Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Mahori

Ma″ho‐ri (?), n. [Native name. Cf. Maori.] (Ethnol.) One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively.

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Mahound

Ma′hound (?), n. A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil.Who's this, my mahound cousin? Beau. & Fl.

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Mahout

‖Ma‐hout″ (?), n. [Hind. mahāwat, Skr. mahāmātra; mahat great + mātrā measure.] The keeper and driver of an elephant.

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Mahovo

Ma‐ho″vo (?), n.(Mach.) A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel.

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Mahrati

Mah‐rat″i (?), n. The language of the Mahrattas; the language spoken in the Deccan and Concan. [Written also Marathi.]

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Mahratta

Mah‐rat″ta (?), n. [Hind. Marhatā, Marhāttā, the name of a famous Hindoo race, from the old Skr. name Mahā-rāshtra.] One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of...

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Mahumetan

{ Ma‐hu″met‐an (?), Ma‐hu″met‐an‐ism (?), n. } See Mohammedan, Mohammedanism.

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Mahwa tree

Mah″wa tree′ (?). (Bot.) An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in prepar...

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Maia

‖Ma″i‐a (?), n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zoöl.) (a) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado). (b) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eu...

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Maian

Ma″ian (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadæ.

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Maid

Maid (?), n. [Shortened from maiden. �. See Maiden.] 1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.Would I had died a maid,And never ...

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Maid's hair

Maid's″ hair′ (?). (Bot.) The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).

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Maidan

‖Mai‐dan″ (?), n. [Written also midan, meidan, mydan, etc.] [Hind. & Per. maidān, fr. Ar. maidān.] In various parts of Asia, an open space, as for military exercises, or for a m...

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Maiden

Maid″en (?), n. [OE. maiden, meiden, AS. mægden, dim. of AS. mæg�, fr. mago son, servant; akin to G. magd, mädchen, maid, OHG. magad, Icel. mögr son, Goth. magus boy, child, mag...

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Maiden (2)

Maid″en, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. “Amid the maiden throng.” Addison.Have you no mode...

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Maiden (3)

Maid″en, v. t. To act coyly like a maiden; — with it as an indefinite object.For had I maiden'd it, as many use.Loath for to grant, but loather to refuse. Bp. Hall.

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Maidenhair

Maid″en‐hair′ (?), n.(Bot.) A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is sometimes used in medicine....

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Maidenhead

Maid″en‐head (?), n. [See Maidenhood.] 1. The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity. Shak.2. The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.The maidenhe...

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Maidenhood

Maid″en‐hood (?), n. [AS. mægdenhād. See Maid, and -hood.] 1. The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity. Shak.2. Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.The maidenhoodOf...

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Maidenlike

Maid″en‐like′ (?), a. Like a maiden; modest; coy.

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Maidenliness

Maid″en‐li‐ness (?), n. The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.

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Maidenly

Maid″en‐ly, a. Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved.Must you be blushing?...What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become! Shak.

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Maidenly (2)

Maid″en‐ly, adv. In a maidenlike manner. “Maidenly demure.” Skelton.

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Maidenship

Maid″en‐ship, n. Maidenhood. Fuller.

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Maidhood

Maid″hood (?), n. [AS. mægðhād. See Maid, and -hood.] Maidenhood. Shak.

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Maidmarian

Maid′ma″ri‐an (?), n. [Maid + Marian, relating to Mary, or the Virgin Mary.] 1. The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a gro...

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Maidpale

Maid″pale′ (?), a. Pale, like a sick girl. Shak.