M
M is the thirteenth letter of the English Alphabet, and a labial articulation, formed by a compression of the lips. It is called a semi-vowel, as the articulation or compression...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MAB
MAB, noun In northern mythology, the queen of the imaginary beings called fairies.1. A slattern.MAB, verb intransitive To dress negligently.
MAC
MAC, in names of Scotch and Irish origin, signifies son. [See Maid.]
MACAO
MACA'O, noun The name of a race of beautiful fowls of the parrot kind, under the genus Psittacus.MACAW'-TREE, noun A species of palm tree.
MACARONI
MACARO'NI, noun [Gr. happy.]1. A kind of biscuit made of flour, eggs, sugar and almonds, and dressed with butter and spices.2. A sort of droll or fool, and hence, a fop; a fribb...
MACARONIC
MACARON'IC, adjective Pertaining to or like a macaroni; empty; trifling; vain; affected.1. Consisting of a mixture or jumble of ill formed or ill connected words.MACARON'IC, nou...
MACAROON
MACAROON, the same as macaroni.
MACAUCO
MACAU'CO, noun A name of several species of quadrupeds of the genus Lemur.
MACAW
MACAW'MAC'CABEES, noun The name of two apocryphal books in the Bible.
MACCABEES
MAC'CABEES, n. The name of two apocryphal books in the Bible.
MACCOBOY
MAC'COBOY, noun A kind of snuff.
MACE
MACE, noun An ensign of authority borne before magistrates. Originally, the mace was a club or instrument of war, made of iron and much used by cavalry. It was in the shape of a...
MACE-ALE
MA'CE-ALE, noun Ale spiced with mace.
MACE-BEARER
MA'CE-BEARER, noun A person who carries a mace before men in authority.
MACE-REED
MACE-REED, or REED-MACE, noun A plant of the genus Typha.
MACERATE
MAC'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin macero, from macer, thin, lean; maceo, to be thin or lean; Eng. meager, meek.]1. To make lean; to wear away.2. To mortify; to harass with corpo...
MACERATED
MAC'ERATED, participle passive Made thin or lean; steeped almost to solution.
MACERATING
MAC'ERATING, participle present tense Making lean; steeping almost to solution; softening.
MACERATION
MACERA'TION, noun The act or the process of making thin or lean by wearing away, or by mortification.1. The act, process or operation of softening and almost dissolving by steep...
MACHIAVELIAN
MACHIAVE'LIAN, adjective [from Machiavel, an Italian writer, secretary and historiographer to the republic of Florence.]Pertaining to Machiavel, or denoting his principles; poli...
MACHIAVELISM
MACH'IAVELISM, noun The principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political cunning and artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power.
MACHICOLATION
MACHICOLA'TION, noun In old castles, the pouring of hot substances through apertures in the upper part of the gate assailants; or the apertures themselves.
MACHINAL
MACH'INAL, adjective [See Machine.] Pertaining to machines.
MACHINATE
MACH'INATE, verb transitive [Latin machinor.]To plan; to contrive; to form a scheme.
MACHINATED
MACH'INATED, participle passive Planned; contrived.
MACHINATING
MACH'INATING, participle present tense Contriving; scheming.
MACHINATION
MACHINA'TION, noun The act of planning or contriving a scheme for executing some purpose, particularly an evil purpose; an artful design formed with deliberation.