MALEVOLENCEMa*lev"o*lence, n. Etym: [L. malevolentia. See Malevolent.]
Defn: The quality or state of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See Synonym of Malice.
MALEVOLENTMa*lev"o*lent, a. Etym: [L. malevolens, -entis; male ill + volens, p.pr. of velle to be willing or disposed, to wish. See Malice, andVoluntary.]
Defn: Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.
Syn. — Ill-disposed; envious; mischievous; evil-minded; spiteful; malicious; malignant; rancorous.
MALEVOLENTLYMa*lev"o*lent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a malevolent manner.
MALEVOLOUS Ma*lev"o*lous, a. Etym: [L. malevolus; fr. male ill + velle to be disposed.]
Defn: Malevolent. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.
MALEXECUTIONMal*ex`e*cu"tion, n. Etym: [Mal- + execution.]
Defn: Bad execution. D. Webster.
MALEYLMa*le"yl, n. Etym: [Maleic + -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: A hypothetical radical derived from maleic acid.
MALFEASANCEMal*fea"sance, n. Etym: [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant injurious,doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr. of faire to do. SeeMalice, Feasible, and cf. Maleficence.] (Law)
Defn: The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also malefeasance.]
MALFORMATIONMal`for*ma"tion, n. Etym: [Mal- + forniation.]
Defn: Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.
MALGRACIOUSMal*gra"cious, a. Etym: [F. malgracieux.]
Defn: Not graceful; displeasing. [Obs.] Gower.
MALGREMal"gre, prep.
Defn: See Mauger.
MALICMa"lic, a. Etym: [L. malum an apple: cf. F. malique.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, apples; as, malic acid. Malic acid, a hydroxy acid obtained as a substance which is sirupy or crystallized with difficulty, and has a strong but pleasant sour taste. It occurs in many fruits, as in green apples, currants, etc. It is levorotatory or dextrorotatory according to the temperature and concentration. An artificial variety is a derivative of succinic acid, but has no action on polarized light, and thus malic acid is a remarkable case of physical isomerism.
MALICE Mal"ice, n. Etym: [F. malice, fr. L. malitia, from malus bad, ill, evil, prob. orig., dirty, black; cf. Gr. mala dirt. Cf. Mauger.]
1. Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil. "Nor set down aught in malice." Shak. Envy, hatred, and malice are three distinct passions of the mind. Ld. Holt.
2. (Law)
Defn: Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness. Malice aforethought or prepense, malice previously and deliberately entertained.
Syn. — Spite; ill will; malevolence; grudge; pique; bitterness; animosity; malignity; maliciousness; rancor; virulence. See Spite. — Malevolence, Malignity, Malignancy. Malice is a stronger word than malevolence, which may imply only a desire that evil may befall another, while malice desires, and perhaps intends, to bring it about. Malignity is intense and deepseated malice. It implies a natural delight in hating and wronging others. One who is malignant must be both malevolent and malicious; but a man may be malicious without being malignant. Proud tyrants who maliciously destroy And ride o'er ruins with malignant joy. Somerville. in some connections, malignity seems rather more pertinently applied to a radical depravity of nature, and malignancy to indications of this depravity, in temper and conduct in particular instances. Cogan.
MALICEMal"ice, v. t.
Defn: To regard with extreme ill will. [Obs.]
MALICHOMal"i*cho, n. Etym: [Sp. malhecho; mal bad + hecho deed, L. factum.See Fact.]
Defn: Mischief. [Obs.] Shak.
MALICIOUSMa*li"cious, a. Etym: [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)
Defn: With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act. Malicious abandonment, the desertion of a wife or husband without just cause. Burrill. — Malicious mischief (Law), malicious injury to the property of another; — an offense at common law. Wharton. — Malicious prosecution or arrest (Law), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. Bouvier.
Syn.— Ill-disposed; evil-minded; mischievous; envious; malevolent;invidious; spiteful; bitter; malignant; rancorous; malign.— Ma*li"cious*ly, adv.— Ma*li"cious*ness, n.
MALIGN Ma*lign", a. Etym: [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.
MALIGNMa*lign", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maligned; p. pr. & vb. n. Maligning.]Etym: [Cf. L. malignare. See Malign, a.]
Defn: 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.
