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Mangosteen
MANGOSTEE'N, n. A tree of the East Indies, of the genus Garcinia, so called from Dr. Garcin, who described it. The tree grows to the highth of 18 feet, and bears fruit of the size of a crab apple, the pulp of which is very delicious food.
Mangrove
MAN'GROVE, noun A tree of the East and West Indies, otherwise called mangle, and of the genus Rhizophora. One species, the black mangle, grows in waters on the sides of rivers. The red mangrove does not grow in water. Its wood is of a deep red color, compact and heavy. The soft part of the bark of the white mangrove is formed into ropes.
1. The name of a fish.
Mangy
MANGY, adjective [from mange.] Scabby; infected with the mange.
Manhater
MAN'HATER, noun [man and hate.] One who hates mankind; a misanthrope.
Manhood
MAN'HOOD, noun [man and hood.] The state of one who is a man, of an adult male, or one who is advanced beyond puberty, boyhood or childhood; virility.
1. Virility; as opposed to womanhood.
2. Human nature; as the manhood of Christ.
3. The qualities of a man; courage; bravery; resolution. [Little used.]
Mania
MA'NIA, noun [Latin and Gr.] Madness.
Maniable
MAN'IABLE, adjective Manageable; tractable. [Not in use.]
Maniac
MA'NIAC, adjective [Latin maniacus.] Mad; raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect.
MA'NIAC, noun A madman; one raving with madness.
Maniacal
MANI'ACAL, adjective Affected with madness.
Manichean
MANICHE'AN, adjective Pertaining to the Manichees.
MANICHE'AN', noun One of a sect in Persia, who maintained that there are two supreme principles, the one good, the other evil, which produce all the happiness and calamities of the world. The first principle, or light, they held to be the author of all good; the second, or darkness, the author of all evil. The founder of the sect was Manes.
Manicheism
MAN'ICHEISM, noun [supra.] The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained by the Manichees.
Manichord
MAN'ICHORD
MAN'ICON, noun A species of nightshade.
Manicon
MAN'ICON, n. A species of nightshade.
Manicordon
MANICORD'ON, noun A musical instrument in the form of a spinet, whose strings, like those of the clavichord, are covered with little pieces of cloth to deaden and soften their sounds; whence it is called the dumb spinet.
Manifest
MAN'IFEST, adjective [Latin manifestus.]
1. Plain, open, clearly visible to the eye or obvious to the understanding; apparent; not obscure or difficult to be seen or understood. From the testimony, the truth we conceive to be manifest
Thus manifest to sight the god appeared.
That which may be known of God is manifest in them. .
2. Detected; with of.
Calistho there stood manifest of shame. [Unusual.]
MAN'IFEST, noun An invoice of a cargo of goods, imported or laden for export, to be exhibited at the custom-house by the master of the vessel, or the owner or shipper.
MAN'IFEST
Manifestation
MANIFESTA'TION, noun The act of disclosing what is secret, unseen or obscure; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; the exhibition of any thing by clear evidence; display; as the manifestation of God's power in creation, or of his benevolence in redemption.
The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed, requires this public manifestation of them at the great day.
Manifested
MAN'IFESTED, participle passive Made clear; disclosed; made apparent, obvious or evident.
Manifestible
MANIFEST'IBLE, adjective That may be made evident.
Manifesting
MAN'IFESTING, participle present tense Showing clearly; making evident; disclosing, displaying.
Manifestly
MAN'IFESTLY, adverb Clearly; evidently; plainly; in a manner to be clearly seen or understood.
Manifestness
MAN'IFESTNESS, noun Clearness to the sight or mind; obviousness.
MANIFESTO. [See Manifest.]
Manifesto
MANIFEST'O, noun [Latin manifestus, manifest.] A public declaration, usually of a prince or sovereign, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives; as a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives. [Manifesto only is now used.]
MAN'IFEST, verb transitive [Latin manifesto ] To reveal; to make to appear; to show plainly; to make public; to disclose to the eye or to the understanding.
Nothing is hid, which shall not be manifested. .
He that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. .
Thy life did manifest thou lov'dst me not.
1. To display; to exhibit more clearly to the view. The wisdom of God is manifested in the order and harmony of creation.
Manifold
MAN'IFOLD, adjective [many and fold.] Of divers kinds; many in number; numerous; multiplied.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! .
I know your manifold transgressions. .
1. Exhibited or appearing at divers times or in various ways; applied to words in the singular number; as the manifold wisdom of God, or his manifold grace. . .
Manifolded
MAN'IFOLDED, adjective Having many doublings or complications; as a manifolded shield. [Not used.]
Manifoldly
MAN'IFOLDLY, adverb In a manifold manner; in many ways.
Manifoldness
MAN'IFOLDNESS, noun Multiplicity.
Maniglions
MANIG'LIONS, noun In gunnery, two handles on the back of a piece of ordnance, after the German way of casting.
