Webster's Dictionary 1913

1756

Mazama

{ Ma‐za″ma (?), Ma‐za″me (?), } n.(Zoöl.) A goatlike antelope (Haplocerus montanus) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; — called also mountain goat.

1757

Mazard

Maz″ard (?), n. [Cf. F. merise a wild cherry.] (Bot.) A kind of small black cherry.

1758

Mazard (2)

Maz″ard, n. [Prob. fr. mazer, the head being compared to a large goblet.] The jaw; the head or skull. Shak.

1759

Mazard (3)

Maz″ard, v. t., To knock on the head.

1760

Mazarine

Maz′a‐rine″ (?), a. Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661.Mazarine Bible, the first Bible, and perhaps the first complete book, printed with ...

1761

Mazarine (2)

Maz′a‐rine″, n. Mazarine blue.

1762

Mazarine (3)

Maz′a‐rine″ (?), n.(Cookery) A forcemeat entrée.

1763

Mazdean

Maz″de‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian.

1764

Mazdeism

Maz″de‐ism (?), n. The Zoroastrian religion.

1765

Maze

Maze (?), n. [OE. mase; cf. OE. masen to confuse, puzzle, Norweg. masast to fall into a slumber, masa to be continually busy, prate, chatter, Icel. masa to chatter, dial. Sw. ma...

1766

Maze (2)

Maze (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mazed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mazing.] To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze. South.

1767

Maze (3)

Maze, v. i. To be bewildered. Chaucer.

1768

Mazedness

Maz″ed‐ness (?), n. The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment. Chaucer.

1769

Mazeful

Maze″ful (?), a. Mazy. Sir P. Sidney.

1770

Mazer

Maz″er (?), n. [OE. maser, akin to OD. maser an excrescence on a maple tree, OHG. masar, G. maser spot, Icel. mösurr maple.] A large drinking bowl; — originally made of maple.Th...

1771

Mazily

Ma″zi‐ly (?), adv. In a mazy manner.

1772

Maziness

Ma″zi‐ness, n. The state or quality of being mazy.

1773

Mazological

Maz′o‐log″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to mazology.

1774

Mazologist

Ma‐zol″o‐gist (?), n. One versed in mazology or mastology.

1775

Mazology

Ma‐zol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � the breast + -logy.] Same as Mastology.

1776

Mazourka

{ Ma‐zour″ka (?), Ma‐zur″ka (?), } n. A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat.

1777

Mazy

Ma″zy (?), a. [From Maze.] Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error. Milton.To range amid the mazy thicket. Spe...

1778

Me

Me (?), pron. One. See Men, pron.Chaucer.

1779

Me (2)

Me (mē), pers. pron. [AS. mē, dat. & acc., mec, acc. only; akin to D. mij, G. mich, Icel. & Goth. mik, L. me, Gr. μέ, εμἔ, Skr. mā, mām. √187. Cf. 2d Mine.] The person speaking,...

1780

Meach

Meach (?), v. i. To skulk; to cower. See Mich.

1781

Meacock

Mea″cock (?), n. [Prob. fr. meek + cock.] An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man. Johnson.

1782

Mead

Mead (mēd), n. [OE. mede, AS. meodo; akin to D. mede, G. met, meth, OHG. metu, mitu, Icel. mjöðr, Dan. miöd, Sw. mjöd, Russ. med', Lith. midus, W. medd, Gr. μέθυ wine, Skr. madh...