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English Dictionary: 'May by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   May \May\, n. [Cf. Icel. m[91]r, Goth. mawi; akin to E. maiden.
      [?].]
      A maiden. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   May \May\, v. [imp. {Might}] [AS. pres. m[91]g I am able, pret.
      meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G. m[94]gen, OHG. mugan,
      magan, Icel. mega, Goth. magan, Russ. moche. [?]. Cf.
      {Dismay}, {Main} strength, {Might}. The old imp. mought is
      obsolete, except as a provincial word.]
      An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by
      expressing:
      (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener
            expressed by can.
  
                     How may a man, said he, with idle speech, Be won to
                     spoil the castle of his health !      --Spenser.
  
                     For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what
                     he may do as just, and what he may do as possible.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                     For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest
                     are these: [bd]It might have been.[b8] --Whittier.
      (b) Liberty; permission; allowance.
  
                     Thou mayst be no longer steward.      --Luke xvi. 2.
      (c) Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.
  
                     Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance
                     Some general maxims, or be right by chance. --Pope.
      (d) Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a
            question or remark.
  
                     How old may Phillis be, you ask.      --Prior.
      (e) Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction,
            and the like. [bd]May you live happily.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      {May be}, [and] {It may be}, are used as equivalent to
            possibly, perhaps, by chance, peradventure. See 1st
            {Maybe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   May, OK (town, FIPS 47000)
      Location: 36.61650 N, 99.74896 W
      Population (1990): 42 (34 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73851
   May, TX
      Zip code(s): 76857
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