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word: Maintainor
definition:
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.


word: Maintenance
definition:
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.

4.
Those actions required for the care of machinery, a building, etc., to keep it clean and in proper functioning condition, and to prevent or forestall damage due to normal use.

5.
Payments, such as child support or alimony, to a dependent child not living with one or to a divorced wife.

Cap of maintenance. See under Cap.


word: maintenance man
definition:
maintenance man

maintenance man
n.
A worker, usually in an enterprise or apartment building, whose job is to repair damaged parts of a building or its fixtures, and sometimes to make improvements or other changes to the building.


word: maintenance staff
definition:
maintenance staff

maintenance staff
n.
Those persons in a business responsible for maintaining the physical plant in good condition.

Syn. -- service staff, maintenance crew.


word: maintop
definition:
maintop

main"top`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
The platform about the head of the mainmast in square-rigged vessels.


word: Main yard
definition:
Main yard

Main" yard`
(?)
(Naut.)
The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.


word: Maioid
definition:
Maioid

Mai"oid
(?)
a.
[Maia + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the genus Maia, or family Maiadeae.


word: Maistry
definition:
Maistry

Maistrie

Maistre

{ Mais"tre (?), Mais"trie, Mais"try (?) }
n.
Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: maitre d'hotel
definition:
maitre d'hotel

mai`tre d'ho*tel", maî`tre d'hô*tel`
(mā"tẽr d&omacr*tĕl" or mā"trŭ d&omacr*tĕl")
pl. maitres d'hotel
n.
1.
A headwaiter.

Syn. -- captain, head waiter.

2.
The manager or owner of a hotel.


word: maize
definition:
maize

maize
(māz)
n.
[Sp. maiz. fr. mahiz or mahis, is the language of the Island of Haiti.]
(Bot.)
A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Zea Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn, commonly called corn.  Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men and animals.

Maize eater (Zool.), a South American bird of the genus Pseudoleistes, allied to the troupials. -- Maize yellow, a delicate pale yellow.


word: majagua
definition:
majagua

majagua
n.
1.
A shrubby tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus) widely distributed along tropical shores, which yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; it is often cultivated for ornament.

Syn. -- mahoe, mahagua, balibago, purau, Hibiscus tiliaceus.

2.
An erect forest tree (Hibiscus elatus) of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; it yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks.

Syn. -- Cuban bast, blue mahoe, mahoe, mahagua, Hibiscus elatus.


word: maja squinado
definition:
maja squinado

maja squinado
n.
[species name.]
A large European spider crab.

Syn. -- European spider crab, king crab, Maja squinado.


word: Majestatal
definition:
Majestatal

Majestatic

{ Maj`es*tat"ic (?), Maj`es*tat"*al (?), }
a.
Majestic.
[Obs.]
E. Pocock. Dr. J. Scott.


word: Majestic
definition:
Majestic

Ma*jes"tic
(?)
a.
[From Majesty.]
Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand.
majestic
Shak.
majestic
Milton.

The least portions must be of the epic kind; all must be grave, majestic, and sublime.
Dryden.


word: Majestical
definition:
Majestical

Ma*jes"tic*al
(?)
a.
Majestic.
Cowley.

An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical.
M. Arnold.


word: Majesty
definition:
Majesty

Maj"es*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Majesties (#).
[OE. magestee, F. majesté, 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 a 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.


word: Majolica
definition:
Majolica

Ma*jol"i*ca
(?)
n.
[It.]
A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy decoration, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.

&hand_; The term is said to be derived from Majorca, which was an early seat of this manufacture.
Heyse.


word: Major
definition:
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; adult.
[Obs.]

4.
(Mus.)
Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.

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 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 third (Mus.), a third of two steps.


word: Major₂
definition:
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].

&hand_; In hypothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise is called the major.

4.
[LL. See Major.]
A mayor.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Majorana
definition:
Majorana

Majorana
prop. n.
A small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum.

Syn. -- genus Majorana.


word: Majorat
definition:
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.


word: Majorate₂
definition:
Majorate

Ma"jor*ate
(?)
v. t.
[LL. majorare to augment. See Major, a.]
To augment; to increase.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: major axis
definition:
major axis

major axis
n.
(Geom.)
The greater axis of a geometrical figure.
Especially
the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid, which passes through the two foci. See Focus, n., 2.


word: Majorcan
definition:
Majorcan

Ma*jor"can
(?)
prop. a.
Of or pertaining to Majorca.
n. A native or inhabitant of Majorca.


word: major diatonic scale
definition:
major diatonic scale

major diatonic scale
n.
(Mus.)
The natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth notes, and whole tones between the other notes;  the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major; also called major scale.   See Scale, and Diatonic.


word: Major-domo
definition:
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.


word: Major general
definition:
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.


word: Majority
definition:
Majority

Ma*jor"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Majorities (#).
[F. majorité. See Major.]
1.
The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
(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 the majority or To join the majority, to die.


word: majority leader
definition:
majority leader

majority leader
n.
(Politics)
The leader of the majority party in a legislature.  Compare minority leader.


word: majority rule
definition:
majority rule

majority rule
n.
The rule or doctrine that the numerical majority{2} of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group; as, our club makes decisions by majority rule..  Contrasted with unanimous consent, or decision by a decree of a single person or small committee forming part of an organization.


word: major league
definition:
major league

major league
n.
(Sports)
The most important league{2} in any sport (especially baseball); contrasted with minor league.  Its teams are more competent, its members are paid more, and its games attract more interest and publicity, than those of a minor league.


word: major league₂
definition:
major league

major-league

major-league, major league
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to a major league; as, major-league football rules.

2.
Among the best or most important of its class; as, a major-league computer manufacturer.


word: major-league team
definition:
major-league team

major-league club

major-league club, major-league team
n.
A sports team that plays in a major league.


word: major power
definition:
major power

major power
n.
A nation powerful enough to influence events throughout the world.

Syn. -- world power, great power, power.


word: major premise
definition:
major premise

major premise
n.
(Logic)
That premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion).  Contrasted to minor premise.


word: major suit
definition:
major suit

major suit
n.
(Bridge)
A suit of playing cards which has higher scoring value; specifically, either spades or hearts.  Contrasted with a minor suit, being either diamonds or clubs.


word: major term
definition:
major term

major term
n.
(Logic)
That term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion.


word: Majusculae
definition:
Majusculae

Ma*jus"cu*lae
(?)
n. pl.
[L., fem. pl. fr. majusculus somewhat greater or great, dim. of major, majus. See Major.]
(Palaeography)
Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.


word: Majuscule
definition:
Majuscule

Ma*jus"cule
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. majuscule. See Majusculae.]
A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.

Majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capital letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe from the third to the sixth century.


word: Makalu
definition:
Makalu

Makalu
prop. n.
A mountain in Nepal and Tibet, 27,824 feet high.
According to WordNet, it is 27,790 feet high.

Syn. -- Makalu I.


word: make
definition:
make

make
(māk)
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.


word: make₂
definition:
make

make
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. made (mād); 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.
(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.

And Art, with her contending, doth aspire
To excel the natural with made delights.
Spenser.

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.

He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time.
Bacon.

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.

&hand_; When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make bold; to make free, etc.

3.
To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.

He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him.
Baker.

4.
To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.

&hand_; 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; as, a pound of ham makes a hearty meal.

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.
make
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.]
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If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away. Burton.
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(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.]
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Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement. Shak.
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- 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 gain sight of; to recognize; to discern; to descry; as, as they approached the city, he could make out the tower of the Chrysler Building. (c) To prove; to establish; as, the plaintiff was unable to make out his case. (d) To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make out the money. (d) to write out; to write down; -- used especially of a bank check or bill; as, he made out a check for the cost of the dinner; the workman made out a bill and handed it to him. -- 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.
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He was all made up of love and charms! Addison.
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(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 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.


word: Make
definition:
Make

Make
(māk)
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.

&hand_; 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.).
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Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled. Josh. viii. 15.
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My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me. Latimer.
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-- 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 manage oneself; to be able at last; to make shift; as, he made out to reconcile the contending parties; after the earthquake they made out all right. (b) to engage in fond caresses; to hug and kiss; to neck; -- of courting couples or individuals (for individuals, used with with); as, they made out on a bench in the park; he was making out with the waitress in the kitchen [informal] -- 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.


word: Make₂
definition:
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, (a) bent upon making great profits; greedy of gain. [Low, U. S.]
(b)
seeking higher social status or a higher employment position.
(c)
seeking a sexual partner; looking for sexual adventure.


word: Make and break
definition:
Make and break

Make and break
(Elec.)
Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.


word: Makebate
definition:
Makebate

Make"bate`
(?)
n.
[Make, v. + bate a quarrel.]
One who excites contentions and quarrels.
[Obs.]


word: make believe
definition:
make believe

make" be*lieve`
(?)
v. i.
To pretend; -- often used with that, but often having the that omitted; as, he made believe he didn't hear her; or he made believe that he didn't hear her.


word: make-believe
definition:
make-believe

make"-be*lieve`
(?)
n.
A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention.
make-believe
Tylor.

To forswear self-delusion and make-believe.
M. Arnold.


word: Make-believe
definition:
Make-believe

Make"-be*lieve`
a.
1.
Feigned; insincere.
Make-believe
G. Eliot.

2.
Imaginary; as, the child had a make-believe friend to whom he often talked.


word: make known
definition:
make known

make known
v. t.
To reveal; to disclose; as, the congressman made known his interest in the company only after he voted on the bill.


word: Makeless
definition:
Makeless

Make"less
a.
[See 1st Make, and cf. Matchless, Mateless.]
1.
Matchless.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
Without a mate.
Shak.


word: Maker
definition:
Maker

Mak"er
(māk"ẽr)
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.]

&hand_; “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.

To meet one's maker, to die.


word: makeshift
definition:
makeshift

make"shift`
(māk"shĭft`)
n.
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient, with implication of inferiority to the more usual object or means.
James Mill.

I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift.
G. Eliot.


word: make-up
definition:
make-up

makeup

make"up`, make"-up`
(māk"ŭp`)
n.
1.
1.
The way in which the parts of anything are put together.

The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up.
L. F. Ward.

2.
The constituent parts of anything; as, the makeup of the new congress was predominantly conservative.

3.
Cosmetics applied to the face, such as lipstick, facial power, or eye shadow.

4.
The aggregate of cosmetics and costume worn by an actor.

5.
The effect or appearance of the wearing of makeup (in senses 3 or 4); often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character; as, her makeup was very realistic.

6.
An action that is taken to fulfill a requirement not accomplished at the expected time, such as a make-up examination; as, the student took his make-up on Saturday.

7.
(Printing)
The appearance of a page of a publication, specifically the type style of the text and the spatial arrangement of the text, illustrations, advertising material etc., on the page.

8.
(Printing)
The art or process of arranging the portions of a printed publication on the pages for esthetic reasons or for optimal effect on the reader.


word: Makeweight
definition:
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.


word: make-work
definition:
make-work

make-work
n.
Active work of litle value, such as assignments given by teachers to students to keep them busy while the teacher performs other tasks, or chores performed to while away time; also called busywork.

Syn. -- busywork.


word: Making
definition:
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.


word: Making-iron
definition:
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.


word: Making-up
definition:
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.


word: makomako
definition:
makomako

makomako
n.
A graceful deciduous shrub or small tree (Aristotelia serrata) having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine.

Syn. -- New Zealand wine berry, wineberry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia racemosa.


word: mako shark
definition:
mako shark

mako shark
n.
(Zool.)
A powerful and fierce mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific, of the family Lamidae.


word: Maksutov telescope
definition:
Maksutov telescope

Maksutov telescope
n.
A type of reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens.


word: Mal-
definition:
Mal-

Mal-
(măl-)
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.

&hand_; The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the e, 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 mal is to be preferred, and is the one commonly employed.


word: Mala
definition:
Mala

Ma"la
(?)
n. pl.
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.


word: Malabar
definition:
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.


word: malabar kino
definition:
malabar kino

malabar kino
n.
The reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus, used in medicine and tanning etc.

Syn. -- East India kino, kino gum.


word: Malacanthidae
definition:
Malacanthidae

Malacanthidae
prop. n.
A natural family of short-headed marine fishes which are often brightly colored.

Syn. -- family Malacanthidae.


word: malacca cane
definition:
malacca cane

malacca cane
n.
(Bot.)
A walking cane made from the stem of a species of palm of the genus Calamus (Calamus Scipionum), and of a brown color, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays.


word: Malachite
definition:
Malachite

Mal"a*chite
(?)
n.
[Fr. Gr. mala`chh 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.

&hand_; Green malachite, or malachite proper, admits of a high polish, and is sometimes used for ornamental work. Blue malachite, or azurite, is a related species of a deep blue color.

Malachite green. See Emerald green, under Green, n.


word: Malacissation
definition:
Malacissation

Mal`a*cis*sa"tion
(?)
n.
[L. malacissare to make soft, Gr. malaki`zein.]
The act of making soft or supple.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Malacobdella
definition:
Malacobdella

Mal`a*cob*del"la
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. malako`s soft + _; a leech.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Malacoderm
definition:
Malacoderm

Mal"a*co*derm
(?)
n.
[Gr. malako`s soft  + _; skin.]
(Zool.)
One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft and flexible body, as the fireflies.


word: Malacology
definition:
Malacology

Mal`a*col"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. malako`s soft + -logy: cf. F. malacologie.]
The science which relates to the structure and habits of mollusks.


word: Malacopoda
definition:
Malacopoda

Mal`a*cop"o*da
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. malako`s soft + -poda.]
(Zool.)
A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.

&hand_; 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 antennae. The trancheae are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body. Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus.


word: Malacopterygian
definition:
Malacopterygian

Mal`a*cop`ter*yg"i*an
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. malacoptérygien.]
(Zool.)
One of the Malacopterygii.


word: Malacopterygii
definition:
Malacopterygii

Mal`a*cop`te*ryg"i*i
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. malako`s soft + pte`ryx wing, fin, fr. ptero`n feather.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Malacosteon
definition:
Malacosteon

Mal`a*cos"te*on
(?)
n.
[NL., Gr. fr. malako`s soft + 'oste`on bone.]
(Med.)
A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking.


word: Malacostomous
definition:
Malacostomous

Mal`a*cos"to*mous
(?)
a.
[Gr. malako`s soft + _; mouth.]
(Zool.)
Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes.


word: Malacostraca
definition:
Malacostraca

Mal`a*cos"tra*ca
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. malako`s soft + _; shell of a testacean.]
(Zool.)
A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca and Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca.


word: Malacostracology
definition:
Malacostracology

Mal`a*cos`tra*col"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Malacostracan + -logy.]
That branch of Zoological science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also carcinology.


word: Malacozoa
definition:
Malacozoa

Mal`a*co*zo"a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. malako`s soft + zw^,on an animal.]
(Zool.)
An extensive group of Invertebrata, including the Mollusca, Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa. Called also Malacozoaria.


word: Maladdress
definition:
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.


word: Maladministration
definition:
Maladministration

Mal`ad*min`is*tra"tion
(?)
n.
[Mal- + administration.]
Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs.
[Written also maleadministration.]


word: Maladroit
definition:
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.


word: malady
definition:
malady

mal"a*dy
(măl"ȧ*d&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Maladies (măl"ȧ*dĭz).
[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.


word: Malaga
definition:
Malaga

Mal"a*ga
(măl"ȧ*gȧ Sp. mä"lȧ*gȧ)
n.
A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean.   Hence, Malaga grapes, Malaga raisins, Malaga wines.


word: Malagasy
definition:
Malagasy

Mal`a*gas"y
(?)
n. sing. & pl.
A native or natives of Madagascar; also (sing.), the language.


word: Malagasy Republic
definition:
Malagasy Republic

Malagasy Republic
prop. n.
Former name of the Republic of Madagascar, a nation in Africa occupying the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean east of Mozambique.


word: Malaise
definition:
Malaise

Ma`laise"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. mal ill + aise ease.]
(Med.)
An indefinite feeling of uneasiness, or of being sick or ill at ease.


word: Malambo
definition:
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.


word: Malamethane
definition:
Malamethane

Mal`am*eth"ane
(?)
n.
[Malamic + ethane.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt of malamic acid.


word: Malamic
definition:
Malamic

Ma*lam"ic
(?)
a.
[Malic + amic.]
(Chem.)
Of or designating an acid intermediate between malic acid and malamide, and known only by its salts.


word: Malamide
definition:
Malamide

Ma*lam"ide
(?)
n.
[Malic + amide.]
(Chem.)
The acid amide derived from malic acid, as a white crystalline substance metameric with asparagine.


word: malanders
definition:
malanders

mal"an*ders
(măl"an*dẽrz)
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.]


word: malapert
definition:
malapert

mal"a*pert
(măl"ȧ*pẽrt)
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.


word: malapropism
definition:
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.


word: malapropos
definition:
malapropos

mal*ap"ro*pos`
(?)
a. & adv.
[F. mal à propos; mal evil + à propos to the purpose.]
Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.


word: Malapterurus
definition:
Malapterurus

Mal*ap`te*ru"rus
(măl*ăp`te̝*r&usuml_;"rŭs)
prop. n.
[NL., from Gr. malako`s soft + ptero`n wing + o'yra` tail.]
(Zool.)
A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electric catfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric.
[Sometimes spelled Malopterurus.]


word: Malapterurus electricus
definition:
Malapterurus electricus

Malapterurus electricus
prop. n.
(Zool.)
The species name of the electric catfish, a freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ.


word: Malar
definition:
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.


word: malar
definition:
malar

ma"lar
(?)
n.
(Anat.)
The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit; that arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek; also called the malar bone.

Syn. -- cheekbone, zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum.


word: malaria
definition:
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.
[Archaic]

&hand_; 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 human disease caused by infection of red blood cells by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, giving rise to fever and chills and many other symptoms, characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals.  The protozoal infection is usually transmitted from another infected individual by the bite of an Anopheles mosquito.


word: Malarious
definition:
Malarious

Malarian

Malarial

{ Ma*la"ri*al (?), Ma*la"ri*an (?), Ma*la"ri*ous (?) }
a.
Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria.

Malarial fever (Med.), a fever produced by malaria, and characterized by the occurrence of chills, fever, and sweating in distinct paroxysms, At intervals of definite and often uniform duration, in which these symptoms are wholly absent (intermittent fever), or only partially so (remittent fever); fever and ague; chills and fever.


word: malarial mosquito
definition:
malarial mosquito

malaria mosquito

malaria mosquito, malarial mosquito
n.
A mosquito that transmits the malaria parasite; it is most commonly the Anopheles mosquito.


word: Malaria parasite
definition:
Malaria parasite

Malaria parasite
Any of several minute protozoans of the genus Plasmodium (syn. Haematozoon) which in their adult condition live in the tissues of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles (which see) and when transferred to the blood of man, by the bite of the mosquito, produce malaria.
The young parasites, or sporozoites, enter the red blood corpuscles, growing at their expense, undergoing sporulation, and finally destroying the corpuscles, thus liberating in the blood plasma an immense number of small spores called merozoites.  An indefinite but not ultimated number of such generations may follow, but if meanwhile the host is bitten by a mosquito, the parasites develop into gametes in the stomach of the insect. These conjugate, the zygote thus produced divides, forming spores, and eventually sporozoites, which, penetrating to the salivary glands of the mosquito, may be introduced into a new host. The attacks of the disease coincide with the dissolution of the corpuscles and liberation of the spores and products of growth of the parasites into the blood plasma. Several species of the parasite are distinguished, as Plasmodium vivax, producing tertian malaria; Plasmodium malariae, quartan malaria; and Plasmodium (subgenus Laverania) falciferum, the malarial fever of summer and autumn common in the tropics.


word: Malashaganay
definition:
Malashaganay

Ma`la*sha"ga*nay
(?)
n.
[Indian name.]
(Zool.)
The fresh-water drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens).


word: Malassimilation
definition:
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.


word: Malaxate
definition:
Malaxate

Malax

{ Ma"lax (?), Ma*lax"ate (?), }
v. t.
[L. malaxare, malaxatum, cf. Gr. _;, fr. malako`s soft: cf. F. malaxer.]
To soften by kneading or stirring with some thinner substance.
[R.]


word: Malaxation
definition:
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.]


word: malaxator
definition:
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.]


word: Malaxis
definition:
Malaxis

Malaxis
prop. n.
A large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; it is cosmopolitan.

Syn. -- genus Malaxis.


word: Malaxis-unifolia
definition:
Malaxis-unifolia

Malaxis-unifolia
n.
A North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals.

Syn. -- green adder's mouth, Malaxis ophioglossoides.


word: Malay
definition:
Malay

Ma*lay"
(?)
prop. n.
One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.


word: Malayan
definition:
Malayan

Malay

{ Ma*lay" (?), Ma*lay"an (?), }
prop. 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.


word: Malaya
definition:
Malaya

Malaya
prop. n.
Formerly, an Asian country on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula, now part of Malaysia.


word: Malayalam
definition:
Malayalam

Ma"la*ya"lam
(?)
prop. n.
The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian languages, closely related to the Tamil.
Yule.


word: Malayan tapir
definition:
Malayan tapir

Malayan tapir
n.
(Zool.)
A large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate (Tapirus indicus) of tropical America and Southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout.

Syn. -- Indian tapir, Tapirus indicus.


word: Malay Archipelago
definition:
Malay Archipelago

Malay Archipelago
prop. n.
A group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia.


word: Malay Peninsula
definition:
Malay Peninsula

Malay Peninsula
prop. n.
a peninsula in Southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Burma.


word: Malaysia
definition:
Malaysia

Malaysia
prop. n.
A country in Southeast Asia including the former nation of Malaya on the Malay Peninsula, and part of Borneo; sometimes still referred to as Malaya.


word: Malaysian
definition:
Malaysian

Malaysian
adj.
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Malaysia or its people or their culture; as, Malaysian police cracked down hard on drug smugglers; Malaysian poetry.


word: Malbrouck
definition:
Malbrouck

Mal"brouck
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Zool.)
A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus).


word: Malcolmia
definition:
Malcolmia

Malcolmia
prop. n.
A genus of plants usually found in coastal habitats; native from the Mediterranean to Afghanistan.

Syn. -- genus Malcolmia.


word: Malcolm Little
definition:
Malcolm Little

Malcolm Little
prop. n.
A militant American black nationalist leader, also called Malcolm X; (1925-1965).


word: malconformation
definition:
malconformation

mal*con`for*ma"tion
(?)
n.
[Mal- + conformation.]
Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.


word: malcontent
definition:
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.


word: Malcontent
definition:
Malcontent

Mal"con*tent`
n.
[F. malcontent.]
One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who expresses his discontent by words or overt acts.
Spenser. Berkeley.


word: malcontented
definition:
malcontented

mal`con*tent"ed
(?)
a.
Malcontent.
Mal`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Mal`con*tent"ed*ness, n.


word: maldanian
definition:
maldanian

mal*da"ni*an
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of marine annelids of the genus Maldane, or family Maldanidae.  They have a slender, round body, and make tubes in the sand or mud.


word: mal de mer
definition:
mal de mer

mal de mer
n.
Motion sickness experienced while traveling on water; seasickness.

Syn. -- seasickness, naupathia.


word: Maldive Islands
definition:
Maldive Islands

Maldive Islands
prop. n.
A group of about 2000 islands in the Indian ocean; also known as the Maldives.


word: Maldon
definition:
Maldon

Maldon
prop. n.
A battle in which the Danes defeated the East Saxons in 991; it is celebrated in an old English poem.

Syn. -- battle of Maldon.


word: Male₃
definition:
Male

Male
a.
[F. mâle, 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 fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium (Aspidium Filixmas), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and Aspidium 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.


word: male berry
definition:
male berry

maleberry

male"ber`ry, male" ber`ry
n.
1.
(Bot.)
A deciduous much-branched shrub (Lyonia ligustrina) with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers; also called swamp andromeda.

Syn. -- privet andromeda, he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina.

