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   machete
         n 1: a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a
               weapon or for cutting vegetation [syn: {machete},
               {matchet}, {panga}]

English Dictionary: Muscoidea by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mae West
n
  1. United States film actress (1892-1980) [syn: West, {Mae West}]
  2. an inflatable life jacket
    Synonym(s): Mae West, air jacket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maggot
n
  1. the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maggoty
adj
  1. spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"
    Synonym(s): flyblown, maggoty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Majidae
n
  1. spider crabs
    Synonym(s): Majidae, family Majidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
make do
v
  1. come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
    Synonym(s): cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
make headway
v
  1. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
    Synonym(s): gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
    Antonym(s): drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
make it
v
  1. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
    Synonym(s): survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
    Antonym(s): succumb, yield
  2. succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"
    Synonym(s): arrive, make it, get in, go far
  3. go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
    Synonym(s): pass, make it
    Antonym(s): bomb, fail, flunk, flush it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
make out
v
  1. detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
    Synonym(s): spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart
  2. make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
    Synonym(s): write out, issue, make out, cut
  3. comprehend; "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"
  4. proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"
    Synonym(s): do, fare, make out, come, get along
  5. come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
    Synonym(s): cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
  6. have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    Synonym(s): sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
  7. kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"
    Synonym(s): neck, make out
  8. write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
    Synonym(s): complete, fill out, fill in, make out
  9. imply or suggest; "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
  10. try to establish; "She made out that she know nothing about the crime"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
make-do
n
  1. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
    Synonym(s): makeshift, stopgap, make-do
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Maoist
adj
  1. of or relating to Maoism
n
  1. an advocate of Maoism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mascot
n
  1. a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mashhad
n
  1. the holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran
    Synonym(s): Mashhad, Meshed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
masjid
n
  1. (Islam) a Muslim place of worship
    Synonym(s): masjid, musjid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
masked
adj
  1. having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading; "hidden agenda"; "masked threat"
    Synonym(s): cloaked, disguised, masked
  2. having markings suggestive of a mask; "the masked face of a raccoon"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Masoud
n
  1. Afghan leader of forces opposed to the Taliban; won fame by successfully resisting the Soviets in the 1980s; was assassinated by men posing as journalists (1953-2001)
    Synonym(s): Masoud, Ahmad Shah Masoud
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Masqat
n
  1. a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman
    Synonym(s): Muscat, Masqat, capital of Oman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mast
n
  1. a vertical spar for supporting sails
  2. nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground
  3. nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine
  4. any sturdy upright pole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
max out
v
  1. reach a maximum; "I maxed out on all my credit cards"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Maxzide
n
  1. trade name for an antihypertensive drug containing hydrochlorothiazide and another diuretic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mazed
adj
  1. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
    Synonym(s): baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
megahit
n
  1. an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
    Synonym(s): blockbuster, megahit, smash hit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
megawatt
n
  1. a unit of power equal to one million watts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meshed
adj
  1. resembling a network; "a meshed road system"
  2. (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
    Synonym(s): engaged, meshed, intermeshed
n
  1. the holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran
    Synonym(s): Mashhad, Meshed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mesquit
n
  1. any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
    Synonym(s): mesquite, mesquit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mesquite
n
  1. any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
    Synonym(s): mesquite, mesquit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mess kit
n
  1. kit containing a metal dish and eating utensils; used by soldiers and campers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
might
n
  1. physical strength
    Synonym(s): might, mightiness, power
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mighty
adv
  1. (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily"
    Synonym(s): mighty, mightily, powerful, right
adj
  1. having or showing great strength or force or intensity; "struck a mighty blow"; "the mighty logger Paul Bunyan"; "the pen is mightier than the sword"- Bulwer-Lytton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mikado
n
  1. the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno
    Synonym(s): mikado, tenno
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misdo
v
  1. do wrongly or improperly; "misdo one's job"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misguide
v
  1. lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
    Synonym(s): mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
  2. give bad advice to
    Synonym(s): misadvise, misguide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misquote
n
  1. an incorrect quotation
    Synonym(s): misquotation, misquote
v
  1. quote incorrectly; "He had misquoted the politician"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
missed
adj
  1. not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din"
    Synonym(s): lost, missed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mist
n
  1. a thin fog with condensation near the ground
v
  1. become covered with mist; "The windshield misted over"
    Synonym(s): mist, mist over
  2. make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
    Synonym(s): obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist
  3. spray finely or cover with mist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misty
adj
  1. filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"
    Synonym(s): brumous, foggy, hazy, misty
  2. wet with mist; "the misty evening"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mixed
adj
  1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
    Synonym(s): assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry(a)
  2. involving or composed of different races; "interracial schools"; "a mixed neighborhood"
    Synonym(s): interracial, mixed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moist
adj
  1. slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"
    Synonym(s): damp, dampish, moist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moose-wood
n
  1. maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn
    Synonym(s): moosewood, moose-wood, striped maple, striped dogwood, goosefoot maple, Acer pennsylvanicum
  2. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moosewood
n
  1. maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn
    Synonym(s): moosewood, moose-wood, striped maple, striped dogwood, goosefoot maple, Acer pennsylvanicum
  2. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moquette
n
  1. a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mosquito
n
  1. two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mossad
n
  1. the Israeli foreign intelligence agency; "the primary focus of the Mossad is on Arab nations"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
most
adv
  1. used to form the superlative; "the king cobra is the most dangerous snake"
    Synonym(s): most, to the highest degree
    Antonym(s): least, to the lowest degree
  2. very; "a most welcome relief"
  3. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
    Synonym(s): about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh
adj
  1. (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number; "who has the most apples?"; "most people like eggs"; "most fishes have fins"
    Antonym(s): fewest(a)
  2. the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree; "made the most money he could"; "what attracts the most attention?"; "made the most of a bad deal"
    Antonym(s): least(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
MST
n
  1. standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west; used in the mountain states of the United States
    Synonym(s): Mountain Time, Mountain Standard Time, MST
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mucoid
adj
  1. relating to or resembling mucus; "a mucoid substance"
    Synonym(s): mucoid, mucoidal
n
  1. any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mug shot
n
  1. a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)
    Synonym(s): mug shot, mugshot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mugshot
n
  1. a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)
    Synonym(s): mug shot, mugshot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mujahid
n
  1. a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mukataa
n
  1. an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center; "Arafat was holed up in the mukataa of his West Bank compound"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muscat
n
  1. any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes
    Synonym(s): muscat, muskat
  2. a port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman
    Synonym(s): Muscat, Masqat, capital of Oman
  3. wine from muscat grapes
    Synonym(s): muscat, muscatel, muscadel, muscadelle
  4. sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine
    Synonym(s): muscat, muscatel, muscat grape
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Muscidae
n
  1. two-winged flies especially the housefly [syn: Muscidae, family Muscidae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Muscoidea
n
  1. two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae
    Synonym(s): Muscoidea, superfamily Muscoidea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
MusD
n
  1. a doctor's degree in music [syn: Doctor of Music, DMus, MusD]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
musette
n
  1. a small bagpipe formerly popular in France [syn: musette, shepherd's pipe]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
musjid
n
  1. (Islam) a Muslim place of worship
    Synonym(s): masjid, musjid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muskat
n
  1. any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes
    Synonym(s): muscat, muskat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
musket
n
  1. a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muskwood
n
  1. musk-scented shrub or tree of southern and southeastern Australia having creamy-yellow flower heads
    Synonym(s): muskwood, Olearia argophylla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Musset
n
  1. French poet and writer (1810-1857) [syn: Musset, {Alfred de Musset}, Louis Charles Alfred de Musset]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
must
adj
  1. highly recommended; "a book that is must reading"
n
  1. a necessary or essential thing; "seat belts are an absolute must"
  2. grape juice before or during fermentation
  3. the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
    Synonym(s): mustiness, must, moldiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
musth
n
  1. an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear; "the frenzied elephant was in musth"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
musty
adj
  1. covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"
    Synonym(s): moldy, mouldy, musty
  2. stale and unclean smelling
    Synonym(s): fusty, musty, frowsty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Myacidae
n
  1. soft-shell clams
    Synonym(s): Myacidae, family Myacidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mysidae
n
  1. small shrimp-like crustaceans [syn: Mysidae, {family Mysidae}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mallow \Mal"low\, Mallows \Mal"lows\, n. [OE. malwe, AS. mealwe,
      fr. L. malva, akin to Gr. mala`chh; cf. mala`ssein to soften,
      malako`s soft. Named either from its softening or relaxing
      properties, or from its soft downy leaves. Cf. {Mauve},
      {Malachite}.] (Bot.)
      A genus of plants ({Malva}) having mucilaginous qualities.
      See {Malvaceous}.
  
