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LUCUMA

lamp through a tube carrying the usual system of achromatic lenses, the observations being made at night, or in a darkened room.

LUCERNA'RIA, n. [L. lucerna, a lamp.] A genus of polypi belonging to the radiata. They affix themselves by a slender peduncle to sea-weeds, &c., and are phosphorescent.

LUCER NIDÆ, n. Land-volutes or lamp-snails, a subfamily of the helicidæ. LUCIFEROUSLY, adv. So as to enlighten or discover.

LUCIFERS, n. [add.] Lucifer-matches are now usually tipped with phosphorus and nitre. LUCI'NA, n. In Roman myth., the goddess who presided over the birth of children, said to have been the daughter of Jupiter and Juno, but was frequently confounded with Diana and Juno.-2. A genus of bivalve molluscs. LUCI'NA, n. The moon. [Chaucer.] LUCK'EN, pp. or a. Shut up; contracted; webbed.-Lucken-footed, webfooted. [Scotch.]

LUCK LESSLY, adv. Unfortunately; unsuccessfully.

LUCK'-PENNY, n. A small sum given back by the person who receives money in consequence of a bargain. This custom originated from a superstitious notion that the sum so given insured good luck to the buyer. It is now chiefly retained in selling horses and cattle. [Scotch.]

LUCKS, n. plur. Locks of wool twisted on the finger of a spinner at the distaff or wheel. [Local.] LUCK Y, a. [add.] Bulky; full; superabundant. [Scotch.] LUCK'Y, adv. Excessively; very; too; as, lucky severe, lucky long. [Scotch.] LUCK'Y,n. An elderly woman; a LUCK IE, grandam; goody. [Scotch.] LUCK'Y-DAD, n. A grandfaLUCK'Y-DADDIE, ther. [Scotch.] LUCK'Y-MINNIE, n. A grandmother. [Scotch.]

LUCRATIVELY, adv. Profitably. LUCRATIVE SUCCESSION, n. In Scots law, that succession which the heir receives by law without paying any value, and which renders him liable to the debts of his ancestor. LU'CUBRATOR, n. One who makes lucubrations.

LUCUL LITE, instead of LU'CULITE, n. [add.] Of this subspecies of limestone there are three kinds, the compact, the prismatic, and the foliated. It is often polished for ornamental purposes. LUCU MA, n. A genus of plants, nat.

Mammee sapota, Lucuma mammosa.

order Sapotaceæ. The species are trees yielding a milky juice. L. mammosa,

LUMBI

the common or mammee sapota, is a native of the tropical parts of South America, and of many of the West Indian Islands. The fruit, which is of a large size, is covered with a brownish rough skin, under which is a soft pulp, very luscious, and which, on account of its flavour, is called natural marmalade. It is eaten in the West Indies. Several other South American species yield

edible fruits.

LUD LOW ROCKS, n. In geol., a portion of the upper silurian rocks, 2000 feet in thickness. It is composed of three groups, the Lower Ludlow rock, or mudstone, the Aymestry limestone, and the Upper Ludlow rock. LU'DUS HELMON TII, n. The Latin name for those iron-stone nodules, otherwise called waren veins, and which are usually found of a spheroidal shape, more or less oblate. They derive their name from a mistake of "Paracelsus, who had the cubic pyritæ in great esteem, and called those bodies, from their resembling a die in shape, by the general name of ludus; and Van Helmont, afterwards mistaking the bodies here described for those luduses of Paracelsus, prescribed them in similar diseases, and called them by the same name; hence the Latin name, ludus helmontii. The English name is acquired from the resemblance of the tali, in some species, but of the septa in many more, to yellow wax in colour." [Hill's History of Fossils.]

LUFF, n. [add.] The roundest part of a vessel's bow; the side of a fore-andaft sail next the mast or stay to which it is attached; a luff-tackle. LUFF-TACKLE, n. [add.] It is used for setting up rigging and similar purposes. [See TACKLE.] LUGUBRIOSITY, n. Sorrowfulness;

sadness.

LUGU BRIOUSLY, adv. Mournfully; sadly.

Moderate

LUKE WARMTH, n. warmth; lukewarmness; indifference. LULL, n. [add.] A season of temporary quiet after storm, tumult, or confusion. LUMBAR, a. [See LUMBAL.] Pertaining to the loins; a term applied to the nerves, arteries, veins, &c., belonging to the region of the loins.-Lumbar abscess, an abscess of the loins formed upon the psoas muscle; a chronic collection of pus which forms in the cellular substance of the loins, behind the peritoneum, and descends in the course of the psoas muscle. LUM'BARDES,† n. plur. [See LoмBARD.] Bankers; remitters of money. [Chaucer.]

LUM'BER, v. i. [add.] In America, to cut timber in the forest and prepare it for the market.

LUM BERER, n. In America, a person employed in cutting timber and getting it from the forest; a wood-cutter. LUM BER-HOUSE, n. A house for the reception of lumber, or various mat

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LUNULITE

LUMBRICA'LES, n. plur. [L.] The name given to four muscles of the hand and foot, so called from their resemblance to the earth-worm (Lumbricus). LUMINOSITY, n. Same as LUMINOUS

NESS.

LUMP'-FISH, n. [add.] The Cyclopterus lumpus, Linn.; called also lumpsucker.

LU'NACY, n. [add.] Commission of lunacy, a commission granted by the lord-chancellor, or under his authority, to inquire into the state of mind of a party alleged to be lunatic, by a jury; and if the jury should find him to be lunatic, or of unsound mind, the care of his person is committed to some relation, or other fit person, with a suitable allowance for maintenance. All commissions in the nature of writs de lunatico inquirendo, are directed to two commissioners, called Masters in Lunacy, who conduct all inquiries with respect to lunatics and their estates, in such manner as the lord-chancellor may from time to time direct.Commissioners in lunacy, commissioners appointed by statute to visit and superintend asylums, and grant licenses to persons who wish to open houses for the reception of patients. LU'NARIE,† n. [See LUNARIA.] The plant moon-wort. [Chaucer.] LU'NAR TABLES, n. Logarithmic tables for correcting the apparent distance of the moon from the sun, or from a fixed star, on account of refraction and parallax. LU'NARY, a. See LUNAR. LU'NARY, n. A plant; moon-wort. [See LUNARIA.]

LU'NATIE, n. [add.] By the law of England, the term lunatic is only properly applied to a person who is found to be a lunatic by the verdict of a jury under an inquisition; but it is also applied to those who, being considered lunatics, are confined in lunatic asylums or hospitals, under the regulations of the Act 8 and 9 Vict., c. 100, without having been found lunatics under an inquisition; and also to any single patient who is boarded and lodged for pay as a lunatic in a house not licensed under the same act; and likewise to any person who is under the care of any person who receives or takes the charge of such one lunatic only, and derives Do profit from the charge. LU'NATIC ASY'LUMS, n. Houses or hospitals established for the reception of insane persons. They are of various descriptions, some being established by law for the public benefit, others by the endowment of charitable donors for the public benefit, and others being private houses kept by individuals for their own profit.

LUNCH, n. A slight repast between breakfast and dinner; formerly the same as LUNCHEON.-2. A place for taking a luncheon; an eating-house. LUNCH, n. Dele LUNCH. [add.] LUNCH EON, A portion of food taken at any time, except at a regular meal. LUNCH, v. i. For "luncheon," read

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LUNETTE', n. [add.] In optics, a species of watch-glasses, much flattened in the centre, and a kind of convexo-concave lenses for spectacles, are called lunettes. LUNGS, n. An old cant term for an alchemist's attendant, who puffed his coals. LU'NULITE, n. A small fossil coral.

LUTEOLINE

LU'PERCAL, or LUPER'CAL, a.
LU'PINASTER, n. The wild lupine.
LU'PINE, a. Like a wolf; wolfish.
LU'PININE, or LU PINITE, n.

LU POUS, a. Wolfish; like a wolf.
Rar. us.]

LUPULINE, n. [add.] This term has also been applied to the fine yellow powder of hops, which contains the bitter principle.

LU'PULITE, n. See LUPULINE. LUPUS, n. [add.] A slow tubercular affection, occurring especially about the face, and commonly ending in ragged ulcerations of the nose, cheeks, forehead, eyelids, and lips. It is so termed from its eating away the flesh, like a wolf. It is also called noli-metangere. LURCH'ER, n. [add.] A dog that lies in wait for game, drives them into nets, runs them down or seizes them, as hares, rabbits, partridges, fallow-deer, &c. This species of dog is said to be descended from the shepherd's dog and the greyhound, and is more used by poachers than sportsmen. LU'RID, a. [add.] Ghastly pale.-In bot., a term applied to a dirty brown colour; a little clouded. LURKING-HOLE, n. A hole or place to hide in.

LUSHE BURGHES,† n. plur. Base coins, probably first imported from Luxemburg. [Chaucer.]

LU'SIAD, n. The celebrated Portuguese epic poem, written by Camoens, on the establishment of the Portuguese government in India. It was published in 1571.

LUSK,† v. i. To be idle, indolent, or unemployed.

LUST,+ n. See LEST in this Supp. LUST, n. [See LIST in Dict., and LEST in this Supp.] Pleasure; will; inclination. [Spenser.]

LUST, pret. of List or Leste. [See LUST.] Chose; liked; had an inclination. [Spenser.]

LUSTE,† v. See LESTE in this Supp. LUST'ICK, a. Lusty. [Shak.] LUST'IHEAD,† n. Vigour; sprightliness; corporal ability; mirth; pleasure. [See LUSTIHOOD.]

LUST LESSE,+ a. [See LUSTLESS.] Languid; lifeless. [Spenser.] LUS TRÉ, n. [add.] One of the distinguishing characters of rocks and minerals. The lustre is said to be splendent, when it can be seen at a great distance; shining, when the reflected light is weak; glistening, when observed only at a short distance; glimmering, when the surface presents only luminous points; and dull, when the surface is almost destitute of lustre. The lustre is also said to be plumbaginous, silky, resinous, vitreous, flinty, and waxy. LUS TROUSLY, adv. In a brilliant or shining manner.

LUSTY, a. [add.] Lovely; beautiful. [Spenser.]

LUST YHEDE, n. [Sax.] Pleasure;
mirth. Chaucer.]
LUTEOLINE, instead of LUTE'O-
LINE.

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LYMEXYLON

LUTE'STRING, n. [add.] A plain stout silk, much used for ladies' dresses. [Corrupted from lustring.]

LU'TRA, n. A genus of carnivorous animals, of the digitigrade tribe, comprising the otters, of which there are many species. [See OTTER.] LUTRA'RIA, n. A genus of bivalve molluscs, belonging to the family Myadæ. The species are found in the sand at the mouths of rivers, in temperate climates.

LUXU'RIATE, v. i. [add.] To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures.-Figuratively, to expatiate with delight; as, to luxuriate in description.

LUX'URIE,† n. [Fr.] Lechery. [Chaucer.] LYB'ICKE,† a. Lybian.-Lybicke LIB'YCK,† ocean, the Lybian sands. [Spenser.]

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LYCA'NA, n. A genus of butterflies, closely allied to Polyommatus. L. dispar, large copper - butterfly, and L. phlaas, small copper- butterfly, are British species.

LYCA NIDÆ, n. A family of lepidopterous insects, of which the type is the genus Lycæna.

LYCH'NOBITE, n. [Gr. λuxves, a lamp, and Bios, life.] One who labours or transacts business by night, and sleeps by day.

LYCODON, n. A genus of innocuous serpents, found in South Africa. LYCOPER'DON, n. [add.] L. gemmatum, or common puff-ball, acts mechanically as a styptic, by means of its brown spores; L. giganteum, or giantpuff-ball, when dry, stanches slight wounds, and the smoke stupifies bees. LYCOPODIA CEOUS, a. Belonging to the Lycopodiaceæ.

LYCOPOD ́IUM, n. [add.] The spores of L. clavatum are also used for rolling up pills, and for dusting infants. L. selago, or fir-moss, is a powerful irritant, keeps blisters open; a counterirritant, and a rude_purgative for very strong persons. L. catharticum, a native of equatorial America, is a hypercathartic, and used in elephantiasis and leprosy. It is a medicine of great activity.

LYDIAN, a. [add.] Pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effemi

nate.

LYE, n. A term employed, in railway lan., to denote the sidings or short offsets from the main line, into which trucks may be run for the purpose of loading and unloading. The different sets of rails at a terminus, where trucks stand while being loaded or unloaded, are also called lyes, and are distinguished from one another by having applied to them the terms descriptive of the different purposes for which they are used, as the grain lye, the coal lye, &c. LYM, n. A dog held in a leam; a lime

hound or limmer.

LYMEX'YLON, n. [Gr. avun, plague, and g, wood, timber.] A genus of serricorn beetles, nearly allied to Elat247

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ish dock-yards in the time of Linnæus. LYM'ITER,† n. See LIMITOUR in this Supp. [Spenser.]

LYMNÆ A, n. A genus of mollusca, found abundantly in our rivers and ponds, particularly the latter. They inhabit a thin oval or oblong shell. LYMPH, n. [add.] Lymph is a thin, opaline, whitish fluid, of a somewhat saline taste, which, a short time after it is removed from the body, separates into a clear fluid, and a soft white or pinkish coagulum. The use of the lymph is to return the superfluous nutritious jelly from every part of the body, and to mix it with the chyle in the thoracic duct, there to be further converted into the nature of the animal.-Coagulable lymph, blood deprived of its red particles, which is poured out by the vessels for the closing of wounds, and for the formation of new tissue.-Lymph of plants, the elaborated sap of plants. LYMPHATI€, n. [add.] The lymphatics are small, transparent, absorbent vessels, which originate in every part of the body, and convey lymph from all parts. As they proceed from their origin, they gradually converge into a succession of branches of increasing size, and terminate in two main trunks called the right and left great lymphatic veins, through which the lymph is poured with the chyle from the thoracic duct into the right and left subclavian veins. With the lacteal vessels of the intestines, the lymphatics form what is termed the absorbent system. LYNCH'ET, n. A line of green sward which separates tracts of ploughed land from each other. [Provincial.] LYNX, n. [add.] One of the northern constellations, situated directly in front of Ursa Major.

LY'RA, n. [L. a lyre.] The Lyre, a constellation of the northern hemisphere, surrounded by Cygnus, Aquila, Hercules, and the head of Draco. Its principal star is a Lyra, of the first magnitude.-2. A portion of the brain, the medullary fibres of which are so arranged as to give it somewhat the appearance of a lyre.

LYRE, n. [add.] A constellation. [See
LYRA in this Supp.]
LYRE'-BIRD, n. The Menura superba.
[See MENURA.]

LYTHE,+ a. [See LITHE.] Soft; gentle. [Spenser.]

LYTHE, n. A fish. See POLLOCK. LYTHOGENOUS, a. See LITHOGE8 c

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MACKINTOSH

MA, n. A child's abbreviation of mamma.
MA€A'€OS, n. Monkeys so called.
[See MACACUS in this Supp.]
MA€A'€US, n. A genus of quadru-
manous mammals, called by the French
macaques. M. rhesus is the pig-tailed
baboon of Bengal.

MACADAMIZA'TION, n. The act or
art of macadamizing.
MA€AD ́AMÏZING, n. An improved
method of making roads, first publicly
introduced by Mr. Macadam. It con-
sists in covering the roadway or form-
ing the road-crust with small broken
stones to a considerable depth, and
consolidating them by carriages work-
ing upon the road, or by rollers, so as to
form a hard, firm, and smooth surface.
MACARO'NIAN, a. Same as MAC-
ARONIC.

MACART NEY, n. The fire-backed
pheasant (Euplocomus ignitus), a native
of China, is so called from having been
discovered by Lord Macartney during
the Chinese embassy.
MACAS'SAR OIL, n. An oil used for
promoting the growth of the hair, so
named from Macassar, a district in the
island of Celebes, in the Eastern Archi-
pelago, from which it was originally
procured. It is said, however, to con-
sist chiefly of castor-oil, with a little
olive-oil, and certain perfumes.
MACAS'SAR POISON, n. The gum
of a tree which grows in the isle of
Celebes, in the Indian Ocean, with
which the Malayans anoint their ar-
rows, to make the wound fatal.
MACAW', {n. [add.] The macaws
MAC CAW, are magnificent birds,
distinguished by having their cheeks
destitute of feathers, and their tail-
feathers long (hence their generic name,
macrocercus, pazę, long, and

exas,

tail). They are all natives of the tropical regions of South America. The largest and most splendid in regard to colour is the scarlet macaw (Macrocercus macao).

MACE-PROOF, ɑ. Secure against

arrest.

MÃ'CER, n. A mace-bearer,-which

see.-2. A medicinal bark, described by ancient authors, said to be useful in dysentery. MAC'ERATE, v. t. [add.] To tear; to distract; to harass. [Spenser.] MACH'INAL, or MACHI NAL, a. MACHI'NA PNEUMATICA, n. The Air-pump, a southern constellation. [See ANTLIA PNEUMATICA in this Supp.] MACHINE', v. i. To be employed upon, or in machinery; to be occupied in the machinery of a poem. [Pope.] MA'CIES, n. [L. from maceo, to be lean.] Wasting; atrophy; emaciation. MACKEREL-MINT, n. A name of

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MAELSTROM

rendered waterproof by different pre-
parations.

MACK'LE, n. [L. macula.] Among
printers, a blur in printing, so that the
impression of a page appears double.
MAC'LE, n. [add.] A variety of chias-
tolite, the crystals of which present a
tesselated appearance when cut trans-
versely. Also, a tesselated appearance
in other crystals.

MACROBIOT'I¤, a. [Gr. μazzos, long,
and so, life.] Long-lived.
MACROCEPH ́ALOUS, a. [Gr. μzx-
es, large, and zozan, the head.] Large-
headed; applied to dicotyledonous em-
bryos, in which the two cotyledons ad-
here, as in horse-chestnut.
MACRODACTYL'I€, a. Having long
toes; applied to a tribe of wading-
birds. [See MACRODACTYLES.]
MAERODIAG ́ONAL, n. [Gr. μangos,
long, and diagonal.] The longer of
the diagonals of a rhombic prism.
MACRÖM ETER, n. [Gr. μzzços, long,
and go, measure.] A mathematical
instrument, contrived to measure inac-
cessible heights and objects, by means
of two reflectors on a common sextant.
MACROP ́ODAL, a. [Gr. μazgo, large,
and us, foot.] Large-footed; a term
applied to a modification of the mono-
cotyledonous embryo of seeds, in which
the radicle presents an unusual protu-
berance, as in wheat.
MACTÁ’TOR,† n. A murderer.
MA€'TRA, n. A genus of molluscous
animals, of the order Conchifera Dim-
yaria. They live in the sand, and are
universally diffused. The genus in-
cludes many rare and beautiful species.
MACULATE, a. [add.] Stained; as,
maculated thoughts. [Shak.]

MAD, a. [add.] Mad, in the sense of
angry, very angry, vexed, is seldom
used, except in familiar conversation.-
Like mad, madly; furiously; as, to run
like mad. [Vulgar.-Mad as a March
hare, entirely mad; exceedingly en-
raged, so as to lose all self-control.
[Vulgar or provincial.]
MADÄME', n. [Fr.] plur. Mesdames,
(medäm'.) Madam; ladyship; a title
of respect for a married lady.
MADDE,† v. i. To madden; to be mad.
[Chaucer.]

MADEIRA, n. (made'ra), for MA-
DEIRA.

MADEIRA-NUT, n. A species of
wall-nut, with a thin shell, from the
island of Madeira.

MA'DEL-PAROO'WA, n. A boat used
in Ceylon for fishing, chiefly close in-
shore, and on the lakes of the interior,
sometimes covered with a bamboo-roof,
when it takes the name of padji. The
madel-paroowas are usually made of
old warkainoowees, and are composed
of two half canoes, sewed to some floor-
planks, with other vertical ones for
wash-boards.

MADRIER', or MAD'RIER, n.
MAD-WOMAN, n. A woman deprived

of reason. MAE,

MOE,More. [Scotch]
MA.

MÄEL'STROM, n. (mäl'strom.) Lite-
rally, mill-stream; a celebrated whirl-
pool on the coast of Norway, near the

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island of Moskoe. It is very dangerous in winter, especially when the northwest wind restrains the reflux of the tide. At such times the whirlpool rages violently, so as to be heard several miles, and to engulf small vessels, and even whales, which approach it. MÆNU ́RA, n. See MENURA. MAE'STO. See MAESTOSO. MAFEIE',† [Fr. ma foy.] By my faith. [Chaucer.]