MALIGNMa*lign", v. i.
Defn: To entertain malice. [Obs.]
MALIGNANCE; MALIGNANCYMa*lig"nance, Ma*lig"nan*cy , n. Etym: [See Malignant.]
1. The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.
2. Unfavorableness; evil nature. The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner yours. Shak.
3. (Med.)
Defn: Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.
4. The state of being a malignant.
Syn.— Malice; malevolence; malignity. See Malice.
MALIGNANT Ma*lig"nant, a. Etym: [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. "Malignantcare." Macaulay.Some malignant power upon my life. Shak.Something deleterious and malignant as his touch. Hawthorne.
3. (Med.)
Defn: Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. Malignant pustule (Med.), a very contagious disease, transmitted to man from animals, characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the virus, of a vesicle or pustule which first enlarges and then breaks down into an unhealthy ulcer. It is marked by profound exhaustion and usually fatal. Called also charbon, and sometimes, improperly, anthrax.
MALIGNANTMa*lig"nant, n.
1. A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions. Hooker.
2. (Eng. Hist.)
Defn: One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; — so called by the opposite party.
MALIGNANTLYMa*lig"nant*ly, adv.
Defn: In a malignant manner.
MALIGNERMa*lign"er, n.
Defn: One who maligns.
MALIGNIFYMa*lig"ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malignified; p. pr. & vb. n.Malignifying.] Etym: [L. malignus malign + -fy.]
Defn: To make malign or malignant. [R.] "A strong faith malignified."Southey.
MALIGNITYMa*lig"ni*ty, n. Etym: [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.]
Syn.— See Malice.
MALIGNLYMa*lign"ly, adv.
Defn: In a malign manner; with malignity.
MALINGERMa*lin"ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. MAlingered; p. pr. & vb. n.Malingering.]
Defn: To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.
MALINGERER Ma*lin"ger*er, n. Etym: [F. malingre sickly, weakly, prob. from mal ill + OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean, infirm, fr. L. aeger.]
Defn: 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.
MALINGERYMa*lin"ger*y, n.
Defn: The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
MALISON Mal"i*son, n. Etym: [OF. maleicon, L. maledictio. See Malediction, and cf. Benison.]
Defn: Malediction; curse; execration. [Poetic]God's malison on his head who this gainsays. Sir W. Scott.
MALKINMal"kin, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
MALLMall, n. [Written also maul.] Etym: [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.
MALLMall, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malled; p. pr. & vb. n. Malling.] Etym:[Cf. OF. mailler. See Mall beetle, and cf. Malleate.]
Defn: To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.
MALLMall, n. Etym: [LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG. mahalassembly, transaction; akin to AS. mæ, me, assembly, m to speak,Goth. mapl market place.]
Defn: Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly. Hence: (a) A court of justice. (b) A place where justice is administered. (c) A place where public meetings are held. Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or malls, ceased. Milman.
MALLARD Mal"lard, n. Etym: [F. malari,fr. mâle male + -art =-ard. See Male, a., and -ard.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A drake; the male of Anas boschas.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also greenhead.
MALLEABILITYMal"le*a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [CF. F. malléabilité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being malleable; — opposed to friability and brittleness. Locke.
MALLEABLEMal"le*a*ble, a. Etym: [F. malléable, fr. LL. malleare to hammer. SeeMalleate.]
Defn: Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; — applied to metals. Malleable iron, iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under the hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See under Iron. — Malleable iron castings, articles cast from pig iron and made malleable by heating then for several days in the presence of some substance, as hematite, which deprives the cast iron of some of its carbon.
MALLEABLEIZEMal"le*a*ble*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make malleable.
MALLEABLENESSMal"le*a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being malleable.
MALLEALMal"le*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the malleus.
MALLEATEMal"le*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malleated; p. pr. & vb. n.Malleating.] Etym: [L. malleatus hammered, fr. malleus a hammer. SeeMall, v. t.]
Defn: To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.
MALLEATIONMal`le*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. malleatio: cf. OF. malléation.]
Defn: The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating.
MALLECHOMal"le*cho, n.
Defn: Same as Malicho.
MALLEE BIRDMal*lee" bird`. (Zoöl.) Etym: [From native name.]
Defn: The leipoa. See Leipoa.
