The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 957
Mau`so*le"um (?) , n. ; pl. E. Mausoleums (#) , L. -lea (#) . [L. mausoleum , Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument.] A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
Mauther <Xpage=903>
Mau"ther (?) , n. [Cf. AS. m\'91g<?/ a maid.] [Also spelled mawther , mother .] A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [Prov. Eng.]
Mauvaniline <Xpage=903>
Mauv`an"i*line (?) , n. (Chem.) See Mauve aniline , under Mauve .
Mauve <Xpage=903>
Mauve (?) , n. [F., mallow, L. malva . So named from the similarity of the color to that of the petals of common mallow, Malva sylvestri s. See Mallow .] A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.
Mauve aniline (Chem.) , a dyestuff produced artificially by the oxidation of commercial aniline, and the first discovered of the so-called coal-tar , or aniline , dyes . It consists of the sulphate of mauve\'8bne, and is a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a beatiful purple color. Called also aniline purple , violine , etc.
Mauve\'8bne <Xpage=903>
Mauve"\'8bne (?) , n. (Chem.) An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms. [Written also mauvine .]
Mauvine <Xpage=903>
Mauv"ine (?) , a. Mauve-colored.
Maverick <Xpage=903>
Mav"er*ick (?) , n. In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick , the name of a cattle owner in Texas who naglected to brand his cattle.
Mavis <Xpage=903>
Ma"vis (m&amac;"v&icr;s) , n. [F. mauvis , Arm. milvid , milfid , milc'hhouid , Corn. melhuez .] (Zo\'94l.) The European throstle or song thrush ( Turdus musicus ).
Maw <Xpage=903>
Maw (?) , n. [See Mew a gull.] (Zo\'94l.) A gull.
Maw <Xpage=903>
Maw , n. [OE. mawe , AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag , OHG. mago , G. magen , Icel. magi , Sw. mage , Dan. mave . <?/.]
1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.
Chaucer.
Bellies and maws of living creatures. Bacon.
2. Appetite; inclination. [Obs.]
Unless you had more maw to do me good. Beau. & Fl.
Fish maw . (Zo\'94l.) See under Fish .
Maw <Xpage=903>
Maw , n. An old game at cards.
Sir A. Weldon.
Mawk <Xpage=903>
Mawk (?) , n. [OE. mauk , ma<?/ek , Icel. ma<?/kr ; akin to Dan. maddik , and E. mad an earthworm. See Mad , n. ]
1. A maggot. [Scot.]
2. A slattern; a mawks. [Prov. Eng.]
Mawkin <Xpage=903>
Maw"kin (?) , n. See Malkin , and Maukin .
Mawkingly <Xpage=903>
Mawk"ing*ly (?) , adv. Slatternly. [Obs.]
Mawkish <Xpage=903>
Mawk"ish , a. [Orig., maggoty. See Mawk .]
1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.
So sweetly mawkish' , and so smoothly dull. Pope.
2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.
J. H. Newman.
Mawkishly <Xpage=903>
Mawk"ish*ly , adv. In a mawkish way.
Mawkishness <Xpage=903>
Mawk"ish*ness , n. The quality or state of being mawkish.
J. H. Newman.
Mawks <Xpage=903>
Mawks (?) , n. A slattern; a mawk. [Prov. Eng.]
Mawky <Xpage=903>
Mawk"y (?) , a. Maggoty. [Prov. Eng.]
Mawmet <Xpage=903>
Maw"met (?) , n. [Contr. fr. Mahomet .] A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the Middle Ages it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped images representing Mohammed. [Obs.]
Wyclif. Beau. & Fl.
Mawmetry <Xpage=903>
Maw"met*ry (?) , n. The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry. See Mawmet . [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Mawmish <Xpage=903>
Maw"mish (?) , a. [Prov. E. mau m soft, mellow, rotten; cf. OD. molm rotten wood, G. mulm .] Nauseous. [Obs.]
L' Estrange.
Mawseed <Xpage=903>
Maw"seed` (?) , n. [Cf. G. magsamen .] (Bot.) The seed of the opium poppy.
Mawworm <Xpage=903>
Maw"worm` (?) , n. [ Maw the belly + worm .] (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm ( Ascaris lumbricoides ), and allied species. (b) One of the larv\'91 of botflies of horses; a bot.
Maxilla <Xpage=903>
Max*il"la (?) , n. ; pl. Maxill\'91 (#) . [L., dim. of mala jaw, jawbone.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw. (b) The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible . [Now commonly used in this restricted sense.]
