2. (Print.) A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when
the paper slips a little; a mackle.
Mac"ule, v. t. [Cf. F. maculer. See Maculate, v.] To blur; especially
(Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle.
Mac"u*lose` (?), a. [L. maculosus.] Of or pertaining to spots upon a
surface; spotted; maculate.
Mad (?), obs. p. p. of Made. Chaucer.
Mad (?), a. [Compar. Madder (?); superl. Maddest (?).] [AS. gem&?;d,
gemd, mad; akin to OS. gem&?;d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei&?;a to
hurt, Goth. gamáids weak, broken. &?;.] 1. Disordered in intellect;
crazy; insane.
I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would
make men mad.
Shak.
2. Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by
violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad
with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.
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.
3. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction;
prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. "Mad demeanor."
Milton.
Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace.
Franklin.
The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled.
Jowett (Thucyd.).
4. Extravagant; immoderate. "Be mad and merry." Shak. "Fetching mad
bounds." Shak.
5. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals;
as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.