MAG'BOTE,† n. A compensation for murdering one's kinsman. MAG'DALEN, n. A reformed prostitute; an inmate of a female penetentiary. MAG'DALEN HOSPITAL, \n. A MAG'DALEN ASYLUM, house

or establishment into which prostitutes are received, with a view to their reformation; a female penetentiary. MAG'DEBURG HEMISPHERES, n. An apparatus for ascertaining the amount of the atmospheric pressure on a given surface. It consists of two hollow brass hemispheres, furnished with handles, and so formed, that when placed mouth to mouth they shall be in air-tight contact. In this state the air is exhausted from the inside by means of the air-pump, when it will be found that the hemispheres adhere together with considerable force, owing to the pressure of the atmosphere on their external surfaces. If, then, the area of the section of the sphere through the centre be known, and the force required to pull the hemispheres asunder be ascertained, the pressure exerted by the atmosphere on a square inch of surface may be found, supposing the exhaustion of the hemispheres to be complete. The atmospheric pressure, however, is much more accurately ascertained by the barometer. The Magdeburg hemispheres were first constructed by Otto Guericke, of Magdeburg; hence the name. MAGG, v. t. To steal; to carry off clandestinely.

MAGG, n. plur. Maggs. A cant word
for a halfpenny; the gratuity which
servants expect from those to whom
they drive any goods. [Scotch.]
MAGGIO RE, a. (maj-jo'rā.) [It.] In
music, greater.
MAGICIEN, n. [Fr.] A magician.
[Chaucer.]

MAGIKE,† n. Magic. [Chaucer.]
MA'GILUS, n. A genus of gastropodous
mollusca, inhabiting a thick, tubular,
irregularly contorted shell. It is gene-
rally inclosed in corals, and when young
fixes itself in a hole, and as the coral
grows it increases in size and length.
MAGIS'TER, n. [L.] Contracted to
master.-Mister, or Mr., a title of power
or authority. An appellation given in
the middle ages to persons of scientific
or literary distinction, equivalent to
the modern title of Doctor.
MAGISTE'RIAL, a. [add.] Belonging
to the office of a magistrate. [Locke.]
MAGISTRAND', n. [L. magistrandus,
from magistro.] A designation given to
those students who are in the highest
philosophical class before graduation,
It is retained in the university of Aber-
deen. [Scotch.]
MAGISTRATE, n. [add.] In England,
the term magistrate is usually applied

MAGNETOMETER

to justices of the peace in the country, and to those called police magistrates, such as there are in London. MAG NA CHÄR'TA, n. [add.] The great charter of the liberties of England, signed and sealed by King John in a conference between him and his barons at Runnymede, June 19, 1215. Its most important articles are those which provide that no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or proceeded against, except by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land, and that no scutage or aid should be imposed in the kingdom (except certain feudal dues from tenants of the crown), unless by the common council of the kingdom. The remaining and greater part of the charter is directed against abuses of the king's power as feudal superior. The charter granted by Henry III. is only a confirmation of that of his father, King John.

MAIGRE

the compass), or the resolved intensities
of terrestrial magnetism in horizontal
or vertical directions. The bar is sus-
pended in a horizontal position, some-
what after the manner of the torsion-
balance.

MAGNETOMETRIC, a. Pertaining
to the magnetometer.

A valuable series of hourly magnetometric
observations was continued, night and day,
throughout the whole period of our stay at the
island.-[Ross's Antarctic Expedition, i. 91.]
MAGNIFICAT, n. [L.] In the Roman
Catholic church, the name given in the
service to the song of the Virgin Mary,
drawn from Luke i. 46, in the Vulgate.
MAGNIFICATION, n. The act of
magnifying. [Rar. us.]
MAGNIFYING-GLASS, {n.A double
MAG'NIFIER,

convex

lens which increases the apparent mag-
nitudes of objects viewed at a small
distance through it, by increasing the
angle of vision.
MAGNIL'OQUENTLY, adv. With
loftiness or pomposity of language.
MAGNITUDE, n. [add.] Magnitude of
stars. [See STAR.]
MAG’NÙM,
MAG'NUM-BO'NUM,

(n. [L.] A
double-sized

bottle, holding two English quarts.
[Sir W. Scott.]
MAG'OT, n. The Barbary ape, which
has a small tubercle in place of a tail.
It is naturalized on the rock of Gibral.
tar, and forms the type of Cuvier's
genus Inuus.

MAG PIE-MOTH,n. A black and white
moth, the larva of which feeds on the
currant. It is common in our gardens
(Abraxas grossularia).

MA GUS, n. [L.] A Magian; one of
the Magi, or ancient Oriental philoso-
phers.

