<p><hw>Mac`a*ran"ga gum`</hw> (?). <def>A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (<i>Macaranga Indica</i>) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine.</def> <i>Balfour (Cyc. of India).</i></p> <p><hw>Mac"a*rize</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; to bless.] <def>To congratulate.</def> [Oxford Univ. Cant] <i>Whately.</i></p> <p><hw>Mac`a*ro"ni</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Macaronis</b></plw> (#), or <plw><b>Macaronies</b></plw>. [Prov. It. <i>macaroni</i>, It. <i>maccheroni</i>, fr. Gr. &?; happiness, later, a funeral feast, fr. &?; blessed, happy. Prob. so called because eaten at such feasts in honor of the dead; cf. Gr. &?; blessed, i. e., dead. Cf. <u>Macaroon</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b> </sn> <def>Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.</def></p> <p>&fist; A paste similarly prepared is largely used as food in Persia, India, and China, but is not commonly made tubular like the Italian <i>macaroni</i>. <i>Balfour (Cyc. of India).</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A medley; something droll or extravagant.</def></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A sort of droll or fool.</def> [Obs.] <i>Addison.</i></p> <p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A finical person; a fop; — applied especially to English fops of about 1775.</def> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p> <p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(U. S. Hist.)</i> <def>The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.</def> <i>W. Irving.</i></p> <p>{ <hw>Mac`a*ro"ni*an</hw> (?), <hw>Mac`a*ron"ic</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. It. <i>maccheronico</i>, F. <i>macaronique</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, <i>macaronic</i> poetry.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`a*ron"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`a*roon"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>macaron</i>, It. <i>maccherone</i>. See <u>Macaroni</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds, and sugar.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A finical fellow, or macaroni.</def> [Obs.]</p> <p><hw>Ma*cart"ney</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From Lord <i>Macartney</i>.] <i> (Zoöl.)</i> <def>A fire-backed pheasant. See <u>Fireback</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*cas`sar oil"</hw> (?). <def>A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; — so called because originally obtained from <i>Macassar</i>, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma*cau"co</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of several species of small lemurs, as <i>Lemur murinus</i>, which resembles a rat in size.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma`ca*va"hu</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A small Brazilian monkey (<i>Callithrix torquatus</i>), — called also <i>collared teetee</i>.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*caw"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the native name in the Antilles.] <i> (Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any parrot of the genus <i>Sittace</i>, or <i>Macrocercus</i>. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.</def></p> <p> </p> <p><col><b>Macaw bush</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a West Indian name for a prickly kind of nightshade (<i>Solanum mammosum</i>).</cd> — <col><b>Macaw palm</b></col>, <col> <b>Macaw tree</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a tropical American palm (<i>Acrocomia fusiformis</i> and other species) having a prickly stem and pinnately divided leaves. Its nut yields a yellow butter, with the perfume of violets, which is used in making violet soap. Called also <i>grugru palm</i>.</cd></p> <p><hw>Mac`ca*be"an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the <i>Maccabean</i> princes; <i>Maccabean</i> times.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"ca*bees</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The name given in later times to the Asmonæans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 <u>B. C.</u>, which led to a period of freedom for Israel.</def> <i>Schaff-Herzog.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The name of two ancient historical books, which give accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books, two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint.</def></p> <p><! p. 879 !></p> <p>{ <hw>Mac"ca*boy</hw> (?), <hw>Mac"co*boy</hw> (?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From a district in the Island of Martinique where it is made: cf. F. <i>macouba</i>.] <def>A kind of snuff. </def></p> <p><hw>Mac"co</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A gambling game in vogue in the eighteenth century.</def> <i>Thackeray.</i></p> <p><hw>Mace</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Jav. & Malay. <i>mās</i>, fr. Skr. <i>māsha</i> a bean.] <def>A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.</def> <i>S. W. Williams.</i></p> <p><hw>Mace</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>macis</i>, L. <i>macis</i>, <i>macir</i>, Gr. &?;; cf. Skr. <i>makar</i>anda the nectar or honey of a flower, a fragrant mango.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See <u>Nutmeg</u>.</def></p> <p>&fist; Red <i>mace</i> is the aril of <i>Myristica tingens</i>, and <i>white mace</i> that of <i>M. Otoba</i>, — East Indian trees of the same genus with the nutmeg tree.</p> <p><hw>Mace</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>mace</i>, F. <i>masse</i>, from (assumed) L. <i>matea</i>, of which the dim. <i>mateola</i> a kind of mallet or beetle, is found.] <sn><b>1.</b> </sn> <def>A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; — used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p> <p><blockquote>Death with his <i>mace</i> petrific . . . smote.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> Hence: <def>A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.</def> "Swayed the royal <i>mace</i>." <i>Wordsworth.</i></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.</def> <i>Macaulay.</i></p> <p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.</def></p> <p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Billiards)</i> <def>A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand.</def></p> <p><col><b>Mace bearer</b></col>, <cd>an officer who carries a mace before persons in authority. </cd></p> <p><hw>Mac`e*do"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>Macedonius</i>, Gr. &?;.] <i> (Geog.)</i> <def>Belonging, or relating, to Macedonia.</def> — <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Macedonia.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`e*do"ni*an</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Eccl. Hist.)</i> <def>One of a certain religious sect, followers of <i>Macedonius</i>, Bishop of Constantinople, in the fourth century, who held that the Holy Ghost was a creature, like the angels, and a servant of the Father and the Son.</def> </p> <p><hw>Mac`e*do"ni*an*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The doctrines of Macedonius. </def></p> <p><hw>Ma"cer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>massier</i>. See <u>Mace</u> staff.] <def>A mace bearer; an officer of a court.</def> <i>P. Plowman.</i></p> <p><hw>Mac"er*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Macerated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Macerating</u>.] [L. <i>maceratus</i>, p. p. of <i>macerare</i> to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. &?; to knead.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make lean; to cause to waste away.</def> [Obs. or R.] <i>Harvey.</i> </p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.</def> <i>Baker.</i></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to <i>macerate</i> animal or vegetable fiber.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"er*a`ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`er*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>maceratio</i>: cf. F. <i>macération</i>.] <def>The act or process of macerating.</def></p> <p>{ <hw>||Ma*chæ"ro*dus</hw> (m&adot;*kē"r&osl;*dŭs), <hw>||Ma*chai"ro*dus</hw> (m&adot;*kī"r&osl;*dŭs), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>ma`chaira</grk> dagger + <grk>'odoy`s</grk> tooth.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; — hence called <i>saber-toothed tigers</i>.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma*che"te</hw> (m&adot;*chā"t&asl;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp.] <def>A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, — used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes.</def> <i>J. Stevens.</i></p> <p><hw>Mach`i*a*vel"ian</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From <i>Machiavel</i>, an Italian writer, secretary and historiographer to the republic of Florence.] <def>Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty. </def></p> <p><hw>Mach`i*a*vel"ian</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who adopts the principles of Machiavel; a cunning and unprincipled politician.</def></p> <p>{ <hw>Mach"i*a*vel*ism</hw> (?), <hw>Mach`i*a*vel"ian*ism</hw> (?), } <pos><i>n.</i> </pos> [Cf. F. <i>machiavélisme</i>; It. <i>machiavellismo</i>.] <def>The supposed principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*chic"o*la`ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [LL. <i>machicolatus</i>, p. p. of <i>machicolare</i>, <i>machicollare</i>. See <u>Machicolation</u>.] <def>Having machicolations. </def> "<i>Machicolated</i> turrets." <i>C. Kingsley.