Mab"by (?), n. A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes; --
used in the Barbadoes.
||Ma*bo"lo (?), n. (Bot.) A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor)
||from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West
||Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.
Mac (?). [Gael., son.] A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying
son.
||Ma*ca"co (?), n. [Cf. Pg. macaco.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species
||of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring- tailed
||lemur (L. catta).
||Ma*ca"cus (?), n. [NL., a word of African origin. Cf. Macaco,
||Macaque.] (Zoöl.) A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East
||Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows.
Mac*ad`am*i*za"tion (?), n. The process or act of macadamizing.
Mac*ad"am*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macadamized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Macadamizing.] [From John Loudon McAdam, who introduced the process
into Great Britain in 1816.] To cover, as a road, or street, with
small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
Mac*ad"am road` (?). [See Macadamize.] A macadamized road.
Ma*ca"o (?), n. (Zoöl.) A macaw.
||Ma`caque" (?), n. [F. See Macacus.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several
||species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus,
||the moor macaque of the East Indies.
Mac`a*ran"ga gum` (?). A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree
(Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking
impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Mac"a*rize, v. t. [Gr. &?; to bless.] To congratulate. [Oxford Univ.
Cant] Whately.
Mac`a*ro"ni (?), n.; pl. Macaronis (#), or Macaronies. [Prov. It.
macaroni, It. maccheroni, fr. Gr. &?; happiness, later, a funeral
feast, fr. &?; blessed, happy. Prob. so called because eaten at such
feasts in honor of the dead; cf. Gr. &?; blessed, i. e., dead. Cf.
Macaroon.] 1. Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat
flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.
A paste similarly prepared is largely used as food in Persia, India,
and China, but is not commonly made tubular like the Italian macaroni.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).