Ma*hone" (?), n. A large Turkish ship. Crabb.
Ma*ho"ni*a (?), n. [Named after Bernard McMahon.] (Bot.) The Oregon
grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated
for its hollylike foliage.
Ma*hon" stock` (?). (Bot.) An annual cruciferous plant with reddish
purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England
Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean.
||Ma*hoo"hoo (?), n. (Zoöl.) The African white two-horned rhinoceros
||(Atelodus simus).
Ma"ho*ri (?), n. [Native name. Cf. Maori.] (Ethnol.) One of the dark
race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used
adjectively.
Ma`hound (?), n. A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil
spirit; a devil. [Obs.]
Who's this, my mahound cousin ?
Beau. & Fl.
||Ma*hout" (?), n. [Hind. mahwat, Skr. mahmtra; mahat great + mtr
||measure.] The keeper and driver of an elephant. [East Indies]
Ma*ho"vo (?), n. (Mach.) A device for saving power in stopping and
starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel.
Mah*rat"i (?), n. The language of the Mahrattas; the language spoken in
the Deccan and Concan. [Written also Marathi.]
Mah*rat"ta (?), n. [Hind. Marhat, Marhtt, the name of a famous Hindoo
race, from the old Skr. name Mah- rshtra.] One of a numerous people
inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the language of the
Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied to Sanskrit. -- a. Of or
pertaining to the Mahrattas. [Written also Maratha.]
{ Ma*hu"met*an (?), Ma*hu"met*an*ism (?), n. } See Mohammedan,
Mohammedanism.
Mah"wa tree` (?). (Bot.) An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia
latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon
wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating
drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and
yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit.
||Ma"i*a (?), n. [From L. Maia, a goddess.] (Zoöl.) (a) A genus of
||spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado).
||(b) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
Ma"ian (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family
Maiadæ.
Maid (?), n. [Shortened from maiden. &?;. See Maiden.] 1. An unmarried
woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a
maiden.
Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son.
Shak.
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my
people have forgotten me.
Jer. ii. 32.