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Madeira \Ma*dei"ra\, n. [Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See {Matter}.] A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira. A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. --Shak. {Madeira nut} (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the {Juglans regia}. | |
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Maternal \Ma*ter"nal\, a. [F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater mother. See {Mother}.] Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness. Syn: See {Motherly}. | |
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Maternally \Ma*ter"nal*ly\, adv. In a motherly manner. | |
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Maternity \Ma*ter"ni*ty\, n. [F. maternit[82], LL. maternitas.] The state of being a mother; the character or relation of a mother. | |
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Mathurin \Math"u*rin\, n. (R. C. Ch.) See {Trinitarian}. | |
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Matrimoine \Mat"ri*moine\, n. Matrimony. [Obs.] | |
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Matrimonial \Mat`ri*mo"ni*al\, a. [L. matrimonialis: cf. F. matrimonial. See {Matrimony}.] Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties. If he relied upon that title, he could be but a king at courtesy, and have rather a matrimonial than a regal power. --Bacon. Syn: Connubial; conjugal; sponsal; spousal; nuptial; hymeneal. | |
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Matrimonially \Mat`ri*mo"ni*al*ly\, adv. In a matrimonial manner. | |
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Matrimonious \Mat`ri*mo"ni*ous\, a. Matrimonial. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Matrimony \Mat"ri*mo*ny\, n. [OE. matrimoine, through Old French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See {Mother}.] 1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock. If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confessit. --Book of Com. Prayer (Eng. Ed. ) 2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons. {Matrimony vine} (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine ({Lycium barbarum}) of the Potato family. --Gray. Syn: Marriage; wedlock. See {Marriage}. | |
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Matrimony \Mat"ri*mo*ny\, n. [OE. matrimoine, through Old French, fr. L. matrimonium, fr. mater mother. See {Mother}.] 1. The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock. If either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony, ye do now confessit. --Book of Com. Prayer (Eng. Ed. ) 2. A kind of game at cards played by several persons. {Matrimony vine} (Bot.), a climbing thorny vine ({Lycium barbarum}) of the Potato family. --Gray. Syn: Marriage; wedlock. See {Marriage}. | |
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Matron \Ma"tron\, n. [F. matrone, L. matrona, fr. mater mother. See {Mother}.] 1. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners. Your wives, your daughters, Your matrons, and your maids. --Shak. Grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother. --Fuller. 2. A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital. {Jury of matrons} (Law), a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes. | |
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Matronage \Mat"ron*age\, n. 1. The state of a matron. 2. The collective body of matrons. --Burke. Can a politician slight the feelings and convictions of the whole matronage of his country ? --Hare. | |
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Matronal \Mat"ron*al\, a. [L. matronalis.] Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly. | |
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Matronhood \Ma"tron*hood\, n. The state of being a matron. | |
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Matronize \Mat"ron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matronized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Matronizing}.] 1. To make a matron of; to make matronlike. Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits. --Richardson. 2. To act the part of a marton toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly. | |
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Matronize \Mat"ron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matronized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Matronizing}.] 1. To make a matron of; to make matronlike. Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits. --Richardson. 2. To act the part of a marton toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly. | |
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Matronize \Mat"ron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matronized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Matronizing}.] 1. To make a matron of; to make matronlike. Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits. --Richardson. 2. To act the part of a marton toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly. | |
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Matronlike \Ma"tron*like`\, a. Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly. | |
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Matronly \Ma"tron*ly\, a. 1. Advanced in years; elderly. 2. Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate. | |
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Matronymic \Mat`ro*nym"ic\, n. [L. mater mother + -nymic, as in patronimic.] See {Metronymic}. | |
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7. Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite. Away he goes, . . . a matter of seven miles. --L' Estrange. I have thoughts to tarry a small matter. --Congreve. No small matter of British forces were commanded over sea the year before. --Mi --lton. 8. Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance. 9. (Metaph.) That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; -- opposed to {form}. --Mansel. 10. (Print.) Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing. {Dead matter} (Print.), type which has been used, or which is not to be used, in printing, and is ready for distribution. {Live matter} (Print.), type set up, but not yet printed from. {Matter in bar}, {Matter of fact}. See under {Bar}, and {Fact}. {Matter of record}, anything recorded. {Upon the matter}, [or] {Upon the whole matter}, considering the whole; taking all things into view. Waller, with Sir William Balfour, exceeded in horse, but were, upon the whole matter, equal in foot. --Clarendon. | |