      Note: The flowers of the common mallow ({M. sylvestris}) are
               used in medicine. The dwarf mallow ({M. rotundifolia})
               is a common weed, and its flattened, dick-shaped fruits
               are called cheeses by children. Tree mallow ({M.
               Mauritiana} and {Lavatera arborea}), musk mallow ({M.
               moschata}), rose mallow or hollyhock, and curled mallow
               ({M. crispa}), are less commonly seen.
  
      {Indian mallow}. See {Abutilon}.
  
      {Jew's mallow}, a plant ({Corchorus olitorius}) used as a pot
            herb by the Jews of Egypt and Syria.
  
      {Marsh mallow}. See under {Marsh}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Magged \Magged\, a. (Naut.)
      Worn; fretted; as, a magged brace. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maggot \Mag"got\, n. [W. macai, pl. maceiod, magiod, a worn or
      grub; cf. magu to bread.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The footless larva of any fly. See {Larval}.
  
      2. A whim; an odd fancy. --Hudibras. Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maggoty \Mag"got*y\, a.
      1. Infested with maggots.
  
      2. Full of whims; capricious. --Norris.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maghet \Ma"ghet\, n. [Cf. Fl. maghet maid.] (Bot.)
      A name for daisies and camomiles of several kinds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Magot \Mag"ot\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The Barbary ape.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maked \Mak"ed\, obs. p. p. of {Make}.
      Made. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mascot \Mas"cot\, Mascotte \Mas"cotte\, n. [Through French fr.
      Pr. mascot a little sorcerer or magician, mascotto
      witchcraft, sorcery.]
      A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household
      to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mascot \Mas"cot\, Mascotte \Mas"cotte\, n. [Through French fr.
      Pr. mascot a little sorcerer or magician, mascotto
      witchcraft, sorcery.]
      A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household
      to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mash \Mash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mashing}.] [Akin to G. meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and
      prob. to mischen, E. mix. See 2d {Mash}.]
      To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by
      beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples
      in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing),
      to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which
      makes wort.
  
      {Mashing tub}, a tub for making the mash in breweries and
            distilleries; -- called also {mash tun}, and {mash vat}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mask \Mask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Masked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Masking}.]
      1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense
            against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.
  
                     They must all be masked and vizarded. --Shak.
  
      2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.
  
                     Masking the business from the common eye. --Shak.
  
      3. (Mil.)
            (a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
            (b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of
                  troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some
                  hostile evolution is being carried out.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Masked \Masked\, a.
      1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks;
            cincealed; hidden.
  
      2. (Bot.) Same as {Personate}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the anterior part of the head differing
            decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said
            of birds.
  
      {Masked ball}, a ball in which the dancers wear masks.
  
      {Masked battery} (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be
            seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott.
  
      {Masked crab} (Zo[94]l.), a European crab ({Corystes
            cassivelaunus}) with markings on the carapace somewhat
            resembling a human face.
  
      {Masked pig} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese domestic hog ({Sus
            pliciceps}). Its face is deeply furrowed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mass82 \Mass[82]\, [or] Mass82 shot \Mass[82] shot\, n.
      (Billiards)
      A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mass \Mass\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Massed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Massing}.]
      To celebrate Mass. [Obs.] --Hooker.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mast \Mast\, n. (A[89]ronautics)
      A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for
      stiffening purposes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mast \Mast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Masted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Masting}.]
      To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in
      position; as, to mast a ship.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mast \Mast\, n. [AS. m[91]st, fem.; akin to G. mast, and E.
      meat. See {Meat}.]
      The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts;
      acorns.
  
               Oak mast, and beech, . . . they eat.      --Chapman.
  
               Swine under an oak filling themselves with the mast.
                                                                              --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mast \Mast\, n. [AS. m[91]st, masc.; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw.
      mast, Icel. mastr, and perh. to L. malus.]
      1. (Naut.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or
            spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the
            sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of
            several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a
            hollow pillar of iron or steel.
  
                     The tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the
                     mast Of some great ammiral.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Masty \Mast"y\, a. [See lst {Mast}.]
      Full of mast; abounding in acorns, etc.

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   Mawseed \Maw"seed`\, n. [Cf. G. magsamen.] (Bot.)
      The seed of the opium poppy.

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   Maze \Maze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mazing}.]
      To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to
      amaze. --South.

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   Mesad \Mes"ad\, adv.
      Same as {Mesiad}.

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   Meshed \Meshed\, a.
      Mashed; brewed. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Mesh \Mesh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meshed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Meshing}.]
      To catch in a mesh. --Surrey.

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   Mesiad \Mes"i*ad\, adv. [Gr. me`sos middle + L. ad to.] (Anat.)
      Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; --
      opposed to {laterad}.

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   Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\, Mesquit \Mes*quit"\, n. [Sp. mezquite;
      said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.)
      A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North
      America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.
  
      {Honey mesquite}. See {Algaroba}
      (b) .
  
      {Screw-pod mesquite}, a smaller tree ({Prosopis pubescens}),
            having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by
            the Indians.
  
      {Mesquite grass}, a rich native grass in Western Texas
            ({Bouteloua oligostachya}, and other species); -- so
            called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree;
            -- called also {muskit grass}, {grama grass}.

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   Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\, Mesquit \Mes*quit"\, n. [Sp. mezquite;
      said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.)
      A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North
      America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.
  