Manihoc
MA'NIHOC
MA'NIHOT, noun A plant of the genus Jatropha, or Cassada plant. It has palmated leaves, with entire lobes. Manioc is an acrid plant, but from its root is extracted a pleasant nourishing substance, called cassava. This is obtained by grating the root, and pressing out the juice, which is an acrid and noxious poison. The substance is then dried and baked, or roasted on a plate of hot iron.
Manikin
MAN'IKIN, noun A little man.
Manil
MAN'IL
MANIL'LA, noun [Latin manus.] A ring or bracelet worn by persons in Africa.
Manilla
MANIL'LA, n. [L. manus.] A ring or bracelet worn by persons in Africa.
Manioc
MA'NIOC
MAN'IPLE, noun [Latin manipulus, a handful. Qu. Latin manus and the Teutonic full.]
1. A handful.
2. A small band of soldiers; a word applied only to Roman troops.
3. A fanon, or kind of ornament worn about the arm of a mass priest; or a garment worn by the Romish priests when they officiate.
Maniple
MAN'IPLE, n. [L. manipulus, a handful. Qu.L. manus and the Teutonic full.] 1. A handful.2. A small band of soldiers; a word applied only to Roman troops.3. A fanon, or kind of ornament worn about the arm of a mass priest; or a garment worn by the Romish priests when they officiate.
Manipular
MANIP'ULAR, adjective Pertaining to the maniple.
Manipulation
MANIPULA'TION, noun [Latin manipulus, supra.] In general, work by hand; manual operation; as in mining, the manner of digging ore; in chimistry, the operation of preparing substances for experiments; in pharmacy, the preparation of drugs.
Mankiller
MAN'KILLER, noun [man and kill.] One who slays a man.
Mankilling
MAN'KILLING, adjective Used to kill men.
Mankind
MANKIND, noun [man and kind.] This word admits the accent either on the first or second syllable; the distinction of accent being inconsiderable.]
1. The race or species of human beings.
The proper study of mankind is man.
2. A male, or the males of the human race.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind. .
MANKIND, adjective Resembling man in form, not woman.
Manless
MAN'LESS, adjective [man and less.] Destitute of men; not manned; as a boat. [Little used.]
Manlike
MAN'LIKE, adjective Having the proper qualities of a man.
1. Of man's nature.
Manliness
MAN'LINESS, noun [from manly.] The qualities of a man; dignity; bravery; boldness.
Manling
MAN'LING, noun A little man.
Manly
MAN'LY, adjective [man and like.] Manlike; becoming a man; firm; brave; undaunted.
Serene and manly hardened to sustain
The load of life--
1. Dignified; noble; stately.
He moves with manly grace.
2. Pertaining to the adult age of man; as a manly voice.
3. Not boyish or womanish; as a manly stride.
Manna
MAN'NA, noun
1. A substance miraculously furnished as food for the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia. .
Josephus, Ant.B.3.1. considers the Hebrew word man, to signify what. In conformity with this idea, the seventy translate the passage, :15. what is this? which rendering seems to accord with the following words, for they knew not what it was. And in the Encyclopedia, the translators are charged with making Moses fall into a plain contradiction. Art. manna But Christ and his apostles confirm the common version:'Not as your fathers ate manna and are dead.' . . And we have other evidence, that the present version is correct; for in the same chapter, Moses directed Aaron to 'take a pot and put a homer full of manna therein.' Now it would be strange language to say, put an homer full of what, or what is it. So also verse 35. 'The children of Israel ate manna forty years, etc.' In both verses, the Hebrew word is the same as in verse 15.
2. In the materia medica, the juice of a certain tree of the ash-kind, the Fraxinus ornus, or flowering ash a native of Sicily, Calabria, and other parts of the south of Europe. It is either naturally concreted, or exsiccated and purified by art. The best manna is in oblong pieces or flakes of a whitish or pale yellow color, light, friable, and somewhat transparent. It is a mild laxative.
Manner
MAN'NER, noun [Latin manus, the hand.]
1. Form; method; way of performing or executing.
Find thou the manner and the means prepare.
2. Custom; habitual practice.
Show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. This will be the manner of the king. .
Paul, as his manner was--.
3. Sort; kind.
Ye tithe mint and rue, and all manner of herbs. .
They shall say all manner of evil against you falsely--.
In this application, manner has the sense of a plural word; all sorts or kinds.
4. Certain degree or measure. It is in a manner done already.
The bread is in a manner common. .
This use may also be sometimes defined by sort or fashion; as we say, a thing is done after a sort or fashion, that is, not well, fully or perfectly.
Augustinus does in a manner confess the charge.
5. Mien; cast of look; mode.
Air and manner are more expressive than words.
6. Peculiar way or carriage; distinct mode.
It can hardly be imagined how great a difference was in the humor, disposition and manner of the army under Essex and that under Waller.
A man's company may be known by his manner of expressing himself.
7. Way; mode; of things.
The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner
8. Way of service or worship.
The nations which thou hast removed and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the god of the land--.
9. In painting, the particular habit of a painter in managing colors, lights and shades.
MAN'NER, verb transitive To instruct in manners.
Mannerism
MAN'NERISM, noun Adherence to the same manner; uniformity of manner.
Mannerist
MAN'NERIST, noun An artist who performs his work in one unvaried manner.
Mannerliness
MAN'NERLINESS, noun The quality of being civil and respectful in behavior; civility; complaisance.
Mannerly
MAN'NERLY, adjective Decent in external deportment; civil; respectful; complaisant; not rude or vulgar.
What thou think'st meet and is most mannerly
MAN'NERLY, adverb With civility; respectfully; without rudeness.
Manners
MAN'NERS, noun plural Deportment; carriage; behavior; conduct; course of life; in a moral sense.
Evil communications corrupt good manners .
1. Ceremonious behavior; civility; decent and respectful deportment.
Shall we, in our applications to the great God, take that to be religion, which the common reason of mankind will not allow to be manners?
2. A bow or courtesy; as, make your manners; a popular use of the word.
Mannish
MAN'NISH, adjective [from man.] Having the appearance of a man; bold; masculine; as a mannish countenance.
A woman impudent and mannish grown.
Manometer
MANOM'ETER, noun [Gr. measure.] An instrument to measure or show the alterations in the rarity or density of the air.
Manometrical
MANOMET'RICAL, adjective Pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.
Manor
MAN'OR, noun [Latin maneo, to abide.] The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage formerly kept in his own hands for the use and subsistence of his family. In these days, a manor rather signifies the jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal, than the land or site; for a man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the right and interest of a court-baron, with the perquisites thereto belonging.
Manor-House
MAN'OR-HOUSE
MAN'OR-SEAT, noun The house belonging to a manor.
Manor-Seat
MAN'OR-SEAT, n. The house belonging to a manor.
Manorial
MANO'RIAL
MANE'RIAL, adjective Pertaining to a manor.
They have no civil liberty; their children belong not to them, but to their manorial lord.
Manpleaser
MAN'PLEASER, noun [man and pleaser.] One who pleases men, or one who takes uncommon pains to gain the favor of men.
Manqueller
MAN'QUELLER, noun [man and quell.]
A mankiller; a manslayer; a murderer. [Not used.]
Manse
MANSE, noun mans. [Latin mansio, from maneo, to abide.]
1. A house or habitation; particularly, a parsonage house. A capital manse is the manor-house or lord's court.
2. A farm.
Manservant
MAN'SERVANT, noun A male servant.
Mansion
MAN'SION, noun [Latin mansio, from maneo, to dwell.]
1. Any place of residence; a house; a habitation.
Thy mansion wants thee, Adam, rise.
In my Father's house are many mansions. .
2. The house of the lord of a manor.
3. Residence; above.
These poets near our princes sleep,
And in one grave their mansions keep.
MAN'SION, verb intransitive To dwell; to reside.
Mansion-House
MAN'SION-HOUSE, noun The house in which one resides; an inhabited house.
Mansionary
MAN'SIONARY, adjective Resident; residentiary; as mansionary canons.
Mansionry
MAN'SIONRY, noun A place of residence. [Not used.]
Manslaughter
MAN'SLAUGHTER, noun [man and slaughter. See Slay.]
1. In a general sense, the killing of a man or of men; destruction of the human species; murder.
2. In law, the unlawful killing of a man without malice, express or implied. This may be voluntary, upon a sudden heat or excitement of anger; or involuntary, but in the commission of some unlawful act. manslaughter differs from murder in not proceeding from malice prepense or deliberate, which is essential to constitute murder. It differs from homicide excusable, being done in consequence of some unlawful act, whereas excusable homicide happens in consequence of misadventure.
Manslayer
MAN'SLAYER, noun One that has slain a human being. The Israelites had cities of refuge for manslayers.
Manstealer
MAN'STEALER, noun One who steals and sells men.
Manstealing
MAN'STEALING, noun The act of stealing a human being.
Mansuete
MAN'SUETE, adjective [Latin mansuetus.] Tame; gentle; not wild or ferocious. [Little used.]
Mansuetude
MAN'SUETUDE, noun [Latin mansuetudo.] Tameness; mildness; gentleness.
Manta
MAN'TA, noun A flat fish that is very troublesome to pearlfishers.
Mantel
MANTEL. [See Mantle.]
Mantelet
MAN'TELET
MANT'IGER, rather mantichor, or manticor, noun [Latin manticora, mantichora.] A large monkey or baboon.
Mantle
MAN'TLE, noun [Gr. a cloke.]
1. A kind of cloke or loose garment to be worn over other garments.
The herald and children are clothed with mantles of satin.
2. A cover.
Well covered with the night's black mantle
3. A cover; that which conceals; as the mantle of charity.
MAN'TLE, verb transitive To cloke; to cover; to disguise.
So the rising senses
Begin to chase th'ignorant fumes, that mantle
Their clearer reason.
MAN'TLE, verb intransitive To expand; to spread.
The swan with arched neck
Between her white wings mantling, rows
Her state with oary feet.
1. To joy; to revel.
My frail fancy, fed with full delights,
Doth bathe in bliss, and mantleth most at ease.
