MAWKINGLY
MAWK'INGLY, adverb Slatternly; sluttishly.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MAWK'INGLY, adverb Slatternly; sluttishly.
MAWK'ISH, adjective Apt to cause satiety or lothing.So sweetly mawkish and so smoothly dull.
MAWK'ISHNESS, noun Aptness to cause lothing.
MAWK'Y, adjective Maggoty. [Local.]
MAW'MET, noun [from Mahomet.] A puppet; anciently, an idol.
MAW'METRY, noun The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry.
MAW'MISH, adjective [from maw, or mawmet.] Foolish; silly; idle; nauseous.
MAW'WORM, noun A worm that infests the stomach.
MAX'ILLARMAX'ILLARY, adjective [Latin maxillaris, from maxilla, the jaw-bone; probably from the root of mash.] Pertaining to the jaw; as the maxillary bones or glands.
MAX'ILLARY, a. [L. maxillaris, from maxilla, the jaw-bone; probably from the root of mash.] Pertaining to the jaw; as the maxillary bones or glands.
MAX'IM, noun [Latin maximum, literally the greatest.]1. An established principle or proposition; a principle generally received or admitted as true. It is nearly the same in pop...
MAX'IM-MONGER, noun One who deals much in maxims.
MAX'IMUM, noun [Latin] In mathematics, the greatest number or quantity attainable in any given case; opposed to minimum.
MAY, noun [Latin Maius.]1. The fifth month of the year, beginning with January, but the third, beginning with March, as was the ancient practice of the Romans.2. A young woman.3...
MA'Y-APPLE, noun A plant of the genus Podophyllum.
MA'Y-BLOOM, noun The hawthorn.
MA'Y-BUG, noun A chaffer.
MA'Y-BUSH, noun A plant of the genus Crataegus.
MA'Y-DAY, noun The first day of May.
MA'Y-DEW, noun The dew of May, which is said to whiten linen, and to afford by repeated distillations, a red and odoriferous spirit. It has been supposed that from the preparati...
MA'Y-DUKE, noun A variety of the common cherry.
MA'Y-FLOWER, noun A plant; a flower that appears in May.
MA'Y-FLY, noun An insect or fly that appears in May.
MA'Y-GAME, noun Sport or diversion; play, such as is used on the first of May.
MA'Y-LADY, noun The queen or lady of May, in old May-games.
MA'Y-LILY, noun The lily of the valley, of the genus Convallaria.
MA'Y-MORN, noun Freshness; vigor.