      {Honey mesquite}. See {Algaroba}
      (b) .
  
      {Screw-pod mesquite}, a smaller tree ({Prosopis pubescens}),
            having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by
            the Indians.
  
      {Mesquite grass}, a rich native grass in Western Texas
            ({Bouteloua oligostachya}, and other species); -- so
            called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree;
            -- called also {muskit grass}, {grama grass}.

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   Mess \Mess\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Messed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Messing}.]
      To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with
      others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers. --Marryat.

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   Messet \Mes"set\, n.
      A dog. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

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   Messiad \Mes*si"ad\, n.
      A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock.

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   Mest \Mest\, a.
      Most. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Mestee \Mes*tee"\, n. [See {Mestizo}.]
      The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called
      in the West Indies. [Written also {mustee}.]

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   Miascite \Mi*asc"ite\, n. [Named from Miask, in the Ural
      Mountains.] (Min.)
      A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, el[91]olite,
      and sodalite.

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   Might \Might\,
      imp. of {May}. [AS. meahte, mihte.]

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   Might \Might\, n. [AS. meaht, miht, from the root of magan to be
      able, E. may; akin to D. magt, OS. maht, G. macht, Icel.
      m[be]ttr, Goth. mahts. [?][?][?][?]. See {May}, v.]
      Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy
      or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or
      resources to effect an object; strength; force; power;
      ability; capacity.
  
               What so strong, But wanting rest, will also want of
               might?                                                   --Spenser.
  
               Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart,
               and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. --Deut.
                                                                              vi. 5.
  
      {With might and main}. See under 2d {Main}.

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   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}.

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   Mighty \Might"y\, a. [Compar. {Mightier}; superl. {Mightiest}.]
      [AS. meahtig, mihtig; akin to G. m[84]chtig, Goth. mahteigs.
      See {Might}, n.]
      1. Possessing might; having great power or authority.
  
                     Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. --Job ix. 4.
  
      2. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
            [bd]His mighty works.[b8] --Matt. xi. 20.
  
      3. Denoting and extraordinary degree or quality in respect of
            size, character, importance, consequences, etc. [bd]A
            mighty famine.[b8] --Luke xv. 14. [bd]Giants of mighty
            bone.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Mighty was their fuss about little matters.
                                                                              --Hawthorne.

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   Mighty \Might"y\, n.; pl. {Mighties}.
      A warrior of great force and courage. [R. & Obs.] --1 Chron.
      xi. 12.

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   Mighty \Might"y\, adv.
      In a great degree; very. [Colloq.] [bd]He was mighty
      methodical.[b8] --Jeffrey.
  
               We have a mighty pleasant garden.            --Doddridge.

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   Mikado \Mi*ka"do\, n. [Jap.]
      The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan.

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   Miscite \Mis*cite"\, v. t.
      To cite erroneously.

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   Misdo \Mis*do"\, v. t. [imp. {Misdid}; p. p. {Misdone}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Misdoing}.] [AS. misd[?]n. See {Do}, v.]
      1. To do wrongly.
  
                     Afford me place to show what recompense To wards
                     thee I intend for what I have misdone. --Milton.
  
      2. To do wrong to; to illtreat. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Misdo \Mis*do"\, v. i.
      To do wrong; to commit a fault.
  
               I have misdone, and I endure the smart.   --Dryden.

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   Misget \Mis*get"\, v. t.
      To get wrongfully. [Obs.]

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   Misguide \Mis*guide"\, v. t.
      To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the
      understanding.

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   Misguide \Mis*guide"\, n.
      Misguidance; error. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Misquote \Mis*quote"\, v. t. & i.
      To quote erroneously or incorrectly. --Shak.

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   Miss \Miss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Missed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Missing}.] [AS. missan; akin to D. & G. missen, OHG. missan,
      Icel. missa, Sw. mista, Dan. miste. [fb]100. See {Mis-},
      pref.]
      1. To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing,
            hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss
            the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting
            knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
  
                     When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will
                     acknowledge he judged not right.         --Locke.
  
      2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to
            dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.
  
                     She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a
                     sight so gay.                                    --Prior.
  
                     We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in
                     our wood.                                          --Shak.
  
      3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want
            of; to mourn the loss of; to want. --Shak.
  
                     Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed
                     of all that pertained unto him.         --1 Sam. xxv.
                                                                              15, 21.
  
                     What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      {To miss stays}. (Naut.) See under {Stay}.

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   Misset \Mis*set"\, v. t.
      To set pr place wrongly.

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   Missit \Mis*sit"\, v. t.
      To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome. [Obs.]
      --Chaucer.

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   Mist \Mist\ (m[icr]st), n. [AS. mist; akin to D. & Sw. mist,
      Icel. mistr, G. mist dung, Goth. ma[a1]hstus, AS. m[c6]gan to
      make water, Icel. m[c6]ga, Lith. migla mist, Russ. mgla, L.
      mingere, meiere, to make water, gr. [?] to make water, [?]
      mist, Skr. mih to make water, n., a mist m[b5]gha cloud.
      [fb]102. Cf. {Misle}, {Mizzle}, {Mixen}.]
      1. Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or
            near the surface of the earth; fog.
  
      2. Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible
            particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.
  
      3. Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or
            intercepts vision.
  
                     His passion cast a mist before his sense. --Dryden.
  
      {Mist flower} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Eupatorium
            c[d2]lestinum}), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs
            of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and
            Southern United States.

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   Mist \Mist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Misting}.]
      To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim. --Shak.

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   Mist \Mist\, v. i.
      To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.

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   Misty \Mist"y\, a. [Compar. {Mistier}; superl. {Mistiest}.] [AS.
      mistig. See {Mist}. In some senses misty has been confused
      with mystic.]
      1. Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of
            mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty
            weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.
  
      2. Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty
            sight.
  
                     The more I muse therein [theology], The mistier it
                     seemeth.                                             --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.

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   Miswed \Mis*wed"\, v. t.
      To wed improperly.

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   Larceny \Lar"ce*ny\, n.; pl. {Larcenies}. [F. larcin, OE.
      larrecin, L. latrocinium, fr. latro robber, mercenary, hired
      servant; cf. Gr. ([?]) hired servant. Cf. {Latrociny}.] (Law)
      The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with
      intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf.
      {Embezzlement}.
  
      {Grand larceny} [and] {Petit larceny are} distinctions having
            reference to the nature or value of the property stolen.
            They are abolished in England.
  
      {Mixed}, [or] {Compound, larceny}, that which, under statute,
            includes in it the aggravation of a taking from a building
            or the person.
  
      {Simple larceny}, that which is not accompanied with any
            aggravating circumstances.

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   Mix \Mix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mixed}(less properly {Mixt}); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Mixing}.] [AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G.
      mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere,
      mixtum, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. mi[87]ra mixed. The English word
      has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. {Mixture}),
      and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L.
      miscere. Cf. {Admix}, {Mash} to bruise, {Meddle}.]
      1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of,
            as of two or more substances with each other, or of one
            substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or
            compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend;
            as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.
  
                     Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak.
  
      2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
  
                     Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
                                                                              --Hos. vii. 8.
  