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4. A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation. 5. Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons. 6. (Law) (a) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court. (b) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence. (c) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession. (d) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action. 7. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God. 8. A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept. 9. (Her.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field. 10. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color. 11. (Mus.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures. Note: A double bar marks the end of a strain or main division of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. The term bar is very often loosely used for measure, i.e., for such length of music, or of silence, as is included between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight bars; two bars' rest. 12. (Far.) pl. (a) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. (b) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole. 13. (Mining) (a) A drilling or tamping rod. (b) A vein or dike crossing a lode. 14. (Arch.) (a) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town. (b) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar. {Bar shoe} (Far.), a kind of horseshoe having a bar across the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog from injury. {Bar shot}, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat. {Bar sinister} (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See {Baton}. {Bar tracery} (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required. {Blank bar} (Law). See {Blank}. {Case at bar} (Law), a case presently before the court; a case under argument. {In bar of}, as a sufficient reason against; to prevent. {Matter in bar}, or {Defence in bar}, a plea which is a final defense in an action. {Plea in bar}, a plea which goes to bar or defeat the plaintiff's action absolutely and entirely. {Trial at bar} (Eng. Law), a trial before all the judges of one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum representing the full court. | |
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Matter \Mat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mattering}.] 1. To be of importance; to import; to signify. It matters not how they were called. --Locke. 2. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate. [R.] [bd]Each slight sore mattereth.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Maturant \Mat"u*rant\, n. [L. maturans, p. pr. See {Maturate}.] (Med.) A medicine, or application, which promotes suppuration. | |
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Matureness \Ma*ture"ness\, n. The state or quality of being mature; maturity. | |
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Mature \Ma*ture"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maturing}.] [See {Maturate}, {Mature}.] To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. --Bacon. | |
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Maturing \Ma*tur"ing\, a. Approaching maturity; as, maturing fruits; maturing notes of hand. | |
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May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. [?]), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. --Chaucer. 2. The early part or springtime of life. His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn. The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash. Plumes that micked the may. --Tennyson. 4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson. {Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[91]a} ({S. hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches. {May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant ({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself (popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic. {May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and allied genera. Called also {June beetle}. {May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole. {May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed. {May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary. {May fly} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under {Ephemeral}. {May game}, any May-day sport. {May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games. {May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria majalis}). {May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary. {May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day. {May thorn}, the hawthorn. | |
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Meteoromancy \Me`te*or"o*man`cy\, n. [Meteor + -mancy : cf. F. m[82]t[82]oromancie.] A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans. | |
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Meteorometer \Me`te*or*om"e*ter\, n. [Meteor + -meter.] An apparatus which transmits automatically to a central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer, barometer, thermometer, etc. | |
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Metromania \Met`ro*ma"ni*a\, n. [Gr. [?] measure + E. mania.] A mania for writing verses. | |
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Metromaniac \Met`ro*ma"ni*ac\, n. One who has metromania. | |
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Metrometer \Me*trom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] womb + -meter.] (Med.) An instrument for measuring the size of the womb. --Knight. | |
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Metronome \Met"ro*nome\, n. [Gr. [?] measure + [?] distribute, assign: cf. F. m[82]tronome, It. metronomo.] An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music. | |
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Metronomy \Me*tron"o*my\, n. [See {Metronome}.] Measurement of time by an instrument. | |
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Metronymic \Met`ro*nym"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] mother + [?], for [?] name.] Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation. | |
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Miter \Mi"ter\, Mitre \Mi"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mitered}or {Mitred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mitering}or {Mitring}.] 1. To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter. [bd]Mitered locks.[b8] --Milton. 2. To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle. | |
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Miter \Mi"ter\, Mitre \Mi"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mitered}or {Mitred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mitering}or {Mitring}.] 1. To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter. [bd]Mitered locks.[b8] --Milton. 2. To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle. | |
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Moderance \Mod"er*ance\, n. Moderation. [Obs.] --Caxton. | |
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Modern \Mod"ern\, a. [F. moderne, L. modernus; akin to modo just now, orig. abl. of modus measure; hence, by measure, just now. See {Mode}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. --Bacon. 2. New and common; trite; commonplace. [Obs.] We have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. --Shak. {Modern English}. See the Note under {English}. | |
