Webster's Dictionary 1828

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MALTALENT

MAL'TALENT, noun Ill humor. [Not in use.]

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MALTHA

MAL'THA, noun A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch; unctuous to the touch and exhaling a bituminous odor.

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MALTMAN

MALTMANMALTRE'AT, verb transitive [mal and treat.] To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly, rudely, or with unkindness.

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MALTREAT

MALTRE'AT, v.t. [mal and treat.] To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly, rudely, or with unkindness.

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MALTREATED

MALTRE'ATED, participle passive Ill treated; abused.

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MALTREATING

MALTRE'ATING, participle present tense Abusing; treating unkindly.

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MALTREATMENT

MALTRE'ATMENT, noun Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.

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MALTSTER

MALTSTER, noun A man whose occupation is to make malt.

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MALTWORM

MALTWORM, noun [malt and worm.] A tipler.

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MALVACEOUS

MALVA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin malvaceus, from malva, mallows.]Pertaining to mallows.

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MALVERSATION

MALVERSA'TION, noun [Latin male, ill, and versor, to behave.]Evil conduct; improper or wicked behavior; mean artifices, or fraudulent tricks.

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MAM

MAMMAM'ALUKEMAM'ELUKE, noun The military force of Egypt consisted of soldiers called Mamelukes, who were originally mercenaries, but afterwards masters of the country. Their pow...

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MAMMA

MAMM'A, noun [Latin mamma the breast or pap, and mother.]A familiar word for mother, used by young children.

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MAMMAL

MAM'MAL, noun [Latin mamma, the breast.]In zoology, an animal that suckles its young. [See Mammifer.]

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MAMMALIAN

MAMMA'LIAN, adjective Pertaining to the mammals.

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MAMMALOGIST

MAMMAL'OGIST, noun One who treats of mammiferous animals.

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MAMMALOGY

MAMMAL'OGY, noun [Latin mamma, breast, and discourse.]The science or doctrine of mammiferous animals. [See Mammifer.]

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MAMMARY

MAM'MARY, adjective [See Mamma.] Pertaining to the breasts or paps; as the mammary arteries and veins.

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MAMMEE

MAMMEE', noun A tree of the genus Mammea, of two species, both large evergreens produced in hot climates.

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MAMMET

MAM'MET, noun A puppet; a figure dressed.

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MAMMIFER

MAM'MIFER, noun [Latin mamma, the breast, and fero, to bear.]An animal which has breasts for nourishing its young. The mammifers have a double system of circulation, red and war...

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MAMMIFEROUS

MAMMIF'EROUS, adjective [supra.] Having breasts and nourishing the young by the milk secreted by them.

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MAMMIFORM

MAM'MIFORM, adjective [Latin mamma and form.]Having the shape or form of paps.

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MAMMILLARY

MAM'MILLARY, adjective [Latin mamilla.] Pertaining to the paps; resembling a pap; an epithet applied to two small protuberances, like nipples, found under the fore ventricles of...

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MAMMILLATED

MAM'MILLATED, adjective Having small nipples, or little globes like nipples.

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MAMMOC

MAM'MOC, noun A shapeless piece. [Not used.]MAM'MOC, verb transitive To tear in pieces. [Not used.]

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MAMMODIS

MAM'MODIS, noun Coarse, plain India muslins.