      3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together
            of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
  
                     Hast thou no poison mixed?                  --Shak.
  
                     I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and
                     civil considerations.                        --Bacon.

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   Mixed \Mixed\, a.
      Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See {Mix}, v. t.
      & i.
  
      {Mixed action} (Law), a suit combining the properties of a
            real and a personal action.
  
      {Mixed angle}, a mixtilineal angle.
  
      {Mixed fabric}, a textile fabric composed of two or more
            kinds of fiber, as a poplin.
  
      {Mixed marriage}, a marriage between persons of different
            races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman
            Catholic and a Protestant.
  
      {Mixed number}, a whole number and a fraction taken together.
           
  
      {Mixed train}, a railway train containing both passenger and
            freight cars.
  
      {Mixed voices} (Mus.), voices of both males and females
            united in the same performance.

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   Mix \Mix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mixed}(less properly {Mixt}); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Mixing}.] [AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G.
      mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere,
      mixtum, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. mi[87]ra mixed. The English word
      has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. {Mixture}),
      and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L.
      miscere. Cf. {Admix}, {Mash} to bruise, {Meddle}.]
      1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of,
            as of two or more substances with each other, or of one
            substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or
            compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend;
            as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.
  
                     Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak.
  
      2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
  
                     Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
                                                                              --Hos. vii. 8.
  
      3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together
            of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
  
                     Hast thou no poison mixed?                  --Shak.
  
                     I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and
                     civil considerations.                        --Bacon.

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   M'-Naught \M'-Naught"\ (m[ait]k*n[add]t"), v. t. (Steam Engines)
      To increase the power of (a single-cylinder beam engine) by
      adding a small high-pressure cylinder with a piston acting on
      the beam between the center and the flywheel end, using
      high-pressure steam and working as a compound engine, -- a
      plan introduced by M'Naught, a Scottish engineer, in 1845.

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   Mockado \Mock"a*do\, n.
      A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same as
      {mock velvet}. [Obs.]
  
               Our rich mockado doublet.                        --Ford.

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   Mock \Mock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mocking}.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken
      to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.]
      1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt,
            or derision; to deride by mimicry.
  
                     To see the life as lively mocked as ever Still sleep
                     mocked death.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Mocking marriage with a dame of France. --Shak.
  
      2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
  
                     Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. --1 Kings
                                                                              xviii. 27.
  
                     Let not ambition mock their useful toil. --Gray.
  
      3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as,
            to mock expectation.
  
                     Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. --Judg. xvi.
                                                                              13.
  
                     He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then
                     snatch him hence.                              --Milton.
  
      Syn: To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint.
               See {Deride}.

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   Mog \Mog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mogged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mogging}.] [Etym. unknown.]
      To move away; to go off. [Prov. Eng. or Local, U. S.]

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   Moist \Moist\, a. [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L.
      muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. {Mucus}, {Mucid}.]
      1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist
            atmosphere or air. [bd]Moist eyes.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] [bd]Shoes full moist and new.[b8]
            [bd]A draught of moist and corny ale.[b8] --Chaucer.

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   Moist \Moist\, v. t.
      To moisten. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Moisty \Moist"y\, a.
      Moist. [Obs.]

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   Maple \Ma"ple\, n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel.
      m[94]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species.
      {A. saccharinum} is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the
      sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great
      quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is {A.
      rubrum}; the silver maple, {A. dasycarpum}, having fruit
      wooly when young; the striped maple, {A. Pennsylvanium},
      called also {moosewood}. The common maple of Europe is {A.
      campestre}, the sycamore maple is {A. Pseudo-platanus}, and
      the Norway maple is {A. platanoides}.
  
      Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
               a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
  
      {Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of
            the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
            produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
  
      {Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, [or] {Maple sirup}, maple
            sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
  
      {Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
            by evaporation.

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   Leatherwood \Leath"er*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      A small branching shrub ({Dirca palustris}), with a white,
      soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods
      in the Northern United States; -- called also {moosewood},
      and {wicopy}. --Gray.

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   Moosewood \Moose"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum).
      (b) Leatherwood.

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   Striped \Striped\, a.
      Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
  
      {Striped bass}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bass}.
  
      {Striped maple} (Bot.), a slender American tree ({Acer
            Pennsylvanicum}) with finely striped bark. Called also
            {striped dogwood}, and {moosewood}.
  
      {Striped mullet}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Mullet}, 2.
  
      {Striped snake} (Zo[94]l.), the garter snake.
  
      {Striped squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chipmunk.

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   Maple \Ma"ple\, n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel.
      m[94]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species.
      {A. saccharinum} is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the
      sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great
      quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is {A.
      rubrum}; the silver maple, {A. dasycarpum}, having fruit
      wooly when young; the striped maple, {A. Pennsylvanium},
      called also {moosewood}. The common maple of Europe is {A.
      campestre}, the sycamore maple is {A. Pseudo-platanus}, and
      the Norway maple is {A. platanoides}.
  
      Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
               a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
  
      {Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of
            the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
            produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
  
      {Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, [or] {Maple sirup}, maple
            sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
  
      {Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
            by evaporation.

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   Leatherwood \Leath"er*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      A small branching shrub ({Dirca palustris}), with a white,
      soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods
      in the Northern United States; -- called also {moosewood},
      and {wicopy}. --Gray.

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   Moosewood \Moose"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum).
      (b) Leatherwood.

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   Striped \Striped\, a.
      Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
  
      {Striped bass}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bass}.
  
      {Striped maple} (Bot.), a slender American tree ({Acer
            Pennsylvanicum}) with finely striped bark. Called also
            {striped dogwood}, and {moosewood}.
  
      {Striped mullet}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Mullet}, 2.
  
      {Striped snake} (Zo[94]l.), the garter snake.
  
      {Striped squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chipmunk.

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   Maple \Ma"ple\, n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel.
      m[94]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species.
      {A. saccharinum} is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the
      sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great
      quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is {A.
      rubrum}; the silver maple, {A. dasycarpum}, having fruit
      wooly when young; the striped maple, {A. Pennsylvanium},
      called also {moosewood}. The common maple of Europe is {A.
      campestre}, the sycamore maple is {A. Pseudo-platanus}, and
      the Norway maple is {A. platanoides}.
  
      Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
               a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
  
      {Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of
            the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
            produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
  
      {Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, [or] {Maple sirup}, maple
            sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
  
      {Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
            by evaporation.

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   Leatherwood \Leath"er*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      A small branching shrub ({Dirca palustris}), with a white,
      soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods
      in the Northern United States; -- called also {moosewood},
      and {wicopy}. --Gray.

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   Moosewood \Moose"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum).
      (b) Leatherwood.

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   Striped \Striped\, a.
      Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
  
      {Striped bass}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bass}.
  
      {Striped maple} (Bot.), a slender American tree ({Acer
            Pennsylvanicum}) with finely striped bark. Called also
            {striped dogwood}, and {moosewood}.
  
      {Striped mullet}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Mullet}, 2.
  
      {Striped snake} (Zo[94]l.), the garter snake.
  
      {Striped squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chipmunk.

