Webster's Dictionary 1913

1054

Maplike

Map″like′ (?), a. Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.

1055

Mappery

Map″per‐y (?), n. The making, or study, of maps. Shak.

1056

Maqui

Ma″qui (?), n.(Bot.) A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its berries.

1057

Mar

Mar (?), n. A small lake. See Mere.

1058

Mar (2)

Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Marred (märd); p. pr. & vb. n.Marring.] [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. mar...

1059

Mar (3)

Mar, n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.

1060

Mar-text

Mar″–text′ (?), n. A blundering preacher.

1061

Mara

‖Ma″ra (?), n. [Skr. māra.] (Hind. Myth.) The principal or ruling evil spirit. E. Arnold.

1062

Mara (2)

‖Ma″ra, n. [Icel. mara nightmare, an ogress. See Nightmare.] (Norse Myth.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing te...

1063

Mara (3)

‖Ma″ra, n.(Zoöl.) The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus).

1064

Marabou

Mar′a‐bou″ (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The ...

1065

Marabou (2)

Mar′a‐bou″ (?), n. A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resemble...

1066

Marabout

Marabout″ (?), n. [F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. morābit. Cf. Maravedi.] A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.

1067

Maracan

Mar″a‐can (?), n. [Braz. maracaná.] (Zoöl.) A macaw.

1068

Marai

‖Ma‐rai″ (?), n. A sacred inclosure or temple; — so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.

1069

Maranatha

Mar′a‐nath″a (?), n. [Aramaic māran athā.] “Our Lord cometh;” — an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has...

1070

Maranta

Ma‐ran″ta (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and...

1071

Maraschino

‖Ma′ra‐schi″no (?), n. [It., fr. marasca, amarasca, a sour cherry, L. amarus bitter.] A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of ...

1072

Marasmus

Ma‐ras″mus (?), n.(Med.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.Pining atrophy,Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. Mil...

1073

Marathi

{ Ma‐ra″thi (?), Mah‐rat″ta (?) }, n. A Sanskritic language of western India, prob. descended from the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples. It has...

1074

Maraud

Ma‐raud″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Marauded; p. pr. & vb. n.Marauding.] [F. marauder, fr. maraud vagabond, OF. marault; of uncertain origin, perh. for malault, fr. (assumed) LL. m...

1075

Maraud (2)

Ma‐raud″, n. An excursion for plundering.

1076

Marauder

Ma‐raud′er (?), n. [From Maraud, v.: cf. F. maraudeur.] A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages. De Quincey.

1077

Maravedi

Mar′a‐ve″di (?), n. [Sp. maravedí; — so called from the Morābitīn (lit., the steadfast), an Arabian dynasty which reigned in Africa and Spain. Cf. Marabout.] (Numis.) A small co...

1078

Marble

Mar″ble (mär″b'l), n. [OE. marbel, marbre, F. marbre, L. marmor, fr. Gr. μάρμαροσ, fr. μαρμαίρειν to sparkle, flash. Cf. Marmoreal.] 1. A massive, compact limestone; a variety o...

1079

Marble (2)

Mar″ble, a. 1. Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.2. Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.

1080

Marble (3)

Mar″ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Marbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Marbling (?).] [Cf. F. marbrer. See Marble, n.] To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the ed...