2. To be expanded; to be spread or extended.
He gave the mantling vine to grow,
A trophy to his love.
3. To gather over and form a cover; to collect on the surface, as a covering.
There is a sort of men, whose visages
Do cream and mantle like a standing pond.
And the brain dances to the mantling bowl.
4. To rush to the face and cover it with a crimson color.
When mantling blood
Flow'd in his lovely cheeks.
[Fermentation cannot be deduced from mangling, otherwise than as a secondary sense.]
Mantle-Piece
MAN'TLE-PIECE
MAN'TLE-SHELF, noun The work over a fire-place, in front of the chimney.
Mantle-Tree
MAN'TLE-TREE, noun The piece of timber or stone in front of a chimney, over the fire-place, resting on the jambs.
[This word, according to Johnson, signifies the work over the fire-place, which we call a mantle-piece.]
Mantlet
MANT'LET, noun [dim. of mantle.] A small cloke worn by women.
1. In fortification, a kind of movable parapet or penthouse, made of planks, nailed one over another to the highth of almost six feet, cased with tin and set on wheels. In a siege, this is driven before pioneers, to protect them from the enemy's small shot.
Mantling
MANT'LING, noun In heraldry, the representation of a mantle, or the drapery of a coat of arms.
Manto
MAN'TO, noun A robe; a cloke.
Mantology
MANTOL'OGY, noun [Gr. divination, and discourse.] The act or art of divination or prophesying. [Little used.]
Mantua
MAN'TUA, noun A lady's gown.
Mantua-Maker
MAN'TUA-MAKER, noun One who makes gowns for ladies.
Manual
MAN'UAL, adjective [Latin manualis, from manus, the hand.]
1. Performed by the hand; as manual labor or operation.
2. Used or made by the hand; as a deed under the king's sign manual
MAN'UAL, noun A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; as a manual of laws.
1. The service book of the Romish church.
Manual exercise, in the military art, the exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms.
Manuary
MAN'UARY, adjective Done by the hand. [Not used.]
Manubial
MANU'BIAL, adjective [Latin manubialis, from manubioe, spoils.]
Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Little used.]
Manuduction
MANUDUC'TION, noun [Latin manus, hand, and ductio, a leading.]
Guidance by the hand.
Manuductor
MANUDUC'TOR, noun [Latin manus, hand, and ductor, a leader.]
An officer in the ancient church, who gave the signal for the choir to sing, who beat time and regulated the music.
Manufactory
MANUFAC'TORY, noun [See Manufacture.]
A house or place where goods are manufactured.
Manufactural
MANUFAC'TURAL, adjective Pertaining or relating to manufactures.
Manufacture
MANUFAC'TURE, noun [Latin manus, hand, and facio, to make.]
1. The operation of making cloth, wares, utensils, paper, books, and whatever is used by man; the operation of reducing raw materials of any kind into a form suitable for use, by the hands, by art or machinery.
2. Any thing made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art; as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, cabinet work, sadlery, and the like.
MANUFAC'TURE, verb transitive To make or fabricate from raw materials, by the hand, by art or machinery, and work into forms convenient for use; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, or glass.
1. To work raw materials into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk or iron.
MANUFAC'TURE, verb intransitive To be occupied in manufactures.
Manufactured
MANUFAC'TURED, participle passive Made form raw materials into forms for use.
Manufacturer
MANUFAC'TURER, noun One who works raw materials into wares suitable for use.
1. One who employs workmen for manufacturing; the owner of a manufactory.
Manufacturing
MANUFAC'TURING, participle present tense Making goods and wares from raw materials.
Manumise
MANUMISE, for manumit, not used.
Manumission
MANUMIS'SION, noun [Latin manumissio. See Manumit.]
The act of liberating a slave from bondage, and giving him freedom.
Manumit
MAN'UMIT, verb transitive [Latin manumitto; manus, hand, and mitto, to send.]
To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.
Manumitted
MAN'UMITTED, participle passive Released from slavery.
Manumitting
MAN'UMITTING, participle present tense Liberating from personal bondage.
Manurable
MANU'RABLE, adjective [from manure.] That may be cultivated. This, though the original sense, is rarely or never used. The present sense of manure, would give the following signification.
1. That may be manured, or enriched by manure.
Manurage
MANU'RAGE, noun Cultivation. [Not used.]
Manurance
MANU'RANCE, noun Cultivation. [Not used.]
Manure
MANU'RE, verb transitive [Latin manus, hand, and ouvrer, to work, Latin operor.]
1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till.
[In this sense not now used.]
2. To apply to land any fertilizing matter, as dung, compost, ashes, lime, fish, or any vegetable or animal substance.
3. To fertilize; to enrich with nutritive substances.
The corps of half her senate
Manure the fields of Thessaly.
MANU'RE, noun Any matter which fertilizes land, as the contents of stables and barnyards, marl, ashes, fish, salt, and every kind of animal and vegetable substance applied to land, or capable of furnishing nutriment to plants.
Manured
MANU'RED, participle passive Dressed or overspread with a fertilizing substance.