2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.
&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 .
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Maxillar, Maxillary <Xpage=904>
Max"il*lar (?) , Max"il*la*ry (?) , a. [L. maxillaris , fr. maxilla jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire .] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only. -- n. The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.
2. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla.
Maxilliform <Xpage=904>
Max*il"li*form (?) , a. [ Maxilla + -form : cf. F. maxilliforme .] Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.
Maxilliped <Xpage=904>
Max*il"li*ped (?) , n. [ Maxilla + L. pes , pedis , foot.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxill\'91. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot , and foot jaw .
Maxillo-mandibular <Xpage=904>
Max*il`lo-man*dib"u*lar (?) , a. [ Maxilla + mandibular .] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo-mandibular nerve .
Maxillo-palatine <Xpage=904>
Max*il`lo-pal"a*tine (?) , a. [ Maxilla + palatine .] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla . Also used as n.
Maxilloturbinal <Xpage=904>
Max*il`lo*tur`bi*nal (?) , a. [ Maxilla + turbinal .] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull. -- n. The maxillo-turbinal, or inferior turbinate, bone.
Maxim <Xpage=904>
Max"im (?) , n. [F. maxime , L. maxima (sc. sententia ), the greatest sentence, proposition, or axiom, i. e., of the greatest weight or authority, fem. fr. maximus greatest, superl. of magnus great. See Magnitude , and cf. Maximum .]
1. An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.
'T is their maxim , Love is love's reward. Dryden.
2. (Mus.) The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large.
Syn. -- Axiom; aphorism; apothegm; adage; proverb; saying. See Axiom .
Maximilian <Xpage=904>
Max`i*mil"ian (?) , n. [From the proper name.] A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d. sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter.
Maximization <Xpage=904>
Max`i*mi*za"tion (?) , n. The act or process of increasing to the highest degree.
Bentham.
Maximize <Xpage=904>
Max"i*mize (?) , v. t. [L. maximus greatest.] To increase to the highest degree.
Bentham.
Maximum <Xpage=904>
Max"i*mum (?) , n. ; pl. Maxima (#) . [L., neut. from maximus the greatest. See Maxim .] The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum .
Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery. P. Colquhoun.
Maximum thermometer , a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment.
Maximum <Xpage=904>
Max"i*mum , a. Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.
May <Xpage=904>
May (?) , v. [ imp. Might (?) ] [AS. pres. m\'91g I am able, pret. meahte , mihte ; akin to D. mogen , G. m\'94gen , OHG. mugan , magan , Icel. mega , Goth. magan , Russ. moche . <?/. Cf. Dismay , Main strength, Might . The old imp. mought is obsolete, except as a provincial word.] An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can .
How may a man, said he, with idle speech, Be won to spoil the castle of his health ! Spenser.
For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what he may do as just, and what he may do as possible. Bacon.
For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these: "It might have been." Whittier.
(b) Liberty; permission; allowance.
Thou mayst be no longer steward. Luke xvi. 2.
(c) Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.
Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance Some general maxims, or be right by chance. Pope.
(d) Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a question or remark.
How old may Phillis be, you ask. Prior.
(e) Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and the like. " May you live happily."
Dryden.
May be , ∧ It may be , are used as equivalent to possibly , perhaps , by chance , peradventure . See 1st Maybe .
May <Xpage=904>
May , n. [Cf. Icel. m\'91r , Goth. mawi ; akin to E. maiden . <?/.] A maiden. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
May <Xpage=904>
May , n. [F. Mai , L. Maius ; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. <?/), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Chaucer.
2. The early part or springtime of life.
His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. Shak.
3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
The palm and may make country houses gay. Nash.
Plumes that micked the may . Tennyson.
4. The merrymaking of May Day.
Tennyson.
Italian may (Bot.) , a shrubby species of Spir\'91a ( S. hypericifolia ) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches. -- May apple (Bot.) , the fruit of an American plant ( Podophyllum peltatum ). Also, the plant itself (popularly called mandrake ), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic. -- May beetle , May bug (Zo\'94l.) , any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to Melolontha , and allied genera. Called also June beetle . -- May Day , the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole. -- May dew , the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed. -- May flower (Bot.) , a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See Mayflower , in the vocabulary. -- May fly (Zo\'94l.) , any species of Ephemera , and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly , under Ephemeral . -- May game , any May-day sport. -- May lady , the queen or lady of May, in old May games. -- May lily (Bot.) , the lily of the valley ( Convallaria majalis ). -- May pole . See Maypole in the Vocabulary. -- May queen , a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day. -- May thorn , the hawthorn.