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   Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\, n.; pl. {Mosquitoes}. [Sp. mosquito, fr.
      moscafly, L. musca. Cf. {Musket}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of various species of gnats of the genus {Culex} and
      allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
      within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
      organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
      to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
      persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
      pain. The larv[91] and pup[91], called wigglers, are aquatic.
      [Written also {musquito}.]
  
      {Mosquito bar}, {Mosquito net}, a net or curtain for
            excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
  
      {Mosquito fleet}, a fleet of small vessels.
  
      {Mosquito hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a dragon fly; -- so called
            because it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
  
      {Mosquito netting}, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
            making mosquito bars.

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   Moss \Moss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mossed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mossing}.]
      To cover or overgrow with moss.
  
               An oak whose boughs were mossed with age. --Shak.

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   Most \Most\, a., superl. of {More}. [OE. most, mast, mest, AS.
      m[?]st; akin to D. meest, OS. m[c7]st, G. meist, Icel. mestr,
      Goth. maists; a superl. corresponding to E. more. [fb]103.
      See {More}, a.]
      1. Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in
            number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all. [bd]Most
            men will proclaim every one his own goodness.[b8] --Prov.
            xx. 6.
  
                     The cities wherein most of his mighty works were
                     done.                                                --Matt. xi.
                                                                              20.
  
      2. Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it. [bd]In
            the moste pride.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      3. Highest in rank; greatest. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      Note: Most is used as a noun, the words part, portion,
               quantity, etc., being omitted, and has the following
               meanings: 1. The greatest value, number, or part;
               preponderating portion; highest or chief part. 2. The
               utmost; greatest possible amount, degree, or result;
               especially in the phrases to make the most of, at the
               most, at most.
  
                        A quarter of a year or some months at the most.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                        A covetous man makes the most of what he has.
                                                                              --L'Estrange.
  
      {For the most part}, in reference to the larger part of a
            thing, or to the majority of the persons, instances, or
            things referred to; as, human beings, for the most part,
            are superstitious; the view, for the most part, was
            pleasing.
  
      {Most an end}, generally. See {An end}, under {End}, n.
            [Obs.] [bd]She sleeps most an end.[b8] --Massinger.

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   Most \Most\, adv. [AS. m[aemac]st. See {Most}, a.]
      In the greatest or highest degree.
  
               Those nearest to this king, and most his favorites,
               were courtiers and prelates.                  --Milton.
  
      Note: Placed before an adjective or adverb, most is used to
               form the superlative degree, being equivalent to the
               termination -est; as, most vile, most wicked; most
               illustrious; most rapidly. Formerly, and until after
               the Elizabethan period of our literature, the use of
               the double superlative was common. See {More}, adv.
  
                        The most unkindest cut of all.      --Shak.
  
                        The most straitest sect of our religion. --Acts
                                                                              xxvi. 5.

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   More \More\, a., compar. [Positive wanting; superl. {Most}.]
      [OE. more, mare, and (orig. neut. and adv.) mo, ma, AS.
      m[be]ra, and (as neut. and adv.) m[be]; akin to D. meer, OS.
      m[c7]r, G. mehr, OHG. m[c7]ro, m[c7]r, Icel. meiri, meirr,
      Dan. meere, meer, Sw. mera, mer, Goth. maiza, a., mais, adv.,
      and perh. to L. major greater, compar. of magnus great, and
      magis, adv., more. [root]103. Cf. {Most}, {uch}, {Major}.]
      1. Greater; superior; increased; as:
            (a) Greater in quality, amount, degree, quality, and the
                  like; with the singular.
  
                           He gat more money.                        --Chaucer.
  
                           If we procure not to ourselves more woe.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      Note: More, in this sense, was formerly used in connection
               with some other qualifying word, -- a, the, this,
               their, etc., -- which now requires the substitution of
               greater, further, or the like, for more.
  
                        Whilst sisters nine, which dwell on Parnasse
                        height, Do make them music for their more
                        delight.                                       --Spenser.
  
                        The more part knew not wherefore they were come
                        together.                                       --Acts xix.
                                                                              32.
  
                        Wrong not that wrong with a more contempt.
                                                                              --Shak.
            (b) Greater in number; exceeding in numbers; -- with the
                  plural.
  
                           The people of the children of Israel are more
                           and mighter than we.                     --Ex. i. 9.
  
      2. Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no more
            words to conquer.
  
                     With open arms received one poet more. --Pope.

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   Much \Much\, a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by
      {More}, and {Most}, from another root.] [OE. moche, muche,
      miche, prob. the same as mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr.
      AS. micel, mycel; cf. Gr. [?], fem. [?], great, and Icel.
      mj[94]k, adv., much. [fb]103. See {Mickle}.]
      1. Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has
            fallen; much time.
  
                     Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and
                     shalt gather but little in.               --Deut.
                                                                              xxviii. 38.
  
      2. Many in number. [Archaic]
  
                     Edom came out against him with much people. --Num.
                                                                              xx. 20.
  
      3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Most \Most\, adv.
  
      {Most-favored-nation clause} (Diplomacy), a clause, often
            inserted in treaties, by which each of the contracting
            nations binds itself to grant to the other in certain
            stipulated matters the same terms as are then, or may be
            thereafter, granted to the nation which receives from it
            the most favorable terms in respect of those matters.
  
                     There was a [bd]most-favored-nation[b8] clause with
                     provisions for the good treatment of strangers
                     entering the Republic.                        --James Bryce.
  
                     Steam navigation was secured by the Japanese as far
                     as Chungking, and under the most-favored-nation
                     clause the right accrued to us.         --A. R.
                                                                              Colquhoun.
   Mother's Day \Moth"er's Day\
      A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the
      loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the
      performance of some act of kindness, visit, tribute, or
      letter. The founder of the day is Anna Jarvis, of
      Philadelphia, who designated the second Sunday in May, or for
      schools the second Friday, as the time, and a white carnation
      as the badge.

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   Moste \Mos"te\, obs.
      imp. of {Mote}. --Chaucer.

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   Mot \Mot\ (m[omac]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. {Mot}, {Mote}, {Moot}
      (m[omac]t), pl. {Mot}, {Mote}, {Moote}, pres. subj. {Mote};
      imp. {Moste}.] [See {Must}, v.] [Obs.]
      May; must; might.
  
               He moot as well say one word as another   --Chaucer.
  
               The wordes mote be cousin to the deed.   --Chaucer.
  
               Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore
               freres.                                                   --Chaucer.
  
      {So mote it be}, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals,
            as that of the Freemasons.

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   Mought \Mought\, obs. imp. of {May}.
      Might.

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   Mouse \Mouse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mousing}.]
      1. To watch for and catch mice.
  
      2. To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry
            about, on the lookout for something.

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   Mozetta \Mo*zet"ta\, Mozzetta \Moz*zet"ta\, n. [It. mozzetta:
      cf. F. mosette. Cf. {Amice} a hood or cape.] (Eccl.)
      A cape, with a small hood; -- worn by the pope and other
      dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church.