Manurement
MANU'REMENT, noun Cultivation; improvement. [Little used.]
Manurer
MANU'RER, noun One that manures land.
Manuring
MANU'RING, participle present tense Dressing or overspreading land with manure; fertilizing.
MANU'RING, noun A dressing or spread of manure on land.
Manuscript
MAN'USCRIPT, noun [Latin manu scriptum, written with the hand.]
A book or paper written with the hand or pen.
MAN'USCRIPT, adjective Written with the hand; not printed.
Manutenency
MANUTEN'ENCY, noun Maintenance. [Not in use.]
Many
MANY, adjective men'ny.
1. Numerous; comprising a great number of individuals.
Thou shalt be a father of many nations. .
Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. .
MANY are the afflictions of the righteous. .
It is often preceded by as or so, and followed by so, indicating an equal number.
As many books as you take, so many shall be charged to your account.
So many laws argue so many sins.
It is followed by as.
As many as were willing-hearted brought bracelets. .
It precedes an or a, before a noun in the singular number.
Full many a gem of purest ray serene.
2. In low language, preceded by too, it denotes powerful or much; as, they are too many for us.
MANY, noun men'ny. A multitude; a great number of individuals; the people.
O thou fond many
The vulgar and the many are fit only to be led or driven.
MANY, noun men'ny. A retinue of servants; household.
Many-Cleft
MANY-CLEFT', adjective Multifid; having many fissures.
Many-Colored
MANY-COL'ORED, adjective Having many colors or hues.
Many-Cornered
MANY-COR'NERED, adjective Having many corners, or more than twelve; polygonal.
Many-Flowered
MANY-FLOW'ERED, adjective Having many flowers.
Many-Headed
MANY-HEAD'ED, adjective Having many heads; as a many-headed monster; many-headed tyranny.
Many-Languaged
MANY-LAN'GUAGED, adjective Having many languages.
Many-Leaved
MANY-LE'AVED, adjective Polyphyllous; having many leaves.
Many-Mastered
MANY-M'ASTERED, adjective Having many masters.
Many-Parted
MANY-P'ARTED, adjective Multipartite; divided into several parts; as a corol.
Many-Peopled
MANY-PE'OPLED, adjective Having a numerous population.
Many-Petaled
MANY-PET'ALED, adjective Having many petals.
Many-Twinkling
MANY-TWINK'LING, adjective Variously twinkling or gleaming.
Many-Valved
MANY-VALV'ED, adjective Multivalvular; having many valves.
Map
MAP, noun [Latin mappa, a cloth or towel, a Punic word.] A representation of the surface of the earth or of any part of it, drawn on paper or other material, exhibiting the lines of latitude and longitude, and the positions of countries, kingdoms, states, mountains, rivers, etc. A map of the earth, or of a large portion of it, comprehends a representation of land and water; but a representation of a continent or any portion of land only, is properly a map and a representation of the ocean only or any portion of it, is called a chart. We say, a map of England, of France, of Europe; but a chart of the Atlantic, of the Pacific, etc.
MAP, verb transitive To draw or delineate, as the figure of any portion of land.
Maple
MA'PLE
MAPLE-SU'GAR, noun Sugar obtained by evaporation from the juice of the rock maple
Maple-Tree
MA'PLE-TREE, noun A tree of the genus Acer, of several species. Of the sap of the rock maple, sugar is made in America, in great quantities, by evaporation.
Mappery
MAP'PERY, noun [from map.] The art of planning and designing maps.
Mar
M'AR, verb transitive [Latin marceo.]
1. To injure by cutting off a part, or by wounding and making defective; as, to mar a tree by incision.
I pray you, mar no more trees by writing songs in their barks.
Neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. .
2. To injure; to hurt; to impair the strength or purity of.
When brewers mar their malt with water.
3. To injure; to diminish; to interrupt.
But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.
4. To injure; to deform; to disfigure.
Ire, envy and despair
Marr'd all his borrow'd visage.
His visage was so marred more than any man. .
Moral evil alone mars the intellectual works of God.
[This word is not obsolete in America.]
MAR, in nightmar. [See Nightmar.]
M'AR, noun An injury.
1. A lake. [See Mere.]
Maracan
MAR'ACAN, noun A species of parrot in Brazil.
Maracock
MAR'ACOCK, noun A plant of the genus Passiflora.
Maranatha
MARANA'THA, noun The Lord comes or has come; a word used by the apostle Paul in expressing a curse. This word was used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, 'may the Lord come quickly to take vengeance on thee for thy crimes.'
Maranon
MAR'ANON, noun The proper name of a river in South America, the largest in the world; most absurdly called Amazon.
Marasmus
MARAS'MUS, noun [Gr. to cause to pine or waste away.]
Atrophy; a wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption.
Maraud
MARAUD', verb intransitive [Heb. to rebel; Latin cursus, curro.]
To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder.
Marauder
MARAUD'ER, noun A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; usually applied to small parties of soldiers.
Marauding
MARAUD'ING, participle present tense Roving in search of plunder.
MARAUD'ING, noun A roving for plunder; a plundering by invaders.
Maravedi
MARAVE'DI, noun A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mills American money, less than a farthing sterling.
Marble
M'ARBLE, noun [Latin marmor; Gr. white.]
1. The popular name of any species of calcarious stone or mineral, of a compact texture, and of a beautiful appearance, susceptible of a good polish. The varieties are numerous, and greatly diversified in color. marble is limestone, or a stone which may be calcined to lime, a carbonate of lime; but limestone is a more general name, comprehending the calcarious stones of an inferior texture, as well as those which admit a fine polish. marble is much used for statues, busts, pillars, chimney pieces, monuments, etc.
2. A little ball of marble or other stone, used by children in play.
3. A stone remarkable for some inscription or sculpture.
Arundel marbles,
Arundelian marbles, marble pieces with a chronicle of the city of Athens inscribed on them; presented to the university of Oxford, by Thomas, earl of Arundel.
M'ARBLE, adjective Made of marble; as a marble pillar.
1. Variegated in color; stained or veined like marble; as the marble cover of a book.
2. Hard; insensible; as a marble heart.
M'ARBLE, verb transitive To variegate in color; to cloud; to stain or vein like marble; as, to marble the cover of a book.
Marbled
M'ARBLED, participle passive Diversified in color; veined like marble.
Marbled-Hearted
M'ARBLED-HE'ARTED, adjective Having a heart like marble; hard hearted; cruel; insensible; incapable of being moved by pity, love or sympathy.
Marbling
M'ARBLING, participle present tense Variegating in colors; clouding or veining like marble.
M'ARBLING, noun The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble.
Marcasite
M'ARCASITE, noun A name which has been given to all sorts of minerals, to ores, pyrites, and semi-metals. It is now obsolete.
Marcasitic
MARCASIT'IC, adjective Pertaining to marcasite; of the nature of marcasite.
Marcescent
MARCES'CENT, adjective [Latin marcescens, marcesco.]
Withering; fading; decaying.
Marcessible
MARCES'SIBLE, adjective That may wither; liable to decay.
March
M'ARCH, noun [Latin Mars, the god of war.]
The third month of the year.
M'ARCH, verb intransitive To border on; to be contiguous to.
M'ARCH, verb intransitive [Latin marceo]
1. To move by steps and in order, as soldiers; to move in a military manner. We say, the army marched, or the troops marched.
2. To walk in a grave, deliberate or stately manner.
Like thee, great son of Jove, like thee,
When clad in rising majesty,
Thou marchest down o'er Delos' hills.
M'ARCH, verb transitive To cause to move, as an army. Buonaparte marched an immense army to Moscow, but he did not march them back to France.
1. To cause to move in order or regular procession.
M'ARCH, noun
1. The walk or movement of soldiers in order, whether infantry or cavalry. The troops were fatigued with a long march
2. A grave, deliberate or solemn walk.
The long majestic march
3. A slow or laborious march
4. A signal to move; a particular beat of the drum.
5. Movement; progression; advance, as the march of reason; the march of mind.
Marcher
M'ARCHER, noun The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.
Marches
M'ARCHES, noun plural Borders; limits; confines; as lord of the marches
Marching
M'ARCHING, participle present tense Moving or walking in order or in a stately manner.
M'ARCHING, noun Military movement; passage of troops.
Marchioness
M'ARCHIONESS, noun The wife or widow of a marquis; or a female having the rank and dignity of a marquis.
Marchpane
M'ARCHPANE, noun [Latin panis, bread.]
A kind of sweet bread or biscuit. [Not used.]
Marcid
M'ARCID, adjective [Latin marcidus, from marceo, to pine.]
Pining; wasted away; lean; withered.
Marcor
M'ARCOR, noun [Latin] The state of withering or wasting; leanness; waste of flesh. [Little used.]
Mare
MARE, noun The female of the horse, or equine genus of quadrupeds.
A kind or torpor or stagnation which seems to press the stomach in sleep; the incubus. [It is now used only in the compound, nightmare, which ought to be written nightmar.]
Mareca
MAR'ECA, noun A species of duck in South America.
Marena
MARE'NA, noun A kind of fish somewhat like a pilchard.
Mareschal
M'ARESCHAL, noun m'arshal. The chief commander of an army.
Margarate
M'ARGARATE, noun [Latin margarita, a pearl, from the Greek.]
In chimistry, a compound of margaric acid with a base.
Margaric
MARGAR'IC, adjective [supra.] Pertaining to pearl. The margaric acid is obtained by digesting soap made of hog's lard and potash, in water. It appears in the form of pearly scales.
Margarin
M'ARGARIN
M'ARGARINE, noun A peculiar pearl-like substance, extracted from hog's lard; called also margarite and margaric acid.
Margarine
M`ARGARINE, n. A peculiar pearl-like substance, extracted from hog's lard; called also margarite and margaric acid.
Margarite
M'ARGARITE, noun A pearl.
1. Margaric acid.
2. A mineral of a grayish white color found in Tyrol.
Margay
M'ARGAY, noun An American animal of the cat kind.
