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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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Mär'tyr-i-zā'tion, n. p. 815The act of martyrizing, or the state of being martyrized; torture. B. Jonson.Mär'tyr-īze, v. t. p. 815To offer as a martyr; to cause to suffer martyrdom. [Rare.] “Martyrized society.” E. B. Browning.Măr'tyr-ly, adv. p. 815In the manner of a martyr.Mär'tyr-o-lōge, n. p. 815A register of martyrs. [Obs.]Mär'tyr-o-lōg'ie or Mär'tyr-o-lōg'ie-al, a. p. 815Pertaining to martyrology; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.Mär'tyr-ōl'o-ģist, n. p. 815A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs.Mär'tyr-ōl'o-ģy, n. p. 815A history or account of martyrs, with their sufferings; a register of martyrs.Mär'vel, n. p. 815That which arrests the attention, and causes admiration or surprise; a wonder; a prodigy; a miracle. Till I may deliver Upon the witness of these gentlemen This marvel to you. Shak. Use lessons…Măr'vel, v. i. p. 815To be struck with surprise, astonishment or admiration; to wonder.Mär'vel-oŭs, a. p. 815Eng. mervelus, marvelose, O. Fr. merveilhos, merveillos, merveillous, N. Fr. merveilleuse, Sp. maravilloso, Pg. maravilhoso, It. maraviglioso. See supra.] 1. Exciting wonder or surprise; wonderful…Mär'vel-oûs-ly, adv. p. 816In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.Mär'vel-oûs-ness, n. p. 816The quality of being marvelous; wonderfulness; strangeness.Mär'ver, n. p. 816(Glass-making.) A stone, marble, or cast-iron plate, with round concavities for shaping work when blown.Mär'ry-būd, n. p. 816The marigold. Shak.Mā'ry-ōl'a-try, n. p. 816The same as MARIOLATRY.Mas-cäg'nin, n. p. 816(Min.) Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts;—so named from Mascagni, who discovered it.Măs'ele, n. p. 816(Her.) A lozenge voided.Mas'cled, a. p. 816Composed of, or covered with, small lozenge-shaped plates or scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions. Mascléd armor, a kind of armor sometimes worn by the Norman soldiers, composed of small…Măs'eu-lāte, v. t. p. 816To make strong. [Obs.] Cockeram.Mās'cu-line, a. p. 816Of the male sex; not female. 2. Having the qualities of a man; becoming to a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust; as, a masculine body. 3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or…Măs'cu-line-ly, adv. p. 816In a masculine manner; like a man.Mās'eu-line-ness, n. p. 816The quality or state of being masculine; resemblance to man in qualities.Mās'eu-lin'i-ty, n. p. 816The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness. [Rare.]Mā'zer, n. p. 816The same as MAZER.Măsh, v. t. p. 816To beat into a confused mass; to crush by beating or pressure; to bruise; as, to mash apples in a mill. 2. Hence, specifically, to mix malt and water together in brewing.Mŭsh, n. p. 816A mixture or mass of ingredients, beaten or blended together in a promiscuous manner. 2. (Brewing.) A mixture of ground malt and warm water.Măsh'ing-tŭb, n. p. 816A tub for containing the mash in breweries;—called also mash-tub, and mash-vat.Măsh'y, a. p. 816Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.Măsk, n. p. 816A cover for the face; that which conceals the face, especially a cover with apertures for the eyes and mouth; a visor. 2. Hence, that which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. 3. A festive…Māsk, v. t. p. 816To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor. They must all be masked and vizarded. Shak. 2. To disguise; to cover; to hide. “Masking the…Māsk, v. i. p. 816To revel; to play the fool in masquerade. 2. To be disguised in any way. Shak.Mās'kal-lŏnge, n. p. 816See MUSKALLONGE.Māsked, a. p. 816(Bot.) Personate, or having the anterior or lower and posterior or upper side of a labiate corol pressed together just below the border, so as to close the opening into the tube.Māsk'er, n. p. 816One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade.Māsk'er-y, n. p. 816The dress or disguise of a masker. [Obs.] Marston.Māsk'-house, n. p. 816A place for masquerades. [Obs.]Māsk'i-nŏnge, n. p. 816See MUSKALLONGE.Mā'slaeh, n. p. 816(Med.) An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks. Dunglison.Mās'lin, n. p. 816A mixture composed of different materials, especially of different sorts of grain, as of wheat and rye.Măs'lin, a. p. 816Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is composed of wheat and rye. [Written also meslin and mislin.]Mā'son, n. p. 816A man whose occupation is to lay bricks and stones in walls or structures of any kind. 2. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons.Mā'son, v. t. p. 816To build of stone or brick; to construct of masonry or by masons.Ma-sōn'ic, a. p. 816Pertaining to the craft or mysteries of Freemasons.Mā'son-ry, n. p. 816The art or occupation of a mason. 2. The work or performance of a mason; as when we say, the wall is good masonry. 3. The craft or mysteries of Freemasons.Măs-sō'rā, n. p. 816A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries.Mās'o-rĕt'ic or Mās'o-rĕt'ic-al, a. p. 816Relating to the Masora, or to its authors, who were the inventors of the Hebrew vowel-points and accents.Mās'o-rite, n. p. 816One of the writers of the Masora.Māsque, n. p. 816A mask; a masquerade.Mās'quer-āde', n. p. 816An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, and other diversions. “In courtly balls and midnight masquerades.” Pope. 2. Intentional or elaborate hiding of…Mās'quer-āde', v. i. p. 816To assemble in masks. 2. To go in disguise.Măs'quer-āde', v. t. p. 816To conceal with masks; to disguise.Mās'quer-ād'er, n. p. 816One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.Măss, n. p. 816A body of matter concreted, assembled, or formed into a lump; a lump; a great quantity collected; a heap; a collective body; an assemblage; a confused or indiscrete body. They lose their forms, and…Máss, n. p. 816The communion service, or the consecration and oblation of the host, in the Roman Catholic churches. High mass, that which is sung or chanted, as distinguished from low mass, which is read, and not…Măss, v. i. p. 816To celebrate mass. [Obs.] Hooker.Máss, v. t. p. 816To fill; to stuff; to strengthen. [Obs.] 2. To form into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble. But mass them together and they are terrible indeed.…Măs'sa-cre, n. p. 816The killing of human beings by indiscriminate slaughter; murder of numbers with cruelty or atrocity, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; cold-blooded destruction of life; butchery…Măs'sa-cre, v. t. p. 816To murder with circumstances of cruelty; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without authority or necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter. “If James should be…Măs'sa-crer, n. p. 816One who massacres. [R.] Burke.Mȧss'-bo͝ok, n. p. 816The Missal, or Roman Catholic service-book.