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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Māy'-mōrn, n.p. 821Freshness; vigor. Shak.
  2. Māy'or, n.p. 821The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court, of which the mayor is chief judge.
  3. Māy'or-al-ty, n.p. 821The office of a mayor.
  4. Māy'or-ess, n.p. 821The wife of a mayor.
  5. Māy'or-ship, n.p. 821The office of a mayor; mayoralty.
  6. Māy'-pōle, n.p. 821A pole to dance round in May; a long pole erected.
  7. Māy'-queen, n.p. 821A young woman crowned with flowers as queen at the celebration of May-day.
  8. Māy'-weed, n.p. 821(Bot.) A composite plant (Maruta cotula), having a strong odor. It is a native of Europe, now common by the road-sides in the United States.
  9. Māz'a-gān, n.p. 821(Bot.) A variety of the common bean (Faba vulgaris).
  10. Māz’ard, n.p. 821The jaw; also, the head or skull. [Obs.] Shak. Hudibras. 2. [Cf. Fr. merise, a wild cherry.] A kind of small, black cherry. [Written also mazzard.]
  11. Māz'ard, v. t.p. 821To knock on the mazard or head. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  12. Măz'a-rīne', n.p. 821A deep blue color. 2. A particular way of dressing fowls. 3. [Prov. Eng., a porringer, Fr. mazerin, small goblet. See MAZER.] A little dish set in a larger one.
  13. Māze, n.p. 821A confusing and baffling net-work of paths or passages; an embarrassing place; an intricacy; a labyrinth. “Quaint mazes on the wanton green.” Shak. “Or down the tempting maze of Shawford brook.”…
  14. Māze, v. t.p. 821To confound with intricacy; to amaze; to bewilder. They so mazed and stupefied his conscience, that it lay, as it were, in a swoon. South.
  15. Māze, v. i.p. 821To be bewildered. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  16. Māz'ed-ness, n.p. 821The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  17. Māz'er, n.p. 821A bowl or goblet of value or fine material, and usually of considerable size. A mighty mazer bowl of wine was set. Spencer. Their brimful mazers to the feasting bring. B. Jonson.
  18. Mā'zī, n. pl.p. 821Galls;—so called in Turkey.
  19. Mā'zī-ly, adv.p. 821In a mazed manner; with perplexity.
  20. Mā'zī-ness, n.p. 821The quality of being mazed; perplexity.
  21. Măz'o-lŏg'ie-al, a.p. 821Pertaining to mazology.
  22. Ma-zōl'o-gist, n.p. 821One versed in mazology.
  23. Ma-zōl'o-gy, n.p. 821That branch of zoology which treats of mammiferous animals.
  24. Ma-zour'ke or Ma-zur'kā, n.p. 821A Polish national dance, or the music which accompanies it.
  25. Mā'zy, a.p. 821Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error. Milton. “To run the ring, and trace the mazy round.” Dryden.
  26. Māz'zard, n.p. 821The same as MAZARD, q. v.
  27. Me, pron.p. 821pers. [A-S. me, mec, Goth. mik, O. H. Ger. mih, N. H. Ger. mich, D. mij, Icel. mik, Dan. & Sw. mig, allied to Lat. me, Gr. μέ, ἐμέ, Skr. mā, mām.] Myself; the person speaking;— objective case of I…
  28. Mēach, v. i.p. 821To lie hid; to skulk; to cower. See MICHE.
  29. Mēach'ing, p. pr. & a.p. 821Skulking; cowering; mean. See MEECH and MICHE.
  30. Mēa'cock, n.p. 821An uxorious, effeminate man. [Obs.] Johnson.
  31. Mēa'cock, a.p. 821Tame; timorous; cowardly. [Obs.]
  32. Mēad, n.p. 821A drink made of water and honey; metheglin. 2. A drink composed of sirup, with sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water, sometimes impregnated with carbonic acid gas. [U. S.]
  33. Mēad or Mēad'ōw, n.p. 821A tract of low or level grass land, especially land somewhat wet, but covered with grass. In the United States, the word is especially applied to the low ground on the banks of rivers, consisting of…
  34. Mēad'ōw, a.p. 821Belonging, relating to, or growing in, a meadow.
  35. Mēad'ōw-beau'ty, n.p. 821(Bot.) A plant of the genus Rhexia, having showy purple flowers; deer-grass.
  36. Mēad'ōw-fōx'tāil, n.p. 821(Bot.) A kind of grass of the genus Alopecurus (A. pratensis), which is of great value to the farmer when cultivated on meadow land. Baird.
  37. Mēad'ōw-grāss, n.p. 821(Bot.) A kind of grass of several species of the genus Poa;—so called because it grows in meadows.
  38. Mēad'ōw-lārk, n.p. 821(Ornith.) A singing bird (Alauda magna), of a dark-brown color above, and yellow below. It is found in open fields in the United States.
  39. Mēad'ōw-ōre, n.p. 821(Min.) Conchoidal bog-iron ore.
  40. Mēad'ōw-pārs'nep, n.p. 821(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Thaspium, having yellow, or sometimes dark-purple, flowers. Gray.
  41. Mēad'ōw-pīnk, n.p. 821(Bot.) A plant of the genus Dianthus.
  42. Mēad'ōw-rue, n.p. 821(Bot.) A delicate, early plant, of the genus Thalictrum.
  43. Mēad'ōw-săf/fron, n.p. 821(Bot.) A plant of the genus Colchicum.
  44. Mēad'ōw-sāge, n.p. 821(Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Salvia (S. pratensis), sometimes used instead of the common sage. Baird.
  45. Mēad'ōw-sāx'/i-frage, n.p. 821(Bot.) A plant of the genus Seseli.
  46. Mēad'ōw-sweet or Mēad'ōw-wort, n.p. 821(Bot.) A shrub of the genus Spiræa (S. salicifolia and S. ulmaria).
  47. Mead'ōw-y, a.p. 821Pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of, meadow.
  48. Mēa'ger or Mēa'gre, a.p. 821Destitute of flesh, or having little flesh; thin; lean. Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. Shak. 2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in…
  49. Mēa'ger or Mēa'gre, v. t.p. 821To make lean. [Obs.] Knolle.
  50. Mēa'ger-ly or Mēa'gre-ly, adv.p. 821Poorly; thinly.
  51. Mēa'ger-ness or Mēa'gre-ness, n.p. 821The quality of being meager; leanness; want of flesh. 2. Poorness; barrenness. 3. Scantiness.
  52. Mēak, n.p. 821A hook with a long handle. [Obs.] Tusser.
  53. Mēal, n.p. 821A part; a fragment; a portion. [Obs.] 2. A portion of food taken at one time; a repast.
  54. Mēal, n.p. 821The substance of edible grain ground to powder; flour, especially of a coarser kind, as of oats or maize. ¶ The term meal is properly applied to the coarser powder produced by grinding without…
  55. Mēal, v. t.p. 822To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] Shak. 2. To sprinkle with meal, or to mix meal with. 3. To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
  56. Mēal'-bee'tle, n.p. 822(Entom.) An insect of the genus Tenebrio, the larvæ of which is the meal-worm. See MEAL-WORM.
  57. Mēal'i-ness, n.p. 822The quality of being mealy; softness or smoothness, with friableness and dryness, to the touch or taste.
  58. Mēal'-mōth, n.p. 822(Entom.) A lepidopterous insect of the genus Pyralis (P. farinalis), the larvæ of which feed upon meal.
  59. Mēal'-mouthed, a.p. 822Same as MEALY-MOUTHED.
  60. Mēal’s’-mēat, n.p. 822A quantity of food sufficient for one meal. [Obs.]