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   Mozetta \Mo*zet"ta\, Mozzetta \Moz*zet"ta\, n. [It. mozzetta:
      cf. F. mosette. Cf. {Amice} a hood or cape.] (Eccl.)
      A cape, with a small hood; -- worn by the pope and other
      dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church.

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   Mucate \Mu"cate\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of mucic acid.

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   Muchwhat \Much"what`\, adv.
      Nearly; almost; much. [Obs.] [bd]Muchwhat after the same
      manner.[b8] --Glanvill.

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   Mucid \Mu"cid\, a. [L. mucidus, fr. L. mucus mucus. See {Mucus},
      and cf. {Moist}.]
      Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous. -- {Mu"cid*ness}, n.

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   Mucoid \Mu"coid\, a. [Mucus + -oid.]
      Resembling mucus. --Dunglison.
  
      {Mucoid degeneration}, a form of degeneration in which the
            tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance
            resembling mucus. --Quain.

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   muckrake \muck"rake`\, in the above sense, and the noun
   muckraker \muck"rak`er\, to designate one so engaged, were
      speedily coined and obtained wide currency. The original
      allusion was to a character in Bunyan's [bd]Pilgrim's
      Progress[b8] so intent on raking up muck that he could not
      see a celestial crown held above him. Mucoid \Mu"coid\, n.
      [Mucin + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.)
      One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on
      decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form
      of proteid matter.

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   Mugget \Mug"get\, n.
      The small entrails of a calf or a hog.

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   Mugweed \Mug"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
      A slender European weed ({Galium Cruciata}); -- called also
      {crossweed}.

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   Muscat \Mus"cat\, n. [F. See {Muscadel}.] (Bot.)
      A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes,
      differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat
      musky flavor. The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape
      of a pale amber color. [Written also {muskat}.]

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   Muscid \Mus"cid\, n.
      Any fly of the genus Musca, or family {Muscid[91]}.

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   Musciform \Mus"ci*form\, a. [Musca + -form.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca, or
      family {Muscid[91]}.

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   Muscoid \Mus"coid\, a. [Muscus + -oid: cf. F. muscoide.] (Bot.)
      Mosslike; resembling moss.

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   Muscoid \Mus"coid\, n. (Bot.)
      A term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant,
      with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any
      vascular system.

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   Muse \Muse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Musing}.] [F. muser to loiter or trifle, orig., to stand
      with open mouth, fr. LL. musus, morsus, muzzle, snout, fr. L.
      morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite. See {Morsel}, and
      cf. Amuse, Muzzle, n.]
      1. To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
            [bd]Thereon mused he.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     He mused upon some dangerous plot.      --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
      2. To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or
            contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things
            present; to be in a brown study. --Daniel.
  
      3. To wonder. [Obs.] --Spenser. B. Jonson.
  
      Syn: To consider; meditate; ruminate. See {Ponder}.

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   Muset \Mu"set\, n. [OF. mussette, dim. of musse, muce, a hiding
      place, fr. F. musser, OF. mucier, muchier, to conceal, hide.
      Cf. {Micher}.]
      A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a
      muse. --Shak.

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   Musette \Mu*sette"\, n. [F., dim. of OF. muse.]
      1. A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet
            tone.
  
      2. An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic
            dance.

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   Mush \Mush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mushed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mushing}.]
      To travel on foot, esp. across the snow with dogs. -- v. t.
      To cause to travel or journey. [Rare] [Colloq., Alaska &
      Northwestern U. S.]

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   Musit \Mu"sit\, n.
      See {Muset}.

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   Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka
      testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd.
      {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.]
      1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of
            the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind
            the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter
            taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and
            enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant
            antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of
            various other animals, having a similar odor.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below).
  
      3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat
            similar.
  
      4. (Bot.)
            (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}).
            (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); --
                  called also {musky heron's-bill}.
            (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth.
  
      {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1).
  
      {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle
            ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling
            that of attar of roses.
  
      {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}.
  
      {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below).
           
  
      {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus
            moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of
            Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are
            developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has
            scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce
            is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish
            below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil
            and napu.
  
      {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The Muscovy duck.
            (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}).
  
      {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet
            ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia.
  
      {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants:
            (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of
                  which has a faint musky smell.
            (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}.
  
      {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family
            ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar
            scent.
  
      {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant
            ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but
            found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a
            thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark
            hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and
            shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred
            pounds.
  
      {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above).
           
  
      {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling
            the Seckel pear.
  
      {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found
            in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a
            strong musky odor.
  
      {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong
            odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and
            of a species of {Angelica}.
  
      {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}),
            having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms.
  
      {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family
            ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in
            flavoring. See {Abelmosk}.
  
      {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox.
  
      {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in
            India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also
            {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}.
  
      {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus
            nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling
            strongly of musk.
  
      {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American
            fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca,
            odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called
            also {stinkpot}.

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   d8Bondar \[d8]Bon"dar\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small quadruped of Bengal ({Paradoxurus bondar}), allied to
      the genet; -- called also {musk cat}.

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   Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka
      testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd.
      {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.]
      1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of
            the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind
            the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter
            taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and
            enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant
            antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of
            various other animals, having a similar odor.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below).
  
      3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat
            similar.
  
      4. (Bot.)
            (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}).
            (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); --
                  called also {musky heron's-bill}.
            (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth.
  
      {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1).
  
      {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle
            ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling
            that of attar of roses.
  
      {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}.
  
      {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below).
           
  
      {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus
            moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of
            Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are
            developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has
            scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce
            is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish
            below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil
            and napu.
  
      {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The Muscovy duck.
            (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}).
  
      {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet
            ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia.
  
      {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants:
            (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of
                  which has a faint musky smell.
            (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}.
  
      {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family
            ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar
            scent.
  
      {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant
            ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but
            found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a
            thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark
            hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and
            shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred
            pounds.
  
      {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above).
           
  
      {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling
            the Seckel pear.
  
      {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found
            in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a
            strong musky odor.
  
      {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong
            odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and
            of a species of {Angelica}.
  
      {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}),
            having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms.
  
      {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family
            ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in
            flavoring. See {Abelmosk}.
  
      {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox.
  
      {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in
            India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also
            {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}.
  
      {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus
            nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling
            strongly of musk.
  
      {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American
            fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca,
            odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called
            also {stinkpot}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Bondar \[d8]Bon"dar\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small quadruped of Bengal ({Paradoxurus bondar}), allied to
      the genet; -- called also {musk cat}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka
      testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd.
      {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.]
      1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of
            the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind
            the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter
            taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and
            enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant
            antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of
            various other animals, having a similar odor.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below).
  
      3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat
            similar.
  
      4. (Bot.)
            (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}).
            (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); --
                  called also {musky heron's-bill}.
            (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth.
  
      {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1).
  
      {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle
            ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling
            that of attar of roses.
  
      {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}.
  
      {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below).
           
  
      {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus
            moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of
            Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are
            developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has
            scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce
            is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish
            below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil
            and napu.
  
      {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The Muscovy duck.
            (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}).
  
      {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet
            ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia.
  
