MATHESIS
MATH'ESIS, noun The doctrine of mathematics.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MATIN
MAT'IN, adjective [Latin matutinus.] Pertaining to the morning; used in the morning; as a matin trumpet.MAT'IN, noun Morning. [Not used.]
MATINS
MAT'INS, noun Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs.The vigils are celebrated before them, and the nocturne and matins for the saints whose the relics are.The win...
MATRASS
MAT'RASS, noun [Latin mitto.] A cucurbit; a chimical vessel in the shape of an egg, or with a tapering neck, open at the top, serving the purposes of digestion, evaporation, etc.
MATRESS
MAT'RESS, noun A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss or other soft material, and quilted.
MATRICE
MA'TRICEMAT'RICIDAL, adjective Pertaining to matricide.
MATRICIDAL
MAT'RICIDAL, a. Pertaining to matricide.
MATRICIDE
MAT'RICIDE, noun [Latin matricidium; mater, mother, and coedo, to slay.]1. The killing or murder of a mother.2. The killer or murderer of his mother.
MATRICULATE
MATRIC'ULATE, verb transitive [Latin matricula, a roll or register, from matrix.]To enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, b...
MATRICULATION
MATRICULA'TION, noun The act of registering a name and admitting to membership.
MATRIMONIAL
MATRIMO'NIAL, adjective1. Pertaining to marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as matrimonial rights or duties.2. Derived from marriage.If he relied on that title, he could be ...
MATRIMONIALLY
MATRIMO'NIALLY, adverb According to the manner or laws of marriage.
MATRIMONIOUS
MATRIMO'NIOUS, adjective Matrimonial. [Little used.]
MATRIMONY
MAT'RIMONY, noun [Latin matrimonium, from mater, mother.]Marriage; wedlock; the union of man and woman for life; the nuptial state.If any man know cause why this couple should n...
MATRIX
MA'TRIX, noun [Latin matrix from mater, mother.]1. The womb; the cavity in which the fetus of an animal is formed and nourished till its birth.2. A mold; the cavity in which any...
MATRON
MAT'RON, noun [Latin matrona; from mater, mother.]An elderly married woman, or an elderly lady.
MATRONAL
MAT'RONAL, adjective [Latin matronalis.] Pertaining to a matron, suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.
MATRONIZE
MAT'RONIZE, verb transitive To render matronlike.
MATRONLIKE
MAT'RONLIKE, adjective Having the manners of an elderly woman; grave; sedate; becoming a matron.
MATRONLY
MAT'RONLY, adjective Elderly; advanced in years.
MATROSS
MATROSS', noun Matrosses are soldiers in a train of artillery, who are next to the gunners and assist them in loading, firing and sponging the guns. They carry fire-locks, and m...
MATTAMORE
MAT'TAMORE, noun In the east, a subterranean repository for wheat.
MATTER
MAT'TER, noun [Latin materia; Heb. to measure; Latin metior.]1. Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown our of discharged in a tumor, boil or abscess;...
MATTERLESS
MAT'TERLESS, adjective Void of matter.
MATTERY
MAT'TERY, adjective Purulent; generating pus; as a mattery cough.
MATTOCK
MAT'TOCK, noun A tool to grub up weeds or roots; a grubbing hoe.
MATTRESS
MATTRESS. [See Matress, a more correct orthography.]