English Dictionary: motor horn | by the DICT Development Group |
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Madderwort \Mad"der*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiace[91]) as the madder. | |
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Madrier \Ma*drier"\, n. [F., from Sp. madero, or Pg. madeiro, fr. Sp. madera wood for building, timber, Pg. madeira, L. materia stuff, materials, lumber. See {Matter}.] A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes; especially: (a) A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down. (b) A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications. | |
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Materiarian \Ma*te`ri*a"ri*an\, n. [L. materiarius.] See {Materialist}. [Obs.] | |
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Matriarch \Ma"tri*arch\, n. [L. mater mother + -arch.] The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right. | |
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Matriarchal \Ma`tri*ar"chal\, a. Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch. | |
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Matriarchate \Ma"tri*ar"chate\, n. The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form of government. | |
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Mature \Ma*ture"\, a. [Compar. {Maturer}; superl. {Maturest}.] [L. maturus; prob. akin to E. matin.] 1. Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe. Now is love mature in ear. --Tennison. How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age ? --Pope. 2. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan. This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for the violent breaking out. --Shak. 3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years. 4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration. Syn: Ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready. Usage: {Mature}, {Ripe}. Both words describe fullness of growth. Mature brings to view the progressiveness of the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of a thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes through which it has passed; as ripe, when our attention is directed merely to its state. A mature judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe scholar. | |
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Maturer \Ma*tur"er\, n. One who brings to maturity. | |
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Miterwort \Mi"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Mitella}, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap. {False miterwort}, a white-flowered perennial herb of the United States ({Tiarella cardifolia}). | |
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Lion's tail \Li"on's tail`\ (t[amac]l`). (Bot.) A genus of labiate plants ({Leonurus}); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. {L. Cardiaca} is the common {motherwort}. | |
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Mugwort \Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. {Midge}.] (Bot.) A somewhat aromatic composite weed ({Artemisia vulgaris}), at one time used medicinally; -- called also {motherwort}. | |
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Motherwort \Moth"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A labiate herb ({Leonurus Cardiaca}), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail. (b) The mugwort. See {Mugwort}. | |
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Lion's tail \Li"on's tail`\ (t[amac]l`). (Bot.) A genus of labiate plants ({Leonurus}); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. {L. Cardiaca} is the common {motherwort}. | |
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Mugwort \Mug"wort`\, n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. {Midge}.] (Bot.) A somewhat aromatic composite weed ({Artemisia vulgaris}), at one time used medicinally; -- called also {motherwort}. | |
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Motherwort \Moth"er*wort`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A labiate herb ({Leonurus Cardiaca}), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail. (b) The mugwort. See {Mugwort}. | |
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Mutterer \Mut"ter*er\, n. One who mutters. |