Margin
M'ARGIN, noun [Latin margo.]
1. A border; edge; brink; verge; as the margin of a river or lake.
2. The edge of the leaf or page of a book, left blank or filled with notes.
3. The edge of a wound.
4. In botany, the edge of a leaf.
M'ARGIN, verb transitive To furnish with a margin; to border.
1. To enter in the margin
Marginal
M'ARGINAL, adjective Pertaining to a margin.
1. Written or printed in the margin; as a marginal note or gloss.
Marginally
M'ARGINALLY, adverb In the margin of a book.
Marginated
M'ARGINATED, adjective Having a margin.
Margode
M'ARGODE, noun A bluish gray stone, resembling clay in external appearance, but so hard as to cut spars and zeolites.
Margot
M'ARGOT, noun A fish of the perch kind, found in the waters of Carolina.
Margrave
M'ARGRAVE, noun Originally, a lord or keeper of the marches or borders; now a title of nobility in Germany, etc.
Margraviate
MARGRA'VIATE, noun The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.
Mariets
MAR'IETS, noun A kind of violet, [violae marianae.]
Marigenous
MARIG'ENOUS, adjective [Latin mare, the sea, and gigno, to produce.]
Produced in or by the sea.
Marigold
MAR'IGOLD, noun A plant of the genus Calendula, bearing a yellow flower. There are several plants of different genera bearing this name; as the African marigold of the genus Tagetes; corn-marigold, of the genus Chrysanthemum; fig-marigold, of the genus Mesembryanthemum; marsh-marigold, of the genus Caltha.
Marikin
MAR'IKIN, noun A species of monkey having a mane.
Marinate
MAR'INATE, verb transitive To salt or pickle fish, and then preserve them in oil or vinegar. [Little used.]
Marine
MARINE, adjective [Latin marinus, from mare, the sea.]
1. Pertaining to the sea; as marine productions or bodies; marine shells.
2. Transacted at sea; done on the ocean; as a marine engagement.
3. Doing duty on the sea; as a marine officer; marine forces.
MARINE, noun A soldier that serves on board of a ship in naval engagements. In the plural, marines, a body of troops trained to do military service on board of ships.
1. The whole navy of a kingdom or state.
2. The whole economy of naval affairs, comprehending the building, rigging, equipping, navigating and management of ships of war in engagements.
Mariner
MAR'INER, noun [Latin mare, the sea.] A seaman or sailor; one whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships.
Mariput
MAR'IPUT, noun The zoril, an animal of the skunk tribe.
Marish
MAR'ISH, noun [Latin mare.] Low ground, wet or covered with water and coarse grass; a fen; a bog; a moor. It is now written marsh, which see.
MAR'ISH, adjective Morry; fenny; boggy.
Marital
MAR'ITAL, adjective [Latin maritus.] Pertaining to a husband.
Maritime
MAR'ITIME, adjective [Latin maritimus, from mare, the sea.]
1. Relating or pertaining to the sea or ocean; as maritime affairs.
2. Performed on the sea; naval; as maritime service.
3. Bordering on the sea; as a maritime coast.
4. Situated near the sea; as maritime towns.
5. Having a navy and commerce by sea; as maritime powers.
Maritimal is not now used.
[Note. We never say, a maritime body, a maritime shell or production, a maritime officer or engagement, a maritime league. See Marine.]
Marjoram
M'ARJORAM, noun A plant of the genus Origanum, of several species. The sweet marjoram is peculiarly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The Spanish marjoram is of the genus Urtica.
Mark
M'ARK, noun [Latin mercor, the primary sense of which is to go, to pass; Gr. to pass; Eng. fair, and fare.]
1. A visible line made by drawing one substance on another; as a mark made by chalk or charcoal, or a pen.
2. A line, groove or depression made by stamping or cutting; an incision; a channel or impression; as the mark of a chisel, of a stamp, of a rod or whip; the mark of the finger or foot.
3. Any note or sign of distinction.
The Lord set a mark upon Cain. .
4. Any visible effect of force or agency.
There are scarce any marks left of a subterraneous fire.
5. Any apparent or intelligible effect; proof, evidence.
The confusion of tongues was a mark of separation.
6. Notice taken.
The laws
Stand like the forfeits in a barber's shop,
As much for mock as mark
7. Any thing to which a missile weapon may be directed.
France was a fairer mark to shoot at than Ireland.
8. Any object used as a guide, or to which the mind may be directed. The dome of the State house in Boston is a good mark for seamen.
9. Any thing visible by which knowledge of something may be obtained; indication; as the marks of age in a horse. Civility is a mark of politeness or respect. Levity is a mark of weakness.
10. A character made by a person who cannot write his name, and intended as a substitute for it.
11. A weight of certain commodities, but particularly of gold and silver, used in several states of Europe; in Great Britain, a money of account, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence. In some countries, it is a coin.
