Mayflower
         n 1: the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England
               to Massachusetts in 1620
         2: low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with
            leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white
            flowers [syn: {trailing arbutus}, {mayflower}, {Epigaea
            repens}]

English Dictionary: mayflower	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mobile River n a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay Synonym(s): Mobile, Mobile River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muffler n a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise Synonym(s): silencer, muffler a scarf worn around the neck a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations Synonym(s): damper, muffler
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maffler \Maf"fler\, n.       A stammerer. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the       goddess Maia (Gr. [?]), daughter of Atlas and mother of       Mercury by Jupiter.]       1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.             --Chaucer.          2. The early part or springtime of life.                         His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.          3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from             their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.                         The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.                         Plumes that micked the may.               --Tennyson.          4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.          {Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[91]a} ({S.             hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers             along the slender branches.          {May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant             ({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself             (popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves,             and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The             root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.                      {May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous             species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the             winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and             allied genera. Called also {June beetle}.          {May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic             parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a             garland, and by dancing about a May pole.          {May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which             magical properties were attributed.          {May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its             blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary.          {May fly} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied             genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many             species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under             {Ephemeral}.          {May game}, any May-day sport.          {May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.          {May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria             majalis}).          {May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary.          {May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the             sports of May Day.          {May thorn}, the hawthorn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to       arbor tree.]       The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the       Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the       strawberry; the arbute tree.          {Trailing arbutus} (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of             the Heath family ({Epig[91]a repens}), having white or             usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance,             growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in             the spring; in New England known as {mayflower}; -- called             also {ground laurel}. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mayflower \May"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)       In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing       arbutus (see {Arbutus}); also, the blossom of these plants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to       arbor tree.]       The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the       Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the       strawberry; the arbute tree.          {Trailing arbutus} (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of             the Heath family ({Epig[91]a repens}), having white or             usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance,             growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in             the spring; in New England known as {mayflower}; -- called             also {ground laurel}. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mayflower \May"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)       In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing       arbutus (see {Arbutus}); also, the blossom of these plants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Muffler \Muf"fler\, n.       1. Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting             the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet.                         Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler above her                      eyes.                                                --Shak.          2. (Mus.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made             by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.          3. A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed.          4. One who muffles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Muffler \Muf"fler\, n. (Mach.)       Any of various devices to deaden the noise of escaping gases       or vapors, as a tube filled with obstructions, through which       the exhaust gases of an internal-combustion engine, as on an       automobile, are passed (called also {silencer}).
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Maple Rapids, MI (village, FIPS 51200)       Location: 43.10661 N, 84.69008 W       Population (1990): 680 (263 housing units)       Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Maple Ridge, OH (CDP, FIPS 47362)       Location: 40.91634 N, 81.04997 W       Population (1990): 1018 (393 housing units)       Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mayflower, AR (city, FIPS 44750)       Location: 34.97181 N, 92.41902 W       Population (1990): 1415 (708 housing units)       Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72106
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mayflower Village, CA (CDP, FIPS 46436)       Location: 34.11495 N, 118.00895 W       Population (1990): 4978 (1949 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Mufflers       (Isa. 3:19), veils, light and tremulous. Margin, "spangled       ornaments."