</i></p> <p><hw>Mach`i*co*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. LL. <i>machicolamentum</i>, <i>machacolladura</i>, F. <i>mâchicolis</i>, <i>mâchecoulis</i>; perh. fr. F. <i>mèche</i> match, combustible matter + OF. <i>coulis</i>, <i>couleis</i>, flowing, fr. OF. & F. <i>couler</i> to flow. Cf. <u>Match</u> for making fire, and <u>Cullis</u>.]</p> <p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Mil. Arch.)</i> <def>An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, for shooting or dropping missiles upon assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See <i>Illusts</i>. of <u>Battlement</u> and <u>Castle</u>.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning or melted substances upon assailants through such apertures.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma`chi`cou`lis"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>mâchicoulis</i>.] <i>(Mil. Arch.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Machicolation</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*chin"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>machinalis</i>: cf. F. <i>machinal</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to machines.</def></p> <p><hw>Mach"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Machinated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Machinating</u> (?).] [L. <i>machinatus</i>, p. p. of <i>machinari</i> to devise, plot. See <u>Machine</u>.] <def>To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.</def> "How long will you <i>machinate</i>!" <i>Sandys.</i></p> <p><hw>Mach"i*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To contrive, as a plot; to plot; as, to <i>machinate</i> evil.</def></p> <p><hw>Mach`i*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>machinatio</i>: cf. F. <i>machination</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of machinating.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.</def></p> <p><blockquote>Devilish <i>machinations</i> come to naught.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p> <p><blockquote>His ingenious <i>machinations</i> had failed.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p> <p><hw>Mach"i*na`tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <def>One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.</def> <i>Glanvill. Sir W. Scott.</i></p> <p><hw>Ma*chine"</hw> (m&adot;*shēn"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L. <i>machina</i> machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. &?;, from &?; means, expedient. Cf. <u>Mechanic</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.</def></p> <p>&fist; The term <i>machine</i> is most commonly applied to such pieces of mechanism as are used in the industrial arts, for mechanically shaping, dressing, and combining materials for various purposes, as in the manufacture of cloth, etc. Where the effect is chemical, or other than mechanical, the contrivance is usually denominated an <i>apparatus</i>, not a machine; as, a <i>bleaching apparatus</i>. Many large, powerful, or specially important pieces of mechanism are called <i>engines</i>; as, a <i>steam engine</i>, <i>fire engine</i>, <i>graduating engine</i>, etc. Although there is no well-settled distinction between the terms <i>engine</i> and machine among practical men, there is a tendency to restrict the application of the former to contrivances in which the operating part is not distinct from the motor.</p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle.</def> <i>Dryden.</i> <i>Southey.</i> <i>Thackeray.</i> </p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A person who acts mechanically or at the will of another.</def></p> <p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social <i>machine</i>.</def></p> <p><blockquote>The whole <i>machine</i> of government ought not to bear upon the people with a weight so heavy and oppressive.</blockquote> <i>Landor.</i></p> <p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends.</def> [Political Cant]</p> <p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.</def> <i>Addison.</i></p> <p><col><b>Elementary machine</b></col>, <cd>a name sometimes given to one of the simple mechanical powers. See under <u>Mechanical</u>.</cd> — <col><b>Infernal machine</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Infernal</u>.</cd> — <col><b>Machine gun</b></col>.<cd>See under <u>Gun. </u></cd> — <col><b>Machine screw</b></col>, <cd>a screw or bolt adapted for screwing into metal, in distinction from one which is designed especially to be screwed into wood.</cd> — <col> <b>Machine shop</b></col>, <cd>a workshop where machines are made, or where metal is shaped by cutting, filing, turning, etc.</cd> — <col><b>Machine tool</b></col>, <cd>a machine for cutting or shaping wood, metal, etc., by means of a tool; especially, a machine, as a lathe, planer, drilling machine, etc., designed for a more or less general use in a machine shop, in distinction from a machine for producing a special article as in manufacturing.</cd> — <col><b>Machine twist</b> </col>, <cd>silken thread especially adapted for use in a sewing machine.</cd> — <col><b>Machine work</b></col>, <cd>work done by a machine, in contradistinction to that done by hand labor.</cd> </p> <p><hw>Ma*chine"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Machined</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Machining</u>.] <def>To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*chin"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who or operates a machine; a machinist.</def> [R.]</p> <p><hw>Ma*chin"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Machine</u>: cf. F. <i>machinerie</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Machines, in general, or collectively.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the <i>machinery</i> of a watch.</def></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected.</def></p> <p><blockquote>The <i>machinery</i>, madam, is a term invented by the critics, to signify that part which the deities, angels, or demons, are made to act in a poem.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p> <p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a purpose.</def></p> <p><blockquote>An indispensable part of the <i>machinery</i> of state.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay. </i></p> <p><blockquote>The delicate inflexional <i>machinery</i> of the Aryan languages.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</i></p> <p><hw>Ma*chin"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or used as a machine.</def> [Obs.] <i>Dryden.</i></p> <p><hw>Ma*chin"ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>machiniste</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One skilled in the use of machine tools.</def></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma"cho</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The striped mullet of California (<i>Mugil cephalus, or Mexicanus</i>).</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"i*len*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Macilent</u>.] <def>Leanness. </def> [Obs.] <i>Sandys.</i></p> <p><hw>Mac"i*lent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>macilentus</i>, fr. <i>macies</i> leanness, <i>macere</i> to be lean.] <def>Lean; thin.</def> [Obs.] <i>Bailey.</i></p> <p><hw>Mac"in*tosh</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as <u>Mackintosh</u>.</def> </p> <p><hw>Mack"er*el</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>maquerel</i>, F. <i>maquereau</i>, fr. D. <i>makelaar</i> mediator, agent, fr. <i>makelen</i> to act as agent.] <def>A pimp; also, a bawd.</def> [Obs.] <i>Halliwell.</i></p> <p><hw>Mack`er*el</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>maquerel</i>, F. <i>maquereau</i> (LL. <i>macarellus</i>), prob. for <i>maclereau</i>, fr. L. <i>macula</i> a spot, in allusion to the markings on the fish. See <u>Mail</u> armor.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any species of the genus <i>Scomber</i>, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food.</def></p> <p>&fist; The common mackerel (<i>Scomber scombrus</i>), which inhabits both sides of the North Atlantic, is one of the most important food fishes. It is mottled with green and blue. The Spanish mackerel (<i>Scomberomorus maculatus</i>), of the American coast, is covered with bright yellow circular spots.</p> <p><col><b>Bull mackerel</b></col>, <col><b>Chub mackerel</b></col>. <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Chub</u>.</cd> — <col><b>Frigate mackerel</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Frigate</u>.</cd> — <col><b>Horse mackerel</b></col> . <cd>See under <u>Horse</u>.</cd> — <col><b>Mackerel bird</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the wryneck; — so called because it arrives in England at the time when mackerel are in season.</cd> — <col><b>Mackerel cock</b> </col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the Manx shearwater; — so called because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the east coast of Ireland.</cd> — <col><b>Mackerel guide</b></col>. <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <cd>See <u>Garfish</u> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>.</cd> — <col><b>Mackerel gull</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <cd>any one of several species of gull which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake.</cd> — <col><b>Mackerel midge</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.) </i>, <cd>a very small oceanic gadoid fish of the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long and has four barbels on the upper jaw. It is now considered the young of the genus <i>Onos</i>, or <i>Motella</i>.</cd> — <col><b>Mackerel plow</b></col>, <cd>an instrument for creasing the sides of lean mackerel to improve their appearance.</cd> <i>Knight.</i> — <col><b>Mackerel shark</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>the porbeagle.</cd> — <col><b>Mackerel sky</b> </col>, or <col><b>Mackerel-back sky</b></col>, <cd>a sky flecked with small white clouds; a cirro-cumulus. See <u>Cloud</u>.