2.
(Bot.)
A kind of coffee. See Pea berry.


word: male body
definition:
male body

male body
n.
The body of an adult human male; -- a term used especially in art; as, Da Vinci was unexcelled in painting the male body.

Syn. -- adult male body, man's body.


word: Malebranchism
definition:
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.


word: male chauvinism
definition:
male chauvinism

male chauvinism
n.
Disparaging, patronizing, discriminatory or abusive speech or behavior by males toward females stemming from a belief that males are superior to females and females therefore worthy of less respect and inferior treatment.  A form of sexism.


word: male chauvinist
definition:
male chauvinist

male chauvinist
n.
A man with a belief in the inferiority of women; one who believes in or practises male chavinism.

Syn. -- sexist.


word: Maledicency
definition:
Maledicency

Mal`e*di"cen*cy
(?)
n.
[L. maledicentia. See Maledicent.]
Evil speaking.
[Obs.]
Atterbury.


word: Maledicent
definition:
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.


word: Malediction
definition:
Malediction

Mal`e*dic"tion
n.
[L. maledictio: cf. F. malédiction. 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.


word: Malefactor
definition:
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.  Opposite of benefactor.
H. Brooke. Fuller.


word: male fern
definition:
male fern

male fern
n.
A fern of North America and Europe (Dryopteris filix-mas) whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms.  It is a member of the woodfern genus.


word: Malefic
definition:
Malefic

Ma*lef"ic
(?)
a.
[L. maleficus: cf. F. maléfique. See Malefaction.]
Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.
[R.]
Chaucer.


word: Malefice
definition:
Malefice

Mal"e*fice
(?)
n.
[L. maleficium: cf. F. maléfice. See Malefactor.]
An evil deed; artifice; enchantment.
[Obs.]


word: Maleficence
definition:
Maleficence

Ma*lef"i*cence
(?)
n.
[L. maleficentia.  Cf. Malfeasance.]
Evil doing, esp. to others.


word: Maleficiate
definition:
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.


word: Maleic
definition:
Maleic

Ma*le"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. maléique. See Malic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series (maleic acid), metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid.


word: maleic acid
definition:
maleic acid

maleic acid
n.
(Chem.)
An unsaturated dicarboxylic acid (HO.CO.CH=CH.CO.OH) of cis conformation, having various uses in the manufacture of artificial resins, the dyeing and finishing of wool, silk, and cotton, and also combined with certain drugs to make salts more soluble than the basic forms.  The corresponding isomer having trans conformation, is identical in chemical formula, is called fumaric acid.
MI11


word: Malengine
definition:
Malengine

Ma*len"gine
(?)
n.
[OF. malengin; L. malus bad, evil + ingenium natural capacity. See Engine.]
Evil machination; guile; deceit.
[Obs.]
Gower.


word: Maleo
definition:
Maleo

Ma"le*o
(?)
n.
[From its native name.]
(Zool.)
A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs.


word: male orchis
definition:
male orchis

male orchis
n.
A Eurasian orchid (Orchis mascula) with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike.

Syn. -- early purple orchid, Orchis mascula.


word: male plug
definition:
male plug

male plug
n.
(Electricity)
The connecting end of the cord on an electrical device, having two or three pins, that is inserted into a matching socket to make an electrical connection.

Syn. -- plug.


word: Male-spirited
definition:
Male-spirited

Male"-spir`it*ed
(?)
a.
Having the spirit of a male; vigorous; courageous.
[R.]
B. Jonson.


word: Malet
definition:
Malet

Mal"et
(?)
n.
[F. mallette, dim. of malle. See Mail a bag.]
A little bag or budget.
[Obs.]
Shelton.


word: Malevolence
definition:
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.


word: Malevolent
definition:
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.


word: Malevolous
definition:
Malevolous

Ma*lev"o*lous
(?)
a.
[L. malevolus; fr. male ill + velle to be disposed.]
Malevolent.
[Obs.]
Bp. Warburton.


word: Malfeasance
definition:
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.]


word: Malformation
definition:
Malformation

Mal`for*ma"tion
(?)
n.
[Mal- + formation.]
Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure; -- often used of body parts such as limbs which do not develop properly during fetal maturation.


word: malheur wire lettuce
definition:
malheur wire lettuce

malheur wire lettuce
n.
(Bot.)
A small mustardlike plant (Stephanomeria malheurensis) of Oregon, belonging to the family Cruciferae; it is a threatened species.


word: Malian
definition:
Malian

Malian
prop. a.
1.
Of or pertaining to Mali; as, Malian deserts.

2.
of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Mali; as, Malian nomads.


word: Malic
definition:
Malic

Ma"lic
(?)
a.
[L. malum an apple: cf. F. malique.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, apples; as, malic acid.

Malic acid, (Chem.) a hydroxy acid (HO.CO.CH2.CH(OH).CO.OH) obtained from unripe fruit (such as green apples, currants, tomatoes or cherries) as a substance which is sirupy or crystallized with difficulty, and has a strong but pleasant sour taste.  It is levorotatory or dextrorotatory according to the temperature and concentration; the natural form is of L- conformation.  A synthetic variety is a derivative of succinic acid, but as with most simple synthetic compounds, is a racemic mixture of isomers and thus has no rotatory action on polarized light.


word: malice
definition:
malice

mal"ice
(măl"ĭs)
n.
[F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. me`las 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.
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 Malice prepense, malice previously and deliberately entertained.

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.


word: Malicho
definition:
Malicho

Mal"i*cho
(?)
n.
[Sp. malhecho; mal bad + hecho deed, L. factum. See Fact.]
Mischief.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Malicious
definition:
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 prosecution or Malicious arrest (Law), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. Bouvier.


word: malicious mischief
definition:
malicious mischief

malicious mischief
n.
(Law)
Malicious and willful destructionof or injury to the property of others; -- it is an offense at common law.
Wharton.

Syn. -- vandalism, hooliganism.


word: malign
definition:
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.


word: Malign
definition:
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.


word: Malignancy
definition:
Malignancy

Malignance

{ Ma*lig"nance (?), Ma*lig"nan*cy , }
n.
[See Malignant.]
1.
The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; disposition toward evil; intense ill will; 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.
Hence:
(Med.)
A cancerous tumor that is spreading beyond the point of origin.

Syn. -- malignant tumor, malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor.

5.
The state of being a malignant.


word: malignant
definition:
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
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 produced by infection of subcutaneous tissues with the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.  It is transmitted to man from animals and is characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the infection, of a vesicle or pustule which first enlarges and then breaks down into an unhealthy ulcer.  It is marked by profound exhaustion and often fatal.  The disease in animals is called charbon; in man it is called cutaneous anthrax, and formerly was sometimes called simply anthrax.


word: Malignant
definition:
Malignant

Ma*lig"nant
(?)
n.
1.
A man of extreme enmity or evil intentions.
Hooker.

2.
(Eng. Hist.)
One of the adherents of Charles I. or Charles II.; -- so called by the opposite party.


word: malignant anemia
definition:
malignant anemia

malignant anemia
n.
(Med.)
A chronic progressive anemia of older adults, thought to result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the absorption of vitamin B-12); also called pernicious anemia.


word: malignant melanoma
definition:
malignant melanoma

malignant melanoma
n.
(Med.)
Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes; called also melanoma.  It is classed as a type of skin cancer.


word: malignant neoplasm
definition:
malignant neoplasm

malignant neoplasm
n.
(Med.)
Same as malignancy{4}.

Syn. -- malignancy, malignance, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor.


word: malignant tumor
definition:
malignant tumor

malignant tumor
n.
(Med.)
Same as malignancy{4}.

Syn. -- malignancy, malignance, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor.


word: malignify
definition:
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.]
malignified
Southey.


word: Malignity
definition:
Malignity

Ma*lig"ni*ty
(?)
n.
[F. malignité, 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.]


word: Malinger
definition:
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.


word: Malingerer
definition:
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.


word: Malison
definition:
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.


word: Malkin
definition:
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.


word: Mall
definition:
Mall

Mall
(m&asuml_;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.


word: Mall₂
definition:
Mall

Mall
(m&asuml_;l)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Malled (m&asuml_;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.


word: Mall₃
definition:
Mall

Mall
(măl)
n.
[LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG. mahal assembly, transaction; akin to AS. mæðel, meðel, assembly, m&aemacr_;lan to speak, Goth. maþl 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.
(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.


word: Mall₄
definition:
Mall

Mall
(m&asuml_;l)
n.
1.
A public access area containing a promenade for pedestrians; as, to gather near the Washington monument on the mall in Washington.

2.
The paved or grassy strip between two roadways.

3.
A shopping area with multiple shops and a concourse for predominantly or exclusively pedestrian use; in cities the concourse is usually a city street which may be temporarily or permamently closed to motor vehicles; in suburban areas, a mall is often located on a convenient highway, may be large, contained in one building or in multiple buildings connected by (usually covered) walkways.  Also called shopping mall


word: Mallard
definition:
Mallard

Mal"lard
(?)
n.
[F. malari,fr. mâle male + -art = -ard. See Male, a., and -ard.]
1.
(Zool.)
A drake; the male of Anas boschas.

2.
(Zool.)
A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe.  The domestic duck has descended from this species.  Called also greenhead.


word: Malleability
definition:
Malleability

Mal"le*a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[CF. F.  malléabilité.]
The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed to friability and brittleness.
Locke.


word: Malleable
definition:
Malleable

Mal"le*a*ble
(?)
a.
[F. malléable, fr. LL. malleare to hammer. See Malleate.]
1.
Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.

2.
Capable of being influenced to behave as desired; tractable; -- used mostly of children.

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.


word: Malleate
definition:
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.


word: Malleation
definition:
Malleation

Mal`le*a"tion
(?)
n.
[LL. malleatio: cf. OF. malléation.]
The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating.


word: mallee
definition:
mallee

mal"lee
(?)
n.
[Native name.]
1.
(Bot.)
A dwarf Australian eucalypt with a number of thin stems springing from a thickened stock.  The most common species are Eucalyptus dumosa and Eucalyptus Gracilis.

2.
Scrub or thicket formed by the mallee.
[Australia]


word: mallee bird
definition:
mallee bird

mal*lee" bird`
(?)
(Zool.)
[From native name.]
The leipoa, or Australian moundbird; it incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.  See Leipoa.

Syn. -- mallee fowl, mallee-fowl, leipoa, lowan, Leipoa ocellata.


word: mallee hen
definition:
mallee hen

mallee hen
n.
(Zool.)
The adult female of the mallee fowl (Leipoa ocellata).  See Leipoa.


word: Malleolar
definition:
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.


word: Malleolus
definition:
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.


word: Mallet
definition:
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.


word: Malleus
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.

3.
(Zool.)
A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.


word: Mallophaga
definition:
Mallophaga

Mal*loph"a*ga
(măl*l&obreve_;f"ȧ*gȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. mallo`s a lock of wool + fagei^n to eat.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Mallotus
definition:
Mallotus

Mal*lo"tus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr Gr. _; fleecy.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod.


word: Mallows
definition:
Mallows

Mallow

{ Mal"low (?), Mal"lows (?), }
n.
[OE. malwe, AS. mealwe, fr. L. malva, akin to Gr. mala`chh; cf. mala`ssein to soften, malako`s soft. Named either from its softening or relaxing properties, or from its soft downy leaves.  Cf. Mauve, Malachite.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous.

&hand_; The flowers of the common mallow (Malva sylvestris) are used in medicine. The dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia) is a common weed, and its flattened, dick-shaped fruits are called cheeses by children.  Tree mallow (Malva Mauritiana and Lavatera arborea), musk mallow (Malva moschata), rose mallow or hollyhock, and curled mallow (Malva 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.


word: mallow family
definition:
mallow family

mallow family
n.
(Bot.)
The natural family Malvaceae, a dilleniid dicot family consisting of herbs and shrubs and some trees, and including the mallows, cotton, and okra.


word: Malmbrick
definition:
Malmbrick

Malm

{ Malm (?), Malm"brick` (?), }
n.
[Cf. AS. mealm sand.]
A kind of brick of a light brown or yellowish color, made of sand, clay, and chalk.


word: malma
definition:
malma

mal"ma
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Malmag
definition:
Malmag

Mal"mag
(?)
n.
[F., from native name in Madagascar.]
(Zool.)
The tarsius, or spectral lemur.


word: Malmsey
definition:
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.


word: malnourished
definition:
malnourished

malnourished
adj.
Not getting adequate food; suffering from malnutrition; underfed.
starved, starving
unfed
foodless


word: malnutrition
definition:
malnutrition

mal`nu*tri"tion
(?)
n.
[Mal- + nutrition.]
(Physiol.)
Faulty or imperfect nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced food intake.


word: malodorous
definition:
malodorous

mal*o"dor*ous
(?)
a.
Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.
mal*o"dor*ous*ness. n.
Carlyle.


word: malodorousness
definition:
malodorousness

mal*o"dor*ous*ness
n.
The attribute of having a strong offensive smell.

Syn. -- stinkiness, foulness, rankness.


word: Malonic
definition:
Malonic

Ma*lon"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a dicarboxylic acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid.


word: Malonyl
definition:
Malonyl

Mal"o*nyl
(?)
n.
[Malonic + -yl.]
(Chem.)
A divalent diacyl radical, CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid.


word: malonylurea
definition:
malonylurea

malonylurea
n.
A white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; it is used in preparing barbiturate drugs.

Syn. -- barbituric acid.


word: malope
definition:
malope

malope
n.
A Western Mediterranean annual (Malope trifida) having deep purple-red flowers subtended by three large cordate bracts.

Syn. -- Malope trifida.


word: Malopterurus
definition:
Malopterurus

Malopterurus
prop. n.
[NL., from Gr. malako`s soft + ptero`n wing + o'yra` tail.]
(Zool.)
A variant spelling of Malapterurus.


word: Malosma
definition:
Malosma

Malosma
prop. n.
A genus having only one species; often included in the genus Rhus.

Syn. -- genus Malosma.


word: Malpais
definition:
Malpais

Mal"pais`
(?)
n.
[Cf. Sp. mal, malo, bad, and país country.]
(Geol.)
The rough surface of a congealed lava stream.
[Southwestern U. S.]


word: Malpighia
definition:
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 glabra (formerly Malpighia urens) are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.


word: Malpighiaceous
definition:
Malpighiaceous

Mal*pi`ghi*a"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceae), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests.


word: Malpighia glabra
definition:
Malpighia glabra

Malpighia glabra
prop. n.
(Bot.)
THe species name of the acerola, also called barbados cherry, a tropical American shrub bearing edible cherrylike acid red fruit.

Syn. -- barbados cherry, acerola, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry.


word: Malpighian
definition:
Malpighian

Mal*pi"ghi*an
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.

Malpighian capsules or Malpighian corpuscles (Anatomy), 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.


word: malpighian body
definition:
malpighian body

malpighian body
n.
(Anatomy)
The capsule that contains a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron; also called malpighian corpuscle and Malpighian capsule.


word: malpighian corpuscle
definition:
malpighian corpuscle

malpighian corpuscle
n.
(Anatomy)
See malpighian body.

Syn. -- malpighian body,  Malpighian capsule.


word: malpighian layer
definition:
malpighian layer

malpighian layer
n.
(Anatomy)
The innermost layer of the epidermis.

Syn. -- stratum germinativum, rete Malpighii.


word: Malpractice
definition:
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.]


word: Malt
definition:
Malt

Malt
(m&asuml_;lt)
n.
[AS. mealt; akin to D. mout, G. malz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. malt, and E. melt. √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.


word: Malt₂
definition:
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.


word: Malt₃
definition:
Malt

Malt
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Malted: p. pr. & vb. n. Malting.]
To make into malt; as, to malt barley.


word: Malta
definition:
Malta

Malta
n.
1.
A country on the island of Malta.

2.
An island south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea.


word: malta fever
definition:
malta fever

malta fever
n.
(Med.)
An infectious disease contracted from meat or milk products from infected domestic animals; called also brucellosis and undulant fever.


word: Maltalent
definition:
Maltalent

Mal"ta*lent
(?)
n.
[F. See Malice, and Talent.]
Ill will; malice.
[Obs.]
Rom. of R. Spenser.


word: maltase
definition:
maltase

malt"ase
(m&asuml_;lt"ās)
n.
(Biochem.)
An enzyme, α-D-glucosidase, which hydrolyzes maltose with production of glucose, and also hydrolyzes certain other α-D-glucosides.


word: malted milk
definition:
malted milk

malted milk
n.
1.
A milkshake made with malt powder; also called simply a malted.

2.
A powder made of dried milk and malted cereals.


word: Maltese
definition:
Maltese

Mal*tese"
(m&asuml_;l*tēs" or m&asuml_;l*tēz")
prop. a.
Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants.
n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta.

Maltese cross. See Illust. 5, of Cross. -- Maltese dog (Zool.), a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta.


word: maltese cross
definition:
maltese cross

maltese cross
n.
(Bot.)
A Eurasian garden perennial (Lychins chalcedonica) having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads.

Syn. -- scarlet lychnis, Lychins chalcedonica.

2.
A cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center. See illustration under cross.


word: Maltese dog
definition:
Maltese dog

Maltese dog
n.
(Zool.)
A breed of toy dog having a long straight silky white coat; also called a Maltese.


word: Maltha
definition:
Maltha

Mal"tha
(măl"thȧ)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. ma`lqa.]
1.
A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor.

2.
Mortar.
[Obs.]
Holland.


word: Malthus
definition:
Malthus

Malthus
prop. n.
Thomas Robert Malthus, an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834).

Syn. -- Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus.


word: Malthusian
definition:
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.  See Malthus.

&hand_; 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.  The steadily increasing capacity of world economic systems and food production has proven this theory to be at least premature, since economic production has increased notably faster than population since the time of Malthus.  The general notion that there is an ultimate limit on the ability of mankind to continue increasing food and goods in proportion to population is still held by many people, especially environmentalists, some of whom who feel that the chief limiting factor will be the inability to dispose of the waste products of industry, leading to a steady degradation of the environment in the absence of population limitation.  However, even those that believe this differ widely in their estimates of when this limit will be reached.


word: Malthusianism
definition:
Malthusianism

Mal*thu"sian*ism
(?)
n.
The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population.  See Malthusian.


word: malthusian theory
definition:
malthusian theory

malthusian theory
n.
Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence; Malthusianism.  See Malthusian.


word: Maltine
definition:
Maltine

Maltin

{ Malt"in (?), Malt"ine (?), }
n.
(Physiol. Chem.)
The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a name given to various medicinal preparations made from or containing malt.


word: Maltonic
definition:
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.


word: Maltose
definition:
Maltose

Malt"ose`
(m&asuml_;lt"&omacrs`)
n.
[From Malt.]
(Biochem.)
A crystalline disaccharide (C12H22O11) formed from starch by the action of diastase of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice; called also maltobiose and malt sugar.  Chemically it is 4-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucose.  It rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right than does dextrose and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.


word: maltreat
definition:
maltreat

mal*treat"
(măl*trēt")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Maltreating.]
[Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter.]
To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.


word: maltreatment
definition:
maltreatment

mal*treat"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. maltraitement.]
Cruel or inhumane treatment; ill usage; abuse.

Syn. -- ill-treatment.


word: malt whisky
definition:
malt whisky

malt whiskey

malt whiskey, malt whisky
n.
A whiskey distilled in Scotland (esp. whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still); Scotch whisky.

Syn. -- Scotch, Scotch-whiskey, Scotch whisky.


word: Malvaceae
definition:
Malvaceae

Malvaceae
prop. n.
A natural family of herbs and shrubs and some trees, including the mallows, cotton, and okra; the mallow family.

Syn. -- family Malvaceae, mallow family.


word: Malvaceous
definition:
Malvaceous

Mal*va"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. malvaceus, from malva mallows. See Mallow.]
(Bot.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type.  The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this family.  It was formerly classified as an order, and included the baobab and the silk-cotton trees.  The baobab and silk-cotton trees are now placed in the family Bombacaceae, which is included with the Malvaceae in the order Malvales.


word: Malvales
definition:
Malvales

Malvales
n.
A natural order of plants including the families Malvaceae, Bombacaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, Sterculiaceae, and Tiliaceae.

Syn. -- order Malvales.


word: Malva neglecta
definition:
Malva neglecta

Malva neglecta
prop. n.
(Bot.)
The species name of the common mallow, an annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in U.S..


word: Malvastrum
definition:
Malvastrum

Malvastrum
n.
A genus of mallows characterized by red and yellow flowers often placed in other genera.

Syn. -- genus Malvastrum.


word: Malva sylvestris
definition:
Malva sylvestris

Malva sylvestris
prop. n.
(Bot.)
The species name of the tall mallow, an erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced into the U. S.

Syn. -- tall mallow, high mallow, cheese, cheeseflower.


word: Malvaviscus
definition:
Malvaviscus

Malvaviscus
n.
A small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows.

Syn. -- genus Malvaviscus.


word: Malversation
definition:
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.


word: Mamelon
definition:
Mamelon

Mam"e*lon
(?)
n.
[F.]
A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.
Westmin. Rev.


word: Mameluke
definition:
Mameluke

Mam"e*luke
(?)
n.
[F. mamelouk, cf. Sp. mameluco, It. mammalucco; all fr. Ar. mamlūk 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 Muslimism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.


word: Mamma
definition:
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.


word: Mamma₂
definition:
Mamma

Mam"ma
(?)
n.
pl. Mammae (#).
[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; udder; bag.


word: Mammal
definition:
Mammal

Mam"mal
(?)
n.
pl. Mammals (#).
[L. mammalis belonging to the breast, fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal.]
(Zool.)
One of the Mammalia.

Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.


word: Mammalia
definition:
Mammalia

Mam*ma"li*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from L. mammalis. See Mammal.]
(Zool.)
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.

&hand_; Mammalia are divided into three subclasses; --
[1913 Webster]
I. Placentalia. This subclass embraces all the higher orders, including man. In these the fetus is attached to the uterus by a placenta.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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 mammae.


word: Mammaliferous
definition:
Mammaliferous

Mam`ma*lif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Mammal + -ferous.]
(Geol.)
Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.


word: Mammalogy
definition:
Mammalogy

Mam*mal"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Mamma breast + -logy: cf. f. mammalogie.]
The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. See Mammalia.


word: Mammary
definition:
Mammary

Mam"ma*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. mammaire.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the mammae or breasts; as, the mammary arteries and veins.


word: mama's boy₂
definition:
mama's boy

mama's boy
n.
A boy excessively attached to his mother; a boy lacking the usual masculine interests; also spelled mamma's boy.

Syn. -- mother's boy.


word: Mammea
definition:
Mammea

Mammea
n.
A genus of American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit.

Syn. -- genus Mammea.


word: Mammee tree
definition:
Mammee tree

Mammee

Mam*mee", Mam*mee" tree`
(?)
n.
[Haitian mamey.]
(Bot.)
A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (Mammea Americana); also, its fruit, called the mammee apple.  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.

Syn. -- mammee apple, mammee, mamey, Mammea americana.


word: mammee apple
definition:
mammee apple

mammee apple
n.
(Bot.)
A tropical American tree (Mammea americana) having edible fruit (the mammee apple) with a leathery rind.

Syn. -- mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana.

2.
The globular or ovoid tropical fruit of the mammee tree (Mammea americana), having a thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh.


word: Mammer
definition:
Mammer

Mam"mer
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. G. memme coward, poltroon.]
To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully.
[Obs.]


word: Mammiferous
definition:
Mammiferous

Mam*mif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Mamma breast + -ferous: cf. F. mammifère.]
Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, the Mammalia.


word: Mammiform
definition:
Mammiform

Mam"mi*form
(?)
a.
[Mamma breast + -form: cf. F. mammiforme.]
Having the form of a mamma (breast) or mammae.


word: Mammillary
definition:
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.


word: Mammillated
definition:
Mammillated

Mammillate

{ Mam"mil*late (?), Mam"mil*la`ted (?), }
a.
[See Mammilla.]
1.
Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammae.

2.
(Zool.)
Bounded like a nipple; -- said of the apex of some shells.


word: Mammock
definition:
Mammock

Mam"mock
(?)
n.
[Ir. & Gael. mam a round hill + -ock.]
A shapeless piece; a fragment.
[Obs.]


word: Mammon
definition:
Mammon

Mam"mon
(măm"mŭn)
n.
[L. mammona, Gr. mammwna^s riches, Syr. mam&omacrnā; cf. Heb. matm&omacrn a hiding place, subterranean storehouse, treasury, fr. tāman to hide.]
Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.

Ye can not serve God and Mammon.
Matt. vi. 24.


word: Mammonish
definition:
Mammonish

Mam"mon*ish
a.
Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
Carlyle.


word: Mammonite
definition:
Mammonite

Mam"mon*ite
(?)
n.
One devoted to the acquisition of wealth or the service of Mammon.
C. Kingsley.


word: Mammonization
definition:
Mammonization

Mam`mon*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
The process of making mammonish; the state of being under the influence of mammonism.


word: Mammose
definition:
Mammose

Mam*mose"
(?)
a.
[L. mammosus having large breasts, mamma breast.]
(Bot.)
Having the form of the breast; breast-shaped.


word: Mammoth
definition:
Mammoth

Mam"moth
(măm"m&obreve_;th)
n.
[Russ. mâmont, mámant, 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.]
(Zool.)
An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Mammuthus primigenius formerly 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.

&hand_; Several specimens have been found in Siberia preserved entire, with the flesh and hair remaining.  They were imbedded in the ice cliffs at a remote period, and became exposed by the melting of the ice.


word: Mammoth₂
definition:
Mammoth

Mam"moth
(măm"m&obreve_;th)
a.
Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.


word: mammothrept
definition:
mammothrept

mam"mo*thrept
(măm"mo̝*thrĕpt)
n.
[Gr. mammo`qreptos; ma`mma grandmother + tre`pein to nourish.]
A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child.
[R.]

O, you are a more mammothrept in judgment.
B. Jonson.


word: Mammuthus primigenius
definition:
Mammuthus primigenius

Mammuthus primigenius
prop. n.
(Zool.)
The species name for the woolly mammoth, a very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the Northern hemisphere.

Syn. -- woolly mammoth, northern mammoth.


word: Mammutidae
definition:
Mammutidae

Mammutidae
prop. n.
An extinct natural family of mammals, comprising the mastodons.

Syn. -- family Mammutidae, family Mastodontidae.


word: mamoncillo
definition:
mamoncillo

mamoncillo
n.
A tropical American tree (Melicocca bijuga, or Melicocca bijugatus) bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.

Syn. -- Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus.


word: Mamzer
definition:
Mamzer

Mam"zer
(?)
n.
[Heb. mámzēr.]
A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard.
Deut. xxiii. 2 (Douay version).


word: Man
definition:
Man

Man
(măn)
n.
pl. Men (mĕn).
[AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. maðr, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind.  √104.  Cf. Minx a pert girl.]
1.
A human being; -- opposed to beast.

These men went about wide, and man found they none,
But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one.
R. of Glouc.

The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
Shak.

'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast!
W. C. Fields

2.
Especially:
An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.

When I became a man, I put away childish things.
I Cor. xiii. 11.

Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man.
Dryden.

3.
The human race; mankind.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion.
Gen. i. 26.

The proper study of mankind is man.
Pope.

4.
The male portion of the human race.

Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties.
Cowper.

5.
One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
Shak.

This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world “This was a man!”
Shak.

6.
An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.

Like master, like man.
Old Proverb.

The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor.
Blackstone.

7.
A term of familiar address at one time implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose!  In the latter half of the 20th century it became used in a broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of address, but is not used in business or formal situations; as, hey, man!  You want to go to a movie tonight?.
[Informal]

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.

&hand_; 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, repairman, 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 (Zool.), 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 (Ipomoea pandurata) with leaves and flowers much like those of the morning-glory, but having an immense tuberous farinaceous root. -- Man of sin (Script.), one who is the embodiment of evil, whose coming is represented (2 Thess. ii. 3) as preceding the second coming of Christ. [A Hebraistic expression] -- Man of war. (a) A warrior; a soldier. Shak. (b) (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary. (c) See Portuguese man-of-war under man-of-war and also see Physalia. -- Man-stopping bullet (Mil.), a bullet which will produce a sufficient shock to stop a soldier advancing in a charge; specif., a small-caliber bullet so modified as to expand when striking the human body, producing a severe wound which is also difficult to treat medically.  Types of bullets called hollow-nosed bullets, soft-nosed bullets and hollow-point bullets are classed as man-stopping.  The dumdum bullet or dumdum is another well-known variety.  Such bullets were originally designed for wars with savage tribes. -- great man, a man{2} who has become prominent due to substantial and widely admired contributions to social or intellectual endeavors; as, Einstein was one of the great men of the twentieth century. -- To be one's own man, to have command of one's self; not to be subject to another.


word: Man₂
definition:
Man

Man
(măn)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Manned (mănd); 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.
manned
Addison.

3.
To tame, as a hawk.
[R.]
Shak.

4.
To furnish with a servant or servants.
[Obs.]
Shak.

5.
To wait on as a manservant.
[Obs.]
Shak.

&hand_; 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.


word: Manacle
definition:
Manacle

Man"a*cle
(măn"ȧ*k'l)
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.


word: Manacle₂
definition:
Manacle

Man"a*cle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Manacled (măn"ȧ*k'ld); 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.


word: Manage
definition:
Manage

Man"age
(?)
n.
[F. manège, It.  maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage, fr. L. manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F.  ménage 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 Phaethon
Wanting the manage of unruly jades.
Shak.

The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl.
Shak.

&hand_; This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.


word: Manage₂
definition:
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.


word: Manage₃
definition:
Manage

Man"age
v. i.
To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.

Leave them to manage for thee.
Dryden.


word: Manageable
definition:
Manageable

Man"age*a*ble
(?)
a.
Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.


word: managed economy
definition:
managed economy

managed economy
n.
A non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices.


word: Management
definition:
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 a business enterprise; the management of state affairs.
management
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.


word: management consultant
definition:
management consultant

management consultant
n.
An adviser to business about efficient management practices.


word: management personnel
definition:
management personnel

management personnel
n. pl.
Personnel having ovrall planning and direction responsibilities.


word: Manager
definition:
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.


word: Managerial
definition:
Managerial

Man`a*ge"ri*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities.
Managerial
C. Bronté.


word: Managery
definition:
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.


word: managing director
definition:
managing director

managing director
n.
A person who manages a busness though not the owner or chief executive.

Syn. -- director, manager.


word: managing editor
definition:
managing editor

managing editor
n.
The editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine.


word: Manakin
definition:
Manakin

Man"a*kin
(?)
n.
[Cf. F.  & G. manakin; prob. the native name.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridae.  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.


word: man-at-arms
definition:
man-at-arms

man-at-arms
n.
pl. men-at-arms (?)
A heavily armed and sometimes mounted soldier in medieval times.


word: manatee
definition:
manatee

man`a*tee"
(?)
n.
[Sp. manatí, from the native name in Haiti.  Cf. Lamantin.]
(Zool.)
Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called also sea cow.
[Written also manaty, manati.]

&hand_; One species (Trichechus Senegalensis) inhabits the west coast of Africa; another (Trichechus Americanus) inhabits the east coast of South America, and the West-Indies. The Florida manatee (Trichechus latirostris) is by some considered a distinct species, by others it is thought to be a variety of Trichechus Americanus. It sometimes becomes fifteen feet or more in length, and lives both in fresh and salt water. It was hunted for its oil and flesh, and every species is now an endangered species.


word: Manation
definition:
Manation

Ma*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. manatio, fr. manare to flow.]
The act of issuing or flowing out.
[Obs.]


word: Manbote
definition:
Manbote

Man"bote`
(?)
n.
[AS. man man, vassal +  b&omacrt 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.


word: Manchester terrier
definition:
Manchester terrier

Manchester terrier
prop. n.
A breed of short-haired black-and-tan terrier developed in Manchester England.

Syn. -- black-and-tan terrier.


word: Manchineel
definition:
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.


word: Manchu
definition:
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.


word: Mancipate
definition:
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.


word: Mancipation
definition:
Mancipation

Man`ci*pa"tion
(?)
n.
[L. mancipatio a transfer.]
Slavery; involuntary servitude.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Manciple
definition:
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.


word: Mancus
definition:
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.


word: -mancy
definition:
-mancy

-man`cy
(?)
[Gr. _; divination: cf. F. -mancie.]
A combining form denoting divination; as, aleuromancy, chiromancy, necromancy, etc.


word: Mandamus
definition:
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.


word: Mandarin
definition:
Mandarin

Man`da*rin"
(?)
n.
[Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantrī 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.
Hence:
A powerful government official or bureaucrat, especially one who is pedantic and has a strong sense of his own importance and privelege.

3.
Hence:
A member of an influential, powerful or elite group, espcially within artistic or intellectual circles; -- used especially of elder members who are traditionalist or conservative about their specialties.

5.
The form of the Chinese language spoken by members of the Chinese Imperial Court an officials of the empire.

6.
Any of several closely related dialects of the Chinese language spoken by a mojority of the population of China, the standard variety of which is spoken in the region around Beijing.

7.
(Bot.)
A small flattish reddish-orange loose-skinned orange, with an easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus reticulata formerly Citrus nobilis); called also mandarin orange and tangerine.

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.


word: Mandarinate
definition:
Mandarinate

Man`da*rin"ate
(?)
n.
The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China.
S. W. Williams.


word: mandarin duck
definition:
mandarin duck

mandarin duck
n.
A showy crested Asiatic duck (Aix galericulata, formerly Dendronessa galericulata), often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal affection.


word: Mandarining
definition:
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.


word: Mandarinism
definition:
Mandarinism

Man`da*rin"ism
(?)
n.
A government by mandarins (senses 1 or 2); character or spirit of the mandarins{2}.
F. Lieder.


word: mandarin orange
definition:
mandarin orange

man`da*rin" or"ange
(?)
n.
1.
A shrub or small tree (Citrus reticulata) having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to Southeast Asia.

Syn. -- mandarin orange tree.

2.
Same as mandarin{7}.


word: Mandatary
definition:
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.


word: Mandate
definition:
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, order, or authorization from a superior official to a subordinate; 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.
Hence:
(Politics)
An authorization to carry out a specific public policy, given by the electorate to their representatives; -- it is considered to be implied by the election of a candidate by a significant margin after that candidate has campaigned with that policy as a prominent element of the campaign platform.

3.
Hence:
Authorization by a multinational body to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a territory, usually a former colony; as, termination of the British mandate in Palestine.

4.
(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.

5.
(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.


word: Mandator
definition:
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.


word: Mandatory
definition:
Mandatory

Man"da*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. mandatorius.]
1.
Containing a command; preceptive; directory.

2.
Obligatory; compulsory; required by authority.

3.
(Law)
Not optional; not able to be modified or disregarded; as, seven mandatory clauses in the contract.


word: Mandelic
definition:
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.


word: Mandible
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera.


word: Mandibular
definition:
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.


word: mandibular joint
definition:
mandibular joint

mandibular joint
n.
(anatomy)
The joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone.

Syn. -- temporomandibular joint, articulatio temporomandibularis.


word: Mandibulated
definition:
Mandibulated

Mandibulate

{ Man*dib"u*late (?), Man*dib"u*la`ted (?), }
a.
(Zool.)
Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.


word: Mandibuliform
definition:
Mandibuliform

Man`di*bu"li*form
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.


word: Mandibulohyoid
definition:
Mandibulohyoid

Man*dib`u*lo*hy"oid
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them.


word: mandil
definition:
mandil

man"dil
(măn"dĭl)
n.
[OF. mandil; cf. Sp. & Pg. mandil a coarse apron, a haircloth; all from Ar. mandil tablecloth, handkerchief, mantle, fr. LGr. mandh`lion, fr. L. mantile, mantele. See Mantle.]
A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries.


word: Mandingos
definition:
Mandingos

Man*din"gos
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Mandingo
(Ethnol.)
An extensive and powerful tribe of West African negroes.


word: Mandola
definition:
Mandola

Man*do"la
(?)
n.
[It. See Mandolin.]
(Mus.)
An instrument closely resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.


word: Mandoline
definition:
Mandoline

Mandolin

{ Man"do*lin, Man"do*line  }
(?)
n.
[F. mandoline, It. mandolino, dim. of mandola, fr. L. pandura. See Bandore.]
(Mus.)
A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.


word: Mandragora
definition:
Mandragora

Man*drag"o*ra
(?)
n.
[L., mandragoras the mandrake.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1.


word: Mandragorite
definition:
Mandragorite

Man*drag"o*rite
(?)
n.
One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.


word: mandrake
definition:
mandrake

man"drake
(măn"drāk)
n.
[AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr. Gr. mandrago`ras: 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.

&hand_; 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.]


word: mandrake root
definition:
mandrake root

mandrake root
n.
The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic; as a substance it is also called mandrake.


word: Mandrel
definition:
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 and mandril.]

Mandrel lathe, a lathe with a stout spindle, adapted esp. for chucking, as for forming hollow articles by turning or spinning.


word: mandril
definition:
mandril

mandril
n.
any of various shafts that rotate or serve as axes for larger rotating parts.
[Written also manderil and mandrel.]

Syn. -- spindle, mandrel, arbor.


word: mandrill
definition:
mandrill

man"drill
(măn"drĭl)
n.
[Cf. F. mandrille, Sp. mandril, It. mandrillo; prob. the native name in Africa.  Cf. Drill an ape.]
(Zool.)
A large West African baboon (Papio sphinx syn. Mandrillus sphinx, formerly Cynocephalus mormon syn. Papio mormon).  The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.  It is an endangered species.


word: Manducable
definition:
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.


word: Manducate
definition:
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.


word: Manducation
definition:
Manducation

Man`du*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. manducatio: cf. F. manducation.]
The act of chewing.
[R.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Manducus
definition:
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.


word: Mane
definition:
Mane

Mane
(mān)
n.
[AS. manu; akin to OD. mane, D. maan, G. mähne, OHG. mana, Icel. mön, Dan. & Sw. man, AS. mene necklace, Icel. men, L. monile, Gr. _;, _;, Skr. manyā neck muscles. √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.


word: maned sheep
definition:
maned sheep

maned sheep
n.
A type of wild sheep (Ammotragus lervia) of northern Africa; called also Barbary sheep and aoudad.

Syn. -- aoudad, arui, audad, Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia.


word: maned wolf
definition:
maned wolf

maned wolf
n.
A reddish-gray wolf (Canis rufus or Canis niger) of Southwestern North America.

Syn. -- red wolf, Canis rufus, Canis niger.


word: Man-eater
definition:
Man-eater

Man"-eat`er
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon carcharias syn. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh.


word: man-eating shark
definition:
man-eating shark

man-eating shark
n.
A term applied to sharks that attack humans, especially the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), a large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas.

Syn. -- great white shark, white shark, man-eater, Carcharodon carcharias.


word: Maned
definition:
Maned

Maned
(?)
a.
Having a mane.

Maned seal (Zool.), the sea lion. -- Maned sheep (Zool.), the aoudad.


word: Manege
definition:
Manege

Ma*nege"
(?; 277)
n.
[F. manège. See Manage, n.]
1.
The art of horsemanship, or of training horses.

2.
A school for teaching horsemanship, and for training horses.
Chesterfield.


word: Maneh
definition:
Maneh

Ma"neh
(?)
n.
[Heb. māneh.]
A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver.
Ezek. xlv. 12.


word: Maneless
definition:
Maneless

Mane"less
(?)
a.
Having no mane.

Maneless lion (Zool.), a variety of the lion having a short, inconspicuous mane.  It inhabits Arabia and adjacent countries.


word: Manes
definition:
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.


word: Manoeuvre
definition:
Manoeuvre

Maneuver

{ Ma*neu"ver, Ma*noeu"vre  }
(?)
n.
[F. manoeuvre, 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.


word: Manoeuvre₂
definition:
Manoeuvre

Maneuver

{ Ma*neu"ver, Ma*noeu"vre, }
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Maneuvered (#) or Manoeuvred; p. pr. & vb. n. Maneuvering (_;), or Manoeuvring (_;).]
[Cf. F. manoeuvrer. See Maneuver, n.]
1.
To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with the intention of getting an advantage in attack or defense.

2.
Hence:
To make changes in one's approach to solving a problem, so as to achieve maximum advantage in a changing situation; -- used especially in competitive situations, as in politics, diplomacy, or sports.

3.
To manage with address or art; to scheme.


word: Manoeuvre₃
definition:
Manoeuvre

Maneuver

{ Ma*neu"ver, Ma*noeu"vre, }
v. t.
1.
To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.


word: Manoeuvrer
definition:
Manoeuvrer

Maneuverer

{ Ma*neu"ver*er (?), Ma*noeu"vrer (?), }
n.
One who maneuvers.

This charming widow Beaumont is a nanoeuvrer. We can't well make an English word of it.
Miss Edgeworth.


word: man Friday
definition:
man Friday

man Friday
prop. n.
[From Friday, the name of a character in the novel Robinson Crusoe (1719) by DeFoe.]
A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; a devoted assistant.

Syn. -- right-hand man, chief assistant.


word: Manful
definition:
Manful

Man"ful
(?)
a.
Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble.
Manful
Chaucer.
Man"ful*ly, adv. -- Man"ful*ness, n.


word: Mangabey
definition:
Mangabey

Man"ga*bey
(?)
n.
[So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them be native.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (Cercocebus fuliginosus), which is sooty black.
[Also written mangaby.]


word: Manganate
definition:
Manganate

Man"ga*nate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. manganate.]
(Chem.)
A salt of manganic acid.

&hand_; The manganates are usually green, and are well-known compounds, though derived from a hypothetical acid.


word: Manganese
definition:
Manganese

Man`ga*nese"
(?)
n.
[F. manganèse, 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 (melting point 1244° C), but easily oxidized.  Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc.  Symbol Mn.  Atomic number 25; Atomic weight 54.938 [C=12.011].

&hand_; 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 Manganese 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.


word: manganese bronze
definition:
manganese bronze

manganese bronze
n.
A brass alloy having from 1 to 4 percent of manganese added to harden it; made by adding manganese to the copper and zinc used in brass.

Syn. -- high-strength brass.


word: Manganese steel
definition:
Manganese steel

Man`ga*nese" steel
Cast steel containing a considerable percentage (10-14) of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough and highly resistant to wear. See Alloy steel, above.


word: Manganic
definition:
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.


word: manganic acid
definition:
manganic acid

manganic acid
n.
A dibasic acid H2MnO4, formed from manganese, analogous to sulphuric acid; it is found only in solution and in manganate salts.


word: Manganite
definition:
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.


word: Manganous
definition:
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.


word: Mangcorn
definition:
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.]


word: Mange
definition:
Mange

Mange
(?)
n.
[See Mangy.]
(Vet.)
The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts.

Mange insect (Zool.), 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 equi or Dermatodectes equi), and that of cattle (Symbiotes bovis  or Dermatophagys bovis) are the most important species.  See Acarina.


word: Mangel-wurzel
definition:
Mangel-wurzel

Man"gel-wur`zel
(?)
n.
[G., corrupted fr. mangoldwurzel; mangold beet  + wurzel root.]
(Bot.)
A kind of large field beet (Beta macrorhiza), used as food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See Beet.
[Written also mangold-wurzel.]


word: manger
definition:
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.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2: 7

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.


word: Mangifera
definition:
Mangifera

Mangifera
prop. n.
 genus of tropical trees native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit.

Syn. -- genus Mangifera.


word: Mangle
definition:
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 performing; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation.

To mangle a play or a novel.
Swift.


word: mangle
definition:
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, often with heated rollers.

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.


word: Mangle₂
definition:
Mangle

Man"gle
(mă&nsmacr_;"g'l)
v. t.
[Cf. D. mangelen. See Mangle, n.]
To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth.


word: Mangler
definition:
Mangler

Man"gler
(?)
n.
[See 1st Mangle.]
One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any work in doing it.


word: Mango
definition:
Mango

Man"go
(?)
n.
pl. Mangoes (#).
[Pg. manga, fr. Tamil mānkāy.]
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 (Zool.), an oriole (Oriolus kundoo), native of India. -- Mango fish (Zool.), 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 .


word: mango tree
definition:
mango tree

mango tree
n.
An East Indian tree of the genus Mangifera (Mangifera Indica), related to the cashew and the sumac.  It grows to a large size, and produces a large oval smooth-skinned fruit which is the mango of commerce.  It is now cultivated in tropical America.


word: Mangonel
definition:
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.


word: Mangonist
definition:
Mangonist

Man"go*nist
(?)
n.
1.
One who mangonizes.
[Obs.]

2.
A slave dealer; also, a strumpet.
[Obs.]


word: Mangonize
definition:
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.


word: mangosteen tree
definition:
mangosteen tree

Mangostan

Mangosteen

{ Man"go*steen (?), Man"go*stan (?), mangosteen tree }
n.
[Malay mangusta, mangis.]
(Bot.)
A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (Garcinia Mangostana) with thick leathery leaves.  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.


word: Mangrove
definition:
Mangrove

Man"grove
(?)
n.
[Malay manggi-manggi.]
1.
(Bot.)
The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (Rhizophora Mangle, and Rhizophora mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial 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.

&hand_; 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 Avicennia tomentosa) have much the same habit.

2.
(Zool.)
The mango fish.


word: mangrove family
definition:
mangrove family

mangrove family
n.
A natural family (Rhizophoraceae) of trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts.  It includes the mangrove Rhizophora Mangle.


word: mangrove snapper
definition:
mangrove snapper

mangrove snapper
n.
A fish (Lutjanus griseus) found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida; called also gray snapper.


word: mangy
definition:
mangy

man"gy
(?)
a.
[Compar. mangier (?); superl. mangiest.]
[F. mangé, p. p. of manger to eat. See Manger.]
1.
Infected with the mange; scabby.

2.
Shabby; worn-out; seedy; run-down; squalid; as, a mangy old coat; a mangy tavern.


word: Manhandle
definition:
Manhandle

Man*han"dle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. -handled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. -handling (?).]
1.
To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon.

2.
To handle roughly; as, the captive was manhandled.


word: Manhattan Project
definition:
Manhattan Project

Manhattan Project
prop. n.
(U. S. History)
A former US agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II.


word: Manhes process
definition:
Manhes process

Man`hès" proc"ess
(?)
(Copper Metal.)
A process by which copper matte is treated by passing through it a blast of air, to oxidize and remove sulphur. It is analogous in apparatus to the Bessemer process for decarbonizing cast iron. So called from Pierre Manhès, a French metallurgist, who invented it.


word: Manhole
definition:
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.


word: Manhood
definition:
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; virility; courage; bravery; resolution.

I am ashamed
That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus.
Shak.

3.
The genitalia of a male human.

4.
The condition of being a human being.


word: man-hour
definition:
man-hour

man hour

man hour, man-hour
n.
The quantity of work which one person can perform in one hour; -- often an estimate made for the purpose of deciding whether to undertake a project, and sometimes used in accounting; as, it will take a hundred man-hours to write the program.


word: manhunt
definition:
manhunt

man"hunt`
n.
(măn"hŭnt)
An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime).


word: Mania
definition:
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.


word: Maniable
definition:
Maniable

Man"i*a*ble
(?)
a.
[F., fr. manier to manage, fr. L. manus hand.]
Manageable.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Maniac
definition:
Maniac

Ma"ni*ac
(?)
a.
[F. maniaque. See Mania.]
Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.


word: Maniacal
definition:
Maniacal

Ma*ni"a*cal
(?)
a.
Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.
Ma*ni"a*cal*ly, adv.


word: Manic
definition:
Manic

Man"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. maniko`s mad, frenzied.]
(Med.)
Of or pert. to, or characterized by, mania, or excitement; frenzied; as, with manic energy.


word: Manicate
definition:
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.


word: manic-depressive psychosis
definition:
manic-depressive psychosis

manic-depressive psychosis
n.
(Med.)
A mental disorder characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression.

Syn. -- bipolar disorder, manic depression, manic depressive illness.


word: manic disorder
definition:
manic disorder

manic disorder
n.
(Med.)
An affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently.

Syn. -- mania.


word: Manichee
definition:
Manichee

Manichean

Manichaean

{ Man`i*chae"an (?), Man`i*che"an, Man"i*chee (?) }
n.
[LL. Manichaeus: cf. F. manichéen.]
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 Manichaeans stand as representatives of dualism pushed to its utmost development.
Tylor.


word: Manicheism
definition:
Manicheism

Manichaeism

{ Man"i*chae*ism, Man"i*che*ism (?) }
n.
[Cf. F. manichéisme.]
The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichaeans.


word: Manichordon
definition:
Manichordon

Manichord

{ Man"i*chord (?), 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.


word: manicotti
definition:
manicotti

manicotti
n.
Tubular large noodles that are usually stuffed with mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce; -- a type of Italian pasta; also a dish of such noodles thus prepared.


word: Manicure
definition:
Manicure

Man"i*cure
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Manicured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Manicuring (?).]
1.
To care for (the hands and nails); to care for the hands and nails of; to do manicure work.

2.
to trim carefully and meticulously; as, to manicure a lawn.


word: manicure
definition:
manicure

man"i*cure
n.
The care of the hands and nails, especially a thorough cosmetic treatment of the hands, especially the trimming and polishing of the fingernails, and removing of cuticles, performed by a manicurist.


word: manicure₂
definition:
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; -- an older term for a manicurist.

[Men] who had taken good care of their hands by wearing gloves and availing themselves of the services of a manicure.
Pop. Sci. Monthly.


word: manicurist
definition:
manicurist

man"i*cur`ist
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. manus hand + curare to cure.]
A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their fingernails; -- formerly called a manicure.


word: Manifest
definition:
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.

So clear, so shining, and so evident,
That it will glimmer through a blind man's eye.
Shak.

Entertained with solitude,
Where obvious duty erewhile appeared unsought.
Milton.

I saw, I saw him manifest in view,
His voice, his figure, and his gesture knew.
Dryden.


word: Manifest₂
definition:
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; as, to inspect the ship's manifest.
Bouvier.


word: Manifest₃
definition:
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.


word: Manifestation
definition:
Manifestation

Man`i*fes*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. manifestatio: cf. F.  manifestation.]
1.
The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding.

2.
That which manifests; a phenomenon which gives evidence of something hidden; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation; the delayed manifestation of a disease.

The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed, requires this public manifestation of them at the great day.
Atterbury.

3.
The materialization or apparition of a spirit; -- a phenomenon claimed to be seen by spiritualists.


word: manifest destiny
definition:
manifest destiny

manifest destiny
n.
A policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if granted by God).


word: Manifesto
definition:
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.


word: Manifold
definition:
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.
manifold
Eph. iii. 10.
manifold
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; writing several copies of a document at once by use of carbon paper or the like.


word: Manifold₂
definition:
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; as, the exhaust manifold of an automobile engine.

3.
pl.
The third stomach of a ruminant animal.
[Local, U.S.]


word: Manifold₃
definition:
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.


word: Manifoldness
definition:
Manifoldness

Man"i*fold`ness
n.
1.
Multiplicity.
Sherwood.

2.
(Math.)
A generalized concept of magnitude.


word: maniglion
definition:
maniglion

ma*ni"glion
(mȧ*nĭl"yŭn)
n.
[It. maniglio, maniglia, bracelet, handle.  Cf. Manilio.]
(Gun.)
Either one of two handles on the back of a piece of ordnance.


word: Manikin
definition:
Manikin

Man"i*kin
(?)
n.
[Also spelled mannikin.]
[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.

3.
A mannequin.


word: Manilla
definition:
Manilla

Manila

{ Ma*nil"a (?), Ma*nil"la  }
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city.

2.
Manila paper or the color of manila paper.

Manila cheroot or Manila cigar, a cheroot or cigar made of tobacco grown in the Philippine Islands.


word: manila bay
definition:
manila bay

manila bay
n.
The name of a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898), in which the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet off the shore of Manila in the Phillipines.


word: manila bean
definition:
manila bean

manila bean
n.
A tuberous-rooted twining annual vine (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics.

Syn. -- winged bean, winged pea, goa bean, goa bean vine, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus.


word: manila grass
definition:
manila grass

manila grass
n.
A lawn grass (Zoysia matrella) common in the Philippines; grown also in US.

Syn. -- Japanese carpet grass.


word: Manila hemp
definition:
Manila hemp

Manila hemp
n.
1.
A fibrous material obtained from the abaca plant (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.

Syn. -- Manilla hemp, abaca.

2.
A Philippine plant (Musa textilis) having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc.; called also the abaca.


word: manila maguey
definition:
manila maguey

manila maguey
n.
A hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants.

Syn. -- cantala, Cebu maguey.


word: manila paper
definition:
manila paper

manila paper
n.
A durable brown or buff paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish, made of Manila hemp, and used as a wrapping paper, or as a cheap printing and writing paper. The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber.

Syn. -- manila, manila paper, manilla, manilla paper.


word: manila tamarind
definition:
manila tamarind

manila tamarind
n.
A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.

Syn. -- camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce.


word: manilla paper
definition:
manilla paper

manilla hemp

manilla

manilla, manilla hemp, manilla paper
n.
See manila, manila hemp, manila paper.


word: Manilkara
definition:
Manilkara

Manilkara
prop. n.
A genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical.

Syn. -- genus Manilkara.


word: Manilla₂
definition:
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.


word: Manioc
definition:
Manioc

Ma"ni*oc
(?)
n.
[Pg. mandioca, fr. Braz.]
(Bot.)
The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and Manihot Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.
[Written also mandioc, manihoc, manihot.]


word: Maniple
definition:
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.


word: Manipular
definition:
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.


word: Manipulate
definition:
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; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns; to manipulate the stock market.


word: Manipulate₂
definition:
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.


word: Manipulation
definition:
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.


word: manipulative
definition:
manipulative

ma*nip"u*la*tive
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by manipulation.

2.
Prone to attempt to influence others by devious or subtle psychological means, in order to induce them to do what one wants.


word: manipulative₂
definition:
manipulative

ma*nip"u*la*tive
(mȧ*nĭp"&uuptack_;*lȧ*tĭv)
n.
(Education)
Any object given to children to encourage them to learn by manipulating physical objects; applied especially to solid objects of varying geometrical shape that can be fit together to form larger aggregates.


word: Manipulator
definition:
Manipulator

Ma*nip"u*la`tor
(?)
n.
One who manipulates, sometimes in an underhanded or fraudulent manner; as, a stock market manipulator.


word: Manipulatory
definition:
Manipulatory

Ma*nip"u*la*to*ry
(mȧ*nĭp"&uuptack_;*lȧ*to̝*r&ybreve_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to manipulation.


word: Manis
definition:
Manis

Ma"nis
(mā"nĭs)
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.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Manitu
definition:
Manitu

Manitou

Manito

{ Man"i*to (?), Man"i*tou (?), Man"i*tu (?) }
n.
A name given by tribes of American Indians to a great spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship.
Tylor.

Gitche Manito the mighty,
The Great Spirit, the creator,
Smiled upon his helpless children!
Longfellow.

Mitche Manito the mighty,
He the dreadful Spirit of Evil,
As a serpent was depicted.
Longfellow.


word: Manitrunk
definition:
Manitrunk

Man"i*trunk
(?)
n.
[L. manus hand + E. trunk.]
(Zool.)
The anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect.


word: mankind
definition:
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.


word: Mankind
definition:
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.


word: Manks
definition:
Manks

Manks
(mă&nsmacr_;ks)
prop. a.
Of or pertaining to the language or people of the Isle of Man.
n. The language spoken in the Isle of Man. See Manx.


word: Manlike
definition:
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.
manlike
Testament of Love.
manlike
Sir P. Sidney.

In glaring Chloe's manlike taste and mien.
Shenstone.


word: Manly
definition:
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.


word: Manly₂
definition:
Manly

Man"ly
adv.
In a manly manner; with the courage and fortitude of a manly man; as, to act manly.


word: man-made
definition:
man-made

man-made
adj.
Not of natural origin; prepared or made by humans; artificial; of substances, made by chemical reaction rather than extracted from a natural source; as, man-made fibers; man-made gems.  Opposed to natural.

Syn. -- semisynthetic, synthetic.


word: man-made fiber
definition:
man-made fiber

man-made fiber
n.
A fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes.

Syn. -- synthetic fiber.


word: Manna
definition:
Manna

Man"na
(măn"nȧ)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, Heb. mān; 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; called also manna lichen.

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 Fraxinus rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.

&hand_; 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; Briançon manna, that of the European larch.

Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect (Gossyparia mannipara), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarix tree in Arabia.


word: manna ash
definition:
manna ash

manna ash
n.
(Bot.)
A South Mediterranean ash (Fraxinus ornus) having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna.

Syn. -- flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus.


word: Manna croup
definition:
Manna croup

Man"na croup`
(măn"nȧ krōp`)
[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.


word: manna grass
definition:
manna grass

manna grass
n.
(Bot.)
Any of several tall slender grasses of the genus Glyceria.  They have long loose panicles, have a sweet flavor or odor, and grow in moist places.  Nerved manna grass is Glyceria nervata, and Floating manna grass is Glyceria fluitans.


word: manna lichen
definition:
manna lichen

manna lichen
n.
Any of several Old World semicrustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals; same as manna{2}.


word: manned
definition:
manned

manned
adj.
1.
Having a crew; -- of vehicles; as, a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step; to minimize casualties, the military used cruise missiles rather than manned aircraft for the bombardment.  Opposite of unmanned.


word: mannequin
definition:
mannequin

mannequin
n.
1.
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- fashion model, model.

2.
A three-dimensional model of a person, used to display clothes, especially in retail stores and in window displays; a dummy.
[wns=2]

Syn. -- manikin, mannikin, manakin.

3.
A model of a human form used by tailors to help make clothing of the proper shape.


word: Manner
definition:
Manner

Man"ner
(?)
n.
[OE. manere, F. manière, 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.

Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them.
Acts xvii. 2.

Air and manner are more expressive than words.
Richardson.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Emerson.

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; as, all manners of people came to the rally.

And they being afraid wondered, saying to one another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him.
Luke 8: 25.
Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs.
Luke xi. 42.

I bid thee say,
What manner of man art thou?
Coleridge.

&hand_; In old usage, of was often omitted after manner, when employed in this sense. “A manner Latin corrupt was her speech.”
Chaucer.

By any manner of means, in any way possible; by any sort of means. -- To be taken in the manner or To be taken 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.


word: Maennerchor
definition:
Maennerchor

Mannerchor

Män"ner*chor`
(?)
n.
G. pl. Männerchöre (#)
[G.; männer, pl. of mann man + chor chorus.]
A German men's chorus or singing club.


word: Mannered
definition:
Mannered

Man"nered
(?)
a.
1.
Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self; as, a well-mannered child.

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.


word: Mannerism
definition:
Mannerism

Man"ner*ism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. maniérisme.]
1.
Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, behavior, or treatment of others.

2.
Adherence to a peculiar style or manner 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.


word: Mannerist
definition:
Mannerist

Man"ner*ist
n.
[Cf. F. maniériste.]
One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.


word: Mannerliness
definition:
Mannerliness

Man"ner*li*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Mannerly
definition:
Mannerly

Man"ner*ly
a.
Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant.

What thou thinkest meet, and is most mannerly.
Shak.


word: manner name
definition:
manner name

manner name
n.
(linguistics)
A word that denotes a manner of doing something; a troponym; as, "march" is a manner name for "walk".


word: manner of speaking
definition:
manner of speaking

manner of speaking
n.
The characteristic style or manner that a person uses to express himself orally.

Syn. -- delivery.


word: Mannheim gold
definition:
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.


word: Mannide
definition:
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.


word: Mannish
definition:
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.


word: Mannitan
definition:
Mannitan

Man"ni*tan
(?)
n.
[Mannite + anhydrite.]
(Chem.)
A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite.


word: Mannite
definition:
Mannite

Man"nite
(?)
n.
1.
Same as mannitol.

2.
(Bot.)
A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron.


word: Mannitic
definition:
Mannitic

Man*nit"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannitol.

Mannitic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, intermediate between saccharic acid and mannitol, and obtained by the partial oxidation of the latter.


word: mannitol
definition:
mannitol

man"ni*tol
(?)
n.
[Mannite + -ol.]
1.
(Chem.)
A white crystalline hexose (HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH) of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannite, and hydroxy hexane.  Cf. Dulcite.  It is used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids.  It is also used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener, and, illegally, to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin.
Syn. -- D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal.


word: Mannitose
definition:
Mannitose

Man"ni*tose`
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose.


word: Mano
definition:
Mano

Ma"no
(?)
n.
[Sp., lit., hand.]
The muller, or crushing and grinding stone, used in grinding corn on a metate.
[Mexico & Local U. S.]


word: man of action
definition:
man of action

man of action
n.
A person who prefers to act rather than contemplate and gets things accomplished quickly an efficiently.

Syn. -- man of deeds.


word: man of affairs
definition:
man of affairs

man of affairs
n.
A person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive).

Syn. -- businessman.


word: man of letters
definition:
man of letters

man of letters
n.
1.
A writer, especially one who writes for a living.

2.
A learned person; a scholar.


word: man-of-the-earth
definition:
man-of-the-earth

man-of-the-earth
n.
1.
(Bot.)
A long-rooted morning glory (Ipomoea leptophylla) of Western U. S.

Syn. -- man of the earth, Ipomoea leptophylla.

2.
A tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial (Ipomoea panurata or Ipomoea fastigiata) having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato.

Syn. -- wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man of the earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiata.


word: Man-of-war
definition:
Man-of-war

Man`-of-war"
(?)
n
pl. Men-of-war.
1.
A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- ship of the line.

2.
The Portuguese man-of-war.

Syn. -- , jellyfish.

Man-of-war hawk (Zool.), the frigate bird. -- Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war. -- Portuguese man-of-war (Zool.), any species of the genus Physalia; it is a hydrozoan having both medusa and polyp stages present in a single colony.  It floats on the surface of the sea by a buoyant bladderlike structure, from which dangle multiple long tentacles with stinging cells.  Its can cause severe rashes when it comes in contact with humans swimming in the area.  See Physalia.


word: man-of-war bird
definition:
man-of-war bird

man-of-war bird
n.
(Zool.)
The frigate bird, a long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross.


word: Manograph
definition:
Manograph

Man"o*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; thin, rare + -graph: cf. F. manographe.]
(Engin.)
An optical device for making an indicator diagram for high-speed engines. It consists of a light-tight box or camera having at one end a small convex mirror which reflects a beam of light on to the ground glass or photographic plate at the other end. The mirror is pivoted so that it can be moved in one direction by a small plunger operated by an elastic metal diaphragm which closes a tube connected with the engine cylinder. It is also moved at right angles to this direction by a reducing motion, called a reproducer, so as to copy accurately on a smaller scale the motion of the engine piston. The resultant of these two movements imparts to the reflected beam of light a motion similar to that of the pencil of the ordinary indicator, and this can be traced on the sheet of ground glass, or photographed.


word: Manometer
definition:
Manometer

Ma*nom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; thin, rare + -meter: cf. F. manomètre.]
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.


word: Manometrical
definition:
Manometrical

Manometric

{ Man`o*met"ric (?), Man`o*met"ric*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. manométrique.]
Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.


word: Manor
definition:
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.

&hand_; 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; the house of the lord of the manor; a manse.


word: Manoscopy
definition:
Manoscopy

Ma*nos"co*py
(?)
n.
The science of the determination of the density of vapors and gases.


word: Manovery
definition:
Manovery

Ma*no"ver*y
(?)
n.
[See Maneuver.]
(Eng. Law)
A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.


word: Manrent
definition:
Manrent

Manred

{ Man"red (?), Man"rent` (?), }
n.
Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage.
[Obs. or Scots Law]
Jamieson.


word: Mansard roof
definition:
Mansard roof

Man"sard roof"
(?)
[So called from its inventor, François 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.


word: Manse
definition:
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.


word: Mansion
definition:
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.


word: mansion house
definition:
mansion house

mansion house
n.
A large and imposing house.

Syn. -- mansion, manse, hall, residence.


word: Mansionry
definition:
Mansionry

Man"sion*ry
(?)
n.
The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a dwelling place.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: man-sized
definition:
man-sized

man-sized
adj.
1.
Calling for manly attributes; as, a man-sized job.

2.
Large enough to satisfy a man; as, a man-sized piece of cake.
[informal]


word: Manslaughter
definition:
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 negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.


word: Manstealing
definition:
Manstealing

Man"steal`ing
n.
The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e_;slave them.


word: Mansuete
definition:
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.


word: Mansuetude
definition:
Mansuetude

Man"sue*tude
(?)
n.
[L. mansuetudo: cf. F. mansuétude.]
Tameness; gentleness; mildness.
[Archaic]


word: Manta
definition:
Manta

Man"ta
(?)
n.
[From the native name.]
(Zool.)
The manta ray.  See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil.


word: manta ray
definition:
manta ray

manta ray
n.
An extremely large pelagic tropical ray of the family Mobulidae, that feeds on plankton and small fishes.  It is usually harmless but its size (up to 20 feet across and up to a ton in weight) make it dangerous if harpooned.  Called also manta, sea devil and devilfish.  See also Cephaloptera and Sea devil.


word: Manteau
definition:
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.]


word: Manteidae
definition:
Manteidae

Manteidae
prop. n.
A natural family of insects including the mantises.  Also spelled Mantidae.

Syn. -- Mantidae, family Mantidae, family Manteidae.


word: Mantel
definition:
Mantel

Man"tel
(?)
n.
[The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. manteau de cheminée. 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.  The shelf is called also a mantelpiece or mantlepiece.
[Written also mantle.]


word: Mantelet
definition:
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.


word: Mantelletta
definition:
Mantelletta

Man`tel*let"ta
(?)
n.
[It. mantelletta. See Mantelet.]
(R. C. Ch.)
A silk or woolen vestment without sleeves worn by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court. It has a low collar, is fastened in front, and reaches almost to the knees.


word: Manteltree
definition:
Manteltree

Man"tel*tree`
(?)
n.
(Arch.)
The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.


word: Mantic
definition:
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
Trench.


word: manticore
definition:
manticore

manticora

mantichora

mantichora, manticora, manticore
n.
A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.

Syn. -- manticore, mantichora, mantiger.


word: Mantidae
definition:
Mantidae

Mantidae
prop. n.
The natural family conmprising the mantises.  Same as Manteidae.

Syn. -- family Mantidae, Manteidae, family Manteidae.


word: Mantilla
definition:
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.


word: Mantineia
definition:
Mantineia

Mantinea

Mantinea, Mantineia
prop. n.
The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC.

Syn. -- Mantineia.


word: Mantis
definition:
Mantis

Man"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a prophet.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are  predacious long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, 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 Mantis Carolina.

Mantis shrimp. (Zool.) The Squilla, a tropical marine burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages.  Also called mantis crab and mantis prawn.


word: mantispid
definition:
mantispid

man*tis"pid
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera.  The larvae feed on plant lice.  Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.


word: Mantispidae
definition:
Mantispidae

Mantispidae
prop. n.
The natural family comprising the mantispids.

Syn. -- family Mantispidae.


word: mantissa
definition:
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.


word: mantle
definition:
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,
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.
(Zool.)
(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.

7.
(Geol.)
The highly viscous shell of hot semisolid rock, about 1800 miles thick, lying under the crust of the Earth and above the core.  Also, by analogy, a similar shell on any other planet.


word: Mantle
definition:
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.


word: Mantle₂
definition:
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.


word: mantled
definition:
mantled

man"tled
adj.
Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.

Syn. -- cloaked, clothed, draped, wrapped.


word: mantled ground squirrel
definition:
mantled ground squirrel

mantled ground squirrel
n.
A common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel (Citellus lateralis) of western North America, resembling a large chipmunk.


word: mantlepiece
definition:
mantlepiece

man"tle*piece
n.
A shelf that projects from the wall above a fireplace; a mantel; as, in England they call a mantelpiece a chimneypiece.

Syn. -- mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, chimneypiece.


word: Mantling
definition:
Mantling

Man"tling
(?)
n.
(Her.)
The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.


word: Manto
definition:
Manto

Man"to
(?)
n.
[It. or Sp. manto, abbrev., from L. mantelum. See Mantle.]
See Manteau.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Mantoux test
definition:
Mantoux test

Mantoux test
prop. n.
(Med.)
A skin test for hypersensitivity to tuberculin.  It determines whether there is or has been any infection with tubercle bacilli.


word: Mantra
definition:
Mantra

Man"tra
(?)
n.
[Skr.]
A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.
[India]

&hand_; Among the Hindoos each caste and tribe has a mantra peculiar to itself; as, the mantra of the Brahmans.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).


word: Mantrap
definition:
Mantrap

Man"trap`
(?)
n.
1.
A trap for catching trespassers.
[Eng.]

2.
A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall.


word: Mantua
definition:
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.]


word: Manu
definition:
Manu

Ma"nu
(?)
n.
[Skr.]
(Hind. Myth.)
One of a series of progenitors of human beings, and authors of human wisdom.


word: Manual
definition:
Manual

Man"u*al
(măn"&uuptack_;*al)
a.
[OE. manuel, F. manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. mündel a ward, vormund guardian, Icel. mund hand.  Cf. Emancipate, Legerdemain, Maintain, Manage, Manner, Manure, Mound a hill.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the hand.

2.
Performed by a person using physical as contrasted with mental effort; as, manual labor.

3.
Done or made by the hand.  In some contexts, contrasted with automatic or mechanical.
Manual
Tatham.

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.


word: Manual₂
definition:
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.).


word: manual alphabet
definition:
manual alphabet

manual alphabet
n.
An alphabet of signs made by movement of the hands, used by the deaf; in it letters are represented by finger positions.  See Dactylology.

Syn. -- finger alphabet.


word: manual laborer
definition:
manual laborer

manual laborer
n.
A person who works with the hands, rather than with the mind.

Syn. -- laborer, labourer.


word: Manuary
definition:
Manuary

Man"u*a*ry
(?)
a.
[L. manuarius, fr. manus hand.]
Manual.
n. An artificer.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Manubial
definition:
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.


word: Manubrial
definition:
Manubrial

Ma*nu"bri*al
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.


word: Manubrium
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. See Illust. of Hydromedusa.


word: Manucode
definition:
Manucode

Man"u*code
(?)
n.
[Javanese manukdewata the bird of the gods: cf. F. manucode.]
(Zool.)
Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New Guinea.  They are related to the bird of paradise.


word: Manuduction
definition:
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.


word: Manuductor
definition:
Manuductor

Man`u*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.)


word: Manufactory
definition:
Manufactory

Man`u*fac"to*ry
(?)
n.
pl. -ries (#).
[Cf. L. factorium an oil press, properly, place where something is made. See Manufacture.]
1.
Manufacture.
[Obs.]

2.
A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory.


word: Manufacture
definition:
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.


word: Manufacture₂
definition:
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.


word: manufactured
definition:
manufactured

manufactured
adj.
Produced in a large-scale industrial operation.  Contrasted with hand-made.


word: Manufacturing
definition:
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.


word: manufacturing business
definition:
manufacturing business

manufacturing business
n.
A business engaged in manufacturing some product.

Syn. -- manufacturer, maker.


word: manufacturing plant
definition:
manufacturing plant

manufacturing plant
n.
A factory.

Syn. -- mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory.


word: manul
definition:
manul

ma"nul
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur.  It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks.


word: Manumission
definition:
Manumission

Man`u*mis"sion
(?)
n.
[L. manumissio: cf. F. manumission. See Manumit.]
The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage.
manumission
Arbuthnot.


word: Manumit
definition:
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
Hume.


word: Manumotor
definition:
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.


word: Manurable
definition:
Manurable

Ma*nur"a*ble
(_;)
a.
1.
Capable of cultivation.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.

2.
Capable of receiving a fertilizing substance.


word: Manure
definition:
Manure

Ma*nure"
(mȧ*nūr")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Manured (mȧ*nūrd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring.]
[Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. manœuvrer. 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.


word: manure
definition:
manure

ma*nure"
(mȧ*nūr")
n.
Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance.
Especially,
dung, the contents of stables and barnyards, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc.
Dryden.


word: Manus
definition:
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.


word: Manuscript
definition:
Manuscript

Man"u*script
(?)
a.
[L. manu scriptus. See Manual, and Scribe.]
Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.


word: Manuscript₂
definition:
Manuscript

Man"u*script
n.
[LL. manuscriptum, lit., something written with the hand. See Manuscript, a.]
1.
An original literary or musical composition written by the author, formerly with the hand, now usually by typewriter or word processor.  It is contrasted with a printed copy.

2.
Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.
Craik.

&hand_; The word is often abbreviated to MS., plural MSS.


word: Manutenency
definition:
Manutenency

Man`u*ten"en*cy
(?)
n.
[L. manus hand + tenere to hold.]
Maintenance.
[Obs.]
Abp. Sancroft.


word: Manx
definition:
Manx

Manx
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language.

Manx shearwater .


word: Manx cat
definition:
Manx cat

Manx cat
prop. n.
(Zool.)
A breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae.  It is believed to have originated on the Isle of Man.


word: Manx shearwater
definition:
Manx shearwater

Manx shearwater
prop. n.
(Zool.)
A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus, or Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic.  Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin.  It is avariety of shearwater.  It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.


word: Many₂
definition:
Many

Ma"ny
a. & pron.
[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, mænig, monig; akin to D. menig, OS. & OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan. mange, Sw. månge, Goth. manags, OSlav. mnog', Russ. mnogii; cf. Icel. margr, Prov. E. mort. √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.

&hand_; 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.  In such usage it is equivalent to multi.
    Comparison is often expressed by many with as or so. “As many as were willing hearted . . . brought bracelets.” Exod. xxxv. 22. “So many laws argue so many sins.” Milton.
Many stands with a singular substantive with a or an.

Many a, a large number taken distributively; each one of many. “For thy sake have I shed many a tear.” Shak. “Full many a gem of purest ray serene.” Gray. -- Many one, many a one; many persons. Bk. of Com. Prayer. -- The many, the majority; -- opposed to the few. See Many, n. -- Too many, too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are too many for us. L'Estrange.


word: Many₃
definition:
Many

Ma"ny
n.
[AS. menigeo, menigo, menio, multitude; akin to G. menge, OHG. managī, menigī, 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 many that he lived like an honest man.
Fielding.

&hand_; 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.


word: Manyplies
definition:
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.


word: Many-sided
definition:
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.


word: manywise
definition:
manywise

manyways

{ ma"ny*ways` (mĕn"&ybreve_;*wāz`), ma"ny*wise` (mĕn"&ybreve_;*wīz`), }
adv.
In many different ways; variously.


word: manzanilla
definition:
manzanilla

man`za*nil"la
(măn`zȧ*nĭl"lȧ; Sp. män`thä*nēl"yä)
n.
1.
(Olive Trade)
A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a peculiar bitterish flavor. Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.

2.
A very dry pale sherry from Spain.


word: manzanita
definition:
manzanita

man`za*ni"ta
(măn`zȧ*nē"tȧ)
n.
[Sp., dim. of manzana an apple.]
(Bot.)
A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to Arctostaphylos glauca and Arctostaphylos 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.


word: Maori
definition:
Maori

Ma"o*ri
(?)
prop. 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.


word: maori hen
definition:
maori hen

maori hen
n.
(Zool.)
A flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.

Syn. -- weka, wood hen.


word: Mao Zedong
definition:
Mao Zedong

Mao Tsetung

Mao Tsetung, Mao Zedong
prop. n.
The leader of the Chinese communist party and later of the People's Republic of China; b. 1893, d. 1976.  Also referred to a simply Mao.
[Also spelled Mao Tse-Tung.]


word: Map
definition:
Map

Map
(măp)
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.

&hand_; 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.
A graphical representation of anything showing the relative arrangement of its parts in a maplike form.

3.
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.

4.
(Mathematics)
A relation between two sets in which an element of one set is associated with each element of the other set.  Also called a mapping, transformation, or correspondence.

Map lichen (Bot.), a lichen (Lecidea geographica.) growing on stones in curious maplike figures. Dr. Prior.


word: Map₂
definition:
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.

2.
(Mathematics)
To create a mapping between two sets; see map{4}, n..  Also, to create any list of corresponding elements of two sets of things; as, to map the symbols of an ancient language into a modern phonetic alphabet.


word: mapinguari
definition:
mapinguari

mapinguari
n.
(Zool.)
A supposed human-sized slothlike creature reported sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest.


word: Maple
definition:
Maple

Ma"ple
(mā"p'l)
n.
[AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. möpurr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.]
(Bot.)
A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. Acer 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 maple or swamp maple is Acer rubrum; the silver maple, Acer dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, Acer Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood.  The common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the sycamore maple is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is Acer platanoides.

&hand_; 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, Maple syrup, or Maple sirup, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. -- Maple sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.


word: maple-leaf begonia
definition:
maple-leaf begonia

maple-leaf begonia
n.
(Bot.)
A tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia (Begonia dregei) having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers.

Syn. -- grape-leaf begonia.


word: maple-leaved bayur
definition:
maple-leaved bayur

maple-leaved bayur
n.
(Bot.)
An Indian tree (Pterospermum acerifolium) having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree.  Called also mayeng.


word: Maplike
definition:
Maplike

Map"like`
(măp"līk`)
a.
Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.


word: mapping
definition:
mapping

map"ping
n.
(Math.)
A function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set.  Same as map{4}.

Syn. -- map, correspondence.


word: Maqui
definition:
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.


word: Maquis
definition:
Maquis

Maquis
prop. n.
1.
A guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II.

2.
The French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II.


word: Mar₂
definition:
Mar

Mar
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Marred (märd); 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.
mars
mar
Shak.


word: Mara₂
definition:
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.


word: Mara₃
definition:
Mara

Ma"ra
n.
(Zool.)
The Patagonian cavy, a hare-like rodent (Dolichotis patagonum or Dolichotis Patagonicus) of the pampas of Argentina.


word: Marabou
definition:
Marabou

Mar`a*bou"
(măr"ȧbō")
n.
[F.]
1.
(Zool.)
A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn. Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments; called also marabout.  The Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or Leptoptilos 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.

3.
A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name.


word: Marabout
definition:
Marabout

Marabout"
(măr"ȧbōt")
n.
[F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. morābit.  Cf. Maravedi.]
1.
A Muslim saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.

2.
(Zool.)
The marabou{1}.


word: Marai
definition:
Marai

Ma*rai"
(?)
n.
A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.


word: Maranatha
definition:
Maranatha

Mar`a*nath"a
(?)
n.
[Aramaic māran athā.]
“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.


word: marang tree
definition:
marang tree

marang tree
n.
(Bot.)
A Philippine tree (Artocarpus odoratissima) similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit.  Called also marang.


word: Maranta
definition:
Maranta

Ma*ran"ta
(?)
prop. 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, the American arrowroot or obedience plant) arrowroot (arrowroot starch) is obtained.  Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.


word: Marantaceae
definition:
Marantaceae

Marantaceae
prop. n.
A natural family of tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes, including the arrowroot; the arrowroot family.

Syn. -- family Marantaceae, arrowroot family.


word: marasca
definition:
marasca

marasca
n.
The small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.

2.
The marasca cherry.

Syn. -- marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca.


word: marasca cherry
definition:
marasca cherry

marasca cherry
n.
(Bot.)
A Dalmation bitter wild cherry tree (Prunus cerasus marasca) bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur.

Syn. -- marasca, maraschino cherry.


word: Maraschino
definition:
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.


word: maraschino cherry
definition:
maraschino cherry

ma`ra*schi"no cher"ry
(?)
n.
1.
A cherry which is colored a deep red and sweetened by cooking in colored syrup, and flavored with maraschino.  It is used as a garnish in deserts and cocktails.

2.
The marasca cherry tree.


word: Marasmius
definition:
Marasmius

Marasmius
prop. n.
A genus of chiefly small white-spored mushrooms, including the Marasmius oreades, the mushroon that grow in a fairy ring.

Syn. -- genus Marasmius.


word: marasmus
definition:
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.


word: Mahratta₂
definition:
Mahratta

Marathi

{ Ma*ra"thi (?), Mah*rat"ta (?) }
prop. n.
A Sanskritic language of western India, prob. descended from the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples.  It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century.  It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati.


word: marathon
definition:
marathon

marathon
n.
1.
A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards.
[wns=2]

2.
Hence:
Any long and arduous undertaking, straining the endurance of the participants.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- endurance contest.

3.
(Capitalized)
a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians.
[wns=3]

Syn. -- battle of Marathon.


word: Marattia
definition:
Marattia

Marattia
prop. n.
The type genus of the Marattiaceae, consisting of ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows.

Syn. -- genus Marattia.


word: Marattiaceae
definition:
Marattiaceae

Marattiaceae
prop. n.
The natural family of ferns coextensive with the order Marattiales, consisting of chiefly tropical eusporantiate ferns with gigantic fronds.

Syn. -- family Marattiaceae.


word: Marattiales
definition:
Marattiales

Marattiales
prop. n.
An order of lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae.

Syn. -- order Marattiales.


word: maraud
definition:
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
Milman.


word: Marauder
definition:
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.


word: Maravedi
definition:
Maravedi

Mar`a*ve"di
(?)
n.
[Sp. maravedí; -- so called from the Morābitīn (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.


word: maravilla
definition:
maravilla

maravilla
n.
1.
A wildflower (Mirabilis multiflora) having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from Southern California to Southern Colorado and into Mexico.

Syn. -- desert four o'clock, Colorado four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora.

2.
A leafy wildflower (Mirabilis longiflora) having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico.

Syn. -- sweet four o'clock, Mirabilis longiflora.


word: Marble
definition:
Marble

Mar"ble
(mär"b'l)
n.
[OE. marbel, marbre, F. marbre, L. marmor, fr. Gr. ma`rmaros, fr. marmai`rein 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.

&hand_; Breccia marble consists of limestone fragments cemented together. -- Ruin marble, when polished, shows forms resembling ruins, due to disseminated iron oxide. -- Shell marble contains fossil shells. -- Statuary marble is a pure, white, fine-grained kind, including Parian (from Paros) and Carrara marble. If coarsely granular it is called saccharoidal.

2.
A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles.

3.
A little ball of glass, marble, porcelain, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.

&hand_; Marble is also much used in self-explaining compounds; when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means, hard, cold, destitute of compassion or feeling; as, marble-breasted, marble-faced, marble-hearted.


word: Marble₂
definition:
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.


word: Marble₃
definition:
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.


word: Marbled
definition:
Marbled

Mar"bled
(?)
a.
1.
Made of, or faced with, marble.
[Obs.]
marbled
Shak.

2.
Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.
Marbled
Boyle.

3.
(Zool.)
Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.

4.
Having small flecks of fat interspered with the muscle; -- of cuts of meat, especially beef; as, a well-marbled steak.  Such marbling improves the flavor of beef for most people.


word: marble cake
definition:
marble cake

marble cake
n.
A made of light and dark batter very lightly blended, so as to produce a variegated appearance resembling that of marble.


word: Marble-edged
definition:
Marble-edged

Mar"ble-edged`
(?)
a.
Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.


word: Marbleize
definition:
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.


word: Marbler
definition:
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.


word: marbles
definition:
marbles

marbles
n.
A children's game played with marbles{3}, little balls made of a hard substance (as glass).


word: marblewood
definition:
marblewood

marblewood
n.
1.
A hard marbled wood.

2.
A large Asiatic tree (Diospyros kurzii) having hard marbled zebrawood.

Syn. -- Andaman marble, Andaman marble, Diospyros kurzii.


word: Marbling
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.


word: Marbrinus
definition:
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.).


word: Marc
definition:
Marc

Marc
(?)
n.
[F.]
The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes.


word: Marc₂
definition:
Marc

Marc
n.
[AS. marc; akin to G. mark, Icel. mörk, perh. akin to E. mark a sign. √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.


word: Marcasite
definition:
Marcasite

Mar"ca*site
(?)
n.
[F. marcassite; cf. It. marcassita, Sp. marquesita, Pg. marquezita; all fr. Ar. marqashītha.]
(Min.)
A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites.

Golden marcasite, tin. [Obs.]


word: Marcasitical
definition:
Marcasitical

Marcasitic

{ Mar`ca*sit"ic (?), Mar`ca*sit"ic*al (?), }
a.
Containing, or having the nature of, marcasite.


word: Marcato
definition:
Marcato

Mar*ca"to
(?)
a.
[It.]
(Mus.)
In a marked emphatic manner; -- used adverbially as a direction.


word: Marceline
definition:
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.


word: Marcescent
definition:
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.


word: March
definition:
March

March
(märch)
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.


word: March₂
definition:
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. √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.


word: March₃
definition:
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.


word: March₄
definition:
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.


word: March₅
definition:
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.


word: March₆
definition:
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; as, the march of time.

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.


word: marchand de vin
definition:
marchand de vin

marchand de vin
n.
(Cookery)
A sauce consisting of brown sauce with mushrooms and red wine or madeira.

Syn. -- mushroom wine sauce.


word: Marchantia
definition:
Marchantia

Marchantia
prop. n.
The type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores.

Syn. -- genus Marchantia.


word: Marchantiaceae
definition:
Marchantiaceae

Marchantiaceae
prop. n.
A natural family of liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli.

Syn. -- family Marchantiaceae.


word: Marchantiales
definition:
Marchantiales

Marchantiales
prop. n.
An oder of liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally.

Syn. -- order Marchantiales.


word: Marcher₂
definition:
Marcher

March"er
n.
[See 2d March.]
The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.


word: Merchet
definition:
Merchet

Marchet

{ Mar"chet (?), Mer"chet (?) }
n.
[LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.]
In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.


word: Marching
definition:
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.


word: Marchioness
definition:
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.


word: Marchpane
definition:
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.  Called also marzipan.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Marcid
definition:
Marcid

Mar"cid
(?)
a.
[L. marcidus, fr. marcere to wither, pine.]
1.
Pining; lean; withered.
Dryden.

2.
Characterized by emaciation, as a fever.
Harvey.


word: Marcidity
definition:
Marcidity

Mar*cid"i*ty
(?)
n.
[LL. marciditas.]
The state or quality of being withered or lean.
[R.]


word: Marcionite
definition:
Marcionite

Mar"cion*ite
(mär"shŭn*īt)
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.


word: Marconi
definition:
Marconi

Mar*co"ni
(?)
prop. a.
[After Guglielmo Marconi (b. 1874), Italian inventor.]
Designating, or pert. to, Marconi's system of wireless telegraphy; as, Marconi aerial, coherer, station, system, etc. [archaic] 


word: Marconigraph
definition:
Marconigraph

Mar*co"ni*graph
(?)
n.
[Marconi + -graph.]
The apparatus used in Marconi wireless telegraphy.


word: marconi rig
definition:
marconi rig

marconi rig
n.
(Naut.)
A rig of triangular sails for a yacht.

Syn. -- Bermuda rig, Bermudan rig, Bermudian rig.


word: Marconi's law
definition:
Marconi's law

Mar*co"ni's law
(?)
prop. n.
(Wireless Teleg.)
The law that the maximum good signaling distance varies directly as the square of the height of the transmitting antenna.


word: Marconism
definition:
Marconism

Mar*co"nism
(?)
n.
The theory or practice of Marconi's wireless telegraph system.
[archaic]


word: Marconi system
definition:
Marconi system

Mar*co"ni system
(?)
(Elec.)
A system or wireless telegraphy developed by G. Marconi, an Italian physicist, in which Hertzian waves are used in transmission and a coherer is used as the receiving instrument.


word: marco polo's sheep
definition:
marco polo's sheep

marco polo sheep

marco polo sheep, marco polo's sheep
n.
An Asiatic wild sheep (Ovis poli) with exceptionally large horns; sometimes considered a variety of the argali: Ovis ammon poli.


word: Marcor
definition:
Marcor

Mar"cor
(?)
n.
[L., fr. marcere to wither.]
A wasting away of flesh; decay.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Marcosian
definition:
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.


word: Mardi gras
definition:
Mardi gras

Mar"di` gras"
(?)
n.
[F., literally, fat Tuesday.]
1.
The last day of Carnival; the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent and fasting); Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking; in the United States it is especially associated with New Orleans.

Syn. -- pancake day.

2.
The series of festival events celebrated on Mardi Gras{1}.


word: Mare
definition:
Mare

Mare
(mâr)
n.
[OE. mere, AS.  mere, myre, fem of AS. mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. mähre, 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.


word: Mare₂
definition:
Mare

Mare
n.
[AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora, Bohem. můra.]
(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.


word: Mare clausum
definition:
Mare clausum

Ma"re clau"sum
(?)
[L.]
(Internat. Law)
Lit., closed sea; hence, a body of water within the separate jurisdiction of the nation; -- opposed to open sea (mare liberum), the water open to all nations and over which no single nation has special control.


word: mare liberum
definition:
mare liberum

mare liberum
n.
[L., free sea.]
A navigable body of water to which all nations have equal access; the opposite of mare clausum.


word: Marena
definition:
Marena

Ma*re"na
(?)
n.
[NL. Salmo maraena, G. maräne, moräne; -- so called from Lake Morin, in the March of Brandenburg, in Prussia.]
(Zool.)
A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus.


word: mare nostrum
definition:
mare nostrum

mare nostrum
n.
[L. our sea.]
The term used by the ancient Romans to refer to the Mediterranean Sea.


word: Mareschal
definition:
Mareschal

Mare"schal
(?)
n.
[OF. mareschal, F. maréchal. See Marshal.]
A military officer of high rank; a marshal.
[Obs.]


word: mare's-nest
definition:
mare's-nest

mare's"-nest`
(?)
n.
A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grossly absurd.

2.
A confused multitude of things.

Syn. -- clutter, jumble, muddle, welter, smother.


word: Mare's-tail
definition:
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 (Hippuris vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.


word: Margarate
definition:
Margarate

Mar"ga*rate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. margarate.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base.


word: Margaric
definition:
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.  Called also heptadecanoic acid.


word: Margarin
definition:
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 tripalmitin.


word: Margarine
definition:
Margarine

Mar"ga*rine
(mär"jŭ*rĭn; mär`jŭ*rēn")
n.
[F.; see margarin.]
1.
A processed food product used as an inexpensive substitute for butter, made primarily from refined vegetable oils, sometimes including animal fats, and churned with skim milk to form a semisolid emulsion; also called oleomargarine; artificial butter.

The word margarine shall mean all substances, whether compounds or otherwise, prepared in imitation of butter, and whether mixed with butter or not.
Margarine Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 29).

2.
Margarin.


word: Margarite
definition:
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.


word: Margaritiferous
definition:
Margaritiferous

Mar`ga*ri*tif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. margaritifer; margarita pearl + ferre to bear: cf. F. margaritifère.]
Producing pearls.


word: Margarodite
definition:
Margarodite

Mar*gar"o*dite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; pearl-like.]
(Min.)
A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite.


word: Margary's fluid
definition:
Margary's fluid

Margaryize

Mar"ga*ry*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. -ized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. -izing (?).]
[(J. J. Lloyd) Margary, inventor of the process + -ize.]
To impregnate (wood) with a preservative solution of copper sulphate (often called Mar"ga*ry's flu"id (-rĭz)).


word: Margate fish
definition:
Margate fish

Mar"gate fish"
(?)
(Zool.)
A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth grunt.


word: margay cat
definition:
margay cat

Margay

Mar"gay, margay cat
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A small American wild cat (Felis wiedi syn. Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico to Brazil.  It is spotted with black.  Called also long-tailed cat.


word: Marge
definition:
Marge

Marge
(?)
n.
[F. marge. See Margin.]
Border; margin; edge; verge.
[Poetic]
Tennyson.

Along the river's stony marge.
Wordsworth.


word: Margent
definition:
Margent

Mar"gent
(?)
n.
[OE. See Margin.]
A margin; border; brink; edge.
[Obs.]

The beached margent of the sea.
Shak.


word: Margent₂
definition:
Margent

Mar"gent
v. t.
To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin.
[Obs.]
Mir. for Mag.


word: Margin
definition:
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.  It is usually less than the full value of the security purchased, in which case it may be qualified by the portion of the full value required to be deposited; as, to buy stocks on 50% margin.
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.


word: Margin₂
definition:
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.


word: margin account
definition:
margin account

margin account
n.
(Finance)
An account with a securities brokerage in which the broker extends credit.


word: Marginal
definition:
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.

3.
At the lower limit; barely sufficient; as, of marginal utility.


word: marginal cost of production
definition:
marginal cost of production

marginal cost

marginal cost, marginal cost of production
n.
(Economics)
The increase in total cost of production as a result of producing one more unit of output; since certain ovrhead costs are fixed, the marginal cost is almost aways less than the total per-unit cost of production averaged over all units produced.

Syn. -- incremental cost, differential cost.


word: Marginally
definition:
Marginally

Mar"gin*al*ly
adv.
1.
In the margin of a book.

2.
In a marginal{3} manner; barely sufficiently; almost not; as, marginally useful.


word: Marginate
definition:
Marginate

Mar"gin*ate
(?)
a.
[L. marginatus, p. p. of marginare to margin. See Margin, n.]
Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure.


word: Margined
definition:
Margined

Mar"gined
(?)
a.
1.
Having a margin.
Hawthorne.

2.
(Zool.)
Bordered with a distinct line of color.


word: margin call
definition:
margin call

margin call
n.
(Stock market)
A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement; -- caused by the decline in market prices of  a security or commodity purchased on margin{5}.

Syn. -- call.


word: Marginella
definition:
Marginella

Mar`gi*nel"la
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., dim. of L. margo, marginis, a margin.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas.


word: Marginicidal
definition:
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.


word: Margosa
definition:
Margosa

Mar*go"sa
(?)
n.
[Pg. amargoso bitter.]
(Bot.)
A large tree of the genus Melia (Melia 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 Melia 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.


word: Margraviate
definition:
Margraviate

Margravate

{ Mar"gra*vate (?), Mar*gra"vi*ate (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. margraviat.]
The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.


word: Margrave
definition:
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. gagrëfts 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.


word: Marguerite
definition:
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.


word: maria
definition:
maria

maria
n. pl.
1.
(Astron.)
Plural form of mare, a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.

2.
(Bot.)
A valuable timber tree of Panama.

Syn. -- Calophyllum longifolium.


word: Marian
definition:
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. (a) See Maidmarian in the Vocabulary. (a) A prominent character in the legend of Robin Hood.


word: Mariet
definition:
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.


word: Marigold
definition:
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.

&hand_; There are several yellow-flowered plants of different genera bearing this name; as, the African marigold 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 (Chrysanthemum segetum, a pest in the cornfields of Italy); fig marigold, of the genus Mesembryanthemum; marsh marigold, of the genus Caltha (Caltha palustris), commonly known in America as the cowslip. See Marsh Marigold.

Marigold window. (Arch.) See Rose window, under Rose.


word: marijuana
definition:
marijuana

marijuana
n.
1.
A strong-smelling Asian plant (Cannabis sativa), also called hemp, from which a number of euphorogenic and halucinogenic drugs are prepared.  The euphoric effect is predominently due to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
[Also spelled marihuana.]

Syn. -- cannabis, ganja, pot, grass, marihuana, Cannabis sativa.

2.
The dried leaves or the female flowers of the hemp plant, which is smoked or chewed to obtain a euphoric effect.  The flowers usually have a higher concentration of the active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol.