In the

MAG NATE, n. plur. Magnates. A person of rank; a noble or grandee. MAGNA TES, n. plur. [add.] In Hungary, the title of the noble estate in the national representation. The Hungarian magnates are divided into greater and lesser, the former including certain high state officers, and the latter the counts and barons of the kingdom. MAGNE'SIA-WATER, n. A kind of aerated water prepared by impregnating carbonate of magnesia, dissolved in water, with ten times its volume of carbonic acid gas. MAGNETIC, a. [add.] Magnetic MAGNETICAL, amplitude, azimuth, &c., in navigation, the amplitude, azimuth, &c., indicated by the compass. -Magnetic battery, a kind of battery formed of several magnets combined together (usually horse-shoe magnets), with all their poles similarly disposed. | It is also called a magnetic magazine, or a compound magnet.-Magnetic needle, the needle of the mariner's compass; any small magnetized iron or steel rod turning on a pivot.-Magnetic north, that point of the horizon which is indicated by the direction of the magnetic needle. It is seldom the true north point.-Magnetic points of convergence, the magnetic poles of the earth, around which are drawn the isogonic lines, or lines of equal declination.-Point of magnetic indifference, that point of a magnet, somewhere about midway between the two extremities, where the attractive force, after continually diminishing as we proceed from either pole, ceases altogether.-Magnetic telegraph, the electro-magnetic telegraph, or electric telegraph. [See TELEGRAPH.] MAGNETIC, n. Any metal, as iron, steel, nickel, cobalt, &c., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone. MAGNE TO-ELECTRIC, a. Pertaining to magneto-electricity.--Magnetoelectric rotatory machine, an apparatus for rendering the magneto-electric induction currents continuous, and for converting their alternating direction into a constant one. MAGNE TO-ELECTRICITY, [add.] That branch of natural science which is established on the ascertained fact that magnetism and electricity have certain principles in common. MAGNETOMETER, n. [add.] This instrument consists of a magnetized MAID'EN-RENTS, n. In ancient times, bar of steel, which is employed to de- a noble paid by the tenants of some termine either the absolute amount of manors on their marriage. magnetic declination (or variation of MAIGRE, n. A genus of acanthoptery

N.

MAGYAR, n. (madʼjar.) One of a race
in Hungary which conquered that coun-
try, and whose descendants still bear
sway there and in Transylvania. The
Magyars came from the Oural. The
cause of the migrations of this people,
and of their confederates, towards Eu-
rope, seems to have been the movement
given to the Arabs by Islamism.
MA HAL, n. plur. Mahalalat
East Indies, any lands or public fund
producing a revenue to the government.
MAHAL EB, n. [Ar.] A species of
cherry, Cerasus mahaleb, whose fruit
affords a violet dye, and a fermented
liquor like kirsch-wasser.
MAHOG ́ANIZE, v. t. To paint wood
in imitation of mahogany. [American.]
MAHOIT RES, n. The term applied to
the wadded and up-raised shoulders in
fashion during the 15th and 16th cen-
turies.

MAHOM'EDAN, n. A Mahometan.
MAHOM ́ETISM,† (n. Mahometan-
MAHOM ́ETRY,†ism.
MAHOUT, n. In the East Indies, an
elephant driver or keeper.
MAHOWND',† n. Mahomet. [Chau-
cer.]

MA'IANS. See MAIIDE.
MAID'EN, a. [add.] A maiden-speech,
the first speech of a new member in a
public body, as in parliament.
MAID'EN-ÁSSIZE, n. In law, an assize
at which no person is condemned to
death. [See MAIDEN, a.]
MAID'EN-PINK, n. A species of dian-
thus, D. virgineus.

MAISTER

gious fishes, Sciana, one species of which is occasionally taken on our

coasts.

MAIHEM, n. See MAIM, MAYHEM. MAIL, v. t. [add.] To send by mail; to prepare for transmission by the mail from one post-office to another. MAIL'ABLE, a. That may be mailed, or carried in the mail.

MAILE, n. A silver halfpenny in the
time of Henry V.

MAILED, pp. or a. [add.] In zool., pro-
tected by an external coat or covering
of scales or hard substance.
MAIL'ED,
MEL'LED,

pp. Mixed. [Scotch.]

}PP.

MAIL'ING, ppr. [add.] Preparing for transmission by the mail.

MAILLE,† n. [Fr.] A coat of mail. [Chaucer.]

MAIL-PAYER, n. A rent-payer.
[Scotch.]

MAIN, a. [add.] First in size, rank, im-
portance, &c.; directly and forcibly ap-
plied; as, by main strength.
MAIN, n. [add.] Main of light, mass;
flood of light. [Shak.]

MAIN, v. t. To bemoan; as a verb
MANE, neuter, to moan. [Scotch.]
MAIN'-BODY, n. The second line or
corps of an army; the body which
marches between the advance and rear-
guard; and, in a camp, that which lies
between the two wings.
MAIN ́-BOOM, n. The spar of a small
vessel, on which the mainsail is ex-
tended.

MAIN ́-BREADTHI, n. In ships, the
broadest part at any particular frame.
MAIN'-DECK, n. The deck next below
the spar-deck in frigates and seventy-
fours.

MAINE-PORT, n. In law, a small duty
or tribute, commonly of loaves of bread,
which in some places the parishioners
pay to the rector in lieu of small tithes.
MAIN-GUARD, n. A body of horse
posted before a camp, for the safety
of the army; in a garrison, it is that
guard to which all the rest are subor-
dinate.

MAIN'ING, ppr. Bemoaning; moan-
MANE'ING, ing. [Scotch.]
MAIN'OR, n. See MAINOUR.
MAIN ́-POST, n. In a ship, the stern-
post.

MAIN PRIZE, n. [add.] The writ of
mainprize is obsolete.