12. A license of reprisals. [See Marque.]
M'ARK, verb transitive
1. To draw or make a visible line or character with any substance; as, to mark with chalk or with compasses.
2. To stamp; to impress; to make a visible impression, figure or indenture; as, to mark a sheep with a brand.
3. To make an incision; to lop off a part; to make any sign of distinction; as, to mark sheep or cattle by cuts in their ears.
4. To form a name or the initials of a name for distinction; as, to mark cloth; to mark a handkerchief.
5. To notice; to take particular observation of.
Mark them who cause divisions and offenses. .
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace. .
6. To heed; to regard.
To mark out, to notify, as by a mark; to point out; to designate. The ringleaders were marked out for seizure and punishment.
M'ARK, verb intransitive To note; to observe critically; to take particular notice; to remark.
Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief. l Kings 20.
Markable
M'ARKABLE, adjective Remarkable. [Not in use.]
Marked
M'ARKED, participle passive Impressed with any note or figure of distinction; noted; distinguished by some character.
Marker
M'ARKER, noun One who puts a mark on any thing.
1. One that notes or takes notice.
Market
M'ARKET, noun [Latin mercatus, from mercor, to buy.]
1. A public place in a city or town, where provisions or cattle are exposed to sale; an appointed place for selling and buying at private sale, a distinguished from an auction.
2. A public building in which provisions are exposed to sale; a market-house.
3. Sale; the exchange of provisions or goods for money; purchase or rate of purchase and sale. The seller says he comes to a bad market when the buyer says he comes to a good market We say, the markets are low or high; by which we understand the price or rate of purchase. We say that commodities find a quick or ready market; markets are dull. We are not able to find a market for our goods or provisions.
4. Place of sale; as the British market; the American market
5. The privilege of keeping a public market
M'ARKET, verb intransitive To deal in market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
Market-Bell
M'ARKET-BELL, noun The bell that gives notice of the time or day of market.
Market-Cross
M'ARKET-CROSS, noun A cross set up where a market is held.
Market-Day
M'ARKET-DAY, noun The day of a public market.
Market-Folks
M'ARKET-FOLKS, noun People that come to the market.
Market-House
M'ARKET-HOUSE, noun A building for a public market.
Market-Maid
M'ARKET-MAID, noun A woman that brings things to market.
Market-Man
M'ARKET-MAN, noun A man that brings things to market.
Market-Place
M'ARKET-PLACE, noun The place where provisions or goods are exposed to sale.
Market-Price
M'ARKET-PRICE
M'ARKET-RATE, noun The current price of commodities at any given time.
Market-Rate
M`ARKET-RATE, n. The current price of commodities at any given time.
Market-Town
M'ARKET-TOWN, noun A town that has the privilege of a stated public market.
Market-Woman
M'ARKET-WOMAN, noun A woman that brings things to market or that attends a market for selling any thing.
Marketable
M'ARKETABLE, noun That may be sold; salable.
1. Current in market; as marketable value.
Marksman
M'ARKSMAN, noun [Mark and man.] One that is skillful to hit a mark; he that shoots well.
1. One who, not able to write, makes his mark instead of his name.
Marl
M'ARL, noun [Latin marga.] A species of calcarious earth, of different composition, being united with clay or fuller's earth. In a crude state, it effervesces with acids. It is found loose and friable, or more or less indurated. It possesses fertilizing properties and is much used for manure.
Marl is composed of carbonate of lime and clay in various proportions.
M'ARL, verb transitive To overspread or manure with marl
1. To fasten with marline.
Marlaceous
MARLA'CEOUS, adjective Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.
Marline-Spike
M'ARLINE-SPIKE, noun A small iron like a large spike, used to open the bolt rope when the sail is to be sewed to it, etc.
Marlite
M'ARLITE, noun A variety of marl.
Marlitic
MARLIT'IC, adjective Partaking of the qualities of marlite.
Marlpit
M'ARLPIT, noun A pit where marl is dug.
Marly
M'ARLY, adjective Consisting in or partaking of marl.
1. Resembling marl.
2. Abounding with marl.
Marmalade
M'ARMALADE, noun [Latin melo, mel.] The pulp of quinces boiled into a consistence with sugar, or a confection of plums, apricots, quinces, etc. boiled with sugar. In Scotland, it is made of Seville oranges and sugar only.
Marmalite
M'ARMALITE, noun [Gr. to shine.] A mineral of a pearly or metallic luster; a hydrate of magnesia.
Marmoraceous
MARMORA'CEOUS, adjective Pertaining to or like marble. [See Marmorean, the more legitimate word.]
Marmorated
M'ARMORATED, adjective [Latin marmor, marble.]
Covered with marble. [Little used.]
Marmoration
MARMORA'TION, noun A covering or incrusting with marble. [Little used.]
Marmorean
MARMO'REAN, adjective [Latin marmoreus.] Pertaining to marble.
1. Made of marble.
Marmose
M'ARMOSE, noun An animal resembling the opossum, but less. Instead of a bag, this animal has two longitudinal folds near the thighs, which serve to inclose the young.
Marmoset
M'ARMOSET, noun A small monkey.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828); edition by akaitsurugi (github.com/akaitsurugi/webster1828). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from the CrossWire Bible Society.