Syn. -- cannabis, ganja, pot, grass, marihuana, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, Mary Jane.


word: Marikina
definition:
Marikina

Mar`i*ki"na
(?)
n.
[From the native name: cf. Pg. mariquinha.]
(Zool)
A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.


word: Marimba
definition:
Marimba

Ma*rim"ba
(?)
n.
[Pg.]
A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck.
Knight.


word: Marimonda
definition:
Marimonda

Mar`i*mon"da
(?)
n.
[Sp.]
(Zool.)
A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America.


word: Marinade
definition:
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 or vinegar, with opil, herbs, and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish, which are steeped in it prior to cooking.


word: Marinate
definition:
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 (food) by the use of marinade.


word: Marine
definition:
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.]


word: Marine₂
definition:
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.
Specifically:
A member of the United States Marine Corps, or a similar foreign military force.

3.
The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.

4.
A picture representing some marine subject.

Tell that to the marines, an expression of disbelief, the marines being regarded by sailors as credulous. [Colloq.]


word: Marined
definition:
Marined

Ma*rined"
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. mariné.]
(Her.)
Having the lower part of the body like a fish.
Crabb.


word: marine mine
definition:
marine mine

ma*rine" mine`
(?)
n.
(Mil.)
A military explosive device designed to be placed on or under the surface of a body of water, and to explode when ships pass nearby or come in contact with it.  Its function is to destroy enemy ships or deny hostile naval forces access to certain areas of the sea, usually near the shoreline.  Also called underwater mine and floating mine, and previously referred to as a torpedo (See torpedo{2} (a)).


word: Mariner
definition:
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.


word: Marinism
definition:
Marinism

Ma*ri"nism
(?)
n.
A bombastic literary style marked by the use of metaphors and antitheses characteristic of the Italian poet Giambattista Marini (1569-1625).
Ma*ri"nist (#), n.


word: Marinorama
definition:
Marinorama

Mar`i*no*ra"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., from L. marinus marine + Gr. _; view.]
A representation of a sea view.


word: Marionette
definition:
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.
(Zool.)
The buffel duck.


word: Mariposa lily
definition:
Mariposa lily

Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y
(?)
[Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E. lily. So called from the gay appearance 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.


word: Marish
definition:
Marish

Mar"ish
(măr"ĭsh)
n.
[Cf. F. marais, LL. marascus. See Marsh.]
Low, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor.
[Archaic]
Milton. Tennyson.


word: Marital
definition:
Marital

Mar"i*tal
(măr"ĭ*tal)
a.
[F., fr. L. maritalis, fr. maritus belonging to marriage, n., a husband. See Marry, v.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties, authority.
[archaic]
Marital
Ayliffe.

2.
Of or pertaining to marriage; matrimonial.


word: Maritated
definition:
Maritated

Mar"i*ta`ted
(măr"ĭ*tā`tĕd)
a.
[L. maritatus married.]
Having a husband; married.
[Obs.]


word: Maritime
definition:
Maritime

Mar"i*time
(măr"ĭ*tīm, formerly măr"ĭ*tĭm; 277)
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.
maritime
Addison.

2.
Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea.
Maritime
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.


word: Maritimes
definition:
Maritimes

Maritime provinces

Maritime provinces, Maritimes
prop. n.
The Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Syn. -- Maritime Provinces.


word: Marjoram
definition:
Marjoram

Mar"jo*ram
(mär"jo̝*ram)
n.
[OE. majoran, F. marjolaine, LL. marjoraca, fr. L. amaracus, amaracum, Gr. 'ama`rakos, 'ama`rakon.]
(Bot.)
A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-five species.  The sweet marjoram (Origanum Majorana) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery.  The wild marjoram of Europe and America is Origanum vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.


word: Mark₂
definition:
Mark

Mark
n.
[See 2d Marc.]
1.
An old weight and coin. See Marc.
mark
Chaucer.

2.
The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money (1913); the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs.  Also, a silver coin of this value.  The unit was retained by subsequent German states up to the time of the Federal Republic of Germany.  In 1995, the value was approximately 65 cents American.  In 1999 it began to be superseded by the Euro as a unit of currency in Germany and throughout much of the European union.


word: Mark₃
definition:
Mark

Mark
n.
[OE. marke, merke, AS. mearc; akin to D. merk, MHG. marc, G. marke, Icel. mark, Dan. mærke; cf. Lith. margas party-colored. √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.
(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.
Preeminence; high position; as, patricians of mark; a fellow of no mark.

11.
(Logic)
A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.

12.
A number or other character used in registering; as, examination marks; a mark for tardiness.

13.
Image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants.
[Obs.]
mark
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.


word: Mark₄
definition:
Mark

Mark
(märk)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Marked (märkt); 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; as, mark my words.
Mark
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.


word: Mark₅
definition:
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 mischief.
1 Kings xx. 7.


word: Marked
definition:
Marked

Marked
(märkt)
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.


word: Marker
definition:
Marker

Mark"er
(?)
n.
One who or that which marks.
(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.


word: Market
definition:
Market

Mar"ket
(?)
n.
[Akin to D. markt, OHG. markāt, merkāt, 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. marché. See Merit, and cf. Merchant, Mart.]
1.
A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of buying and selling (as cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week; a farmers' market.

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 or buying anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; 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 are none for sale on the market; the best price on the market.

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.

7.
A specified group of potential buyers, or a region in which goods may be sold; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, the under-30 market; the New Jersey market.

&hand_; 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.


word: Market₂
definition:
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.


word: Market₃
definition:
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.


word: Marketable
definition:
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, dacayed provisions are not marketable.

2.
Current in market; as, marketable value.

3.
Wanted by purchasers; salable; as, furs are not marketable in that country.


word: Marketer
definition:
Marketer

Mar"ket*er
(?)
n.
One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.


word: marketplace
definition:
marketplace

marketplace
n.
1.
an area in a town where a public market is set up; a market place; a market{2}.

Syn. -- mart.

2.
The commercial activity whereby good and services are exchanged; as, without competition there would be no market.

Syn. -- market.

3.
The mechanism by which one finds a person to whom to sell or from whom to buy goods; the opportunity to buy and sell; a market{3}; as, to put one's goods on the market.


word: Marketing
definition:
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.

3.
The activities required by a producer to sell his products, including advertising, storing, taking orders, and distribution to vendors or individuals.


word: markhor
definition:
markhor

Markhoor

&VerbarMark"hoor`, mark"hor`
(?)
n.
[Per. mār-kh&omacrr snake eater.]
(Zool.)
A large wild goat (Capra falconeri syn. Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns.  It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere.


word: Marking
definition:
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.


word: Markov chain
definition:
Markov chain

Mark"ov chain
(?)
n.
[after A. A. Markov, Russian mathematician, b. 1856, d. 1922.]
(Statistics)
A random process (Markov process) in which the probabilities of discrete states in a series depend only on the properties of the immediately preceding state or the next preceeding state, independent of the path by which the preceding state was reached.  It differs from the more general Markov process in that the states of a Markov chain are discrete rather than continuous. Certain physical processes, such as diffusion of a molecule in a fluid, are modelled as a Markov chain.  See also random walk.
[Also spelled Markoff chain.]


word: Markov process
definition:
Markov process

Mark"ov pro`cess
(?)
n.
[after A. A. Markov, Russian mathematician, b. 1856, d. 1922.]
(Statistics)
a random process in which the probabilities of states in a series depend only on the properties of the immediately preceding state or the next preceeding state, independent of the path by which the preceding state was reached.  It is distinguished from a Markov chain in that the states of a Markov process may be continuous as well as discrete.
[Also spelled Markoff process.]


word: Marksman
definition:
Marksman

Marks"man
(?)
n.
pl. Marksmen (#).
[Earlier markman; mark + man.]
1.
One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well. especially with a pistol or rifle.

2.
(Law)
One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents.
Burrill.


word: markup
definition:
markup

markup
n.
1.
(Commerce)
The amount added to the cost to determine the asking price.

2.
(printing)
Instructions for the typesetter that are written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics).

3.
(Legislation)
Changes in proposed legislation drafted in conference, as contrasted with changes resulting from the amendment process.


word: markweed
definition:
markweed

markweed
n.
A climbing plant (Toxicodendron radicans) common in eastern and central U. S. with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries.  It yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact; commonly called poison ivy.

Syn. -- poison ivy, poison mercury, poison oak, Toxicodendron radicans, Rhus radicans.


word: Marl
definition:
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.


word: Marl₂
definition:
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 terrae Galli et Britanni margam vocant.” √274.]
A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.


word: Marl₃
definition:
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.


word: Marlin
definition:
Marlin

Mar"lin
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica).

2.
[from marlin spike, the shape of its bill.]
 Any of several marine billfishes of the genera Makaira and Tetrapturus, popular as game in sport fishing.

Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.


word: Marline
definition:
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.] (Zool.) (a) A tropic bird. (b) A jager, or skua gull.


word: Marlstone
definition:
Marlstone

Marl"stone`
(?)
n.
(Geol.)
A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.


word: Marly
definition:
Marly

Marl"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Marlier (?); superl. Marliest.]
Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.


word: Marmalade
definition:
Marmalade

Mar"ma*lade
(mär"mȧ*lād)
n.
[F. marmelade, Pg. marmelada, fr. marmélo a quince, fr. L. melimelum honey apple, Gr. meli`mhlon a sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; me`li honey + mh^lon 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 consistency.

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.


word: Marmatite
definition:
Marmatite

Mar"ma*tite
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. marmatite.]
(Min.)
A ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly black in color.


word: Marmolite
definition:
Marmolite

Mar"mo*lite
(mär"mo̝*līt)
n.
[Gr. maramai`rein to sparkle + -lite.]
(Min.)
A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color.


word: Marmoraceous
definition:
Marmoraceous

Mar`mo*ra"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. marmor marble. See Marble.]
Pertaining to, or like, marble.


word: Marmorated
definition:
Marmorated

Marmorate

{ Mar"mo*rate (?), Mar"mo*ra`ted (?), }
a.
[L. marmoratus, p. p. of marmorate to overlay with marble, fr. marmor marble.]
Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble.
[R.]


word: Marmoration
definition:
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.]


word: Marmoratum opus
definition:
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.


word: Marmorean
definition:
Marmorean

Marmoreal

{ Mar*mo"re*al (mär*m&omacr"re̝*al), Mar*mo"re*an (mär*m&omacr"re̝*an), }
a.
[L. marmoreus, fr. marmor marble: cf. F. marmoréen. See Marble.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble.


word: Marmorosis
definition:
Marmorosis

Mar`mo*ro"sis
(mär`mo̝*r&omacr"sĭs)
n.
[NL.]
(Geol.)
The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble.
Geikie.


word: Marmose
definition:
Marmose

Mar"mose`
(mär"m&omacrs`)
n.
[F.]
(Zool.)
A species of small opossum (Didelphys murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil.


word: Marmoset
definition:
Marmoset

Mar"mo*set`
(mär"mo̝*zĕt`; 277)
n.
[F. marmouset a grotesque figure, an ugly little boy, prob. fr. LL. marmoretum, fr. L. marmor marble. Perhaps confused with marmot. See Marble.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidae.  They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail.  They are often kept as pets.  Called also squirrel monkey.


word: marmot
definition:
marmot

mar"mot
(mär"m&obreve_;t; 277)
n.
[It. marmotta, marmotto, prob. fr. L. mus montanus, or mus montis, lit., mountain mouse or rat. See Mountain, and Mouse.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any rodent of the genus Marmota (formerly Arctomys) of the subfamily Sciurinae.  The common European marmot (Marmota 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 (Marmota monax) is the woodchuck (also called groundhog), but the name marmot is usually used only for the western variety.

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

Marmot squirrel (Zool.), a ground squirrel or spermophile. -- Prairie marmot. See Prairie dog.


word: Marmottes oil
definition:
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.


word: Maroc₂
definition:
Maroc

Maroc
prop. a.
Of or pertaining to Morocco; as, Maroc mosques cannot be entered by women without a head covering.

Syn. -- Moroccan.


word: Maronite
definition:
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.


word: Maroon
definition:
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.


word: Maroon₂
definition:
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.


word: Maroon₃
definition:
Maroon

Ma*roon"
(mȧ*rōn")
a.
[F. marron chestnut-colored, fr. marron a large French chestnut, It. marrone; cf. LGr. ma`raon.  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.


word: Maroon₄
definition:
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.


word: Marplot
definition:
Marplot

Mar"plot`
(?)
n.
One who, by his officious interference, mars or frustrates a design or plot.


word: Marque
definition:
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.


word: Marquee
definition:
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.]


word: Marquess
definition:
Marquess

Mar"quess
(?)
n.
[Cf. Sp. marques. See Marquis.]
A marquis.

Lady marquess, a marchioness. [Obs.] Shak.


word: marquetry
definition:
marquetry

marqueterie

mar"que*te*rie, 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, veneer, and the like, of several colors, fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture.


word: Marquis
definition:
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.


word: Marquisate
definition:
Marquisate

Mar"quis*ate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. marquisat.]
The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.


word: Marquise
definition:
Marquise

Mar`quise"
(?)
n.
[F. See Marquis, and cf. Marquee.]
The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.


word: Marram
definition:
Marram

Mar"ram
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.


word: Marriage
definition:
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.

5.
In pinochle, bézique, and similar games at cards, the combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the trump suit, it is called a royal marriage.

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.


word: Marriageable
definition:
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.


word: Married
definition:
Married

Mar"ried
(?)
a.
1.
Being in the state of matrimony; having a spouse; wedded; as, a married man or woman; -- of one person.

2.
Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married state; one's married name.

3.
Wedded to each other; as, a married couple; John and Joan are no longer married; -- of two people.

4.
Hence:
[fig.]
Joined to form one object; united.


word: Marron
definition:
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.]


word: Marrot
definition:
Marrot

Mar"rot
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The razor-billed auk. See Auk.
(b)
The common guillemot.
(c)
The puffin.
[Prov. Eng.]
[Written also marrott, and morrot.]


word: Marrow
definition:
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. √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.


word: Marrow₂
definition:
Marrow

Mar"row
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Marrowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Marrowing.]
To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut.


word: Marrowbone
definition:
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.


word: Marrubium
definition:
Marrubium

Mar*ru"bi*um
(?)
n.
[L.]
(Bot.)
A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound.


word: Marry
definition:
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.

Maecenas 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.

&hand_; We say, a man is married to or marries a woman; or, a woman is married to or marries a man.  Both of these uses are equally well authorized; but given in marriage is said only of the woman.

They got him [the Duke of Monmouth] . . . to declare in writing, that the last king [Charles II.] told him he was never married to his mother.
Bp. Lloyd.

5.
Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you.
Jer. iii. 14.

To marry ropes. (Naut.) (a) To place two ropes along side of each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time. (b) To join two ropes end to end so that both will pass through a block. Ham. Nav. Encyc.


word: Marry₂
definition:
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.]


word: Marry₃
definition:
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.


word: Mars
definition:
Mars

Mars
(märz)
prop. 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.


word: Marsala
definition:
Marsala

Mar*sa"la
(?)
n.
[It., fr. Marsala, in Sicyly.]
A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.


word: Marsdenia
definition:
Marsdenia

Mars*de"ni*a
(?)
prop. 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.


word: Marseillaise
definition:
Marseillaise

Marseillais

{ &VerbarMar`sei`llais" (?), a. m. &VerbarMar`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.


word: Marseillaise₂
definition:
Marseillaise

Marseillais

{ &VerbarMar`sei`llais", n. m. &VerbarMar`sei`llaise", n. f. }
[F.]
A native or inhabitant of Marseilles.


word: Marseilles
definition:
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.


word: Marsh
definition:
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 Spartina cynosuroides is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low Spartina juncea is a common component of salt hay. -- Marsh harrier (Zool.), a European hawk or harrier (Circus aeruginosus); -- called also marsh hawk, moor hawk, moor buzzard, puttock. -- Marsh hawk. (Zool.) (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 (Zool.), a rail; esp., Rallus elegans of fresh-water marshes, and Rallus longirostris of salt-water marshes. -- Marsh mallow (Bot.), a plant of the genus Althaea ( Althaea 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 (Zool.), the meadow lark. -- Marsh rosemary (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice (Statice 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 (Zool.), any species of small American wrens of the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera.  They chiefly inhabit salt marshes.


word: Marshal
definition:
Marshal

Mar"shal
(?)
n.
[OE. mareschal, OF. mareschal, F. maréchal, LL. mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc (G. marschall); marah horse + scalc servant (akin to AS. scealc, Goth. skalks). F. maréchal 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.
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.


word: Marshal₂
definition:
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.


word: Marshaling
definition:
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.


word: Marshalsea
definition:
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.


word: marsh marigold
definition:
marsh marigold

marsh mar"i*gold
(märsh măr"ĭ*go̝ld)
(Bot.)
A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (Caltha 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.


word: marshy
definition:
marshy

marsh"y
(märsh"&ybreve_;)
a.
[E. Marsh.]

1.
Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.

2.
Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed.
Dryden.


word: Marsileaceae
definition:
Marsileaceae

Marsileaceae
prop. n.
A natural family of clover ferns.

Syn. -- family Marsileaceae.


word: Marsipobranchia
definition:
Marsipobranchia

Mar"si*po*bran"chi*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a pouch + _; a gill.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Marsupial
definition:
Marsupial

Mar*su"pi*al
(mär*sū"pĭ*al)
a.
[Cf. F. marsupial.]

1.
(Zool.)
Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.

2.
(Anat. & Zool.)
Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.

Marsupial frog. (Zool.) See Nototrema.


word: Marsupialia
definition:
Marsupialia

Mar*su`pi*a"li*a
(mär*sū`pĭ*ā"lĭ*ȧ)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. marsupium a pouch, bag, purse, Gr. marsy`pion, dim. of ma`rsypos, ma`rsipos.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: marsupian
definition:
marsupian

marsupialian

{ mar*su`pi*a"li*an (?), mar*su"pi*an (?), }
n.
(Zool.)
One of the Marsupialia.


word: marsupiate
definition:
marsupiate

mar*su"pi*ate
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea.


word: marsupite
definition:
marsupite

mar"su*pite
(?)
n.
[See marsupial.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form.


word: marsupium
definition:
marsupium

mar*su"pi*um
(?)
n.
pl. marsupia (#).
[L., a pouch]
(Anat. & Zool.)
(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.


word: Mart
definition:
Mart

Mart
(märt)
n.
[Contr. fr. market.]

1.
A market.

Where has commerce such a mart . . . as London?
Cowper.

2.
A bargain.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Mart₂
definition:
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.


word: martagon
definition:
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.


word: martel
definition:
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.


word: martel de fer
definition:
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.


word: Martello tower
definition:
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.

&hand_; The English borrowed the name of the tower from Corsica in 1794.


word: marten
definition:
marten

mar"ten
n.
[From older martern, marter, martre, F. martre, marte, LL. martures (pl.), fr. L. martes; akin to AS. mearð, meard, G. marder, OHG. mardar, Icel. mörðr.  Cf. Foumart.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus Martes (formerly Mustela), closely allied to the sable.  Among the more important species are the European beech marten or stone marten (Martes foina); the pine marten (Martes martes); and the American marten, or sable (Martes Americana), which some Zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.

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


word: Martial
definition:
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
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.


word: Martialize
definition:
Martialize

Mar"tial*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Martialized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Martializing (?).]
To render warlike; as, to martialize a people.


word: Martian
definition:
Martian

Mar"tian
(?)
prop. a.
[L. Martius.]
Of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war, or to the planet bearing his name; martial.


word: Martian₂
definition:
Martian

Mar"tian
prop. n.
An inhabitant of the planet Mars; -- fictional or hypothetical.
Du Maurier.

&hand_;  In science fiction, it has often been postulated that there are intelligent creatures living on Mars, but no strong evidence of any form of life on Mars has been observed up to the end of 1998.


word: Martin
definition:
Martin

Mar"tin
(?)
n.
(Stone Working)
[Etymol. uncertain.]
A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.


word: Martin₂
definition:
Martin

Mar"tin
n.
[F. martin, from the proper name Martin.  Cf. Martlet.]
(Zool.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also marten.]

&hand_; The American purple martin, or bee martin (Progne subis or Progne purpurea), and the European house martin, or window martin (Hirundo urbica 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.


word: Martinet
definition:
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.]


word: Martineta
definition:
Martineta

Mar`ti*ne"ta
(?)
n.
[Cf. Sp. martinete.]
(Zool.)
A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest.


word: Martinetism
definition:
Martinetism

Mar"ti*net`ism
(?)
n.
The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.


word: Martingal
definition:
Martingal

Martingale

{ Mar"tin*gale (?), Mar"tin*gal (?), }
n.
[F. martingale; cf. It. martingala a sort of hose, martingale, Sp. martingala a greave, cuish, martingale, Sp. almártaga 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.  Called also Martingale strategy.  Such a betting strategy does not change the overall likelihood of winning, but in a short run it increases the probability of winning a small sum, balancing it against an increased probability of losing a large sum.
[Cant]
Thackeray.


word: Martinmas
definition:
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.


word: Martite
definition:
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.


word: Martlet
definition:
Martlet

Mart"let
(?)
n.
[F.  martinet. See Martin the bird, and cf. Martinet a disciplinarian.]

1.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Martyniaceae
definition:
Martyniaceae

Martyniaceae
prop. n.
A natural family in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae.

Syn. -- family Martyniaceae.


word: Martyr
definition:
Martyr

Mar"tyr
(?)
n.
[AS., from L. martyr, Gr. ma`rtyr, ma`rtys, prop., a witness; cf. Skr. sm&rsdot_; to remember, E. memory.]

1.
One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
Chaucer.

To be a martyr, signifies only to witness the truth of Christ; but the witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with persecution, that martyrdom now signifies not only to witness, but to witness by death.
South.

2.
Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause.

Then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell,
Thou fall'st a blessed martyr !
Shak.


word: Martyr₂
definition:
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.


word: Martyrdom
definition:
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.


word: Martyrization
definition:
Martyrization

Mar`tyr*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture.
B. Jonson.


word: Martyrize
definition:
Martyrize

Mar"tyr*ize
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. F. martyriser, LL. martyrizare.]
To make a martyr of.
Spenser.


word: Martyrologe
definition:
Martyrologe

Mar"tyr*o*loge
(?)
n.
[LL. martyrologium: cf. F. martyrologe.]
A martyrology.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Martyrological
definition:
Martyrological

Martyrologic

{ Mar`tyr*o*log"ic (?), Mar`tyr*o*log"ic*al (?), }
a.
Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.


word: Martyrologist
definition:
Martyrologist

Mar`tyr*ol"o*gist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. martyrologiste.]
A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs.
T. Warton.


word: Martyrology
definition:
Martyrology

Mar`tyr*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
pl. -gies (#).
[Martyr + -logy.]
A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs.
Bp. Stillingfleet.


word: Marvel
definition:
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.]
marvel
Sir W. Scott.


word: marvel-of-Peru
definition:
marvel-of-Peru

marvel of Peru

marvel of Peru, marvel-of-Peru
n.
(Bot.)
A common garden plant (Mirabilis jalapa or Mirabilis uniflora) of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon; called also four-o'clock.  See four-o'clock.

Syn. -- common four-o'clock, marvel of Peru, Mirabilis jalapa, Mirabilis uniflora.


word: Marvel₂
definition:
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.


word: Marvel₃
definition:
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.


word: Marvelous
definition:
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; so improbable as to defy belief.

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.


word: Marvelousness
definition:
Marvelousness

Mar"vel*ous*ness
n.
The quality or state of being marvelous; wonderfulness; strangeness.


word: Marver
definition:
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.


word: Marxism
definition:
Marxism

Marx"ism
(?)
prop. n.
A system of economic and political thought, originated by Karl Marx, and elaborated by others.  It holds that the state has been the a device for suppression of the masses, allowing exploitation by a dominant (capitalistic) class; that historical change occurs through class struggle; and that the capitalist system will inevitably wither away to be superseded by a classless society.


word: Marysole
definition:
Marysole

Ma"ry*sole
(?)
n.
[Mary, the proper name + sole the fish.]
(Zool.)
A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff.


word: marzipan
definition:
marzipan

mar"zi*pan`
(mär"zĭ*păn`)
n.
A confection made of almonds and sugar mixed into a paste and molded into shapes.  Same as marchpane.


word: Masai
definition:
Masai

Masai
prop. n.
1.
A Nilotic language.