</cd></p> <p><blockquote><i>Mackerel sky</i> and mare's-tails<BR> Make tall ships carry low sails. </blockquote> <i>Old Rhyme.</i></p> <p>{ <hw>Mack"i*naw blan"ket</hw> (?), <hw>Mack"i*naw</hw>. }[From <i>Mackinac</i>, the State of Michigan, where blankets and other stores were distributed to the Indians.] <def>A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States.</def></p> <p><hw>Mack"in*tosh</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A waterproof outer garment; — so called from the name of the inventor.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"kle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Macle</u>.] <def>Same as <u>Macule</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"kle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a double impression.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma"cle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>macula</i> a spot: cf. F. <i>macle</i>. Cf. <u>Mackle</u>, <u>Mascle</u>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Chiastolite; — so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See <u>Chiastolite</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i> </sd> <def>A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A twin crystal.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma"cled</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Min.)</i> <sd><i>(a) </i></sd> <def>Marked like macle (chiastolite).</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Having a twin structure. See <u>Twin</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos></def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>See <u>Mascled</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma*clu"re*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. Named from William <i>Maclure</i>, the geologist.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size, characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*clu"rin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>See <u>Morintannic</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"ra*me lace"</hw> (?). <def>A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in decorating furniture.</def></p> <p>{ <hw>Mac`ren*ce*phal"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Mac`ren*ceph"a*lous</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i> </pos> [<i>Macro</i> + <i>encephalic</i>, <i>encephalous</i>.] <def>Having a large brain.</def> </p> <p><hw>Mac"ro-</hw> (?). [Gr. <grk>makro`s</grk>, adj.] <def>A combining form signifying <i>long</i>, <i>large</i>, <i>great</i>; as <i>macro</i>diagonal, <i>macro</i>spore.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*bi*ot"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; long- lived; <grk>makro`s</grk> long + &?; life: cf. F. <i>macrobiotique</i>.] <def>Long-lived.</def> <i> Dunglison.</i></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*bi*ot"ics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>The art of prolonging life.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*ceph"a*lous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Macro</i> + Gr. <grk>kefalh`</grk> the head.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having a large head.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body.</def> <i>Henslow.</i></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro-chem"is*try</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro- </i> + <i>chemistry</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>The science which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of substances in quantity; — distinguished from <i>micro-chemistry</i>.</def></p> <p><hw>||Mac`ro*chi"res</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>makro`s</grk> long + &?; hand.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"ro*cosm</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + Gr. &?; the world: cf. F. <i>macrocosme</i>.] <def>The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; — contrasted with <i>microcosm</i>, or man. See <u>Microcosm</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*cos"mic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the macrocosm. </def> <i>Tylor.</i></p> <p><hw>||Mac`ro*cys"tis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Macro-</u>, and <u>Cyst</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (<i>Macrocystis pyrifera</i>), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels.</def></p> <p><! p. 880 !></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*dac"tyl</hw> (măk`r&osl;*dăk"t&ibreve;l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>makroda`ktylos</grk> long-fingered; <grk>makro`s</grk> long + <grk>da`ktylos</grk> finger: cf. F. <i>macrodactyle</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of a group of wading birds (<i>Macrodactyli</i>) having very long toes.</def> [Written also <i>macrodactyle</i>.]</p> <p>{ <hw>Mac`ro*dac*tyl"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Mac`ro*dac"tyl*ous</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having long toes.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*di*ag"o*nal</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro- </i> + <i>diagonal</i>.] <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See <u>Crystallization</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"ro*dome</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + <i>dome</i>.] <i> (Crystallog.)</i> <def>A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. See <u>Dome</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 4.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"ro*dont</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + Gr. <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having large teeth.</def> — <pos><i>n. </i></pos> <def>A macrodont animal.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"ro*far`ad</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + <i>farad</i>.] <i>(Elec.) </i> <def>See <u>Megafarad</u>.</def> [R.]</p> <p><hw>||Mac`ro*glos"si*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Macro-</u>, and <u>Glossa</u>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`rog*nath"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + <i>gnathic</i>.] <i> (Anthropol.)</i> <def>Long-jawed.</def> <i>Huxley.</i></p> <p><hw>Ma*crol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>macrologia</i>, Gr. &?;; &?; long + <grk>lo`gos</grk> discourse: cf. F. <i>macrologie</i>.] <def>Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*crom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + <i>-meter</i>.] <def>An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma"cron</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; long.] <i>(Pron.)</i> <def>A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, <i>ā</i>, in <i>dāme</i>; <i>ē</i>, in <i>sēam</i>, etc.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*pet"al*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Macro- </i> + <i>petal</i>.] <i> (Bot.)</i> <def>Having long or large petals.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*croph"yl*lous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + Gr. &?; a leaf.] <i> (Bot.)</i> <def>Having long or large leaves.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*pin"a*coid</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro- </i> + <i>pinacoid</i>.] <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"ro*pod</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + <i>-pod</i>.] <i> (Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; — called also <i>spider crab</i>.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*crop"o*dal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having long or large feet, or a long stem.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*po"di*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A macropod.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*crop"o*dous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having long legs or feet.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"ro*prism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + <i>prism</i>.] <i> (Crystallog.)</i> <def>A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called <i>macropyramids</i>.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma*crop"te*res</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; long + &?; feather, wing.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of birds; the Longipennes.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*crop"ter*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Macropteres</u>.] <i> (Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having long wings.</def></p> <p><hw>||Mac"ro*pus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Macropod</u>.] <i> (Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*pyr"a*mid</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + <i>pyramid</i>.] <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>See <u>Macroprism</u>.</def></p> <p>{ <hw>Mac`ro*scop"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Mac`ro*scop"ic*al</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + Gr. &?; to view.] <def>Visible to the unassisted eye; — as opposed to <i>microscopic</i>.</def> — <wf>Mac`ro*scop"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p> <p><hw>||Mac`ro*spo*ran"gi*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Macro-</u>, and <u>Sporangium</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; — opposed to <i>microsporangium</i>. Both are found in the genera <i>Selaginella</i>, <i>Isoctes</i>, and <i>Marsilia</i>, plants remotely allied to ferns.