MALLEMOCK; MALLEMOKEMal"le*mock, Mal"le*moke, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Mollemoke.
MALLENDERSMal"len*ders, n. pl. (Far.)
Defn: Same as Malanders.
MALLEOLARMal*le"o*lar, a. Etym: [See Malleolus.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the malleolus; in the region of the malleoli of the ankle joint.
MALLEOLUSMal*le"*o*lus, n.; pl. Malleoli. Etym: [L., dim. of malleus hammer.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
MALLETMal"let, n. Etym: [F. maillet, dim. of mail. See Mall a beetle.]
Defn: 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.
MALLEUSMal"le*us, n.; pl. Mallei. Etym: [L., hammer. See Mall a beetle.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. SeeMastax.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
MALLOPHAGAMal*loph"a*ga, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
MALLOTUSMal*lo"tus, n. Etym: [NL., fr Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod.
MALLOW; MALLOWS Mal"low, Mal"lows, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. SeeMalvaceous.
Note: The flowers of the common mallow (M. sylvestris) are used in medicine. The dwarf mallow (M. rotundifolia) is a common weed, and its flattened, dick-shaped fruits are called cheeses by children. Tree mallow (M. Mauritiana and Lavatera arborea), musk mallow (M. moschata), rose mallow or hollyhock, and curled mallow (M. crispa), are less commonly seen. Indian mallow. See Abutilon. — Jew's mallow, a plant (Corchorus olitorius) used as a pot herb by the Jews of Egypt and Syria. — Marsh mallow. See under Marsh.
MALLOWWORTMal"low*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Any plant of the order Malvaceæ.
MALM; MALMBRICKMalm, Malm"brick`, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. mealm sand.]
Defn: A kind of brick of a light brown or yellowish color, made of sand, clay, and chalk.
MALMAMal"ma, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
MALMAGMal"mag, n. Etym: [F., from native name in Madagascar.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The tarsius, or spectral lemur.
MALMSEY Malm"sey, n. Etym: [OE. malvesie, F. malvoisie, It. malvasia, malavagia, fr. Malvasia, or Napoli di Malvasia, in the Morea.]
Defn: A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc. Shak.
MALNUTRITIONMal`nu*tri"tion, n. Etym: [Mal- + nutrition.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Faulty or imperfect nutrition.
MALOBSERVATIONMal*ob`ser*va"tion, n. Etym: [Mal- + observation.]
Defn: Erroneous observation. J. S Mill.
MALODORMal*o"dor, n.
Defn: An Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.— Mal*o"dor*ous*ness. n. Carlyle.
MALODOROUSMal*o"dor*ous, a.
Defn: Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling. — Mal*o"dor*ous*ness. n. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
MALONATEMal"o*nate, a. (Chem.)
Defn: At salt of malonic acid.
MALONICMa*lon"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid.
MALONYLMal"o*nyl, n. Etym: [Malonic + -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: A hydrocarbon radical, CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid.
MALPAISMal"pais`, n. [Cf. Sp. mal, malo, bad, and país country.] (Geol.)
Defn: The rough surface of a congealed lava stream. [Southwestern U.S.]
MALPIGHIAMal*pi"ghi*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Malpighian.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens are eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.
MALPIGHIACEOUSMal*pi`ghi*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceæ), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests.
MALPIGHIANMal*pi"ghi*an, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. Malhighian capsules or corpuscles, the globular dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney. Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen, masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.
MALPOSITIONMal`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [Mal- + position.]
Defn: A wrong position.
MALPRACTICEMal*prac"tice, n. Etym: [Mal- + practice.]
Defn: 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.]
MALTMalt, n. Etym: [AS. mealt; akin to D. mout, G. malz, Icel., Sw., &Dan. malt, and E. melt. sq. root108. See Melt.]
Defn: 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.
MALTMalt, a.
Defn: 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.
MALTMalt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malted: p. pr. & vb. n. Malting.]
Defn: To make into malt; as, to malt barley.
MALTMalt, v. i.
Defn: To become malt; also, to make grain into malt. Mortimer.
MALTALENTMal"ta*lent, n. Etym: [F. See Malice, and Talent.]
Defn: Ill will; malice. [Obs.] Rom. of R. Spenser.
