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Macaulay.
The delicate inflexional machinery of the Aryan languages.
Ma"cho , n. The striped mullet of California .
The common mackerel , which inhabits both sides of the North Atlantic, is one of the most important food fishes. It is mottled with green and blue. The Spanish mackerel , of the American coast, is covered with bright yellow circular spots.
Bull mackerel, Chub mackerel. See under Chub. -- Frigate mackerel. See under Frigate. -- Horse mackerel . See under Horse. -- Mackerel bird , the wryneck; -- so called because it arrives in England at the time when mackerel are in season. -- Mackerel cock , the Manx shearwater; -- so called because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the east coast of Ireland. -- Mackerel guide. See Garfish . -- Mackerel gull any one of several species of gull which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake. -- Mackerel midge , a very small oceanic gadoid fish of the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long and has four barbels on the upper jaw. It is now considered the young of the genus Onos, or Motella. -- Mackerel plow, an instrument for creasing the sides of lean mackerel to improve their appearance. Knight. -- Mackerel shark , the porbeagle. -- Mackerel sky, or Mackerel-back sky, a sky flecked with small white clouds; a cirro-cumulus. See Cloud.
Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails.
Old Rhyme.
A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States.
Mac"kle , n. Same as Macule.
Mac"kle, v. t. & i. To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a double impression.
Ma"cle , n. Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite. A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance. A twin crystal.
Ma"cled , a. 1. Marked like macle . Having a twin structure. See Twin, a.
a. Having a large brain.
Mac"ro- . A combining form signifying long, large, great; as macrodiagonal, macrospore.
a. Having long toes.
Ma"cron , n. A short, straight, horizontal mark , placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, , in dme; , in sam, etc.
||Mac"tra , n. Any marine bivalve shell of the genus Mactra, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as Mactra stultorum, of Europe. See Surf clam, under Surf.
Maculate the honor of their people.
Sir T. Elyot.
Mac"ule , n. 1. A spot.
Mac"ule, v. t. To blur; especially , to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle.
Mad , obs. p. p. of Made. Chaucer.
Mad , a. 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.
I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad.
Shak.
It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Jer. 1. 88.
And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Acts xxvi. 11.
Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace.
Franklin.
The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled.
Jowett .
Like mad, like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. L'Estrange. -- To run mad. To become wild with excitement. To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. -- To run mad after, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is running mad after farce." Dryden.
Mad, v. t. To make mad or furious; to madden.
Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me.
Shak.
Mad, v. i. To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding. Chaucer.
Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest.
Wyclif .
Mad, n. An earthworm.
Mad"am , n.; pl. Madams, or Mesdames . A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir.
||Ma`dame" , n.; pl. Mesdames . My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women. Chaucer.
Mad"-ap`ple , n. See Eggplant.
Mad"brain` , a. Hot-headed; rash. Shak. -- n. A rash or hot- headed person.
Mad"brained` , a. Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak.
Mad"cap` , a. 1. Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements. "The merry madcap lord." Shak.
Mad"cap`, n. A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person. Shak.
Mad"den , v. t. To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.
Mad"den, v. i. To become mad; to act as if mad.
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