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"ro*spore</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + <i>spore</i>.] <i>(Bot.) </i> <def>One of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as <i>Selaginella</i>, etc. </def></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*spor"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to macrospores.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"ro*tone</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?; stretched out. See <u>Macro-</u>, and <u>Tone</u>.] <i>(Pron.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Macron</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*cro"tous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + Gr. <grk>o"y^s</grk>, gen. <grk>'wto`s</grk>, the ear.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Large-eared.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma*crou"ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos>, <hw>Ma*crou"ral</hw> (&?;), <pos> <i>a.</i></pos>, etc. <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Macrura</u>, <u>Macrural</u>, etc. </def></p> <p><hw>Mac`ro*zo"ö*spore</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Macro-</i> + <i>zoöspore</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; — found in certain green algæ.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma*cru"ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; long + &?; tail.] <i> (Zoöl.)</i> <def>A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. <u>Decapoda</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*cru"ral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Macrurous</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*cru"ran</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>One of the Macrura.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*cru"roid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Macrura</i> + <i>-oid</i>.] <i> (Zoöl.)</i> <def>Like or pertaining to the Macrura.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*cru"rous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the Macrura; having a long tail.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>mactatio</i>, fr. <i>macture</i> to slay, sacrifice.] <def>The act of killing a victim for sacrifice.</def> [Obs.]</p> <p><hw>||Mac"tra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; kneading trough, fr. &?; to knead.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any marine bivalve shell of the genus <i>Mactra</i>, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as <i>Mactra stultorum</i>, of Europe. See <i>Surf clam</i>, under <u>Surf</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>||Mac"u*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Maculæ</b></plw> (#). [L., spot, stain, blot. See <u>Mail</u> armor, and cf. <u>Mackle</u>, <u>Macule</u>.] <sn> <b>1.</b></sn> <def>A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A rather large spot or blotch of color.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"u*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L. <i>maculatus</i>, p. p. of <i>maculare</i> to spot. See <u>Macula</u>, and cf. <u>Macule</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>To spot; to stain; to blur.</def></p> <p><blockquote><i>Maculate</i> the honor of their people.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Elyot.</i></p> <p><hw>Mac"u*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>maculatus</i>, p. p.] <def>Marked with spots or maculæ; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most <i>maculate</i> thoughts.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p> <p><hw>Mac"u*la`ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having spots or blotches; maculate. </def></p> <p><hw>Mac"u*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>maculatio</i>.] <def>The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p> <p><hw>Mac"u*la*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Causing a spot or stain.</def> <i>T. Adams.</i></p> <p><hw>Mac"u*la*ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Blotting paper.</def> [Obs.]</p> <p><hw>Mac"ule</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>macule</i>. See <u>Macula</u>.] <sn> <b>1.</b></sn> <def>A spot.</def> [Obs.]</p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"ule</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>maculer</i>. See <u>Maculate</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>To blur; especially <i>(Print.)</i>, to blur or double an impression from type. See <u>Mackle</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Mac"u*lose`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>maculosus</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to spots upon a surface; spotted; maculate.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> of <u>Made</u>.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i> </p> <p><hw>Mad</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Madder</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Maddest</u> (?).] [AS. <i>gem&?;d</i>, <i>gemād</i>, mad; akin to OS. <i>gem&?;d</i> foolish, OHG. <i>gameit</i>, Icel. <i>mei&?;a</i> to hurt, Goth. <i>gamáids</i> weak, broken. &?;.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.</def></p> <p><blockquote>I have heard my grandsire say full oft,<BR> Extremity of griefs would make men <i>mad</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be <i>mad</i> with terror, lust, or hatred; <i>mad</i> against political reform.</def></p> <p><blockquote>It is the land of graven images, and they are <i>mad</i> upon their idols. </blockquote> <i>Jer. 1. 88.</i></p> <p><blockquote>And being exceedingly <i>mad</i> against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.</blockquote> <i>Acts xxvi. 11.</i></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.</def> "<i>Mad</i> demeanor." <i>Milton.</i> </p> <p><blockquote><i>Mad</i> wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. </blockquote> <i>Franklin.</i></p> <p><blockquote>The <i>mad</i> promise of Cleon was fulfilled.</blockquote> <i>Jowett (Thucyd.). </i></p> <p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Extravagant; immoderate.</def> "Be <i>mad</i> and merry." <i>Shak.</i> "Fetching <i>mad</i> bounds." <i>Shak.</i></p> <p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Furious with rage, terror, or disease; — said of the lower animals; as, a <i>mad</i> bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a <i>mad</i> dog.</def></p> <p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get <i>mad</i> at a person.</def> [Colloq.]</p> <p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Having impaired polarity; — applied to a compass needle.</def> [Colloq.]</p> <p><col><b>Like mad</b></col>, <cd>like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run <i>like mad</i>. <i>L'Estrange</i>.</cd> — <col><b>To run mad</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To become wild with excitement</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia.</cd> — <col><b>To run mad after</b></col>, <cd>to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire.</cd> "The world is <i>running mad after</i> farce." <i>Dryden.</i></p> <p><hw>Mad</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Madded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Madding</u>.] <def>To make mad or furious; to madden. </def></p> <p><blockquote>Had I but seen thy picture in this plight,<BR> It would have <i>madded</i> me. </blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p> <p><hw>Mad</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See <u>Madding</u>.</def> [Archaic] <i>Chaucer.</i></p> <p><blockquote>Festus said with great voice, Paul thou <i>maddest</i>.</blockquote> <i>Wyclif (Acts).</i></p> <p><hw>Mad</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>ma&?;a</i>; akin to D. & G. <i>made</i>, Goth. <i>mapa</i>, and prob. to E. <i>moth</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>An earthworm.</def> [Written also <i>made</i>.]</p> <p><hw>Mad"am</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Madams</b></plw>, or <plw><b>Mesdames</b></plw> (#). [See <u>Madame</u>.] <def>A gentlewoman; — an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; — much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is <i>Sir</i>.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma`dame"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Mesdames</b></plw> (#). [F., fr. <i>ma</i> my (L. <i>mea</i>) + <i>dame</i> dame. See <u>Dame</u>, and cf. <u>Madonna</u>.] <def>My lady; — a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p> <p><hw>Mad"-ap`ple</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>See <u>Eggplant</u>. </def></p> <p><hw>Mad"brain`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Hot-headed; rash.</def> <i>Shak.</i> — <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rash or hot- headed person.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad"brained`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Disordered in mind; hot-headed.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p> <p><hw>Mad"cap`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements.</def> "The merry <i>madcap</i> lord." <i>Shak.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Wild; reckless.</def> "<i>Madcap</i> follies" <i>Beau. & Fl.</i> </p> <p><hw>Mad"cap`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p> <p><hw>Mad"den</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Maddened</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Maddening</u>.] <def>To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.</def> </p> <p><hw>Mad"den</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To become mad; to act as if mad.</def></p> <p><blockquote>They rave, recite, and <i>madden</i> round the land.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i> </p> <p><hw>Mad"der</hw> (măd"d&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>mader</i>, AS. <i>mædere</i>; akin to Icel. <i>maðra</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A plant of the genus <i>Rubia</i> (<i>R. tinctorum</i>). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See <u>Rubiaceous</u>.</def></p> <p>&fist; Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes, etc., which receive their names from their colors; as. <i>madder yellow</i>.</p> <p><col><b>Field madder</b></col>, <cd>an annual European weed (<i>Sherardia arvensis</i>) resembling madder.</cd> — <col><b>Indian madder</b></col> , <cd>the East Indian <i>Rubia cordifolia</i>, used in the East for dyeing; — called also <i>munjeet</i>.</cd> — <col><b>Wild madder</b></col>, <cd><i>Rubia peregrina</i> of Europe; also the <i>Galium Mollugo</i>, a kind of bedstraw.</cd></p> <p><hw>Mad"der*wort`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceæ) as the madder.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad"ding</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Affected with madness; raging; furious. </def> — <wf>Mad"ding*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [Archaic]</p> <p><blockquote>Far from the <i>madding</i> crowd's ignoble strife.</blockquote> <i>Gray.</i> </p> <p><blockquote>The <i>madding</i> wheels<BR> Of brazen chariots raged.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p> <p><hw>Mad"dish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Somewhat mad.</def> <i>Beau. & Fl.</i> </p> <p><hw>Made</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>See <u>Mad</u>, <pos> <i>n.</i></pos></def></p> <p><hw>Made</hw> (?), <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of <u>Make</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Made</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, <i>made</i> ground; a <i>made</i> mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar.</def></p> <p><col><b>Made up</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>Complete; perfect</cd>. "A <i>made up</i> villain." <i>Shak.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Falsely devised; fabricated; as, a <i>made up</i> story.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>Artificial; as, a <i>made up</i> figure or complexion. </cd></p> <p>{ <hw>Mad"e*cass</hw> (?), <hw>Mad`e*cas"see</hw> (?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See <u>Malagasy</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad`e*cas"see</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.</def></p> <p>{ <hw>Mad`e*fac"tion</hw> (?), <hw>Mad`e*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>madefacere</i> to make wet; <i>madere</i> to be wet + <i>facere</i> to make: cf. F. <i>madéfaction</i>.] <def>The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet.</def> [R.] <i>Bacon.</i></p> <p><hw>Mad"e*fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Madefied</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Madefying</u> (?).] [Cf. F. <i>madéfier</i>, L. <i>madefacere</i>. See <u>Madefaction</u>.] <def>To make wet or moist.</def> [R.]</p> <p><hw>Mad`e*gas"sy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & a.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Madecassee</u>.</def> </p> <p><hw>Ma*dei"ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. <i>materia</i> stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See <u>Matter</u>.] <def>A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.</def></p> <p><blockquote>A cup of <i>Madeira</i>, and a cold capon's leg.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p> <p><col><b>Madeira nut</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>the European walnut; the nut of the <i>Juglans regia</i>.</cd></p> <p><hw>||Ma`de*moi`selle"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw> <b>Mesdemoiselles</b></plw> (#). [F., fr. <i>ma</i> my, f. of <i>mon</i> + <i>demoiselle</i> young lady. See <u>Damsel</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English <i>Miss.</i></def> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A marine food fish (<i>Sciæna chrysura</i>), of the Southern United States; — called also <i>yellowtail</i>, and <i>silver perch</i>.</def></p> <p><hw>Madge</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. OF. & Prov. F. <i>machette</i>.] <i> (Zoöl.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The barn owl.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The magpie.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad"-head`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Wild; crack- brained.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad"house`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma"di*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Sp. <i>madi</i>, fr. Chilian <i>madi</i>, the native name.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of composite plants, of which one species (<i>Madia sativa</i>) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad"id</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>madidus</i>, fr. <i>madere</i> to be wet.] <def>Wet; moist; as, a <i>madid</i> eye.</def> [R.] <i>Beaconsfield.</i></p> <p><hw>||Mad`is*te"ri*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;.] <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>An instrument to extract hairs.</def></p> <p><hw>||Mad"joun</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Hind., fr. Ar. <i>ma'j&?;n</i>.] <def>An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; — used by the Turks and Hindoos.</def> [Written also <i>majoun</i>.]</p> <p><hw>Mad"ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [From <u>Mad</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad"man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Madmen</b></plw> (&?;). <def>A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.</def></p> <p><blockquote>When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things, he is mad. A <i>madman</i> is properly so defined.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p> <p><hw>Mad"nep</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The masterwort (<i>Peucedanum Ostruthium</i>).</def></p> <p><hw>Mad"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Mad</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn> <b>1.</b></sn> <def>The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.</def></p> <p><b>Syn.</b> — Insanity; distraction; derangement; craziness; lunacy; mania; frenzy; franticness; rage; aberration; alienation; monomania. See <u>Insanity</u>.</p> <p><hw>Ma*don"na</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. <i>madonna</i> my lady. See <u>Dame</u>, <u>Donna</u>, and cf. <u>Madame</u>, <u>Monkey</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>My lady; — a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of <i>Madame</i>, but for which <i>Signora</i> is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English.</def> <i>Shak.</i> </p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [<i>pl.</i> <u>Madonnas</u> (n&adot;z).] <def>A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).</def></p> <p><blockquote>The Italian painters are noted for drawing the <i>Madonnas</i> by their own wives or mistresses.</blockquote> <i>Rymer.</i></p> <p><hw>||Ma"do*qua</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A small Abyssinian antelope (<i>Neotragus Saltiana</i>), about the size of a hare.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma`drague"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [R.] <def>A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.</def> </p> <p><hw>Ma"dre*perl</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. <i>madreperla</i>.] <def>Mother-of- pearl.</def></p> <p><! p. 881 !></p> <p><hw>||Mad`re*po"ra</hw> (măd`r&esl;*pō"r&adot;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Madrepore</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.</def> — <wf>Mad`re*po"ral</wf> (#), <pos><i>a.</i></pos></p> <p><hw>||Mad`re*po*ra"ri*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Madrepore</u>.] <i> (Zoöl.)</i> <def>An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Anthozoa</u>.</def> — <wf>Mad`re*po*ra"ri*an</wf> (#), <pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos></p> <p><hw>Mad"re*pore</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>madrepore</i>, perh. fr. <i>madré</i> spotted, fr. OF. <i>madre</i>, <i>mazre</i>, a kind of knotty wood with brown spots, fr. OHG. <i>masar</i> a knot, grain, or vein in wood, a speck, G. <i>maser + pore</i> (see <u>Pore</u>); or perh. F. <i>madrépore</i> is rather from It. <i>madrepora</i>, and this perh. fr. It. <i>madre</i> mother (see <u>Mother</u>) + Gr. &?; a soft stone.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.</def></p> <p>{ <hw>Mad`re*po"ri*an</hw> (?), <hw>Mad`re*po"ric</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i> (Zoöl.)</i> <def>Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.</def></p> <p><col><b>Madreporic plate</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a perforated plate in echinoderms, through which water is admitted to the ambulacral tubes; — called also <i>madreporic tubercule</i>.</cd></p> <p><hw>Mad`re*po"ri*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Madrepore</i> + <i>-form</i>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Resembling a madreporian coral in form or structure.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad"re*po*rite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>madréporite</i>] <sn> <b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>A fossil coral.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The madreporic plate of echinoderms.