Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Malleableness

Mal″le‐a‐ble‐ness, n. Quality of being malleable.

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Malleal

Mal″le‐al (?), a.(Anat.) Pertaining to the malleus.

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Malleate

Mal″le‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Malleated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Malleating (?).] [L. malleatus hammered, fr. malleus a hammer. See Mall, v. t.] To hammer; to beat into a plate ...

625

Malleation

Mal′le‐a″tion (?), n. [LL. malleatio: cf. OF. malléation.] The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating.

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Mallecho

Mal″le‐cho (?), n. Same as Malicho.

627

Mallee

Mal″lee (?), n. 1. (Bot.) A dwarf Australian eucalypt with a number of thin stems springing from a thickened stock. The most common species are Eucalyptus dumosa and E. Gracilis...

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Mallee bird

Mal‐lee″ bird′ (?). (Zoöl.) The leipoa. See Leipoa.

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Mallemock

{ Mal″le‐mock (?), Mal″le‐moke (?), } n.(Zoöl.) See Mollemoke.

630

Mallenders

Mal″len‐ders (?), n. pl.(Far.) Same as Malanders.

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Malleolar

Mal‐le″o‐lar (?), a. [See Malleolus.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the malleolus; in the region of the malleoli of the ankle joint.

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Malleolus

‖Mal‐le″‐o‐lus (?), n.; pl.Malleoli (#). [L., dim. of malleus hammer.] 1. (Anat.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the...

633

Mallet

Mal″let (?), n. [F. maillet, dim. of mail. See Mall a beetle.] A small maul with a short handle, — used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle wi...

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Malleus

‖Mal″le‐us (?), n.; pl.Mallei (#). [L., hammer. See Mall a beetle.] 1. (Anat.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympa...

635

Mallophaga

‖Mal‐loph″a‐ga (măl‐lŏf″ȧ‐gȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. μαλλόσ a lock of wool + φαγει̑ν to eat.] (Zoöl.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and ...

636

Mallotus

‖Mal‐lo″tus (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod.

637

Mallow

{ Mal″low (?), Mal″lows (?), } n. [OE. malwe, AS. mealwe, fr. L. malva, akin to Gr. μαλάχη; cf. μαλάσσειν to soften, μαλακόσ soft. Named either from its softening or relaxing pr...

638

Mallowwort

Mal″low‐wort′ (măl″lō̍‐wûrt), n.(Bot.) Any plant of the order Malvaceæ.

639

Malm

{ Malm (?), Malm″brick′ (?), } n. [Cf. AS. mealm sand.] A kind of brick of a light brown or yellowish color, made of sand, clay, and chalk.

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Malma

Mal″ma (?), n.(Zoöl.) A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; — called also Dolly Varden trout, bull trout, red-spotted tro...

641

Malmag

‖Mal″mag (?), n.(Zoöl.) The tarsius, or spectral lemur.

642

Malmsey

Malm″sey (?), n. [OE. malvesie, F. malvoisie, It. malvasia, malavagia, fr. Malvasia, or Napoli di Malvasia, in the Morea.] A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, e...

643

Malnutrition

Mal′nu‐tri″tion (?), n. [Mal- + nutrition.] (Physiol.) Faulty or imperfect nutrition.

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Malobservation

Mal‐ob′ser‐va″tion (?), n. [Mal- + observation.] Erroneous observation. J. S Mill.

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Malodor

Mal‐o″dor (?), n. An offensive odor.

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Malodorous

Mal‐o″dor‐ous (?), a. Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling. — Mal‐o″dor‐ous‐ness. n.Carlyle.

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Malonate

Mal″o‐nate (?), a.(Chem.) A salt of malonic acid.

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Malonic

Ma‐lon″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtained by the oxidati...