2.
An African tribe inhabiting parts of Kenya and Tanzania.

Picture of Masai women and children standing by the roadside.
 (Photographed in Kenya 1983 by PJC)


word: Mascagnite
definition:
Mascagnite

Mascagnin

{ Mas*ca"gnin (?), Mas*ca"gnite (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. mascagnin.]
(Min.)
Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named from Mascagni, who discovered it.


word: mascara
definition:
mascara

mascara
n.
A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eye lashes, usually applied with a small brush.


word: Mascle
definition:
Mascle

Mas"cle
(măs"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.


word: Mascled
definition:
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.


word: Mascotte
definition:
Mascotte

Mascot

{ Mas"cot, Mas"cotte  }
(?)
n.
[Through French fr. Pr. mascot a little sorcerer or magician, mascotto witchcraft, sorcery.]
1.
A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs.

2.
Hence:
Anything that brings good luck; especially, an animal kept by a group, as a sports team, to serve as a symbol and to bring luck.


word: masculine
definition:
masculine

mas"cu*line
(măs"k&uuptack_;*lĭn)
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.]
masculine
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.


word: mase
definition:
mase

mase
(māz)
v. i.
[by back-formation from maser{2}.]
To emit coherent microwave radiation, as in a maser{2}.


word: maser
definition:
maser

ma"ser
(?)
n.
1.
Same as Mazer.

2.
(Physics)
[from Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.]
An electronic device producing coherent monochromatic microwave radiation; it produces less noise than other forms of microwave oscillator.
[acronym]


word: MASH
definition:
MASH

MASH

MASH, M*A*S*H
(?)
n.
(Mil.)
An abbreviation for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, consisting of the equipment and personnel required to perform emergency operations on injured soldiers, located in tents near the front lines of combat; as, he worked in the 25th MASH.


word: Mash₂
definition:
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.


word: Mash₃
definition:
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.


word: mashed potatoes
definition:
mashed potatoes

mashed potatoes
n. pl.
Potatoes which have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency, usu. with sparing addition of milk, salt, butter, or other flavoring.  It is a popular accompaniment to a meat course [U.S., 1900's], providing bulk and calories to a meal.


word: Masher
definition:
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.


word: Mashy
definition:
Mashy

Mashie

{ Mash"ie, Mash"y  }
(?)
n.
pl. Mashies (#)
[Etym. uncert.]
A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightly more lofted, used chiefly for short approaches.


word: masjid
definition:
masjid

masjid
n.
[Arabic.]
A Muslim place of worship; a mosque.
[Also spelled musjid.]

Syn. -- mosque.


word: Mask
definition:
Mask

Mask
(mȧsk)
n.
[F. masque, LL. masca, mascha, mascus; cf. Sp. & Pg. máscara, 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.
(Zool.)
The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

8.
A person wearing a mask; a masker.
The mask that has the arm of the Indian queen.
G. W. Cable.

9.
(Sporting)
The head or face of a fox.
Mask house, a house for masquerades. [Obs.]

Death mask
a cast of the face of a dead person.


word: Mask₂
definition:
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 fortress by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.


word: Mask₃
definition:
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.


word: Masked
definition:
Masked

Masked
(?)
a.
1.
Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.

2.
(Bot.)
Same as Personate.

3.
(Zool.)
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 (Zool.), a European crab (Corystes cassivelaunus) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face. -- Masked pig (Zool.), a Japanese domestic hog (Sus pliciceps). Its face is deeply furrowed.


word: Mask shell
definition:
Mask shell

Mask" shell`
(?)
(Zool.)
Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture.


word: Maslach
definition:
Maslach

Mas"lach
(?)
n.
[Ar. maslaq: cf. F. masloc.]
(Med.)
An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks.
Dunglison.


word: Maslin
definition:
Maslin

Mas"lin
(?)
n.
[OE. missellane, misceline, miscelin, meslin, fr. miscellane. See Miscellane.]
1.
A mixture composed of different materials
(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.


word: Maslin₂
definition:
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.]


word: Mason
definition:
Mason

Ma"son
(?)
n.
[F. maçon, 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 (Zool.), any one of numerous species of solitary bees of the genus Osmia. They construct curious nests of hardened mud and sand. -- Mason moth (Zool.), any moth whose larva constructs an earthen cocoon under the soil. -- Mason shell (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 larvae


word: Mason₂
definition:
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.


word: Masonic
definition:
Masonic

Ma*son"ic
(mȧ*s&obreve_;n"ĭk)
prop. a.
Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or mysteries.


word: Masonry
definition:
Masonry

Ma"son*ry
(?)
n.
[F. maçonnerie.]
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.


word: Masoola boat
definition:
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.]


word: Masora
definition:
Masora

Ma*so"ra
(?)
n.
[NHeb. mās&omacrrāh 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.]


word: Masoretical
definition:
Masoretical

Masoretic

{ Mas`o*ret"ic (?), Mas`o*ret"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. massorétique.]
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.  See vowel point.


word: Masquerade
definition:
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.


word: Masquerade₂
definition:
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.


word: Mass
definition:
Mass

Mass
(mȧs)
n.
[OE. masse, messe, AS. maesse. 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 throughout, without music. -- Mass bell, the sanctus bell. See Sanctus. -- Mass book, the missal or Roman Catholic service book.


word: Mass₂
definition:
Mass

Mass
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Massed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Massing.]
To celebrate Mass.
[Obs.]
Hooker.


word: Mass₃
definition:
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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Mass₄
definition:
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.


word: Massacre
definition:
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. máitan.]
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; the St. Valentine's Day massacre; the Amritsar massacre; the Wounded Knee massacre.

2.
Murder.
[Obs.]
Shak.

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.


word: Massacre₂
definition:
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.


word: Massage
definition:
Massage

Mas"sage
(?)
n.
[F.]
A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure.


word: Massage₂
definition:
Massage

Mas"sage
(?)
v. t.
(Med.)
To treat by means of massage; to rub or knead; as, to massage a patient with ointment.


word: Massasauga
definition:
Massasauga

Mas`sa*sau"ga
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The black rattlesnake (Crotalus tergemina, or Caudisona tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley.


word: Masse
definition:
Masse

Masse shot

{ Massé, or Massé shot (?) }
n.
(Billiards)
A stroke made with the cue held vertically.


word: Masseter
definition:
Masseter

Mas"se*ter
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a chewer, _; a muscle of the lower jaw used in chewing, from _; to chew: cf. F. masséter.]
(Anat.)
The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.


word: Masseur
definition:
Masseur

Mas`seur"
(mȧ*sûr")
n.
pl. Masseurs (mȧ*sûrz"; F. mȧ*sûr")
[F. See Massage.]
1.
A man who practices massage.

2.
An instrument used in the performance of massage.


word: massicot
definition:
massicot

mas"si*cot
(?)
n.
[F. massicot; E. masticot is a corruption.]
(Chem.)
Lead monoxide (also called 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.  It is also called lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb3O4.

&hand_; Massicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as a drier in the composition of ointments and plasters.


word: massif
definition:
massif

massif
n.
(Geol.)
A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range.


word: massive
definition:
massive

mass"ive
(mȧs"ĭv)
a.
[F. massif.]
1.
Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.
Massive
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 schistose, as granite; also, with some authors, an eruptive rock.


word: mass-produced
definition:
mass-produced

mass-produced
adj.
Produced in large quantity, often by automated or assembly-line techniques.


word: mass spectrometer
definition:
mass spectrometer

mass spectrometer
n.
(Physics, Chemistry)
An analytical instrument which determines the mass of molecules of a substance or fragments of its molecules.  It functions by injecting ionized moecules or molecular gragments into a vacuum chamber subjected to a strong magnetic field, in which charged particles move in a curved trajectory.
The mass is determined by observing the path of the molecule after being charged and accelerated in a magnetic field.  The path of the ionic fragment depends on the charge, velocity, and mass.  Several techniques of charging and detection are employed.  The mass information is usually used to infer structure or chemical composition of the substance analyzed.  Variants of mass spectrometer called high-resolution mass spectrometer permit determination of the mass of a molecule or molecular fragment with sufficient precision to unambiguously determine the atomic composition.


word: mass-spectrometric
definition:
mass-spectrometric

mass-spectrometric
adj.
of or pertaining to mass spectrometry; determined by mass spectrometry.


word: mass spectroscopy
definition:
mass spectroscopy

mass spectrometry

mass spectrometry mass spectroscopy
n.
1.
(Physics, Chemistry)
A method for identifying chemical composition of substances by use of a mass spectrometer.


word: Massy
definition:
Massy

Mass"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Massier (?); superl. Massiest.]
Compacted into, or consisting of, a mass; having bulk and weight or substance; ponderous; bulky and heavy; weighty; 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.


word: Mast
definition:
Mast

Mast
(mȧst)
n.
[AS. maest, 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.


word: Mast₂
definition:
Mast

Mast
n.
[AS. maest, 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.

&hand_; 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.

3.
(Aeronautics)
A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for stiffening purposes.

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.


word: Mast₃
definition:
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.


word: Mastabah
definition:
Mastabah

Mastaba

{ Mas"ta*ba (?), n. Also Mas"ta*bah  }
[Ar. maçtabah a large stone bench.]
1.
In Muslim countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings and in public places.

2.
(Egyptology)
A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in the rock beneath.


word: Mastax
definition:
Mastax

Mas"tax
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; mouth, jaws.]
(Zool.)
(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.


word: Masted
definition:
Masted

Mast"ed
(?)
a.
Furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in composition; as, a three-masted schooner.


word: Master
definition:
Master

Mast"er
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.


word: Master₂
definition:
Master

Mas"ter
(mȧs"tẽr)
n.
[OE. maistre, maister, OF. maistre, mestre, F. maître, fr. L. magister, orig. a double comparative from the root of magnus great, akin to Gr. me`gas.  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.
Macaulay.

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 mĭster, 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, (a) one who has held the office of master in a lodge of Freemasons or in a society similarly organized. (b) a person who is unusually expert, skilled, or experienced in some art, technique, or profession; -- usually used with at or of. -- 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.

&hand_; Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly skilled, etc., is often used adjectively 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.


word: Master₃
definition:
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.


word: master-at-arms
definition:
master-at-arms

master-at-arms
n.
(Naut.)
The senior petty officer of a ship, responsible for discipline aboard the ship.


word: Masterful
definition:
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.


word: Masterfully
definition:
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.


word: Masterhood
definition:
Masterhood

Mas"ter*hood
(?)
n.
The state of being a master; hence, disposition to command or hector.
C. Bronté.


word: Masterless
definition:
Masterless

Mas"ter*less
a.
Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable.
Mas"ter*less*ness, n.


word: Masterliness
definition:
Masterliness

Mas"ter*li*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully.


word: Masterly
definition:
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.
masterly
Sir J. Mackintosh.

2.
Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.


word: Masterpiece
definition:
Masterpiece

Mas"ter*piece`
(?)
n.
Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement.

The top and masterpiece of art.
South.

Dissimulation was his masterpiece.
Claredon.


word: Mastership
definition:
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.


word: Mastersinger
definition:
Mastersinger

Mas"ter*sing`er
(?)
n.
[A translation of G. meistersänger.]
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.


word: Master vibrator
definition:
Master vibrator

Mas"ter vi"bra*tor
In an internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders, an induction coil and vibrator placed in the circuit between the battery or magneto and the coils for the different cylinders, which are used without vibrators of their own.


word: Masterwort
definition:
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).


word: Mastery
definition:
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; preeminence.

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.


word: Mastful
definition:
Mastful

Mast"ful
(?)
a.
[See 1st Mast.]
Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut.
Dryden.


word: Masthead
definition:
Masthead

Mast"head`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.


word: Mastic
definition:
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 (Pistacia 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.


word: Masticador
definition:
Masticador

Mas`ti*ca"dor
(?)
n.
[Cf. Sp. mastigador. See Masticate.]
(Man.)
A part of a bridle, the slavering bit.
[Written also mastigador.]


word: Masticate
definition:
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.


word: Mastication
definition:
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.


word: Masticator
definition:
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.


word: Masticatory
definition:
Masticatory

Mas"ti*ca*to*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. masticatoire.]
Chewing; adapted to perform the office of chewing food.


word: Masticatory₂
definition:
Masticatory

Mas"ti*ca*to*ry
n.
pl. -ries (_;).
(Med.)
A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
Bacon.


word: Masticin
definition:
Masticin

Mas"ti*cin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.


word: Mastiff
definition:
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. mâtin mastiff, OF. mastin.]
(Zool.)
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 (Zool.) , any bat of the genus Molossus; so called because the face somewhat resembles that of a mastiff.


word: Mastigophora
definition:
Mastigophora

Mas"ti*go*phor`a
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. ma`stix, ma`stigos, a whip + fe`rein to bear.]
(Zool.)
A phylum of protozoans the kingdom Protista, consisting mainly of free-living flagellated unicellular organisms, lacking photosynthetic capability.  Some members are pathogenic in man.


word: Mastigopoda
definition:
Mastigopoda

Mas`ti*gop"o*da
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. ma`stix, ma`stigos, a whip + poy`s, podo`s, foot.]
(Zool.)
Formerly considered identical to the Infusoria, now distinguished from that group, which has been reordered.  See Mastigophora.


word: Mastigure
definition:
Mastigure

Mas"ti*gure
(?)
n.
[Gr. ma`stix, ma`stigos, a scourge + _; tail.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastix.  They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa.


word: Masting
definition:
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.


word: Mastodon
definition:
Mastodon

Mas"to*don
(?)
n.
[Gr. masto`s the breast + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, 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 remains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time.


word: Mastodonsaurus
definition:
Mastodonsaurus

Mas`to*don*sau"rus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. E. Mastodon + Gr. say^ros a lizard.]
(Paleon.)
A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks.


word: Mastodontic
definition:
Mastodontic

Mas`to*don"tic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; as, mastodontic dimensions.
Everett.


word: Mastodyny
definition:
Mastodyny

Mastodynia

&VerbarMas`to*dyn"i*a (?), Mas*tod"y*ny (_;)
n.
[NL. mastodynia, fr. Gr. masto`s the breast + _; pain.]
(Med.)
Pain occuring in the mamma or female breast, -- a form of neuralgia.


word: Mastoid
definition:
Mastoid

Mas"toid
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; masto`s the breast + e'i^dos form: cf. F. mastoïde.]
(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.


word: Mastoiditis
definition:
Mastoiditis

Mas`toid*i*tis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Mastoid, and -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation in the mastoid process of the temporal bone.


word: Mastology
definition:
Mastology

Mas*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. masto`s the breast + -logy: cf. F. mastologie.]
The natural history of Mammalia.


word: Mastotermes
definition:
Mastotermes

Mastotermes
prop. n.
A primitive genus of termites, mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive isopterans.

Syn. -- genus Mastotermes.


word: Mastotermitidae
definition:
Mastotermitidae

Mastotermitidae
prop. n.
A natural family comprising primitive termites.

Syn. -- family Mastotermitidae.


word: masturbate
definition:
masturbate

masturbate
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. masturbated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. masturbating.]
To achieve sexual gratification by stimulating one's own sexual organs, without the aid of a partner; -- typically to the point of orgasm.
masturbator, n.

Syn. -- wank, she-bop, jack off, jerk off, whack off, beat the meat.


word: masturbation
definition:
masturbation

mas`tur*ba"tion
(?)
n.
[L. masturbatus, p. p. of masturbari to practice onanism: cf. F. masturbation.]
The act of masturbating; sexual self-gratification; onanism.


word: Mat
definition:
Mat

Mat
(măt)
n.
[Cf. Matte.]
A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
[Written also matt.]


word: Mat₂
definition:
Mat

Mat
a.
[OF. See 4th Mate.]
Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
[Obs.]

When he saw them so piteous and so maat.
Chaucer.


word: Mat₃
definition:
Mat

Mat
n.
[AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.]
1.
A thick flat fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, placed on the floor and used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room to protect its surface, and for other purposes.

2.
Any similar flat object made of fabric or other material, such as rubber or plastic, placed flat on a surface 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.


word: Mat₄
definition:
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.


word: Mat₅
definition:
Mat

Mat
v. i.
To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat, as hair when wetted with a sticky substance; as, a long-haired cat whose fur is matted.


word: Matabeles
definition:
Matabeles

Matabele

{ Mat`a*be"le (?), or Mat`a*be"les (?) }
prop. n. pl.
sing. Matabele.
[Written also Matabili.]
(Ethnol.)
A warlike South African Kaffir tribe.


word: Mataco
definition:
Mataco

Mat"a*co
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutis tricinctus). See Illust. under Loricata.


word: Matadore
definition:
Matadore

Matador

{ Mat"a*dor, Mat"a*dore}
(?)
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; a bullfighter; a toreador.

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.

3.
[Skat]
The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, whether by the player or by his adversaries.

4.
A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.


word: Matagasse
definition:
Matagasse

Mat`a*gasse"
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Matajuelo
definition:
Matajuelo

Ma`ta*jue"lo
(mä`tȧ*hwā"l&omacr; 239)
n.
[Cf. Sp. matajudío a kind of fish.]
A large squirrel fish (Holocentrus ascensionis) of Florida and the West Indies.


word: Matajuelo blanco
definition:
Matajuelo blanco

Ma`ta*jue"lo blan"co
(mä`tȧ*hwā"l&omacr blä&nsmacr_;"k&omacr)
[Sp. blanco white.]
A West Indian food fish (Malacanthus plumieri) related to the tilefish.


word: Matamata
definition:
Matamata

Ma`ta*ma"ta
(?)
n.
[Pg.]
(Zool.)
The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American rivers.


word: Matanza
definition:
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.]


word: Match
definition:
Match

Match
(măch)
n.
[OE. macche, F. mèche, F. mèche, fr. L. myxa a lamp nozzle, Gr. my`xa 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 or cardboard dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.

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.


word: Match₂
definition:
Match

Match
n.
[OE. macche, AS. gemaecca; 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
specifically:
(a)
A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; a sporting contest; an emulous struggle.
match
Drayton.

A solemn match was made; he lost the prize.
Dryden.

3.
An agreement, compact, etc.
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.
match
Clarendon.

5.
Equality of conditions in contest or competition, or one who provides equal competition to another in a contest; as, he had no match as a swordsman within the city.

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; a surface composed of match boarding.  See matchboard. -- 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.


word: Match₃
definition:
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
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.


word: Match₄
definition:
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.


word: Matchable
definition:
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.


word: matchboard
definition:
matchboard

matchboard
n.
A board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor); see match boarding.


word: matchbush
definition:
matchbush

match"bush`
n.
any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny matchlike flowerheads.

Syn. -- matchweed.


word: Match game
definition:
Match game

Match game
A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games.


word: matchet
definition:
matchet

matchet
n.
a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation; usually called machete.

Syn. -- machete, panga.


word: matching
definition:
matching

matching
adj.
1.
having identical or closely similar appearance or properties; as, a pair of matching candlesticks.

Syn. -- duplicate, twin(prenominal), twinned.

2.
Harmonious and pleasing in appearance when used together; as, a matching skirt and blouse.

Syn. -- coordinated; color-coordinated.


word: Matchless
definition:
Matchless

Match"less
a.
[Cf. Mateless.]

1.
Having no equal; unequaled.
matchless
Waller.

2.
Unlike each other; unequal; unsuited.
[Obs.]
Matchless
Spenser.


word: Matchlock
definition:
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.


word: Matchmaker
definition:
Matchmaker

Match"mak`er
(?)
n.
1.
One who makes matches for burning or kinding.

2.
One who tries to bring about marriages.


word: Matchmaking
definition:
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.


word: Match play
definition:
Match play

Match play
(Golf)
Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; -- distinguished from medal play.


word: matchwood
definition:
matchwood

matchwood
n.
1.
wood in small pieces or splinters; as, the vessel was beaten to matchwood on the rocks.
[wns=1 & 3]

Syn. -- splinters.

2.
Wood suitable for making matchsticks.


word: Mate
definition:
Mate

Ma"te
(mä"ta̝)
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.


word: Mate₄
definition:
Mate

Mate
v. t.
[F. mater to fatigue, enfeeble, humiliate, checkmate. See Mate checkmate.]

1.
To confuse; to confound.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To checkmate.


word: Mate₅
definition:
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.


word: Mate₆
definition:
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.

3.
To breed; to bring (animals) together for the purpose of breeding; as, she mated a doberman with a German shepherd.

4.
To join together; to fit together; to connect; to link; as, he mated a saw blade to a broom handle to cut inaccessible branches.


word: Mate₇
definition:
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.


word: mated
definition:
mated

mated
adj.
1.
Brought together for sexual activity; bred; -- of animals.

2.
Sorted into pairs of identical size, color, or other properties; -- used of gloves, socks, etc.

Syn. -- paired.

3.
Same as married.  Opposite of unmarried; as, they were a devoted couple, mated for life.


word: Matelasse
definition:
Matelasse

Mate`las`sé"
(mȧ`lȧ`sa̝")
a.
[F., p.p. of matelasser to cushion, to cover as with a mattress, fr. matelas mattress. See Mattress.]
Ornamented by means of an imitation or suggestion of quilting, the surface being marked by depressed lines which form squares or lozenges in relief; as, matelassé silks.


word: Matelotte
definition:
Matelotte

Matelote

{ Mat"e*lote (măt"e̝*l&omacrt), Mat"e*lotte (măt"e̝*l&obreve_;t) }
n.
[F. matelote, fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as a sailors prepare.]
1.
A stew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and served with a wine sauce containing onions, mushrooms, etc.

2.
An old dance of sailors, in double time, and somewhat like a hornpipe.


word: Mateology
definition:
Mateology

Ma`te*ol"o*gy
(mā`te̝*&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. mataiologi`a; ma`taios useless, vain + lo`gos discourse: cf. F. matéologie.]
A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry.
[R.]


word: Mateotechny
definition:
Mateotechny

Ma`te*o*tech"ny
(mā`te̝*o̝*tĕk"n&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. mataiotechni`a; ma`taios vain + te`chnh art, science.]
Any unprofitable science.
[Obs.]


word: Material
definition:
Material

Ma*te"ri*al
(?)
a.
[L. materialis, fr. materia stuff, matter: cf. F. matériel. See Matter, and cf. Matériel.]

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; as, material well-being; material comforts.

3.
Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of consequence; not be dispensed with; important; significant.

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.


word: Material₂
definition:
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.


word: Materialism
definition:
Materialism

Ma*te"ri*al*ism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. matérialisme.]
1.
The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets; called also philosophical materialism.

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 as contrasted with spiritual concerns; devotion to the material nature and its wants.

3.
Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
[R. & Obs.]
A. Chalmers.

philosophical materialism The theory that matter and energy are the only objects existing within the universe, and that mental and spiritual phenomena are explainable as functions of the nervous system of people.  Same as materialism{1}.


word: Materialist
definition:
Materialist

Ma*te"ri*al*ist
(mȧ*tē"rĭ*al*ĭst)
n.
[Cf. F. matérialiste.]
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.  A believer in philosophical materialism.

2.
One who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished from the idealist, who denies it.
Berkeley.


word: Materialistical
definition:
Materialistical

Materialistic

{ Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic (?), Ma*te`ri*al*is"tic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the nature of materialism.

But to me his very spiritualism seemed more materialistic than his physics.
C. Kingsley.

2.
Primarily concerned with material objects and worldly activities, as contrasted with spiritual, moral or philosophical concerns; especially, concerned primarily with gaining money and the things that money can buy.


word: Materiality
definition:
Materiality

Ma*te`ri*al"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. matérialité.]

1.
The quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity.

2.
Importance; as, the materiality of facts.


word: Materialization
definition:
Materialization

Ma*te`ri*al*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized.


word: Materialize
definition:
Materialize

Ma*te"ri*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Materialized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Materializing (?).]
[Cf. F. matérialiser.]
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.


word: Materialize₂
definition:
Materialize

Ma*te"ri*al*ize
v. i.
1.
To appear as a material form; to take substantial shape.
[Colloq.]