Maya <Xpage=904>
Ma"ya (?) , n. (Hindoo Philos.) The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism ; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.
Maybe <Xpage=904>
May"be (?) , adv. [For it may be .] Perhaps; possibly; peradventure.
Maybe the amorous count solicits her. Shak.
In a liberal and, maybe , somewhat reckless way. Tylor.
Maybe <Xpage=904>
May"be , a. Possible; probable, but not sure. [R.]
Then add those maybe years thou hast to live. Driden.
Maybe <Xpage=904>
May"be , n. Possibility; uncertainty. [R.]
What they offer is mere maybe and shift. Creech.
Maybird <Xpage=904>
May"bird` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl , May curlew , and May whaap . (b) The knot. [Southern U. S.] (c) The bobolink.
Maybloom <Xpage=904>
May"bloom` (?) , n. (Bot.) The hawthorn.
Maybush <Xpage=904>
May"bush` (?) , n. (Bot.) The hawthorn.
Mayduke <Xpage=904>
May"duke` (?) , n. [Corrupt. of M\'82doc , a province in France, where it is supposed to have originated.] A large dark-red cherry of excellent quality.
Mayfish <Xpage=904>
May"fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A common American minnow ( Fundulus majalis ). See Minnow .
Mayflower <Xpage=904>
May"flow`er (?) , n. (Bot.) In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus ); also, the blossom of these plants.
Mayhap <Xpage=904>
May"hap (?) , adv. Perhaps; peradventure. [Prov. or Dialectic]
Mayhem <Xpage=904>
May"hem (?) , n. [The same as maim . See Maim .] (Law) The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim .
Maying <Xpage=904>
May"ing (?) , n. The celebrating of May Day. "He met her once a- Maying ."
Milton.
Mayonnaise <Xpage=904>
Ma`yon`naise" (?) , n. [F.] A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce.
Mayor <Xpage=904>
May"or (?) , n. [OE. maire , F. maire , fr. L. major greater, higher, nobler, compar. of magnus great; cf. Sp. mayor . See Major , and cf. Merino .] The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.
Mayoral <Xpage=904>
May"or*al (?) , n. [Sp., fr. mayor greater, L. major .] The conductir of a mule team; also, a head shepherd.
Mayoralty <Xpage=904>
May"or*al*ty (?) , n. The office, or the term of office, of a mayor.
Mayoress <Xpage=904>
May"or*ess (?) , n. The wife of a mayor.
Mayorship <Xpage=904>
May"or*ship , n. The office of a mayor.
Maypole <Xpage=904>
May"pole` (?) , n. A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had.
Maypop <Xpage=904>
May"pop (?) , n. [Perh. corrupt. fr. maracock .] (Bot.) The edible fruit of a passion flower, especially that of the North American Passiflora incarnata , an oval yellowish berry as large as a small apple.
Mayweed <Xpage=904>
May"weed` (?) , n. (Bot.) (a) A composite plant ( Anthemis Cotula ), having a strong odor; dog's fennel. It is a native of Europe, now common by the roadsides in the United States. (b) The feverfew.
Mazama, Mazame <Xpage=904>
Ma*za"ma (?) , Ma*za"me (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A goatlike antelope ( Haplocerus montanus ) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called also mountain goat .
Mazard <Xpage=904>
Maz"ard (?) , n. [Cf. F. merise a wild cherry.] (Bot.) A kind of small black cherry.
Mazard <Xpage=904>
Maz"ard , n. [Prob. fr. mazer , the head being compared to a large goblet.] The jaw; the head or skull. [Obs.]
Shak.
Mazard <Xpage=904>
Maz"ard , v. t. , To knock on the head. [Obs.]
Mazarine <Xpage=904>
Maz`a*rine" (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin , prime minister of France, 1643-1661.
Mazarine Bible , the first Bible, and perhaps the first complete book, printed with movable metal types; -- printed by Gutenberg at Mentz, 1450-55; -- so called because a copy was found in the Mazarine Library, at Paris, about 1760. -- Mazarine blue , a deep blue color, named in honor of Cardinal Mazarin.
Mazarine <Xpage=904>
Maz`a*rine" , n. Mazarine blue.
Mazdean <Xpage=904>
Maz"de*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Ahura- Mazda , or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian.
Mazdeism <Xpage=904>
Maz"de*ism (?) , n. The Zoroastrian religion.
Maze <Xpage=904>