MALTESEMal*tese", a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants.— n. sing. & pl.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta. Maltese cat (Zoöl.), a mouse-colored variety of the domestic cat. — Maltese cross. See Illust. 5, of Cross. — Maltese dog (Zoöl.), a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta.
MALTHAMal"tha, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor.
2. Mortar. [Obs.] Holland.
MALTHUSIANMal*thu"sian, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R.Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories.
Note: Malthus held that population tends to increase faster than its means of subsistence can be made to do, and hence that the lower classes must necessarily suffer more or less from lack of food, unless an increase of population be checked by prudential restraint or otherwise.
MALTHUSIANMal*thu"sian, n.
Defn: A follower of Malthus.
MALTHUSIANISMMal*thu"sian*ism, n.
Defn: The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population.
MALTIN; MALTINEMalt"in, Malt"ine, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a name given to various medicinal preparations made from or containing malt.
MALTINGMalt"ing, n.
Defn: The process of making, or of becoming malt.
MALTMANMalt"man, n.; pl. Maltmen (.
Defn: A man whose occupation is to make malt.
MALTONICMal*ton"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif., designating an acid called also gluconic or dextronic acid. See Gluconic.
MALTOSEMalt"ose`, n. Etym: [From Malt.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.
MALTREATMal*treat", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n.Maltreating.] Etym: [Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter.]
Defn: To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
MALTREATMENTMal*treat"ment, n.; Etym: [Cf. F. maltraitement.]
Defn: Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.
MALTSTERMalt"ster, n.
Defn: A maltman. Swift.
MALTWORMMalt"worm`, n.
Defn: A tippler. [R.] Shak.
MALTYMalt"y, a.
Defn: Consisting, or like, malt. Dickens.
MALUMMa"lum, n.; pl. Mala. Etym: [L.]
Defn: An evil. See Mala.
MALVACEOUSMal*va"ceous, a. Etym: [L. malvaceus, from malva mallows. SeeMallow.] (Bot.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvaceæ), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.
MALVERSATION Mal`ver*sa"tion, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.
MALVESIEMal"ve*sie, n.
Defn: Malmsey wine. See Malmsey. " A jub of malvesye." Chaucer.
MAMMam, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. mamma.]
Defn: Mamma.
MAMMam (mam), n. [Abbrev. fr. mamma.]
Defn: Mamma.
MAMAMa*ma", n.
Defn: See Mamma.
MAMALUKEMam"a*luke, n.
Defn: Same as Mameluke.
MAMELONMam"e*lon, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.Westmin. Rev.
MAMELUCOMam`e*lu"co, n. Etym: [Pg.]
Defn: A child born of a white father and Indian mother. [S. Amer.]
MAMELUKE Mam"e*luke, n. Etym: [F. mamelouk, cf. Sp. mameluco, It. mammalucco; all fr. Ar. maml a purchased slave or captive; lit., possessed or in one's power, p. p. of malaka to possesses.]
Defn: One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.
MAMILLATEDMam"il*la`ted, a.
Defn: See Mammillated.
MAMMA Mam*ma", n. Etym: [Reduplicated from the infantine word ma, influenced in spelling by L. mamma.]
Defn: Mother; — word of tenderness and familiarity. [Written alsomama.]Tell tales papa and mamma. Swift.
MAMMAMam"ma, n.; pl. Mammæ. Etym: [L. mamma breast.] (Anat.)
Defn: A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; under; bag.
MAMMAL Mam"mal, n.; pl. Mammals. Etym: [L. mammalis belonging to the breast, fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Mammalia. Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.
MAMMALIAMam*ma"li*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from L. mammalis. See Mammal.](Zoöl.)
Defn: The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother.
Note: Mammalia are divided into threes subclasses; —I. Placentalia. This subclass embraces all the higher orders, including man. In these the fetus is attached to the uterus by a placenta. II. Marsupialia. In these no placenta is formed, and the young, which are born at an early state of development, are carried for a time attached to the teats, and usually protected by a marsupial pouch. The opossum, kangaroo, wombat, and koala are examples. III. Monotremata. In this group, which includes the genera Echidna and Ornithorhynchus, the female lays large eggs resembling those of a bird or lizard, and the young, which are hatched like those of birds, are nourished by a watery secretion from the imperfectly developed mammæ.
