Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Madder

Mad″der (măd″dẽr), n. [OE. mader, AS. mædere; akin to Icel. maðra.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Rubia (R. tinctorum). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used ...

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Madderwort

Mad″der‐wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceæ) as the madder.

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Madding

Mad″ding (?), a. Affected with madness; raging; furious. — Mad″ding‐ly, adv.Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray.The madding wheelsOf brazen chariots raged. Milton.

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Maddish

Mad″dish (?), a. Somewhat mad. Beau. & Fl.

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Made

Made (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Mad, n.

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Made (2)

Made (?), imp. & p. p. of Make.

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Made (3)

Made, a. Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar.Made up. (a) Complete; p...

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Madecass

{ Mad″e‐cass (?), Mad′e‐cas″see (?), } n. A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.

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Madecassee (2)

Mad′e‐cas″see, a. Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.

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Madefaction

{ Mad′e‐fac″tion (?), Mad′e‐fi‐ca″tion (?), } n. [L. madefacere to make wet; madere to be wet + facere to make: cf. F. madéfaction.] The act of madefying, or making wet; the sta...

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Madefy

Mad″e‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Madefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Madefying (?).] [Cf. F. madéfier, L. madefacere. See Madefaction.] To make wet or moist.

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Madegassy

Mad′e‐gas″sy (?), n. & a. See Madecassee.

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Madeira

Ma‐dei″ra (?), n. [Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See Matter.] A rich wine made on the Island...

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Madeira vine

Ma‐dei″ra vine (?). (Bot.) A herbaceous climbing vine (Boussingaultia baselloides) very popular in cultivation, having shining entire leaves and racemes of small fragrant white ...

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Madeira wood

Madeira wood. (Bot.) (a) The mahogany tree (Swietenia Mahogoni). (b) A West Indian leguminous tree (Lysiloma Latisiliqua) the wood of which is used for boat trimming.

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Mademoiselle

‖Ma′de‐moi′selle″ (?), n.; pl.Mesdemoiselles (#). [F., fr. ma my, f. of mon + demoiselle young lady. See Damsel.] 1. A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried l...

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Madge

Madge, n. [Cf. OF. & Prov. F. machette.] (Zoöl.) (a) The barn owl. (b) The magpie.

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Madhouse

Mad″house′ (?), n. A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.

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Madia

‖Ma″di‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. Sp. madi, fr. Chilian madi, the native name.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielde...

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Madid

Mad″id (?), a. [L. madidus, fr. madere to be wet.] Wet; moist; as, a madid eye. Beaconsfield.

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Madisterium

‖Mad′is‐te″ri‐um (?), n.(Surg.) An instrument to extract hairs.

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Madjoun

‖Mad″joun (?), n. [Hind., fr. Ar. ma'j�n.] An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; — used by the Turks and Hindoos. [Written also majoun.]

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Madly

Mad″ly (?), adv. [From Mad, a.] In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.

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Madman

Mad″man (?), n.; pl.Madmen (�). A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things, he is mad. A madman is properly so defined. Col...

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Madnep

Mad″nep (?), n.(Bot.) The masterwort (Peucedanum Ostruthium).

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Madness

Mad″ness, n. [From Mad, a.] 1. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.2. Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.Syn. — Insanity; distraction; derangement; craziness; lun...

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Madonna

Ma‐don″na (?), n. [It. madonna my lady. See Dame, Donna, and cf. Madame, Monkey.] 1. My lady; — a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for w...