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*drier"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., from Sp. <i>madero</i>, or Pg. <i>madeiro</i>, fr. Sp. <i>madera</i> wood for building, timber, Pg. <i>madeira</i>, L. <i>materia</i> stuff, materials, lumber. See <u>Matter</u>.] <def>A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes</def>; especially: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad"ri*gal</hw> (măd"r&ibreve;*g<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. <i>madrigale</i>, OIt. <i>madriale</i>, <i>mandriale</i> (cf. LL. <i>matriale</i>); of uncertain origin, possibly fr. It <i>mandra</i> flock, L. <i>mandra</i> stall, herd of cattle, Gr. <grk>ma`ndra</grk> fold, stable; hence, <i>madrigal</i>, originally, a pastoral song.] <sn><b>1.</b> </sn> <def>A little amorous poem, sometimes called a <i>pastoral poem</i>, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought.</def></p> <p><blockquote>Whose artful strains have oft delayed<BR> The huddling brook to hear his <i>madrigal</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See <u>Glee</u>.</def> </p> <p><hw>Mad"ri*gal*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A madrigalist.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad"ri*gal*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A composer of madrigals.</def></p> <p><hw>Mad`ri*le"ni*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Sp. <i>Madrileño</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants.</def> — <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Madrid.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma*dri"na</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp., prop., a godmother.] <def>An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.</def> [S. America]</p> <p><hw>Ma*dro"ña</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp. <i>madroño</i>.] <i>(Bot.) </i> <def>A small evergreen tree or shrub (<i>Arbutus Menziesii</i>), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called <i>madroña apples</i>.</def> [Written also <i>madroño</i>.]</p> <p><hw>Mad"wort`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of cruciferous plants (<i>Alyssum</i>) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. <i>A. maritimum</i> is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual.</def></p> <p>{ <hw>Mæg"bote`</hw>, <hw>Mag"bote`</hw> } (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>m&aemacr;g</i> kinsman + <i>bōt</i> compensation.] <i>(Anglo-Saxon Law)</i> <def>Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.</def> <i>Spelman.</i></p> <p><hw>Mael"strom</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Norw., a whirlpool.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Also Fig. ; as, a <i>maelstrom</i> of vice.</def></p> <p><hw>||Mæ"nad</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>Maenas</i>, <i>-adis</i>, Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. &?; to rave.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.</def> </p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A frantic or frenzied woman.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma`es*to"so</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & adv.</i></pos> [It.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Majestic or majestically; — a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.</def></p> <p><hw>Maes"tricht mon"i*tor</hw> (?). [So called from <i>Maestricht</i>, a town in Holland.] <i> (Paleon.)</i> <def>The <i>Mosasaurus Hofmanni</i>. See <u>Mosasaurus</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma*es"tro</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It., fr. L. <i>magister</i>. See <u>Master</u>.] <def>A master in any art, especially in music; a composer.</def></p> <p><hw>Maf"fle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Akin to OD. <i>maffelen</i> to stammer. Cf. <u>Muffle</u> to mumble.] <def>To stammer.</def> [Obs.]</p> <p><hw>Maf"fler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A stammerer.</def> [Obs.]</p> <p><hw>Mag`a*zine"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>magasin</i>, It. <i>magazzino</i>, or Sp. <i>magacen</i>, <i>almagacen</i>; all fr. Ar. <i>makhzan</i>, <i>almakhzan</i>, a storehouse, granary, or cellar.]</p> <p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.</def> "Armories and <i>magazines</i>." <i>Milton.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.</def></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.</def></p> <p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.</def></p> <p><col><b>Magazine dress</b></col>, <cd>clothing made chiefly of woolen, without anything metallic about it, to be worn in a powder magazine.</cd> — <col><b>Magazine gun</b></col>, <cd>a portable firearm, as a rifle, with a chamber carrying cartridges which are brought automatically into position for firing.</cd> — <col><b>Magazine stove</b></col>, <cd>a stove having a chamber for holding fuel which is supplied to the fire by some self-feeding process, as in the common base- burner.</cd></p> <p><hw>Mag`a*zine"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Magazined</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Magazining</u>.] <def>To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag`a*zin"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who edits or writes for a magazine.</def> [R.] <i>Goldsmith.</i></p> <p><hw>Mag`a*zin"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine.</def> [Colloq.] <i>Byron.</i></p> <p><hw>Mag`a*zin"ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who edits or writes for a magazine. </def> [R.]</p> <p><hw>Mag"bote`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Mægbote</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"da*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called <i>magdala red</i>, <i>naphthalene red</i>, etc.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"da*len</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From Mary <i>Magdalene</i>, traditionally reported to have been the repentant sinner forgiven by Christ. See <i>Luke</i> vii. 36.] <def>A reformed prostitute.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag*da"le*on</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?; crumb of bread, fr. &?; to knead.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"de*burg</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A city of Saxony.</def></p> <p><col><b>Magdeburg centuries</b></col>, <col><b>Magdeburg hemispheres</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Century</u>, and <u>Hemisphere</u>.</cd></p> <p><hw>Mage</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>mage</i>. See <u>Magi</u>.] <def>A magician.</def> [Archaic] <i>Spenser. Tennyson.</i></p> <p><hw>Mag`el*lan"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to, or named from, <i>Magellan</i>, the navigator.</def></p> <p><col><b>Magellenic clouds</b></col> <i>(Astron.)</i>, <cd>three conspicuous nebulæ near the south pole, resembling thin white clouds.</cd></p> <p><hw>Ma*gen"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; — so called from <i>Magenta</i>, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also <i>fuchsine</i>, <i>roseïne</i>, etc.</def></p> <p><hw>Magged</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>Worn; fretted; as, a <i>magged</i> brace.</def> <i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i></p> <p><hw>||Mag`gio"re</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [It., from L. <i>major</i>, compar. of <i>magnus</i> great. See <u>Major</u>.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to <i>minor</i>; major.</def> <i>Moore (Encyc. of Music).</i></p> <p><hw>Mag"got</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [W. <i>macai</i>, pl. <i>maceiod</i>, <i>magiod</i>, a worn or grub; cf. <i>magu</i> to bread.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The footless larva of any fly. See <u>Larval</u>.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A whim; an odd fancy.</def> <i>Hudibras. Tennyson.</i></p> <p><hw>Mag"got*i*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>State of being maggoty.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"got*ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of whims or fancies; maggoty.</def> </p> <p><hw>Mag"got-pie`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A magpie.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i> </p> <p><hw>Mag"got*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Infested with maggots.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Full of whims; capricious.</def> <i>Norris.</i></p> <p><hw>Ma"ghet</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Fl. <i>maghet</i> maid.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name for daisies and camomiles of several kinds.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma"gi</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [L., pl. of <i>Magus</i>, Gr. &?;; of Per. origin. Cf. <u>Mage</u>, <u>Magic</u>.] <def>A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East.</def></p> <p><blockquote>The inspired <i>Magi</i> from the Orient came.</blockquote> <i>Sandys.</i></p> <p><hw>Ma"gi*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the Magi.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma"gi*an</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One of the Magi, or priests of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia; an adherent of the Zoroastrian religion.</def> — <wf>Ma"gi*an*ism</wf> (#), <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p> <p><hw>Mag"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>magique</i>, L. <i>magice</i>, Gr. &?; (sc. &?;), fr. &?;. See <u>Magic</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and <u>Magi</u>.] <def>A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc.</def></p> <p><blockquote>An appearance made by some <i>magic</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p> <p><col><b>Celestial magic</b></col>, <cd>a supposed supernatural power which gave to spirits a kind of dominion over the planets, and to the planets an influence over men.</cd> — <col><b>Natural magic</b></col>, <cd>the art of employing the powers of nature to produce effects apparently supernatural.