Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Macaronian

{ Mac′a‐ro″ni‐an (?), Mac′a‐ron″ic (?), } a. [Cf. It. maccheronico, F. macaronique.] 1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confuse...

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Macaronic (2)

Mac′a‐ron″ic (?), n. 1. A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.2. A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are...

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Macaroon

Mac′a‐roon″ (?), n. [F. macaron, It. maccherone. See Macaroni.] 1. A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds, and sugar.2. A finical fellow, or macaroni.

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Macartney

Ma‐cart″ney (?), n. [From Lord Macartney.] (Zoöl.) A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback.

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Macassar oil

Ma‐cas′sar oil″ (?). A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; — so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imita...

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Macauco

‖Ma‐cau″co (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur murinus, which resembles a rat in size.

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Macavahu

‖Ma′ca‐va″hu (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix torquatus), — called also collared teetee.

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Macaw

Ma‐caw″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a stron...

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Maccabean

Mac′ca‐be″an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times.

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Maccabees

Mac″ca‐bees (?), n. pl. 1. The name given in later times to the Asmonæans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C...

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Maccaboy

{ Mac″ca‐boy (?), Mac″co‐boy (?), } n. [From a district in the Island of Martinique where it is made: cf. F. macouba.] A kind of snuff.

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Macco

Mac″co (?), n. A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century. Thackeray.

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Mace

Mace (?), n. [Jav. & Malay. mās, fr. Skr. māsha a bean.] A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains. S. W. Williams.

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Mace (2)

Mace (?), n. [F. macis, L. macis, macir, Gr. �; cf. Skr. makaranda the nectar or honey of a flower, a fragrant mango.] (Bot.) A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutme...

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Mace (3)

Mace, n. [OF. mace, F. masse, from (assumed) L. matea, of which the dim. mateola a kind of mallet or beetle, is found.] 1. A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; — used ...

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Macédoine

‖Ma′cé′doine″ (?), n. [F., apparently the same word as Macédoine Macedonia.] A kind of mixed dish, as of cooked vegetables with white sauce, sweet jelly with whole fruit, etc. A...

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Macedonian

Mac′e‐do″ni‐an (?), a. [L. Macedonius, Gr. �.] (Geog.) Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia. — n. A native or inhabitant of Macedonia.

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Macedonian (2)

Mac′e‐do″ni‐an, n.(Eccl. Hist.) One of a certain religious sect, followers of Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a cre...

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Macedonianism

Mac′e‐do″ni‐an‐ism (?), n. The doctrines of Macedonius.

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Macer

Ma″cer (?), n. [F. massier. See Mace staff.] A mace bearer; an officer of a court. P. Plowman.

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Macerate

Mac″er‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Macerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Macerating.] [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. � to knead.] 1. To make le...

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Macerater

Mac″er‐a′ter (?), n. One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.

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Maceration

Mac′er‐a″tion (?), n. [L. maceratio: cf. F. macération.] The act or process of macerating.

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Machærodus

{ ‖Ma‐chæ″ro‐dus (mȧ‐kē″rō̍‐dŭs), ‖Ma‐chai″ro‐dus (mȧ‐kī″rō̍‐dŭs), } n. [NL., fr. Gr. μάχαιρα dagger + οδοὔσ tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and...

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Machete

‖Ma‐che″te (mȧ‐chā″tā̍), n. A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, — used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut thei...

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Machiavelian

Mach′i‐a‐vel″ian (?), a. [From Machiavel, an Italian writer, secretary and historiographer to the republic of Florence.] Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed princi...

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Machiavelian (2)

Mach′i‐a‐vel″ian, n. One who adopts the principles of Machiavel; a cunning and unprincipled politician.