2.
To come into existence; as, the promised donations never materialized.


word: Materially
definition:
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 preexistent 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; essentially; as, it materially concerns us to know the real motives of our actions.


word: Materia medica
definition:
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 sources, nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases, primarily with natural preparations, rather than pure or synthetic medicines; pharmacognosy.


word: Materiated
definition:
Materiated

Materiate

{ Ma*te"ri*ate (?), Ma*te"ri*a`ted (?), }
a.
[L. materiatus, p. p. of materiare to build of wood.]
Consisting of matter.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Materiation
definition:
Materiation

Ma*te`ri*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. materiatio woodwork.]
Act of forming matter.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Materiel
definition:
Materiel

Ma`té`ri`el"
(?)
n.
[F. See Material.]
Those objects in a complex system which constitute the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; for example, the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers; -- used in a collective sense.

2.
Specifically:
(Military)
The arms, munitions, baggage, equipment, provisions, etc., of an army.


word: Maternal
definition:
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.


word: maternalistic
definition:
maternalistic

maternalistic
adj.
showing maternal instincts; behaving as a mother should; motherly.


word: Maternity
definition:
Maternity

Ma*ter"ni*ty
(?)
n.
[F. maternité, LL. maternitas.]
1.
The state of being a mother; motherhood.

2.
The character of a mother; maternal quality; motherliness.

3.
The maternity ward; the maternity department of a hospital.


word: maternity
definition:
maternity

ma*ter"ni*ty
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to childbirth or the period during which a woman is pregnant; as, maternity care; a maternity hospital.

2.
For use during pregnancy; as, a maternity outfit.


word: maternity ward
definition:
maternity ward

ma*ter"ni*ty ward`
(?)
n.
The section of a hospital devoted to assisting women during childbirth and caring for them and their newborn infants until they are released to go home.


word: matey
definition:
matey

matey
adj.
having the relationship of friends or pals.
[colloquial]

Syn. -- chummy, pally, palsy-walsy.


word: Math
definition:
Math

Math
(măth)
n.
[AS. m&aemacr_;ð; akin to māwan 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.


word: Mathematic
definition:
Mathematic

Math`e*mat"ic
(?)
a.
[F. mathématique, 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.


word: Mathematical
definition:
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.


word: Mathematics
definition:
Mathematics

Math`e*mat"ics
(?)
n.
[F. mathématiques, 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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Mathes
definition:
Mathes

Math"es
(?)
n.
[Perh. corrupted fr. L. anthemis camomile, Gr. _; .]
(Bot.)
The mayweed.  Cf. Maghet.


word: Mathesis
definition:
Mathesis

Ma*the"sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, from _;, _;, to learn.]
Learning; especially, mathematics.
[R.]
Pope.


word: Matico
definition:
Matico

Ma*ti"co
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A Peruvian plant (Piperelongatum or Artanthe elongatum), allied to the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and astringent.


word: Matie
definition:
Matie

Mat"ie
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A fat herring with undeveloped roe.
[Written also matty.]
[Eng. & Scot.]


word: Matin₂
definition:
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.


word: matinee
definition:
matinee

mat`i*née"
(?)
n.
[F., from matin. See Matin.]
A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See Soirée.


word: matrass
definition:
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.


word: matriarch
definition:
matriarch

ma"tri*arch
(?)
n.
[L. mater mother + -arch.]
1.
The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.

2.
A woman who dominates or is the most important member of a group or organization; in businesses, often the founder or owner of the largest interest.

3.
A venerated old woman.


word: matriarchal
definition:
matriarchal

ma`tri*ar"chal
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch or matriarchs; as, a matriarchal society.


word: Matriarchate
definition:
Matriarchate

Ma"tri*ar"chate
(?)
n.
The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form of government.


word: matric
definition:
matric

matric
n.
[Shortened from matriculation.]
admission to a group (especially a college or university).
[slang]

Syn. -- matriculation.


word: Matricaria
definition:
Matricaria

Matricaria
prop. n.
A genus of chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs; it comprises plants sometimes included in other genera, such as Tanacetum and  Tripleurospermum.

Syn. -- genus Matricaria.


word: Matricide
definition:
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.


word: Matriculate
definition:
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.


word: Matriculate₂
definition:
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.


word: Matriculation
definition:
Matriculation

Ma*tric`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
The act or process of matriculating; the state of being matriculated.


word: matrilineage
definition:
matrilineage

matrilineage
n.
The line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family; the mother's line of descent.

Syn. -- enation, cognation.


word: Matrimonial
definition:
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.


word: Matrimony
definition:
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 confess it.
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.


word: matrisib
definition:
matrisib

matrisib
n.
One related on the mother's side.

Syn. -- enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib.


word: matrix
definition:
matrix

ma"trix
(mā"trĭks)
n.
pl. Matrices (măt"rĭ*sēz).
[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
(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.


word: Matron
definition:
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.


word: Matronage
definition:
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.


word: Matronal
definition:
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.


word: Matronize
definition:
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 matron toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly.


word: Matronly
definition:
Matronly

Ma"tron*ly
a.
1.
Advanced in years; elderly.

2.
Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate.


word: Matross
definition:
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.]


word: Mattages
definition:
Mattages

Mat`ta*ges"
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also matagasse.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Mattamore
definition:
Mattamore

Mat"ta*more`
(?)
n.
[F. matamore, from Ar. ma&tsdot_;m&omacrra.]
A subterranean repository for wheat.


word: Matte
definition:
Matte

Matte
(măt)
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.


word: matte
definition:
matte

matte
(măt)
a.
Having a dull, lusterless surface finish; opposed to glossy or polished; as, a matte photograph; a proof coin with matte figures on a polished field.


word: Matted
definition:
Matted

Mat"ted
(?)
a.
[See Matte.]
Having a dull surface; lusterless; unburnished; same as matte; as, matted gold leaf or gilding.

Matted glass, glass ornamented with figures on a dull ground.


word: Matted₂
definition:
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.


word: Matter
definition:
Matter

Mat"ter
(?)
n.
[OE. matere, F. matière, 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.

&hand_; Matter is usually divided by philosophical writers into three kinds or classes: solid, liquid, and gaseous. 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. Gaseous 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.
matter
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.
Milton.

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; all things considered.

Waller, with Sir William Balfour, exceeded in horse, but were, upon the whole matter, equal in foot.
Clarendon.


word: Matter₂
definition:
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.]
mattereth
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Matter₃
definition:
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.


word: Matterhorn
definition:
Matterhorn

Matterhorn
prop. n.
A mountain in Italy and Switzerland, 14,690 feet high.
According to WordNet, 14,780 feet high


word: Matterless
definition:
Matterless

Mat"ter*less
a.
1.
Not being, or having, matter; as, matterless spirits.
Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).

2.
Unimportant; immaterial.
[Obs.]


word: Matter-of-fact
definition:
Matter-of-fact

Mat"ter-of-fact"
(?)
a.
Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.


word: Mattery
definition:
Mattery

Mat"ter*y
(?)
a.
1.
Generating or containing pus; purulent.

2.
Full of substance or matter; important.
B. Jonson.


word: Matteuccia
definition:
Matteuccia

Matteuccia
prop. n.
A small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae.

Syn. -- genus Matteuccia, Pteretis, genus Pteretis.


word: Matthew
definition:
Matthew

Matthew
prop. n.
Saint Matthew, a disciple of Jesus; author of the first Gospel.

Syn. -- Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, Levi.


word: Matthiola
definition:
Matthiola

Matthiola
prop. n.
A genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals.

Syn. -- genus Matthiola.


word: Matting
definition:
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.


word: Matting₂
definition:
Matting

Mat"ting
n.
[See Matte.]
A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc.


word: Mattock
definition:
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.


word: Mattoid
definition:
Mattoid

Mat"toid
(?)
n.
[It. matto mad (cf. L. mattus, matus, drunk) + -oid.]
A person of congenitally abnormal mind bordering on insanity or degeneracy.


word: Mattoir
definition:
Mattoir

Mat*toir"
(?)
n.
[F. matoir.]
(Engraving)
A kind of coarse punch with a rasplike face, used for making a rough surface on etching ground, or on the naked copper, the effect after biting being very similar to stippled lines.


word: Mattowacca
definition:
Mattowacca

Mat`to*wac"ca
(?)
n.
[Indian name.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Mattress
definition:
Mattress

Mat"tress
(?)
n.
[OF. materas, F. matelas, LL. matratium; cf. Sp. & Pg. almadraque, Pr. almatrac; all from Ar. ma&tsdot_;rah a place where anything is thrown, what is thrown under something, fr. &tsdot_;araha to throw.]

1.
A large pad stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable soft material, and quilted or otherwise fastened, used as or in a bed, to support the human body while lying down.
[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.

innerspring mattress A variety of mattress{1} having springs inside to provide a flexible support; it is considered more comfortable than a stuffed mattress.


word: Maturant
definition:
Maturant

Mat"u*rant
(?)
n.
[L. maturans, p. pr. See Maturate.]
(Med.)
A medicine, or application, which promotes suppuration.


word: Maturate
definition:
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).


word: Maturation
definition:
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.


word: Maturative
definition:
Maturative

Mat"u*ra*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. maturatif.]
Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration.


word: Mature
definition:
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.


word: Mature₂
definition:
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.


word: Mature₃
definition:
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.


word: Maturely
definition:
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.


word: maturement
definition:
maturement

maturement
n.
The process of maturing; coming to full development; becoming mature; maturation.

Syn. -- maturation, maturing, ripening.


word: Maturescent
definition:
Maturescent

Mat`u*res"cent
(?)
a.
[L. maturescens, p. pr. of maturescere to become ripe, v. incho. from maturus. See Mature, a.]
Approaching maturity.


word: Maturity
definition:
Maturity

Ma*tu"ri*ty
(?)
n.
[L. maturitas: cf. F. maturité.]

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.


word: Matutinal
definition:
Matutinal

Mat`u*ti"nal
(?)
a.
[L. matutinalis, matutinus: cf. F. matutinal. See Matin.]
Of or pertaining to the morning; early.


word: Matweed
definition:
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.


word: Maty
definition:
Maty

Mat"y
(?)
n.
[Etymology uncertain.]
A native house servant in India.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).


word: matzoh
definition:
matzoh

matzo

matz"o, matz"oh
(?)
n.
pl. E. matzos or matzohs; Hebr. matzoth (#)
[Heb. matsts&omacrth, pl. of matstsāh unleavened.]
A cake of unleavened bread eaten by the Jews at the feast of the Passover.


word: Maucaco
definition:
Maucaco

Mau*ca"co
(?)
n.
[From the native name.]
(Zool.)
A lemur; -- applied to several species, as the White-fronted, the ruffed, and the ring-tailed lemurs.


word: Maudlin
definition:
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
Dryden.
Maudlin
Roscommon.
maudlin
Pope.
Maudlin
Southey.

2.
Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness.

Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt.
Byron.


word: Maudeline
definition:
Maudeline

Maudlin

{ Maud"lin, Maude"line (?), }
n.
(Bot.)
An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.


word: Maugre
definition:
Maugre

Mauger

{ Mau"ger, Mau"gre  }
(m&asuml_;"gẽr)
prep.
[OF. maugré, malgré, F. malgré. See Mal-, Malice, and Agree.]
In spite of; in opposition to; notwithstanding.
[Archaic]

A man must needs love maugre his heed.
Chaucer.

This mauger all the world will I keep safe.
Shak.


word: Maul₂
definition:
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.


word: maul-stick
definition:
maul-stick

maulstick

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 and mahlstick.]


word: Maund₂
definition:
Maund

Maund
n.
[Hind, & Per. man.]
An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.


word: Maunder
definition:
Maunder

Maund

{ Maund (?), Maund"er (?), }
v. i.
[Cf. F. mendier to beg, E. mendicant.]
1.
To beg.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl.

2.
To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.

He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Maundy
definition:
Maundy

Maun"dy
(?)
n.
[See Maundy Thursday.]
1.
The sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
[Obs.]

2.
The ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday.

3.
The alms distributed in connection with this ceremony or on Maundy Thursday.
&hand_; In England, the foot washing is obsolete, but the “royal maundy” is distributed annually on behalf of the sovereign.  Since 1890 this distribution has been made from Westminster Abbey.


word: Maundy money
definition:
Maundy money

Maundy coins

{ Maundy coins or Maundy money  }
Silver coins or money of the nominal value of 1d., 2d., 3d., and 4d., struck annually for the Maundy alms.


word: Maundy Thursday
definition:
Maundy Thursday

Maun"dy Thurs"day
(?)
[OE. maunde a command, OF. mandé, 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.


word: Maurist
definition:
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.


word: Mauritius
definition:
Mauritius

Mauritius
prop. n.
1.
A country on the island of Mauritius.

2.
An island in the Indian Ocean.

Syn. -- Ile de France.


word: Mausolean
definition:
Mausolean

Mau`so*le"an
(?)
a.
[L. Mausoleus. See Mausoleum.]
Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.


word: Mausoleum
definition:
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, one of the wonders of the ancient world.]
A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.


word: Mauther
definition:
Mauther

Mau"ther
(m&asuml_;"&thlig_;ẽr)
n.
[Cf. AS. maegþ a maid.]
[Also spelled mawther, mother.]
A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Mauve
definition:
Mauve

Mauve
(m&omacrv)
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 mauveïne, and is a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a beatiful purple color.  Called also aniline purple, violine, Perkin's mauve, etc.


word: mauveine
definition:
mauveine

mauve"ïne
(?)
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.]


word: Maverick
definition:
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.


word: Maverick brand
definition:
Maverick brand

Maverick brand
A brand originated by a dishonest cattleman, who, without owning any stock, gradually accumulates a herd by finding mavericks.
[Western U. S.]


word: Mavis
definition:
Mavis

Ma"vis
(mā"vĭs)
n.
[F. mauvis, Arm. milvid, milfid, milc'hhouid, Corn. melhuez.]
(Zool.)
The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus).


word: Mavourneen
definition:
Mavourneen

Mavournin

{ Ma*vour"nin, Ma*vour"neen  }
(mȧ*vōr"nēn)
n.
[Ir. mo mhuirnin my darling; mo my + mhuirnin darling.]
My darling; -- an Irish term of endearment for a girl or woman.
mavournin
Campbell.


word: Maw₂
definition:
Maw

Maw
n.
[OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. √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. (Zool.) See under Fish.


word: Mawk
definition:
Mawk

Mawk
(m&asuml_;k)
n.
[OE. mauk, maðek, Icel. maðkr; akin to Dan. maddik, and E. mad an earthworm. See Mad, n.]

1.
A maggot.
[Scot.]

2.
A slattern; a mawks.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Mawkish
definition:
Mawkish

Mawk"ish
a.
[Orig., maggoty. See Mawk.]
1.
Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; slightly nauseating; disgusting.

So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull.
Pope.

2.
Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.
J. H. Newman.

3.
Weakly sentimental; maudlin.


word: Mawmet
definition:
Mawmet

Maw"met
(?)
n.
[Contr. fr. Mahomet.]
A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the Middle Ages it was generally but falsely believed that the Muslims worshiped images representing Mohammed.
[Obs.]
Wyclif. Beau. & Fl.


word: Mawmish
definition:
Mawmish

Maw"mish
(?)
a.
[Prov. E. maum soft, mellow, rotten; cf. OD. molm rotten wood, G. mulm.]
Nauseous.
[Obs.]
L' Estrange.


word: Mawworm
definition:
Mawworm

Maw"worm`
(?)
n.
[Maw the belly + worm.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and allied species.
(b)
One of the larvae of botflies of horses; a bot.


word: Maxilla
definition:
Maxilla

Max*il"la
(?)
n.
pl. Maxillae (#).
[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.
(Zool.)
One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.

&hand_; 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.


word: Maxillary
definition:
Maxillary

Maxillar

{ Max"il*lar (?), Max"il*la*ry (?), }
a.
[L. maxillaris, fr. maxilla jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire.]
1.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only.
n. The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.

2.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to a maxilla.


word: Maxilliform
definition:
Maxilliform

Max*il"li*form
(?)
a.
[Maxilla + -form: cf. F. maxilliforme.]
Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.


word: Maxilliped
definition:
Maxilliped

Max*il"li*ped
(?)
n.
[Maxilla + L. pes, pedis, foot.]
(Zool.)
One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae.  Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them.  Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw.


word: Maxillo-mandibular
definition:
Maxillo-mandibular

Max*il`lo-man*dib"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Maxilla +  mandibular.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo-mandibular nerve.


word: Maxillo-palatine
definition:
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.


word: Maxilloturbinal
definition:
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.


word: Maxim
definition:
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.


word: Maximilian
definition:
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.


word: Maximization
definition:
Maximization

Max`i*mi*za"tion
(?)
n.
The act or process of increasing to the highest degree.
Bentham.


word: Maximum
definition:
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.


word: Maximum₂
definition:
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.


word: maxwell
definition:
maxwell

maxwell
n.
A cgs unit of magnetic flux, abbreviated Mx; it is equal to the magnetic flux passing through one sqaure centimeter which is normal to a magnetic field of one gauss.

Syn. -- Mx.


word: May
definition:
May

May
(mā)
v.
[imp. Might (mīt)]
[AS. pres. maeg I am able, pret. meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G. mögen, OHG. mugan, magan, Icel. mega, Goth. magan, Russ. moche. √103.  Cf. Dismay, Main strength, Might. The old imp. mought is obsolete, except as a provincial word.]
An auxiliary verb qualifying 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.

Thou mayst be no longer steward.
Luke xvi. 2.

Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance
Some general maxims, or be right by chance.
Pope.

How old may Phillis be, you ask.
Prior.

May be, and It may be, are used as equivalent to possibly, perhaps, maybe, by chance, peradventure. See 1st Maybe.


word: May₃
definition:
May

May
n.
[F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. Mai^a), 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 mocked the may.
Tennyson.

4.
The merrymaking of May Day.
Tennyson.

Italian may (Bot.), a shrubby species of Spiraea (Spiraea 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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.


word: Maya
definition:
Maya

Ma"ya
(mä"yä)
n.
1.
(Hindu Philos.)
The name (in Vedantic philosphy) for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.

2.
(Hindu Philos.)
the Hindu goddess personifying the power that creates phenomena.
[RHUD]

3.
(Hindu Philos.)
the power to produce illusions.
[RHUD]


word: Maya₂
definition:
Maya

Ma"ya
(mä"yȧ)
prop. n.
pl. Maya or Mayas.
1.
the Indian people occupying the area of Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a part of Guatemala and a part of Salvador.  The Maya peoples are dark, short, and brachycephalic, and at the time of the discovery had attained a higher grade of culture than any other American people.  They cultivated a variety of crops, were expert in the manufacture and dyeing of cotton fabrics, used cacao as a medium of exchange, and were workers of gold, silver, and copper.  Their architecture comprised elaborately carved temples and palaces, and they possessed a superior calendar, and a developed system of hieroglyphic writing, with records said to go back to about 700 a. d.

2.
the language of the Mayas.


word: Mayaca
definition:
Mayaca

Mayaca
prop. n.
A small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers.

Syn. -- genus Mayaca.


word: Mayan
definition:
Mayan

Ma"yan
(mä"yan)
a.
1.
Designating, or pertaining to, an American Indian linguistic stock occupying the Mexican States of Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a part of Guatemala and a part of El Salvador. See 2nd Maya.

2.
Of or pertaining to the Mayas.


word: Maya arch
definition:
Maya arch

Mayan arch

{ Mayan arch,  Maya arch  }
A form of corbel arch employing regular small corbels.


word: may apple
definition:
may apple

mayapple

mayapple, may apple
n.
1.
North American herb (Podophyllum peltatum) with poisonous root stock and an edible though insipid egg-shaped yellowish fruit; called also wild mandrake.

Syn. -- May apple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum.

2.
The fruit of the mayapple{1}.


word: Maybe
definition:
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.


word: Maybe₂
definition:
Maybe

May"be
a.
Possible; probable, but not sure.
[R.]

Then add those maybe years thou hast to live.
Driden.


word: Maybird
definition:
Maybird

May"bird`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap.
(b)
The knot.
[Southern U. S.]
(c)
The bobolink.


word: Mayduke
definition:
Mayduke

May"duke`
(?)
n.
[Corrupt. of Médoc, a province in France, where it is supposed to have originated.]
A large dark-red cherry of excellent quality.


word: Mayflower
definition:
Mayflower

May"flow`er
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.


word: mayhaw
definition:
mayhaw

mayhaw
n.
The hawthorn tree (Crataegus aestivalis) of the Southern U. S. bearing a juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.

Syn. -- summer haw, Crataegus aestivalis.


word: mayhem
definition:
mayhem

may"hem
(?)
n.
[The same as maim. See Maim.]
1.
(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.

2.
Violent disorder, especially such as causes serious harm to persons or damage to property.


word: May laws
definition:
May laws

May laws
1.
See Kulturkampf, above.

2.
In Russia, severe oppressive laws against Jews, which have given occasion for great persecution; -- so called because they received the assent of the czar in May, 1882, and because likened to the Prussian May laws (see Kulturkampf).


word: mayonnaise
definition:
mayonnaise

ma`yon`naise"
(?)
n.
[F.]
A thick white sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency near to that of a gel, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc.  Also, a dish dressed with this sauce.


word: mayor
definition:
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 administrative officer of a municipal corporation.  In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.  The post is usually elective, its holder chosen by the electorate of the entire city.


word: Mayoral
definition:
Mayoral

May"or*al
(?)
n.
[Sp., fr. mayor greater, L. major.]
The conductor of a mule team; also, a head shepherd.


word: Maypole
definition:
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.


word: Maypop
definition:
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.


word: Mayweed
definition:
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.


word: Mazame
definition:
Mazame

Mazama

{ Ma*za"ma (?), Ma*za"me (?), }
n.
(Zool.)
A goatlike antelope (Haplocerus montanus) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called also mountain goat.


word: Mazard₂
definition:
Mazard

Maz"ard
n.
[Prob. fr. mazer, the head being compared to a large goblet.]
The jaw; the head or skull.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Mazarine
definition:
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.


word: Mazdean
definition:
Mazdean

Maz"de*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian.


word: Maze
definition:
Maze

Maze
(māz)
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.
mazes
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.

4.
A complex and confusing system or set of rules that causes bwilderment; as, a maze of environemntal regulations.


word: Maze₂
definition:
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.


word: Mazedness
definition:
Mazedness

Maz"ed*ness
(?)
n.
The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Mazer
definition:
Mazer

Maz"er
(?)
n.
[OE. maser, akin to OD. maser an excrescence on a maple tree, OHG. masar, G. maser spot, Icel. mösurr maple.]
A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple.
[Obs.]

Their brimful mazers to the feasting bring.
Drayton.


word: Mazurka
definition:
Mazurka

Mazourka

{ Ma*zour"ka (?), Ma*zur"ka (?), }
n.
A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat.


word: Mazy
definition:
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.


word: McCarthyism
definition:
McCarthyism

McCarthyism
prop. n.
[from Senator Joseph McCarthy, who repeatedly asserted without evidence that numerous communists were present in the United States government.]
Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists).


word: McKinley
definition:
McKinley

McKinley
prop. n.
Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America; 20,300 feet high; also called by the native name Denali.

Syn. -- Mt. McKinley, Denali.


word: MDMA
definition:
MDMA

MDMA
n.
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines but originally synthesized to avoid the drug laws; it is now a controlled substance.  It is informally called ecstasy.  It is used by some abusively and illegally without a prescription.
[acronym]

Syn. -- methylenedioxymethamphetamine, Adam, ecstasy.


word: Me₂
definition:
Me

Me
(mē)
pers. pron.
[AS. mē, dat. & acc., mec, acc. only ; akin to D. mij, G. mich, Icel. & Goth. mik, L. me, Gr. me`, 'eme`, Skr. mā, mām. √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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Meacock
definition:
Meacock

Mea"cock
(?)
n.
[Prob. fr. meek + cock.]
An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