MAMMALIANMam*ma"li*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.
MAMMALIFEROUSMam`ma*lif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Mammal + -ferous.] (Geol.)
Defn: Containing mammalian remains; — said of certain strata.
MAMMALOGICALMam`ma*log"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to mammalogy.
MAMMALOGISTMam*mal"o*gist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. mammalogiste.]
Defn: One versed in mammalogy.
MAMMALOGYMam*mal"o*gy, n. Etym: [Mamma breast + -logy: cf. f. mammalogie.]
Defn: The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. SeeMammalia.
MAMMARYMam"ma*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. mammaire.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the mammæ or breasts; as, the mammary arteries and veins.
MAMMEEMam*mee", n. Etym: [Haytian mamey.] (Bot.)
Defn: A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (M. Americana); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered with a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple.
MAMMERMam"mer, v. i. Etym: [Cf. G. memme coward, poltroon.]
Defn: To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully. [Obs.]
MAMMETMam"met, n. Etym: [See Mawmet.]
Defn: An idol; a puppet; a doll. [Obs.] Selden. Shak.
MAMMETRYMam"met*ry, n.
Defn: See Mawmetry. [Obs.]
MAMMIFERMam"mi*fer, n. Etym: [NL. See Mammiferous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A mammal. See Mammalia.
MAMMIFEROUSMam*mif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Mamma breast + -ferous: cf. F. mammifère.]
Defn: Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, theMammalia.
MAMMIFORMMam"mi*form, a. Etym: [Mamma breast + -form: cf. F. mammiforme.]
Defn: Having the form of a mamma (breast) or mammæ.
MAMMILLAMam*mil"la, n.; pl. Mammilæ. Etym: [L., dim. of mamma a breast.](Anat.)
Defn: The nipple.
MAMMILLARYMam"mil*la*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. mammilaire. See Mammilla.]
1. Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid.
2. (Min.)
Defn: Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances.
MAMMILLATE; MAMMILLATEDMam"mil*late, Mam"mil*la`ted, a. Etym: [See Mammilla.]
1. Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammæ.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Bounded like a nipple; — said of the apex of some shells.
MAMMILLIFORMMam*mil"li*form, a. Etym: [Mammil + -form.]
Defn: Having the form of a mammilla.
MAMMILLOIDMam"mil*loid, a. Etym: [Mammilla + -oid.]
Defn: Like a mammilla or nipple; mammilliform.
MAMMOCKMam"mock, n. Etym: [Ir. & Gael. mam a round hill + -ock.]
Defn: A shapeless piece; a fragment. [Obs.]
MAMMOCKMam"mock, v. t.
Defn: To tear to pieces. [Obs.] Milton.
MAMMODISMam"mo*dis, n. Etym: [F. mamoudis, fr. Hind. mahmudi a muslin.]
Defn: Coarse plain India muslins.
MAMMOLOGYMam*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Mamma + -logy.]
Defn: Mastology. See Mammalogy.
MAMMON Mam"mon, n. Etym: [L. mammona, Gr. mam; cf. Heb. matm a hiding place, subterranean storehouse, treasury, fr. taman to hide.]
Defn: Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.Ye can not serve God and Mammon. Matt. vi. 24.
MAMMONISHMam"mon*ish, a.
Defn: Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon. Carlyle.
MAMMONISMMam"mon*ism, n.
Defn: Devotion to the pursuit of wealth; worldliness. Carlyle.
MAMMONISTMam"mon*ist, n.
Defn: A mammonite.
MAMMONITEMam"mon*ite, n.
Defn: One devoted to the acquisition of wealth or the service ofMammon. C. Kingsley.
MAMMONIZATIONMam`mon*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The process of making mammonish; the state of being under the influence of mammonism.
MAMMONIZEMam"mon*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make mammonish.
MAMMOSEMam*mose", a. Etym: [L. mammosus having large breasts, mamma breast.](Bot.)
Defn: Having the form of the breast; breast-shaped.
MAMMOTHMam"moth, n. Etym: [Russ. mâmont, mámant, fr. Tartar mamma the earth.Certain Tartar races, the Tungooses and Yakoots, believed that themammoth worked its way in the earth like a mole.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Elephas primigenius), of enormous size, remains of which are found in the northern parts of both continents. The last of the race, in Europe, were coeval with prehistoric man.