MAINS, n. The farm attached to a man-
sion-house; a demesne. [Scotch.]
MAINSWORN',† a. Forsworn.
MÃIN'-TACKLE, n. In ships, a large,
strong tackle, hooked occasionally upon
the main-pendant.
MAINTAIN OR, n. In law, one who
maintains or seconds a cause, depend-
ing between others by disbursing or
making friends for either party, &c.,
not being interested in the cause.
MAINTE,† Pp. of Menge. Mixed;
mingled. [Chaucer.]
MAINTENANCE, n. [add.] Behaviour.
[Chaucer.]-In law, a person may with
impunity maintain a suit in which he
has any interest, actual or contingent;
and also, a suit of his near kinsman,
servant, or poor neighbour, out of
charity and compassion.
MAIR, a. More. [Scotch.]
MAIS ONDEWE,† n. [Fr. Maison-
Dieu.] An hospital. [Chaucer.]
MAIST, a. Most. [Scotch.]
MÃIST, adv. Most; almost. [Scotch.]
MAIS TER,† n. [Fr.] A skilful artist;
master.--Maister-strete, the chief
street. Maister-temple, the chief

a

MALA

temple. Maister-tour, the principal tower. [Chaucer.] MAIS'TERFU', a. Difficult; imperious; violent. [Scotch.]

MAIS TERFUL,fa. Imperious. [Chaucer.]

MAIS TERIE,† Įn. Skill; skilful manMAIS TRIE,t agement; power; superiority. A maistrie, a masterly operation. [Chaucer.]

MAIS'TERY, n. Mastery; power. [Scotch.

MAIS TREE, n. In the East Indies, a
native domestic carpenter.

MAIS TRESSE,† n. [Fr.] Mistress;
governess. [Chaucer.]
MAIS TRISE,† n. [Fr.] Masterly work-
manship. [Chaucer.]
MAJESTATI¤‚†
MAJESTAT'I¤ÁL,†
having dignity.

n. Great in ap-
pearance;

MAJES TIENESS, n. Majesty; state or manner of being majestic. MAJOL'ICA, 7. A kind of fine earthen

ware.

MAJOR, a. [add.] The major term of a syllogism is the predicate of the conclusion; the major premise is that which contains the major term. MÃ ́JORATE, n. The office of major; majority.

MAJOR-GENERALSHIP, n. The office of a major-general. MAJORING, ppr. Looking and talking big, or with a military air. [Sir W. Scott.]

MAK'ABLE, a. Effectible; feasible. [Rare.]

MAKE, v. t. [add.] To become; to prove; as, she makes an excellent wife.-To make nothing of, to regard or think as nothing; as, she makes nothing of leaping over a six-bar gate.-To make the land. [See LAND.]—To make the doors, to make fast the doors. [Shah.] MAKE, v. i. [add.] To compose or make verses; to devise; to contrive.-To make or metche, to make or match; to make one or more fit for another; to fit; to suit; to proportion. [Chaucer.] MAKE,† n. [add.] A fellow; a husband; a wife. [Chaucer.]

MAKE for NAKE, that is, to make naked. [Chaucer.]

MAKED,† pp. Made. [Chaucer.] MĀK ́ER, n. [add.] In law, the person who signs a promissory note, who stands in the same situation, after the note is endorsed, as the acceptor of a bill of exchange.

MAKE-SHIFT,n. An expedient adopted to serve a present purpose or turn; a temporary substitute.

MAK'ING, ppr. [add.] Making law,
clearing one's self of an action, &c., by
oath, and the oath of neighbours.-
Making-off, the process of clearing
whale-blubber of kreng, and cutting it
into small pieces, to be stowed away in
casks.

MAK'ING, n. [add.] Poetry. [Chaucer.]
MAK'ING, Ppr. [add.] Making well,
composing verses well. [Spenser.]
MAK'INGES,† n. pl. Poetical composi-
tions. [Chaucer.]
MAK'ING-IRON, n. An instrument re-
sembling a chisel, with a groove in, used
by caulkers for finishing off the seam,
after the oakum has been driven into it.
MAK'ING-UP, n. Among distillers, the
reducing of spirits to a standard of
strength, usually called proof.
MALA, n. plur. [From L. malum, evil.]
In law, a term applied to things that are
evil, wrong, or unlawful, as, mala in se,
evils in themselves, as theft, robbery,

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&c.-Mala prohibita, wrongs which are | MAL'ENGIN,† n. [Fr.] [See MALEN
prohibited by human laws, but are not GINE.] Guile: ill-intent. [Spenser.]
positively wrongs in themselves, as trea- MĂLEO ́DOUR, n. A bad odour or
son, forgery, playing at unlawful games,
&c.

MALA, n. [L., contracted from MAX-
ILLA.] The cheeks; the jaw; the cheek-
bone.
MAL'ABAR PLUM, n. The name of a
tree and its fruit, the Eugenia jambos.
It grows plentifully on the coasts of
Malabar, and its fruit is much esteemed.
-Malabar leaf, the leaf of the Cinna-
momum malabathrum of Malabar, used
by the ancients as a medicine and per-

fume.

MALA€ ́¤A BEAN, n. The fruit of the
Semecarpus cassuvium. It closely re-
sembles the cashew-nut. - Malacca
root, the root of the Sagittaria alexi-
pharmaca, or Arundo indica, cultivated
in the West Indies as an antidote to
several kinds of poisons.
MALACHODEN ́'DRON, n. A genus
of plants, nat. order Sterculiacea. The
M. ovatum, a native of America, is a fine
ornamental plant, with large cream-
coloured blossoms.
MALACOS TRACA, n. A sub-
MALA€OS ́TRACANS,) class of the
crustacea, in which the animals have
seven thoracic and seven abdominal
segments. It includes the shrimps,
lobsters, crabs, &c.
MALA€OSTRA COL'OGY, n. [Gr.
xxxes, soft, zw, shell, and eye,
discourse.] The science of crustacea;
called also crustaceology.
MA LA FI ́DES, n. [L.] In law, bad
faith; the opposite to bona fides, good
faith. [See MALA FIDE.]
MALAG ́MA, n. [Gr.] In med., a cata-
plasm.

