Webster's Dictionary 1828

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MALIC

MA'LIC, adjective [Latin malum, an apple.] Pertaining to apples; drawn from the juice of apples; as malic acid.

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MALICE

MAL'ICE, noun [Latin malitia, from malus, evil.] Extreme enmity of heart, or malevolence; a disposition to injure others without cause, from mere personal gratification or from ...

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MALICIOUS

MALI'CIOUS, adjective Harboring ill will or enmity without provocation; malevolent in the extreme; malignant in heart.I grant him bloody,Sudden, malicious smacking of every sinT...

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MALICIOUSLY

MALI'CIOUSLY, adverb With malice; with extreme enmity or ill will; with deliberate intention to injure.

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MALICIOUSNESS

MALI'CIOUSNESS, noun The quality of being malicious; extreme enmity or disposition to injure; malignity.

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MALIGN

MALIGN, adjective mali'ne. [Latin malignus, from malus, evil. See Malady.]1. Having a very evil disposition towards others; harboring violent hatred or enmity; malicious; as mal...

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MALIGNANCY

MALIG'NANCY, noun [See Malignant.] Extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as malignancy of heart.1. Unfavorableness; unpropitiousness; as the malignancy of the aspect of pl...

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MALIGNANT

MALIG'NANT, adjective [Latin malignus, maligno, from malus, evil.]1. Malicious; having extreme malevolence or enmity; as a malignant heart.2. Unpropitious; exerting pernicious i...

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MALIGNANTLY

MALIG'NANTLY, adverb Maliciously; with extreme malevolence.1. With pernicious influence.

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MALIGNER

MALIGNER, noun One who regards or treats another with enmity; a traducer; a defamer.

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MALIGNITY

MALIG'NITY, noun [Latin malignitas.] Extreme enmity, or evil dispositions of heart towards another; malice without provocation, or malevolence with baseness of heart; deep roote...

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MALIGNLY

MALIGNLY, adverb With extreme ill will.1. Unpropitiously; perniciously.

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MALISON

MAL'ISON, noun Malediction. [Not in use.]

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MALKIN

MALKIN, noun maw'kin. A mop; also, a low maid-servant.

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MALL

MALL, noun maul. [Latin malleus.]1. A large heavy wooden beetle; an instrument for driving any thing with force.2. A blow.MALL, noun mal. A public walk; a level shaded walk.MALL...

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MALLARD

MAL'LARD, noun A species of duck of the genus Anas.

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MALLEABILITY

MALLEABIL'ITY, noun [from malleable.] That quality of bodies which renders them susceptible of extension by beating. It is opposed to friability or brittleness.

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MALLEABLE

MAL'LEABLE, adjective [Latin malleus. See Mall.] That may be drawn out and extended by beating; capable of extension by the hammer; a quality of metals, particularly of gold.

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MALLEABLENESS

MAL'LEABLENESS, noun Malleability, which see.

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MALLEATE

MAL'LEATE, verb transitive To hammer; to draw into a plate or leaf by beating.

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MALLEATION

MALLEA'TION, noun The act of beating into a plate or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating.

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MALLET

MAL'LET, noun [Latin malleus.] A wooden hammer or instrument for beating, or for driving pins; particularly used in carpentry, for driving the chisel.

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MALLOW

MALLOW, noun [Latin malva; Gr. soft; Eng. mellow.]A plant of the genus Malva; so called form its emollient qualities.Marsh-mallows, a plant of the genus Althaea.

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MALMSEY

MALM'SEY, noun [Latin vinum arvisium.] The name of a species of grape, and also of a kind of wine.

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MALPRACTICE

MALPRAC'TICE, noun [mal and practice.] Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules.

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MALT

MALT, noun Barley steeped in water, fermented and dried in a kiln, and thus prepared for brewing into ale or beer.MALT, verb transitive To make into malt; as, to malt barley.MAL...

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MALT-DUST

MALT'-DUST, noun The grains or remains of malt.Malt-dust is an enricher of barren land.MALT'-FLOOR, noun A floor for drying malt.MALT'-HORSE, noun A horse employed in grinding m...