</cd> — <col><b>Superstitious</b></col>, or <col><b>Geotic</b></col>, <col> <b>magic</b></col>, <cd>the invocation of devils or demons, involving the supposition of some tacit or express agreement between them and human beings.</cd></p> <p><b>Syn.</b> — Sorcery; witchcraft; necromancy; conjuration; enchantment.</p> <p>{ <hw>Mag"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Mag"ic*al</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>magicus</i>, Gr. &?;, fr. &?;: cf. F. <i>magique</i>. See <u>Magi</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a <i>magic</i> lantern; a <i>magic</i> square or circle.</def></p> <p><blockquote>The painter's <i>magic</i> skill.</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p> <p>&fist; Although with certain words <i>magic</i> is used more than <i>magical</i>, — as, <i>magic</i> circle, <i>magic</i> square, <i>magic</i> wand, — we may in general say <i>magic</i> or <i>magical</i>; as, a <i>magic</i> or <i>magical</i> effect; a <i>magic</i> or <i>magical</i> influence, etc. But when the adjective is predicative, <i>magical</i>, and not <i>magic</i>, is used; as, the effect was <i>magical</i>.</p> <p><col><b>Magic circle</b></col>, <cd>a series of concentric circles containing the numbers 12 to 75 in eight radii, and having somewhat similar properties to the magic square.</cd> — <col> <b>Magic humming bird</b></col> <i>(Zoöl.)</i>, <cd>a Mexican humming bird (<i>Iache magica</i>) , having white downy thing tufts.</cd> — <col><b>Magic lantern</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Lantern</u>.</cd> — <col><b>Magic square</b></col>, <cd>numbers so disposed in parallel and equal rows in the form of a square, that each row, taken vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, shall give the same sum, the same product, or an harmonical series, according as the numbers taken are in arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonical progression.</cd> — <col><b>Magic wand</b> </col>, <cd>a wand used by a magician in performing feats of magic.</cd></p> <p><hw>Mag"ic*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic.</def></p> <p><hw>Ma*gi"cian</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>magicien</i>. See <u>Magic</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.</def></p> <p>{ <hw>Ma*gilp"</hw> (?), <hw>Ma*gilph"</hw> (?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Paint.)</i> <def>See <u>Megilp</u>.</def></p> <p><hw>||Ma*gis"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. See <u>Master</u>.] <def>Master; sir; — a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag`is*te"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>magisterius</i> magisterial. See <u>Master</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic.</def></p> <p><blockquote>When <i>magisterial</i> duties from his home<BR> Her father called. </blockquote> <i>Glover.</i></p> <p><blockquote>We are not <i>magisterial</i> in opinions, nor, dictator-like, obtrude our notions on any man.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p> <p><blockquote>Pretenses go a great way with men that take fair words and <i>magisterial</i> looks for current payment.</blockquote> <i>L'Estrange.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Alchem. & Old Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. See <u>Magistery</u>, 2.</def></p> <p><b>Syn.</b> — Authoritative; stately; august; pompous; dignified; lofty; commanding; imperious; lordly; proud; haughty; domineering; despotic; dogmatical; arrogant. — <u>Magisterial</u>, <u>Dogmatical</u>, <u>Arrogant</u>. One who is <i>magisterial</i> assumes the air of a master toward his pupils; one who is <i>dogmatical</i> lays down his positions in a tone of authority or dictation; one who is <i>arrogant</i> in sults others by an undue assumption of superiority. Those who have long been teachers sometimes acquire, unconsciously, a manner which borders too much on the <i>magisterial</i>, and may be unjustly construed as <i>dogmatical</i>, or even <i>arrogant</i>.</p> <p><hw>Mag`is*te`ri*al"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Magisterialness; authoritativeness.</def> [R.] <i>Fuller.</i></p> <p><hw>Mag`is*te"ri*al*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a magisterial manner.</def> </p> <p><hw>Mag`is*te"ri*al*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of being magisterial.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"is*ter*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>magisterium</i> the office of a chief, president, director, tutor. See <u>Magistrate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy.</def> [Obs.] <i>Holland.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A magisterial injunction.</def> [R.] <i>Brougham.</i></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; — applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, <i>magistery</i> of bismuth.</def> <i>Ure.</i></p> <p><hw>Mag"is*tra*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Magistracies</b> </plw> (#). [From <u>Magistrate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The office or dignity of a magistrate.</def> <i>Blackstone.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The collective body of magistrates.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"is*tral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>magistralis</i>: cf. F. <i>magistral</i>. See <u>Magistrate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a <i>magistral</i> sirup.</def> "Some <i>magistral</i> opiate." <i>Bacon. </i></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Pharmacy)</i> <def>Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; — opposed to <i>officinal</i>, and said of prescriptions and medicines.</def> <i>Dunglison. </i></p> <p><col><b>Magistral line</b></col> <i>(Fort.)</i>, <cd>the guiding line, or outline, by which the form of the work is determined. It is usually the crest line of the parapet in fieldworks, or the top line of the escarp in permanent fortifications.</cd></p> <p><hw>Mag"is*tral</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A sovereign medicine or remedy.</def> [Obs.] <i>Burton.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A magistral line.</def></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Metal.)</i> <def>Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag`is*tral"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>-ties</b></plw> (&?;). <def>Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism.</def> <i>Bacon.</i></p> <p><hw>Mag"is*tral*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a magistral manner.</def> <i>Abp. Bramhall.</i></p> <p><hw>Mag"is*trate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>magistratus</i>, fr. <i>magister</i> master: cf. F. <i>magistrat</i>. See <u>Master</u>.] <def>A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it. </def> "All Christian rulers and <i>magistrates</i>." <i>Book of Com. Prayer.</i></p> <p><blockquote>Of <i>magistrates</i> some also are supreme, in whom the sovereign power of the state resides; others are subordinate.</blockquote> <i>Blackstone.</i></p> <p>{ <hw>Mag`is*trat"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Mag`is*trat"ic*al</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.</def> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p> <p><hw>Mag"is*tra`ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>magistrature</i>.] <def>Magistracy.</def> [Obs.]</p> <p><hw>||Mag"ma</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to squeeze, knead.] <sn> <b>1.</b></sn> <def>Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste. </def> <i>Ure.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A salve or confection of thick consistency.</def> <i>Dunglison.</i></p> <p><! p. 882 !></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Geol.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The glassy base of an eruptive rock.</def></p> <p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the <i>magma</i> of porphyry.</def></p> <p><hw>||Mag"na Char"ta</hw> (?). [L., great charter.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The great Charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from King John, <u>A. D.</u> 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and confirmed by Edward I.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, a fundamental constitution which guaranties rights and privileges.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag*nal"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>magnalis</i> mighty, fr. <i>magnus</i> great.] <def>A great act or event; a great attainment.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T. Browne. </i></p> <p><hw>Mag`na*nim"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>magnanimité</i>, L. <i>magnanimitas</i>.] <def>The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag*nan"i*mous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>[L. <i>magnanimus</i>; <i>magnus</i> great + <i>animus</i> mind. See <u>Magnate</u>, and <u>Animus</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a <i>magnanimous</i> character; a <i>magnanimous</i> conqueror.</def></p> <p><blockquote>Be <i>magnanimous</i> in the enterprise.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p> <p><blockquote>To give a kingdom hath been thought<BR> Greater and nobler done, and to lay down<BR> Far more <i>magnanimous</i> than to assume.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish.</def></p> <p><blockquote>Both strived for death; <i>magnanimous</i> debate.</blockquote> <i>Stirling.</i> </p> <p><blockquote>There is an indissoluble union between a <i>magnanimous</i> policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.</blockquote> <i>Washington.</i></p> <p><hw>Mag*nan"i*mous*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"nase black`</hw> (?). <i>(Paint.)</i> <def>A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body.