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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Māle-fēa'sance, n. p. 804The same as MALFEASANCE. [See Note under MAL.]Māle'-fĕrn, n. p. 804(Bot.) A fern of the genus Aspidium (A. Felix-mas), used in medicine as an anthelmintic.Ma-lĕf'ic, a. p. 804Doing mischief; hurtful; injurious. [Obs.]Măl'e-fĭce, n. p. 804An evil deed; artifice; enchantment. [Obs.]Ma-lef'i-gence, n. p. 804The quality of being maleficent; evil-doing; unlawful magic.Ma-lē'fi-cent, a. p. 804Doing evil; harmful; mischievous.Măl/e-fĭ'ci-āte, v. t. p. 804To bewitch. [Obs.] Burton.Măl'e-fĭ'ci-ā'tion, n. p. 804A bewitching. [Obs.]Māl'e-fī'cience, n. p. 804The doing of evil, harm, or mischief.Māl'e-fī'cient, a. p. 804Doing evil, harm, or mischief.Măl-e-for-mā'tion, n. p. 804Malformation. [See Note under MAL.]Ma-lē'ic, a. p. 804(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, malic acid; as, maleic acid, an acid obtained by the distillation of malic acid.Ma-lēn'gīne, n. p. 804Evil machination; guile; deceit. [Obs.]Māl-e-ō'dor, n. p. 804The same as MALODOR. [See Note under MAL.]Māl-e-prāe'tiçe, n. p. 804Malpractice. [See Note under MAL.]Māl'et, n. p. 804A little bag or budget; a portmanteau. [Obs.] Shelton.Māle'-spir'it-ed, a. p. 804Having the spirit of a man; masculine; hence, bold; vigorous; manly; high-minded. [Obs.] E. Jonson.Māle-trēat’, v. t. p. 804To maltreat. [See Note under MAL.]Ma-lēv'o-lence, n. p. 804The quality of being malevolent; evil disposition toward another; enmity of heart; inclination to injure others. See MALICE.Ma-lĕv'o-lent, a. p. 804Wishing evil; ill-disposed, or disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another’s misfortune; malicious; hostile. Syn.—Ill-disposed; envious; mischievous; evil-minded; spiteful; resentful; malicious…Ma-lē'v'o-lent-ly, adv. p. 804In a malevolent manner; with the wish or design to injure.Ma-lĕv'o-loŭs, a. p. 804Malevolent. [Obs.] Warburton.Mal-ēx'e-cū'ition, n. p. 804Evil or wrong execution; bad administration. [Rare.] D. Webster.Mal-fēa'sance, n. p. 804(Law.) The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil conduct; illegal deed. [Written also malefeasance.]Măl'for-mā'tion, n. p. 804Ill or wrong formation; irregular or anomalous formation. [Written also maleformation.]Mal-gōō'za-ree, n. p. 804Land subject to assessment. [[India.]] Simmonds.Mal-grā’ciŏŭs, a. p. 804Not graceful; ungracious; unpleasing. [Obs.] His figure, Both of visage and of stature, Is lothly and malgracious. Gower.Mā'lic, a. p. 804(Chem.) Pertaining to apples; obtained from the juice of apples; as, malic acid.Māl'ice, n. p. 804Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill-will; a spirit desiring harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure others; unprovoked malignity or spite. “Nor set down aught in malice.” Shak. Envy…Māl'īçe, v. t. p. 804To regard with extreme ill-will. [Obs.]Māl'i-cho, n. p. 804Mischief. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.Ma-li'ciŏŭs, a. p. 804Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill-will or enmity; malevolent; malignant in heart. I grant him bloody, Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name. Shak. 2. Proceeding from…Ma-lī'cioŭs-ly, adv. p. 804In a malicious manner; with malice, enmity, or ill-will.Ma-li'ciōŭs-ness, n. p. 804The quality of being malicious; extreme enmity or disposition to injure; malignity.Ma-lĭgn', a. p. 804Having a very evil disposition toward others; harboring violent hatred or enmity; malignant; malicious; as, malign spirits. 2. Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign…Ma-lign', v. t. p. 804To treat with malice; to show enmity toward; to injure; to harm. [Obs.] The people practice mischief against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods and murdering them. Spencer. 2. To…Ma-lign', v. i. p. 804To entertain malice. [Obs.]Ma-lig'nance, n. p. 805Ma-lig'nan-cy p. 805The quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart. 2. Unfavorableness; unpropitiousness. The malignancy of my fate might distemper yours. Shak. 3.…Ma-lig'nant, a. p. 805Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil. 2. Exerting a pernicious influence; virulent; heinous; tending…Ma-lig'nant, n. p. 805A man of extreme enmity or evil intentions. Hooker. 2. (Eng. Hist.) One of the adherents of the house of Stuart; a cavalier;—so called by the opposite party.Ma-lig'nant-ly, adv. p. 805Maliciously; with extreme malevolence. 2. With pernicious influence.Ma-lign'er, n. p. 805One who maligns; one who regards or treats another with enmity; a traducer; a defamer.Ma-lig'ni-fy, v. t. p. 805To make malign or malignant. [Rare.] Dreadful are the effects of a strong faith malignified. Southey.Ma-lig’ni-ty, n. p. 805The quality of being malign; extreme disposition to do evil; extreme malevolence; virulent enmity; malignancy; maliciousness. 2. Virulence; deadly quality. 3. Extreme evilness of nature; enormity…Ma-lign'ly, adv. p. 805In a malign manner; with extreme ill will. 2. Unpropitiously; perniciously.Ma-lin'ger, v. i. p. 805(Mil.) To feign illness or to protract disease, in order to avoid duty.Ma-lin'ger-er, n. p. 805(Mil.) A soldier who feigns himself sick.Ma-lin′ger-y, n. p. 805(Mil.) A feigning of illness, or protracting of disease, in order to escape duty.Măl'i-son, n. p. 805Malediction; curse; execration. God’s malison on his head who this gainsays. W. Scott.Mäl'kin, n. p. 805A mop; hence, a dirty drab. [Written also maukin.]Mall, n. p. 805A large, heavy, wooden beetle; an instrument for driving any thing with force; a maul. 2. A blow. [Obs.] Spenser.Mall, v. t. p. 805To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.Măll, n. p. 805A public walk; a level, shaded walk. Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall. Southey. 2. A…Măl'lard, n. p. 805A drake. 2. (Ornith.) The common duck (Anas boschas) in its wild state.Măl'le-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 805The quality of being malleable, or susceptible of extension by beating;—opposed to friability and brittleness. Locke.Mäl'le-a-ble, a. p. 805Capable of being drawn out and extended by beating; capable of extension by the hammer; reducible to a laminated form by beating. Malleable iron, cast iron, which, by a peculiar process, has been…Măl'le-a-ble-ness, n. p. 805Malleability.Măl'le-āte, v. t. p. 805To hammer; to draw into a plate or leaf by beating.Măl'le-ā'tion, n. p. 805The act of beating into a plate or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating.