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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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Măt'ter-y, a. p. 820Generating pus; purulent; as, a mattery cough. 2. Important. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Măt'ting, n. p. 820Mats in general, or collectively; mat work; a mat-like texture, for use in covering floors, packing articles, and the like. 2. Materials for mats. 3. An ornamental border of thin rolled brass, placed…Măt'tock, n. p. 820A kind of pick-ax, having the iron ends broad, instead of pointed. 'Tis you must dig with mattock and with spade. Shak.Măt'tress, n. p. 820A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other soft material, and quilted. [Written also matress.]Măt'ū-rant, n. p. 820(Med.) A medicine, or application, which promotes suppuration.Măt'ū-rāte, v. t. p. 820To bring to ripeness or maturity. By pouring every night warm water on the root thereof, a tree may be maturated artificially to bud out in the midst of winter. Fuller. 2. To promote the perfect…Māt'ū-rāte, v. i. p. 820To suppurate perfectly.Măt'ū-rā'tion, n. p. 820The process of ripening or coming to maturity; ripeness. 2. The process of suppurating perfectly; suppuration; the forming of pus.Măt'ū-rā'tive, a. p. 820Conducing to ripeness; ripening. 2. Conducing to perfect suppuration, or the formation of matter in an abscess.Māt'ü-rā'tive, n. p. 820(Med.) A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant.Ma-tūre', a. p. 820Brought by natural process to completeness or perfection of growth or development; prepared or fitted by growth or development for any situation or function; full-grown; ripe. Their prince is a man…Ma-tūre′, v. t. p. 820To bring or hasten to perfection or maturity; to promote ripeness in; to perfect; to ripen. Prick an apple with a pin full of holes, not deep, and smear it with sack, to see if the virtual heat of…Ma-tūre', v. i. p. 820To advance toward ripeness; to become ripe or perfect; as, wine matures by age, or by agitation in a long voyage; the judgment matures by age and experience. 2. Hence, specifically, to reach the time…Ma-tūre'ly, adv. p. 820In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely. 2. Early; soon. [A Latinism, little used.] Bentley.Ma-tūre'ness, n. p. 820The state or quality of being mature; maturity.Măt'ū-rĕs'cent, a. p. 820Approaching to maturity.Ma-tūr'ing, a. p. 820Approaching to maturity; as, maturing fruits; maturing notes of hand.Ma-tū'ri-ty, n. p. 820The state of being mature; ripeness; a state of perfection or completeness; as, the maturity of age or of judgment; the maturity of corn or of grass; the maturity of a plan or scheme. 2. Arrival at…Măt'ū-tī'nal or Măt'ū-tīne, a. p. 820Pertaining to the morning; early.Măt'weed, n. p. 820(Bot.) A plant of the genus Lygeum.Măt'y, n. p. 820A native servant in India. Simmonds.Maud, n. p. 820A wrapping plaid or shawl made of undyed wool; also, a gray striped plaid in Scotland.Maud'le, v. t. p. 820To throw into confusion or disorder; to render maudlin or besotted. [Obs.].Maud'lin, a. p. 820Approaching to intoxication; drunk; fuddled; stupid. And the kind maudlin crowd melts in her praise. Southern. 2. Weak or silly, as if half drunk; sickly sentimental. “Elegant sentimentalists…Maud'lin, n. p. 820(Bot.) A plant of the genus Achillea.Mau'ger or Mau'gre, prep. p. 820In spite of; in opposition to; notwithstanding. This, mauger all the world, will I keep safe. Shak. Mauger all our regulations to prevent it, the simple name of “man,” applied properly, never fails…Mau'gre, v. t. p. 820To defy. [Obs. and rare.] Deeply fixed, To maugre all gusts and impending storms. Webster, 1654.Mau'kin, n. p. 820See MALKIN.Maul, n. p. 820A heavy wooden hammer. [Written also mall.]Maul, v. t. p. 820To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner. Meek, modern faith to murder, hack, and maul. Pope. 2. To deform greatly; to do much harm to. It mauls not only the…Maul'ing, n. p. 820A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the like. [Low.]Maul'-stick, n. p. 820The stick used by painters to keep the hand steady in working. [Written also mahl-stick.]Mäunch, n. p. 820A loose sleeve. [Obs.] Herbert. 2. (Her.) A sleeve.Maunch, v. t. p. 820To munch. [Obs.] See MUNCH.Măund, n. p. 820A hand-basket. [Scot.] 2. [From Hind. & Per. man.] An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 24 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois. The Madras maund is 24 or 25 pounds; the Bombay…Māund or Māund’er, v. i. p. 820To mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to beg. Edinburgh Rev. He was ever maundering by the way how that he met a party of scarlet devils. W. Scott. 2. To wander in talking; to talk incoherently or idly.Mäund’er or Maund’er, v. t. p. 820To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter. [Obs.]Mäund'er or Maund'er, n. p. 820A beggar. [Obs.]Mäund'er-er or Maund'er-er, n. p. 820A grumbler.Mäund'er-ing, n. p. 820Complaint. [Obs.] 2. Incoherent or idle talk.Maun'dril, n. p. 820(Coal Mining.) A pick with two shanks.Maun'dy-Thûrs'day, n. p. 820(Eccl.) The Thursday in Passion-week, or next before Good Friday.Mau-résque', a. & n. p. 820See MORESQUE.Mau-so-lē'an, a. p. 820Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.Mau'so-lē'um, n. p. 820A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.Mau'ther, n. p. 820A young girl; a maid; a wench. [Obs.]Mauve, n. p. 820A delicate and beautiful purple or lilac coloring matter obtained from aniline, a product of coal-tar, used for dyeing silks, &c., and producing a great variety of brilliant and permanent shades…Mā'vis, n. p. 820(Ornith.) The throstle or song-thrush; Turdus musicus of Linnaeus.Maw, n. p. 820A stomach of one of the lower animals, or, in contempt, of a man; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw. 2. Appetite; inclination; disposition. [Obs. and rare.]…Mawk, n. p. 820A maggot; a slattern. [Obs.]Mawk'ing-ly, adv. p. 820Slatternly; sluttishly. [Obs.]Mawk'ish, a. p. 820Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting. So sweetly mawkish, and so smoothly dull. Pope.Mawk'ish-ly, adv. p. 820In a mawkish way.Mawk'ish-ness, n. p. 820Aptness to cause loathing.Mawks, n. p. 820A great, awkward, ill-dressed girl. [Vulgar.]Mawk'y, a. p. 820Maggoty. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Măw'met, n. p. 820A puppet; also, an idol; a maumet. [Obs.] Wycliffe. Beau. & Fl.Maw'met-ry, n. p. 820The religion of Mohammed; hence, idolatry. [Obs.] Chaucer.Maw'mish, a. p. 820Foolish; silly; idle; nauseous. [Obs.] L'Estrange.Maw'worm, n. p. 820(Med.) An intestinal worm (Anguis [or Ascaris] vermicularis); the thread-worm.