
       number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases,
       the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of
       two or more numbers.

   11. A step or definite part of a progressive course or
       policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the
       accomplishment of an object; as, political measures;
       prudent measures; an inefficient measure.

             His majesty found what wrong measures he had taken
             in the conferring that trust, and lamented his
             error.                               --Clarendon.

   12. The act of measuring; measurement. --Shak.

   13. pl. (Geol.) Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead
       measures.

   {Lineal}, or {Long}, {measure}, measure of length; the
      measure of lines or distances.

   {Liquid measure}, the measure of liquids.

   {Square measure}, the measure of superficial area of surfaces
      in square units, as inches, feet, miles, etc.

   {To have hard measure}, to have harsh treatment meted out to
      one; to be harshly or oppressively dealt with.

   {To take measures}, to make preparations; to provide means.
      

   {To take one's measure}, to measure one, as for a garment;
      hence, to form an opinion of one's disposition, character,
      ability, etc.

   {To tread a measure}, to dance in the style so called. See 9
       (a) .

                 Say to her, we have measured many miles To
                 tread a measure with her on this grass. --Shak.

Measure \Meas"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Measured}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Measuring}.] [F. mesurer, L. mensurare. See {Measure},
   n.]
   1. To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute
      or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity
      of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions
      of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to
      appraise.

            Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite Thy power!
            what thought can measure thee?        --Milton.

   2. To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures
      changes of temperature.

   3. To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off
      and determining the distance.

            A true devoted pilgrim is not weary To measure
            kingdoms with his feeble steps.       --Shak.

   4. To adjust by a rule or standard.

            To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires
            by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.

   5. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by
      measure; -- often with out or off.

            With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to
            you again.                            --Matt. vii.
                                                  2.

            That portion of eternity which is called time,
            measured out by the sun.              --Addison.

   {To measure swords with one}, to try another's skill in the
      use of the sword; hence, figuratively, to match one's
      abilities against an antagonist's.

Measure \Meas"ure\, v. i.
   1. To make a measurement or measurements.

   2. To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain
      measures well; the pieces measure unequally.

   3. To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain
      length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity
      according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three
      fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.

Measured \Meas"ured\, a.
   Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform;
   graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured
   steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms. --
   {Meas"ured*ly}, adv.

Measureless \Meas"ure*less\, a.
   Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable. --
   {Meas"ure*less*ness}, n.

   Syn: Boundless; limitless; endless; unbounded; unlimited;
        vast; immense; infinite; immeasurable.



Measurement \Meas"ure*ment\, n.
   1. The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as,
      measurement is required.

   2. The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity
      ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five
      acres.

Measurer \Meas"ur*er\, n.
   One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure
   commondities in market.

Measuring \Meas"ur*ing\, a.
   Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or
   dividing by measure.

   {Measuring faucet}, a faucet which permits only a given
      quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one
      by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured.
      

   {Measuring worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any geometrid moth.
      See {Geometrid}.

Meat \Meat\, n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat, meti, D.
   met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel.
   matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. {Mast} fruit,
   {Mush}.]
   1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either
      by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as,
      the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. --Chaucer.

            And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
            bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.
                                                  --Gen. i. 29.

            Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
            you.                                  --Gen. ix. 3.

   2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle;
      as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.

   3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   {Meat biscuit}. See under {Biscuit}.

   {Meat earth} (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.

   {Meat fly}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Flesh fly}, under {Flesh}.

   {Meat offering} (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a
      cake made of flour with salt and oil.

   {To go to meat}, to go to a meal. [Obs.]

   {To sit at meat}, to sit at the table in taking food.

Meat \Meat\, v. t.
   To supply with food. [Obs.] --Tusser.

         His shield well lined, his horses meated well.
                                                  --Chapman.

Meatal \Me*a"tal\, a.
   Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus. --Owen.

Meated \Meat"ed\, a.
   1. Fed; fattened. [Obs.] --Tusser.

   2. Having (such) meat; -- used chiefly in composition; as,
      thick-meated.

Meath \Meath\, Meathe \Meathe\, n. [See {Mead}.]
   A sweet liquor; mead. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Milton.

Meatiness \Meat"i*ness\, n.
   Quality of being meaty.

Meatless \Meat"less\, a.
   Having no meat; without food.

         ``Leave these beggars meatless.''        --Sir T. More.

Meatoscope \Me*at"o*scope\, n. [Meatus + -scope.] (Med.)
   A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.

Meatotome \Me*at"o*tome\, n. [Meatus + Gr. ? to cut.] (Surg.)
   An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to enlarge
   its orifice.

Meatus \Me*a"tus\, n. sing. & pl.; E. pl. {Meatuses}. [L., a
   going, passage, fr. meare to go.] (Anat.)
   A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus.
   See Illust. of {Ear}.

Meaty \Meat"y\, a.
   Abounding in meat.

Meaw \Meaw\, n.
   The sea mew. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Meaw \Meaw\, v. i.
   See {Mew}, to cry as a cat.

Meawl \Meawl\, v. i.
   See {Mewl}, and {Miaul}.

Meazel \Mea"zel\, n.
   See 1st {Measle}. [Obs.]

Meazling \Meaz"ling\, a.
   Falling in small drops; mistling; mizzing. [Obs.]
   --Arbuthnot.

Mebles \Me"bles\, n. pl.
   See {Moebles}. [Obs.]

Mecate \Me*ca"te\, n. [Sp.]
   A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc.
   [Southwestern U. S.]

Meccawee \Mec`ca*wee"\, a.
   Of or pertaining to Mecca, in Arabia. -- n. A native or
   inhabitant of Mecca.

Mechanic \Me*chan"ic\, n. [F. m['e]canique mechanics. See
   {Mechanic}, a.]
   1. The art of the application of the laws of motion or force
      to construction. [Obs.]

   2. A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices
      any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and
      uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of
      structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of
      tools, or instruments.

            An art quite lost with our mechanics. --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.

Mechanic \Me*chan"ic\, a. [F. m['e]canique, L. mechanicus, Gr.
   ?, fr. ? a machine. See {Machine}.]
   1. Having to do with the application of the laws of motion in
      the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining
      to mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts. ``These
      mechanic philosophers.'' --Ray.

            Mechanic slaves, With greasy aprons, rules, and
            hammers.                              --Shak.

   2. Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the
      class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.

            To make a god, a hero, or a king Descend to a
            mechanic dialect.                     --Roscommon.

            Sometimes he ply'd the strong, mechanic tool.
                                                  --Thomson.

   3. Base. [Obs.] --Whitlock.

Mechanical \Me*chan"ic*al\, a. [From {Mechanic}, a.]
   1. Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with,
      mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the
      quantitative relations of force and matter, as
      distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as,
      mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical
      deposits.

   2. Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools;
      made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical
      precision; mechanical products.

            We have also divers mechanical arts.  --Bacon.

   3. Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion;
      proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special
      intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing;
      mechanical verses; mechanical service.

   4. Made and operated by interaction of forces without a
      directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.

   5. Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate;
      empirical. See the 2d Note under {Geometric}.

   {Mechanical effect}, effective power; useful work exerted, as
      by a machine, in a definite time.

   {Mechanical engineering}. See the Note under {Engineering}.
      

   {Mechanical maneuvers} (Mil.), the application of mechanical
      appliances to the mounting, dismounting, and moving of
      artillery. --Farrow.

   {Mechanical philosophy}, the principles of mechanics applied
      to the inverstigation of physical phenomena.

   {Mechanical powers}, certain simple instruments, such as the
      lever and its modifications (the wheel and axle and the
      pulley), the inclined plane with its modifications (the
      screw and the wedge), which convert a small force acting
      through a great space into a great force acting through a
      small space, or vice versa, and are used separately or in
      combination.

   {Mechanical solution} (Math.), a solution of a problem by any
      art or contrivance not strictly geometrical, as by means
      of the ruler and compasses, or other instruments.

Mechanical \Me*chan"ic*al\, n.
   A mechanic. [Obs.] --Shak.

Mechanicalize \Me*chan"ic*al*ize\, v. t.
   To cause to become mechanical.

Mechanically \Me*chan"ic*al*ly\, adv.
   In a mechanical manner.

Mechanicalness \Me*chan"ic*al*ness\, n.
   The state or quality of being mechanical.

Mechanician \Mech`a*ni"cian\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]canicien. See
   {Mechanic}.]
   One skilled in the theory or construction of machines; a
   machinist. --Boyle.

Mechanico-chemical \Me*chan`i*co-chem"ic*al\, a.
   Pertaining to, connected with, or dependent upon, both
   mechanics and chemistry; -- said especially of those sci