</def> <i>Fairholt.</i></p> <p><hw>Mag"nate</hw> (?), [F. <i>magnat</i>, L. (pl.) <i>magnates</i>, <i>magnati</i>, fr. <i>magnus</i> great. See <u>Master</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere.</def> <i>Macaulay.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One of the nobility, or certain high officers of state belonging to the noble estate in the national representation of Hungary, and formerly of Poland.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"nes</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <def>Magnet.</def> [Obs.] <i>Spenser.</i> </p> <p><hw>Mag*ne"si*a</hw> (?; 277), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>Magnesia</i>, fem. of <i>Magnesius</i> of the country Magnesia, Gr. <grk>h` Magnhsi`a li`qos</grk> a magnet. Cf. <u>Magnet</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See <u>Magnesium</u>. </def></p> <p><col><b>Magnesia alba</b></col> [L.] <i>(Med. Chem.)</i>, <cd>a bulky white amorphous substance, consisting of a hydrous basic carbonate of magnesium, and used as a mild cathartic.</cd> </p> <p><hw>Mag*ne"sian</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to, characterized by, or containing, magnesia or magnesium.</def></p> <p><col><b>Magnesian limestone</b></col>. <i>(Min.)</i> <cd>See <u>Dolomite</u>.</cd></p> <p><hw>Mag*ne"sic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, magnesium; as, <i>magnesic</i> oxide.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"ne*site</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>magnésite</i>.] <i>(Min.) </i> <def>Native magnesium carbonate occurring in white compact or granular masses, and also in rhombohedral crystals.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag*ne"si*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. & F. See <u>Magnesia</u>.] <i> (Chem.)</i> <def>A light silver-white metallic element, malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the so-called <i>magnesium light</i>) which is used in signaling, in pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight, 24.4. Specific gravity, 1.75.</def></p> <p><col><b>Magnesium sulphate</b></col>. <i>(Chem.)</i> <cd>Same as <u>Epsom salts</u>. </cd></p> <p><hw>Mag"net</hw> (măg"n&ebreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>magnete</i>, OF. <i>magnete</i>, L. <i>magnes</i>, <i>- etis</i>, Gr. <grk>Magnh^tis li`qos</grk> a magnet, metal that looked like silver, prop., Magnesian stone, fr. Gr. <grk>Magnhsi`a</grk>, a country in Thessaly. Cf. <u>Magnesia</u>, <u>Manganese</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; — called also <i>natural magnet</i>.</def></p> <p><blockquote>Dinocrates began to make the arched roof of the temple of Arsinoë all of <i>magnet</i>, or this loadstone.</blockquote> <i>Holland.</i></p> <p><blockquote>Two <i>magnets</i>, heaven and earth, allure to bliss,<BR> The larger loadstone that, the nearer this.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; — called, in distinction from the loadstone, an <i>artificial magnet</i>.</def></p> <p>&fist; An artificial magnet, produced by the action of a voltaic or electrical battery, is called an <i>electro-magnet</i>.</p> <p><col><b>Field magnet</b></col> <i>(Physics & Elec.)</i>, <cd>a magnet used for producing and maintaining a magnetic field; — used especially of the stationary or exciting magnet of a dynamo or electromotor in distinction from that of the moving portion or armature.</cd></p> <p>{ <hw>Mag*net"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Mag*net"ic*al</hw> (?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>magneticus</i>: cf. F. <i>magnétique</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a <i>magnetic</i> bar of iron; a <i>magnetic</i> needle.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the <i>magnetic</i> north; the <i>magnetic</i> meridian.</def></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the <i>magnetic</i> metals.</def></p> <p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment.</def></p> <p><blockquote>She that had all <i>magnetic</i> force alone.</blockquote> <i>Donne.</i></p> <p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a <i>magnetic</i> sleep. See <u>Magnetism</u>.</def></p> <p><col><b>Magnetic amplitude</b></col>, <col><b>attraction</b></col>, <col><b>dip</b></col>, <col><b>induction</b></col>, <cd>etc. See under <u>Amplitude</u>, <u>Attraction</u>, etc.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic battery</b></col>, <cd>a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with great power.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic compensator</b></col>, <cd>a contrivance connected with a ship's compass for compensating or neutralizing the effect of the iron of the ship upon the needle.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic curves</b> </col>, <cd>curves indicating lines of magnetic force, as in the arrangement of iron filings between the poles of a powerful magnet.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic elements</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i> </sd> <i>(Chem. Physics)</i> <cd>Those elements, as iron, nickel, cobalt, chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable or becoming magnetic.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Physics)</i> <cd>In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the declination, inclination, and intensity</cd>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>See under <u>Element</u>.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic equator</b></col>, <cd>the line around the equatorial parts of the earth at which there is no dip, the dipping needle being horizontal.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic field</b></col>, or <col><b>Field of magnetic force</b></col>, <cd>any space through which a magnet exerts its influence.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic fluid</b></col>, <cd>the hypothetical fluid whose existence was formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of magnetism.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic iron</b></col>, or <col><b>Magnetic iron ore</b></col>. <i>(Min.)</i> <cd>Same as <u>Magnetite</u>.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic needle</b></col>, <cd>a slender bar of steel, magnetized and suspended at its center on a sharp-pointed pivot, or by a delicate fiber, so that it may take freely the direction of the magnetic meridian. It constitutes the essential part of a compass, such as the mariner's and the surveyor's.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic poles</b></col>, <cd>the two points in the opposite polar regions of the earth at which the direction of the dipping needle is vertical.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic pyrites</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Pyrrhotite</u>.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic storm</b></col> <i>(Terrestrial Physics)</i>, <cd>a disturbance of the earth's magnetic force characterized by great and sudden changes.</cd> — <col><b>Magnetic telegraph</b> </col>, <cd>a telegraph acting by means of a magnet. See <u>Telegraph</u>.</cd></p> <p><hw>Mag*net"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A magnet.</def> [Obs.]</p> <p><blockquote>As the <i>magnetic</i> hardest iron draws.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag*net"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>By or as by, magnetism.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag*net"ic*al*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality of being magnetic.</def> </p> <p><hw>Mag`ne*ti"cian</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag*net"ic*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Magneticalness.</def> [Obs.]</p> <p><hw>Mag*net"ics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The science of magnetism.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag`net*if"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>magnes</i>, <i>-etis</i> + <i>- ferous</i>.] <def>Producing or conducting magnetism.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"net*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>magnétisme</i>.] <def>The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet.</def></p> <p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The science which treats of magnetic phenomena.</def></p> <p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.</def> "By the <i>magnetism</i> of interest our affections are irresistibly attracted." <i>Glanvill.</i></p> <p><col><b>Animal magnetism</b></col>, <cd>a force, more or less analogous to magnetism, which, it has been alleged, is produced in animal tissues, and passes from one body to another with or without actual contact. The existence of such a force, and its potentiality for the cure of disease, were asserted by Mesmer in 1775. His theories and methods were afterwards called <i>mesmerism</i>, a name which has been popularly applied to theories and claims not put forward by Mesmer himself. See <u>Mesmerism</u>, <u>Biology</u>, <u>Od</u>, <u>Hypnotism</u>.</cd> — <col> <b>Terrestrial magnetism</b></col>, <cd>the magnetic force exerted by the earth, and recognized by its effect upon magnetized needles and bars.</cd></p> <p><hw>Mag"net*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One versed in magnetism.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"net*ite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Min.)</i> <def>An oxide of iron (Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being then called <i>loadstone</i>. It is an important iron ore. Called also <i>magnetic iron</i>.</def></p> <p><hw>Mag"net*i`za*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of being magnetized. </def></p> <p><hw>Mag`net*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized.</def></p>
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