MALAGUET'TA PEPPER, n. Grains
of Paradise plant. [See GRAINS.]
MALAM BO BARK, n. The bark of a
tree, said to be procured from Columbia,
and used as a substitute for cinchona.
MALAPROPOS', adv. (malapropo ́), in-
stead of MALAP'ROPOS.
MALAY', n. A native of Malacca, or of
the Malay peninsula and the adjacent
islands. As an adjective, belonging or
relating to the Malays, or to their
country.- Malay race, one of the five
principal divisions of mankind, accord-
ing to Blumenbach. In this division
the summit of the head is slightly nar-
rowed, the forehead a little projecting;
the nose thick, wide, and flattened; the
mouth large; the upper jaw projecting;
the hair black, soft, thick, and curled."
MALAY'AN, a. Relating to Malaya or
Malacca.

MAL'COHA, n. A set of Asiatic
cuckoos (Phoenicophoeus), with a space
round the eye void of feathers. They
live chiefly on fruit.
MALDA'NIANS, n. Lamarck's name
MALDA'NIDE, for his second fa-
mily of sedentary annelids, including
the genera Clymene and Dentalium.
MALE,† n. [Fr.] [See MAIL.] A budget
or portmanteau. [Chaucer.]

MALEADMINISTRATION, † n.

Maladministration.
MALECONFORMATION,† n. Mal-

conformation.

MALE CONTENT,† n. Malcontent.
MALEDICTED,† a. Accursed.
MALEFEA'SANCE,† n. See MALFEA-

SANCE.

MĀLE' FERN, n. instead of MALE
FERN.

MALEFORMAʼTION,† n. Malforma

tion.

smell.

MALEPRACTICE,† n. Malpractice.
MÅL'ESON,† n. [L. malus, evil, and
sonus, sound.] A curse; malediction.
MALE'SWORN,†
a. Forsworn.
MALE-SYSTEM, n. In bot., all that
part of a flower which belongs to the
stamens.

MAL'SWORN,+ }

MALE-TALENT,† n. [Fr.] Ill-will. [Chaucer.]

MALETREAT',† v. t. To maltreat. MALFORMATION, n. [add.] In phys., a deviation from the natural form of an organ.

MAL GRE,† adv. [Fr. See MAUMAUL'GRE,†) GRE.] In spite of [Chaucer.]

MAL'ICE, n. [add.] In law, a formed
design of doing mischief to another.
It is express when the formed design
or malice prepense is evidenced by cer-
tain circumstances, discovering such
intention; and implied, when the act
is done in such a deliberate manner
that the law presumes malice, though
no particular enmity can be proved.
MAL'ICE, n. A malicious person.
[Shak.]

MAL'IĈED,† pret. of Malice. Bore ex-
treme ill-will to. [Spenser]
MAL'ICHO, n. [Sp. malhecho.] Mis-
chief; injustice.
MALICIOUS, a. [add.] Malicious
burning, in law, the offence of arson.-
Malicious injuries, same as malicious
mischief.-Malicious prosecution, a pro-
ceeding by which a person's reputation
is attempted to be wilfully destroyed.
MALIG ́NANT, a. [add.] Small; spar-
ing; scanty; as, à malignant light
[A Latinism.]

MALIGNE',† v. t. [See MALIGN.] To
grudge; to oppose. [Spenser.]
MALIGNING, ppr. (malin ́ing.) Tra
ducing; defaming.
MALIN'GER,instead of MAL'INGER.
MALIN'GER, v. i. Among soldiers, to
feign illness, or to protract disease, in
order to avoid duty.
MALIN'GERER, n. In military lan.,
a soldier who feigns himself sick.
MALIN'GERING, instead of MAL'-
INGERING.

MALIN'GERY, n. A feigning illness,
or protracting disease, in order to avoid
duty.

MAʼLIS, n. [Gr. padu.] A cutaneous
disease, produced by parasitic worms
or vermin; formerly called dodders.
MAL'IST,† pp. for Maliced. Regarded
with ill-will. [Spenser.]
MALLARD, n. [add.] The common
duck in its wild state, the Anas boschas
of Linn.

MAL'LEABLE, a. [add.] Malleable
iron is cast-iron, which, by a peculiar
process, has been deprived of its car-
bon, and thus freed from its brittleness.
[See PUDDLING.]
MALLEA'TION, n. [add.] A form of
chorea, in which the person affected
has a convulsive action of one or both
hands, which strike the knee like a
hammer.

MALL'ED, pp. Beaten with something
heavy; bruised. [See MAULED.]
MAL LEMOKE, n. The fulmar-petrel
(Procellaria glacialis), is so called.
This bird is well known to the whalers,
as it devours lumps of blubber, and is
very greedy and gluttonous.
MALLE OLAR, a. [L. malleolus, dimin.

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