      {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants:
            (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of
                  which has a faint musky smell.
            (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}.
  
      {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family
            ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar
            scent.
  
      {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant
            ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but
            found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a
            thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark
            hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and
            shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred
            pounds.
  
      {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above).
           
  
      {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling
            the Seckel pear.
  
      {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found
            in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a
            strong musky odor.
  
      {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong
            odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and
            of a species of {Angelica}.
  
      {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}),
            having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms.
  
      {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family
            ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in
            flavoring. See {Abelmosk}.
  
      {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox.
  
      {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in
            India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also
            {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}.
  
      {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus
            nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling
            strongly of musk.
  
      {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American
            fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca,
            odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called
            also {stinkpot}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muscat \Mus"cat\, n. [F. See {Muscadel}.] (Bot.)
      A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes,
      differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat
      musky flavor. The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape
      of a pale amber color. [Written also {muskat}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muskat \Mus"kat\, n.
      See {Muscat}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muscat \Mus"cat\, n. [F. See {Muscadel}.] (Bot.)
      A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes,
      differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat
      musky flavor. The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape
      of a pale amber color. [Written also {muskat}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muskat \Mus"kat\, n.
      See {Muscat}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musket \Mus"ket\, n. [F. mousquet, It. moschetto, formerly, a
      kind of hawk; cf. OF. mousket, moschet, a kind of hawk
      falcon, F. mouchet, prop., a little fly (the hawk prob. being
      named from its size), fr. L. musca a fly. Cf. {Mosquito}.]
      [Sometimes written also {musquet}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of the sparrow hawk.
  
      2. A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of
            an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or
            matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances
            (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock)
            were successively substituted. This arm has been generally
            superseded by the rifle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musketo \Mus*ke"to\, n.
      See {Mosquito}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muskwood \Musk"wood`\, n. [So called from its fragrance.] (Bot.)
            (a) The wood of a West Indian tree of the Mahogany family
                  ({Moschoxylum Swartzii}).
            (b) The wood of an Australian tree ({Eurybia argophylla}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musket \Mus"ket\, n. [F. mousquet, It. moschetto, formerly, a
      kind of hawk; cf. OF. mousket, moschet, a kind of hawk
      falcon, F. mouchet, prop., a little fly (the hawk prob. being
      named from its size), fr. L. musca a fly. Cf. {Mosquito}.]
      [Sometimes written also {musquet}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of the sparrow hawk.
  
      2. A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of
            an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or
            matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances
            (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock)
            were successively substituted. This arm has been generally
            superseded by the rifle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musquet \Mus"quet\, n.
      See {Musket}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musket \Mus"ket\, n. [F. mousquet, It. moschetto, formerly, a
      kind of hawk; cf. OF. mousket, moschet, a kind of hawk
      falcon, F. mouchet, prop., a little fly (the hawk prob. being
      named from its size), fr. L. musca a fly. Cf. {Mosquito}.]
      [Sometimes written also {musquet}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of the sparrow hawk.
  
      2. A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of
            an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or
            matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances
            (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock)
            were successively substituted. This arm has been generally
            superseded by the rifle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musquet \Mus"quet\, n.
      See {Musket}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\, n.; pl. {Mosquitoes}. [Sp. mosquito, fr.
      moscafly, L. musca. Cf. {Musket}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of various species of gnats of the genus {Culex} and
      allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
      within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
      organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
      to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
      persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
      pain. The larv[91] and pup[91], called wigglers, are aquatic.
      [Written also {musquito}.]
  
      {Mosquito bar}, {Mosquito net}, a net or curtain for
            excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
  
      {Mosquito fleet}, a fleet of small vessels.
  
      {Mosquito hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a dragon fly; -- so called
            because it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
  
      {Mosquito netting}, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
            making mosquito bars.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musquito \Mus*qui"to\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Mosquito}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mosquito \Mos*qui"to\, n.; pl. {Mosquitoes}. [Sp. mosquito, fr.
      moscafly, L. musca. Cf. {Musket}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of various species of gnats of the genus {Culex} and
      allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing,
      within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike
      organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals
      to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many
      persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some
      pain. The larv[91] and pup[91], called wigglers, are aquatic.
      [Written also {musquito}.]
  
      {Mosquito bar}, {Mosquito net}, a net or curtain for
            excluding mosquitoes, -- used for beds and windows.
  
      {Mosquito fleet}, a fleet of small vessels.
  
      {Mosquito hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a dragon fly; -- so called
            because it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
  
      {Mosquito netting}, a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for
            making mosquito bars.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musquito \Mus*qui"to\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Mosquito}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muss \Muss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mussed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mussing}.]
      To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple. [Colloq. U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mussite \Mus"site\, n. (Min.)
      A variety of pyroxene, from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont;
      diopside.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Must \Must\, n. [AS. must, fr. L. mustum (sc. vinum), from
      mustus young, new, fresh. Cf. {Mustard}.]
      1. The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before
            fermentation. [bd]These men ben full of must.[b8] --Wyclif
            (Acts ii. 13. ).
  
                     No fermenting must fills . . . the deep vats.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
      2. [Cf. {Musty}.] Mustiness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Must \Must\ (m[ucr]st), v. i. [or] auxiliary. [OE. moste, a
      pret. generally meaning, could, was free to, pres. mot, moot,
      AS. m[d3]ste, pret. m[d3]t, pres.; akin to D. moetan to be
      obliged, OS. m[d3]tan to be free, to be obliged, OHG. muozan,
      G. m[81]ssen to be obliged, Sw. m[86]ste must, Goth.
      gam[d3]tan to have place, have room, to able; of unknown
      origin.]
      1. To be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either
            physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for
            nourishment; we must submit to the laws.
  
      2. To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a
            certain quality, character, end, or result; as, he must
            reconsider the matter; he must have been insane.
  
                     Likewise must the deacons be grave.   --1 Tim. iii.
                                                                              8.
  
                     Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of
                     them which are without.                     --1 Tim. iii.
                                                                              7.
  
      Note: The principal verb, if easily supplied by the mind, was
               formerly often omitted when must was used; as, I must
               away. [bd]I must to Coventry.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Must \Must\, v. t. & i.
      To make musty; to become musty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Must \Must\ (m[ucr]st), n. [Hind. mast intoxicated, ruttish, fr.
      Skr. matta, p.p. of mad to rejoice, intoxicate.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Being in a condition of dangerous frenzy, usually connected
      with sexual excitement; -- said of adult male elephants which
      become so at irregular intervals. -- n.
      (a) The condition of frenzy.
      (b) An elephant in must.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mestee \Mes*tee"\, n. [See {Mestizo}.]
      The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called
      in the West Indies. [Written also {mustee}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mustee \Mus*tee"\, n.
      See {Mestee}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mestee \Mes*tee"\, n. [See {Mestizo}.]
      The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called
      in the West Indies. [Written also {mustee}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mustee \Mus*tee"\, n.
      See {Mestee}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musty \Mus"ty\, a. [Compar. {Mustier}; superl. {Mustiest}.]
      [From L. mustum must; or perh. fr. E. moist. Cf. {Must}, n.,
      {Moist}.]
      1. Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which
            substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist
            weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn;
            musty books. --Harvey.
  
