Webster's Dictionary 1828

838

MAY-POLE

MA'Y-POLE, noun A pole to dance round in May; a long pole erected.

839

MAY-WEED

MA'Y-WEED, noun A plant of the genus Anthemis.

840

MAYHEM

MAYHEM. [See Maim.]

841

MAYING

MA'YING, noun The gathering of flowers on May-day.

842

MAYOR

MA'YOR, noun [Latin miror.] The chief magistrate of a city, who, in London and York, is called lord mayor The mayor of a city, in America, is the chief judge of the city court, ...

843

MAYORALTY

MA'YORALTY, noun The office of a mayor.

844

MAYORESS

MA'YORESS, noun The wife of a mayor.

845

MAZAGAN

MAZ'AGAN, noun A variety of the common bean, [vicia faba.]

846

MAZARD

MAZ'ARD, noun [probably from the root of marsh.]1. The jaw. [Not used.]2. A kind of cherry.MAZ'ARD, verb transitive To knock on the head. [Not in use.]

847

MAZARINE

MAZARINE, noun A deep blue color.1. A particular way of dressing fowls.2. A little dish set in a larger one.

848

MAZE

MAZE, noun1. A winding and turning; perplexed state of things; intricacy; a state that embarrasses.The ways of heaven are dark and intricate,Puzzled with mazes, and perplexed wi...

849

MAZEDNESS

MA'ZEDNESS, noun Confusion; astonishment.

850

MAZER

MA'ZER, noun A maple cup.

851

MAZOLOGICAL

MAZOLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to mazology.

852

MAZOLOGIST

MAZOL'OGIST, noun One versed in mazology.

853

MAZOLOGY

MAZOL'OGY, noun [Gr. a breast, and discourse.]The doctrine of history of mammiferous animals.

854

MAZY

MA'ZY, adjective Winding; perplexed with turns and windings; intricate; as mazy error.To run the ring and trace the mazy round.M.D. Medicinoe Doctor, doctor of medicine.

855

ME

ME, pronoun pers.; the objective case of I, answering to the oblique cases of ego, in Latin. [Latin mihi.] Follow me; give to me; go with me The phrase 'I followed me close, ' i...

856

MEACOCK

ME'ACOCK, noun An uxorious, effeminate man. [Not used.]ME'ACOCK, adjective Lame; timorous; cowardly. [Not used.]

857

MEAD

MEAD, noun [Latin madeo, to be wet.] A fermented liquor consisting of honey and water, sometimes enriched with spices.

858

MEADOW

MEADOW, noun med'o. A tract of low land. In America, the word is applied particularly to the low ground on the banks of rivers, consisting of a rich mold or an alluvial soil, wh...

859

MEADOW-ORE

MEAD'OW-ORE, noun In mineralogy, conchoidal bog iron ore.

860

MEADOW-RUE

MEAD'OW-RUE, noun A plant of the genus Thalictrum.

861

MEADOW-SAFFRON

MEAD'OW-SAFFRON, noun A plant of the genus Colchicum.

862

MEADOW-SAXIFRAGE

MEAD'OW-SAXIFRAGE, noun A plant of the genus Peucedanum.

863

MEADOW-SWEET

MEAD'OW-SWEET, noun A plant of the genus Spiraea.

864

MEADOW-WORT

MEAD'OW-WORT, noun A plant.