Note: Several specimens have been found in Siberia preserved entire, with the flesh and hair remaining. They were imbedded in the ice cliffs at a remote period, and became exposed by the melting of the ice.
MAMMOTHMam"moth, a.
Defn: Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.
MAMMOTHREPTMam"mo*thrept, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child. [R.]O, you are a more mammothrept in judgment. B. Jonson.
MAMMYMam"my, n.; pl. Mammies (.
Defn: A child's name for mamma, mother.
MAMZERMam"zer, n. Etym: [Heb. mámz.]
Defn: A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard. Deut. xxiii. 2 (Douay version).
MAN Man, n.; pl. Men. Etym: [AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. maedhr, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind. sq. root104. Cf. Minx a pert girl.]
1. A human being; — opposed tobeast. These men went about wide, and man found they none, But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one. R. of Glouc. The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me. Shak.
2. Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child. When I became a man, I put away childish things. I Cor. xiii. 11. Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man. Dryden.
3. The human race; mankind. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion. Gen. i. 26. The proper study of mankind is man. Pope.
4. The male portion of the human race. Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties. Cowper.
5. One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind. Shak. This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world "This was a man! Shak.
6. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject. Like master, like man. Old Proverb. The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor. Blackstone.
7. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose !
8. A married man; a husband; — correlative to wife. I pronounce that they are man and wife. Book of Com. Prayer. every wife ought to answer for her man. Addison.
9. One, or any one, indefinitely; — a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun. A man can not make him laugh. Shak. A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship. Addison.
10. One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.
Note: Man is often used as a prefix in composition, or as a separate adjective, its sense being usually self-explaining; as, man child, man eater or maneater, man-eating, man hater or manhater, man-hating, manhunter, man-hunting, mankiller, man-killing, man midwife, man pleaser, man servant, man-shaped, manslayer, manstealer, man- stealing, manthief, man worship, etc. Man is also used as a suffix to denote a person of the male sex having a business which pertains to the thing spoken of in the qualifying part of the compound; ashman, butterman, laundryman, lumberman, milkman, fireman, showman, waterman, woodman. Where the combination is not familiar, or where some specific meaning of the compound is to be avoided, man is used as a separate substantive in the foregoing sense; as, apple man, cloth man, coal man, hardware man, wood man (as distinguished from woodman). Man ape (Zoöl.), 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 war. (a) A warrior; a soldier. Shak. (b) (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary. — To be one's own man, to have command of one's self; not to be subject to another.
MANMan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manned; p. pr. & vb. n. Manning.]
1. To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort. See how the surly Warwick mans the wall ! Shak. They man their boats, and all their young men arm. Waller.
2. To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify. "Theodosius having manned his soul with proper reflections." Addison.
3. To tame, as a hawk. [R.] Shak.
4. To furnish with a servants. [Obs.] Shak.
5. To wait on as a manservant. [Obs.] Shak.
Note: In "Othello," V. ii. 270, the meaning is uncertain, being, perhaps: To point, to aim, or to manage. To man a yard (Naut.), to send men upon a yard, as for furling or reefing a sail. — To man the yards (Naut.), to station men on the yards as a salute or mark of respect.
MANABLEMan"a*ble, a.
Defn: Marriageable.[Obs.]
MANACEMan"ace, n. & v.
Defn: Same as Menace. [Obs.]
MANACLE Man"a*cle, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; — usually in theplural.Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles onthe right hand. Ecclus. xxi. 19.
MANACLEMan"a*cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manacled; p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling.]
Defn: To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers. Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle him hand and foot Arbuthnot.
MANAGE Man"age, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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 thanthey can hold. Bacon.Down, down I come; like glistering PhaëthonWanting the manage of unruly jades. Shak.The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. Shak.
Note: This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.
MANAGEMan"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Managed; p. pr. & vb. n. Managing.]Etym: [From Manage, n.]
1. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle. Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. Sir I. Newton. What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior.
2. Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans. It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. Addison . It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant. Bp. Hurd.