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Modern \Mod"ern\, n. A person of modern times; -- opposed to {ancient}. --Pope. | |
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Modern \Mod"ern\, a. [F. moderne, L. modernus; akin to modo just now, orig. abl. of modus measure; hence, by measure, just now. See {Mode}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. --Bacon. 2. New and common; trite; commonplace. [Obs.] We have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. --Shak. {Modern English}. See the Note under {English}. | |
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Modernism \Mod"ern*ism\, n. Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression. | |
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Modernism \Mod"ern*ism\, n. Certain methods and tendencies which, in Biblical questions, apologetics, and the theory of dogma, in the endeavor to reconcile the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church with the conclusions of modern science, replace the authority of the church by purely subjective criteria; -- so called officially by Pope Pius X. | |
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Modernist \Mod"ern*ist\, n. [Cf. F. moderniste.] One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions. | |
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Modernist \Mod"ern*ist\, n. An advocate of the teaching of modern subjects, as modern languages, in preference to the ancient classics. | |
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Modernity \Mo*der"ni*ty\, n. Modernness; something modern. --Walpole. | |
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Modernization \Mod`ern*i*za"tion\, n. The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting. | |
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Modernize \Mod"ern*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modernized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Modernizing}.] [Cf. F. moderniser.] To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. --Percy. | |
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Modernize \Mod"ern*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modernized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Modernizing}.] [Cf. F. moderniser.] To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. --Percy. | |
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Modernizer \Mod"ern*i`zer\, n. One who modernizes. | |
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Modernize \Mod"ern*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modernized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Modernizing}.] [Cf. F. moderniser.] To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. --Percy. | |
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Modernly \Mod"ern*ly\, adv. In modern times. --Milton. | |
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Modernness \Mod"ern*ness\, n. The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty. --M. Arnold. | |
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Mothering \Moth"er*ing\, n. A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar. | |
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Mother \Moth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mothered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mothering}.] To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to. The queen, to have put lady Elizabeth besides the crown, would have mothered another body's child. --Howell. | |
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Mother-in-law \Moth"er-in-law`\, n. The mother of one's husband or wife. | |
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Mother-naked \Moth"er-na`ked\, a. Naked as when born. | |
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Motoring \Mo"tor*ing\, n. Act or recreation of riding in or driving a motor car or automobile. | |
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Motoring \Mo"tor*ing\, a. Pertaining to motor cars or automobiles, or to the technology of such; addicted to riding in or driving automobiles; as, motoring parlance; my motoring friend. | |
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Motorman \Mo"tor*man\, n. A man who controls a motor. | |
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Mud \Mud\, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. {Mud bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum pomotis}) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. {Mud bath}, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. {Mud boat}, a large flatboat used in deredging. {Mud cat}. See {Catfish}. {Mud crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus {Panopeus}. {Mud dab} (Zo[94]l.), the winter flounder. See {Flounder}, and {Dab}. {Mud dauber} (Zo[94]l.), a mud wasp. {Mud devil} (Zo[94]l.), the fellbender. {Mud drum} (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. {Mud eel} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See {Siren}. {Mud frog} (Zo[94]l.), a European frog ({Pelobates fuscus}). {Mud hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American coot ({Fulica Americana}). (b) The clapper rail. {Mud lark}, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] {Mud minnow} (Zo[94]l.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus {Umbra}, as {U. limi}. The genus is allied to the pickerels. {Mud plug}, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. {Mud puppy} (Zo[94]l.), the menobranchus. {Mud scow}, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] {Mud turtle}, {Mud tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. {Mud wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to {Pep[91]us}, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also {mud dauber}. | |
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Mudarin \Mu"da*rin\, n. (Chem.) A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar. | |
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Mutter \Mut"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Muttered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muttering}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. muttire, mutire.] 1. To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl. Wizards that peep, and that mutter. --Is. viii. 19. Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. --Dryden. 2. To sound with a low, rumbling noise. Thick lightnings flash, the muttering thunder rolls. --Pope. | |
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Mutteringly \Mut"ter*ing*ly\, adv. With a low voice and indistinct articulation; in a muttering manner. | |
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MADTRAN Early preprocessor that translated Fortran to MAD, for gain in speed. |