      2. Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
  
                     The proverb is somewhat musty.            --Shak.
  
      3. Dull; heavy; spiritless. [bd]That he may not grow musty
            and unfit for conversation.[b8] --Addison.

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   Mack South, OH (CDP, FIPS 46162)
      Location: 39.14205 N, 84.67321 W
      Population (1990): 5767 (1780 housing units)
      Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Makoti, ND (city, FIPS 49820)
      Location: 47.96053 N, 101.80472 W
      Population (1990): 145 (92 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58756

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   Mascot, TN (CDP, FIPS 46400)
      Location: 36.06821 N, 83.76614 W
      Population (1990): 2138 (877 housing units)
      Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37806
   Mascot, VA
      Zip code(s): 23108

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   Mascotte, FL (city, FIPS 43425)
      Location: 28.57618 N, 81.88858 W
      Population (1990): 1761 (647 housing units)
      Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)

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   Mascoutah, IL (city, FIPS 47423)
      Location: 38.50912 N, 89.80543 W
      Population (1990): 5511 (2150 housing units)
      Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62258

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   Mass City, MI
      Zip code(s): 49948

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   McAdoo, PA (borough, FIPS 45824)
      Location: 40.90084 N, 75.99238 W
      Population (1990): 2459 (1202 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Mcadoo, PA
      Zip code(s): 18237
   Mcadoo, TX
      Zip code(s): 79243

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   McAdoo, PA (borough, FIPS 45824)
      Location: 40.90084 N, 75.99238 W
      Population (1990): 2459 (1202 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Mcadoo, PA
      Zip code(s): 18237
   Mcadoo, TX
      Zip code(s): 79243

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   Meggett, SC (town, FIPS 45790)
      Location: 32.70534 N, 80.26329 W
      Population (1990): 787 (336 housing units)
      Area: 37.4 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29449

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   Mesita, CO
      Zip code(s): 81152
   Mesita, NM (CDP, FIPS 48200)
      Location: 35.01310 N, 107.33067 W
      Population (1990): 627 (178 housing units)
      Area: 25.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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   Mesquite, NM
      Zip code(s): 88048
   Mesquite, NV (city, FIPS 46000)
      Location: 36.80232 N, 114.10722 W
      Population (1990): 1871 (684 housing units)
      Area: 37.9 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
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      Location: 32.76900 N, 96.59980 W
      Population (1990): 101484 (39251 housing units)
      Area: 110.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 75149, 75150, 75181, 75182

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      Zip code(s): 48745

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   Muscoda, WI (village, FIPS 55200)
      Location: 43.18728 N, 90.43422 W
      Population (1990): 1287 (557 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 53573

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      Location: 39.55333 N, 95.52048 W
      Population (1990): 194 (97 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66058

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      Zip code(s): 24468

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   mouse ahead vi.   Point-and-click analog of `type ahead'.   To
   manipulate a computer's pointing device (almost always a mouse in
   this usage, but not necessarily) and its selection or command
   buttons before a computer program is ready to accept such input, in
   anticipation of the program accepting the input.   Handling this
   properly is rare, but it can help make a {WIMP environment} much
   more usable, assuming the users are familiar with the behavior of
   the user interface.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   MASCOT
  
      Modular Approach to Software Construction Operation and Test:
      a method for software design aimed at real-time embedded
      systems from the Royal Signals and Research Establishment, UK.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   M-Code
  
      1. {Intermediate language} produced by some
      {Modula-2} compilers.
  
      [Which compilers?]
  
      2. The {intermediate language} for an {SECD}-like machine,
      used by the {Concert} implementation of {MultiLISP}.
  
      (1996-01-22)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   MCSD
  
      {Microsoft Certified Solution Developer}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   MMCD
  
      {MultiMedia Compact Disc}.
  
      (1995-11-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   mouse ahead
  
      The {point-and-click} analog of "{type ahead}".   To manipulate
      a computer's pointing device (almost always a mouse in this
      usage, but not necessarily) and its selection or command
      buttons before a computer program is ready to accept such
      input, in anticipation of the program accepting the input.
      Handling this properly is rare, but it can help make a {WIMP
      environment} much more usable, assuming the users are familiar
      with the behaviour of the user interface.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1994-12-05)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Mahazioth
      visions, a Kohathite Levite, chief of the twenty-third course of
      musicians (1 Chr. 25:4, 30).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Makkedah
      herdsman's place, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites
      (Josh. 12:16), near which was a cave where the five kings who
      had confederated against Israel sought refuge (10:10-29). They
      were put to death by Joshua, who afterwards suspended their
      bodies upon five trees. It has been identified with the modern
      village called Sumeil, standing on a low hill about 7 miles to
      the north-west of Eleutheropolis (Beit Jibrin), where are
      ancient remains and a great cave. The Palestine Exploration
      surveyors have, however, identified it with el-Mughar, or "the
      caves," 3 miles from Jabneh and 2 1/2 southwest of Ekron,
      because, they say, "at this site only of all possible sites for
      Makkedah in the Palestine plain do caves still exist." (See
      ADONI-{ZEDEC}.)
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Megiddo
      place of troops, originally one of the royal cities of the
      Canaanites (Josh. 12:21), belonged to the tribe of Manasseh
      (Judg. 1:27), but does not seem to have been fully occupied by
      the Israelites till the time of Solomon (1 Kings 4:12; 9:15).
     
         The valley or plain of Megiddo was part of the plain of
      Esdraelon, the great battle-field of Palestine. It was here
      Barak gained a notable victory over Jabin, the king of Hazor,
      whose general, Sisera, led on the hostile army. Barak rallied
      the warriors of the northern tribes, and under the encouragement
      of Deborah (q.v.), the prophetess, attacked the Canaanites in
      the great plain. The army of Sisera was thrown into complete
      confusion, and was engulfed in the waters of the Kishon, which
      had risen and overflowed its banks (Judg. 4:5).
     
         Many years after this (B.C. 610), Pharaohnecho II., on his
      march against the king of Assyria, passed through the plains of
      Philistia and Sharon; and King Josiah, attempting to bar his
      progress in the plain of Megiddo, was defeated by the Egyptians.
      He was wounded in battle, and died as they bore him away in his
      chariot towards Jerusalem (2 Kings 23:29; 2 Chr. 35:22-24), and
      all Israel mourned for him. So general and bitter was this
      mourning that it became a proverb, to which Zechariah (12:11,
      12) alludes. Megiddo has been identified with the modern
      el-Lejjun, at the head of the Kishon, under the north-eastern
      brow of Carmel, on the south-western edge of the plain of
      Esdraelon, and 9 miles west of Jezreel. Others identify it with
      Mujedd'a, 4 miles south-west of Bethshean, but the question of
      its site is still undetermined.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Maachathi, broken
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Mahazioth, seeing a sign; seeing a letter
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Makkedah, worshiping; burning; raised; crookedness
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Megiddo, his precious fruit; declaring a message
  
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