3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
4. To treat with care; to husband. Dryden.
5. To bring about; to contrive. Shak.
Syn. — To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact.
MANAGEMan"age, v. i.
Defn: To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; toadminister.Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden.
MANAGEABILITYMan`age*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness.
MANAGEABLEMan"age*a*ble, a.
Defn: Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.
Syn.— Governable; tractable; controllable; docile.— Man"age*a*ble*ness, n.— Man"age*a*bly, adv.
MANAGELESSMan"age*less, a.
Defn: Unmanageable.[R.]
MANAGEMENTMan"age*ment, n. Etym: [From Manage, v.]
1. The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs. "The management of the voice." E. Porter.
2. Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement. He had great managements with ecclesiastics. Addison .
3. Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; — often in a bad sense. Mark with what management their tribes divide Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. Dryden.
4. The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.
Syn. — Conduct; administration; government; direction; guidance; care; charge; contrivance; intrigue.
MANAGERMan"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.
MANAGERIALMan`a*ge"ri*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities. "Managerial responsibility." C. Bronté.
MANAGERSHIPMan"a*ger*ship, n.
Defn: The office or position of a manager.
MANAGERY Man"age*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. menagerie, mesnagerie. See Manage, n., and cf. Menagerie.]
1. Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.
2. Husbandry; economy; frugality. Bp. Burnet.
MANAKINMan"a*kin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. & G. manakin; prob. the native name.](Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridæ. 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.
MANAKINMan"a*kin, n.
Defn: A dwarf. See Manikin. Shak.
MANATEEMan`a*tee", n. Etym: [Sp. manatí, from the native name in Hayti. Cf.Lamantin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; — called alsosea cow. [Written also manaty, manati.]
Note: One species (Trichechus Senegalensis) inhabits the west coast of Africa; another (T. Americanus) inhabits the east coast of South America, and the West-Indies. The Florida manatee (T. latirostris) is by some considered a distinct species, by others it is thought to be a variety of T. Americanus. It sometimes becomes fifteen feet or more in length, and lives both in fresh and salt water. It is hunted for its oil and flesh.
MANATIONMa*na"tion, n.Etym: [L.manatio, fr. manare to flow.]
Defn: The act of issuing or flowing out. [Obs.]
MANBIRDMan"bird`, n.
Defn: An aviator. [Colloq.]
MANBOTEMan"bote`, n. Etym: [AS. man man, vassal + bot recompense.] (Anglo-Saxon Law)
Defn: A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant). Spelman.
MANCAMan"ca, n. Etym: [LL.]
Defn: See Mancus.
MANCHEManche, n. [Also maunch.] Etym: [F. manche, fr. L. manica. SeeManacle.]
Defn: A sleeve. [Obs.]
MANCHETMan"chet, n.
Defn: Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread. [Archaic] Bacon.Tennyson.
MANCHINEELMan`chi*neel", n. Etym: [Sp. manzanillo, fr. manzana an apple, fr. L.malum Matianum a kind of apple. So called from its apple-like fruit.](Bot.)
Defn: 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.
MANCHUMan*chu", a. Etym: [Written also Manchoo, Mantchoo, etc.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Manchuria or its inhabitants.— n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Manchuria; also, the language spoken by the Manchus.
MANCIPATEMan"ci*pate, v. t. Etym: [L. mancipatus, p. p. of mancipare to sell.Cf. Emancipate.]
Defn: To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
MANCIPATIONMan`ci*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. mancipatio a transfer.]
Defn: Slavery; involuntary servitude. [Obs.] Johnson.
MANCIPLE Man"ci*ple, n. Etym: [From OF. mancipe slave, servant (with l inserted, as in participle), fr. L. mancipium. See Mancipate.]
Defn: A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn ofCourt. Chaucer.
MANCONA BARKMan*co"na bark`
Defn: . See Sassy bark.
MANCUSMan"cus, n. Etym: [AS.]
Defn: An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money.
-MANCY -man`cy. Etym: [Gr. -mancie.]
Defn: A combining form denoting divination; as, aleuromancy, chiromancy, necromancy, etc.
MANDMand, n.
Defn: A demand. [Obs.] See Demand.
MANDAMUSMan*da"mus, n. Etym: [L., we command, fr. mandare to command.] (Law)
Defn: A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.
MANDARIN Man`da*rin", n. Etym: [Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantri minister of state, prop. a Hind. word, fr. Skr. mantrin a counselor, manira a counsel, man to think.]
1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus nobilis)mandarin orange; tangerine. Mandarin duck (Zoöl.), a beautiful Asiatic duck (Dendronessa galericulata), often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal affection. — Mandarin language, the spoken or colloquial language of educated people in China. — Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline.
MANDARINATEMan`da*rin"ate, n.
Defn: The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China.S. W. Williams.
MANDARINICMan`da*rin"ic, a.
Defn: Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
MANDARININGMan`da*rin"ing, n. (Dyeing)
Defn: 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.
MANDARINISMMan`da*rin"ism, n.
Defn: A government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.F. Lieder.
MANDATARY Man"da*ta*ry, n. Etym: [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)
Defn: One who undertakes to discharge a specific business commission; a mandatory. Wharton.
MANDATE Man"date, n. Etym: [L. mandatum, fr. mandare to commit to one's charge, order, orig., to put into one's hand; manus hand + dare to give: cf. F. mandat. See Manual, Date a time, and cf. Commend, Maundy Thursday.]
1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. This dream all-powerful Juno; I bear Her mighty mandates, and her words you hear. Dryden.
2. (Canon Law)
Defn: A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation.
3. (Scots Law)
Defn: A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous. Erskine.
MANDATORMan*da"tor, n. Etym: [L.]
1. A director; one who gives a mandate or order. Ayliffe.
2. (Rom. Law)
Defn: The person who employs another to perform a mandate. Bouvier.
MANDATORYMan"da*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. mandatorius.]
Defn: Containing a command; preceptive; directory.
MANDATORYMan"da*to*ry, n.
Defn: Same as Mandatary.
MANDELATEMan"del*ate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of mandelic acid.
MANDELICMan*del"ic, a. Etym: [G. mandel almond.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; — called also phenyl glycolic acid.
MANDERMan"der, v. t. & i.
Defn: See Maunder.
MANDERILMan"der*il, n.
Defn: A mandrel.
MANDIBLEMan"di*ble, n. Etym: [L. mandibula, mandibulum, fr. mandere to chew.Cf. Manger.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera.
MANDIBULARMan*dib"u*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. mandibulaire.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible.— n.
Defn: The principal mandibular bone; the mandible. Mandibular arch (Anat.), the most anterior visceral arch, — that in which the mandible is developed.
MANDIBULATE; MANDIBULATEDMan*dib"u*late, Man*dib"u*la`ted, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
MANDIBULATEMan*dib"u*late, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An insect having mandibles.
MANDIBULIFORMMan`di*bu"li*form, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the form of a mandible; — said especially of the maxillæ of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
MANDIBULOHYOIDMan*dib`u*lo*hy"oid, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them.
MANDILMan"dil, n. Etym: [OF. mandil; cf. Sp. & Pg. mandil a coarse apron, ahaircloth; all from Ar. mandil tablecloth, handkerchief, mantle, fr.LGr. mantile, mantele. See Mantle.]
Defn: A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries.
MANDILIONMan*dil"ion, n.
Defn: See Mandil. Chapman.
MANDINGOSMan*din"gos, n. pl.
Defn: ; sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and powerful tribe ofWest African negroes.
MANDIOC; MANDIOCAMan"di*oc, Man`di*o"ca, n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Manioc.
MANDLESTONEMan"dle*stone`, n. Etym: [G. mandelstein almond stone.] (Min.)
Defn: Amygdaloid.
MANDMENTMand"ment, n.
Defn: Commandment. [Obs.]
MANDOLAMan*do"la, n. [It. See Mandolin.] (Mus.)
Defn: An instrument closely resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.
MANDOLIN; MANDOLINE Man"do*lin, Man"do*line, n. Etym: [F. mandoline, It. mandolino, dim. of mandola, fr. L. pandura. See Bandore.] (Mus.)
Defn: A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.
MANDOREMan"dore, n. Etym: [See Mandolin, and Bandore.] (Mus.)
Defn: A kind of four-stringed lute.
MANDRAGORAMan*drag"o*ra, n. Etym: [L., mandragoras the mandrake.] (Bot.)