Mal*o"dor*ous (?), a. Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling. --
Mal*o"dor*ous*ness. n. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
Mal"o*nate (?), a. (Chem.) A salt of malonic acid.
Ma*lon"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid
produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and
so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid.
Mal"o*nyl (?), n. [Malonic + -yl.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical,
CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid.
||Mal*pi"ghi*a (?), n. [NL. See Malpighian.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical
||American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish
||flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens are eaten under the name of
||Barbadoes cherries.
Mal*pi`ghi*a"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a
natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceæ), some of them
climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of
South American forests.
Mal*pi"ghi*an (?), a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by,
Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.
Malpighian capsules or corpuscles, the globular dilatations, containing
the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary
tubules of the kidney. -- Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen, masses
of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.
Mal`po*si"tion (?), n. [Mal- + position.] A wrong position.
Mal*prac"tice (?), n. [Mal- + practice.] Evil practice; illegal or
immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically,
the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is
contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
[Written also malepractice.]
Malt (?), n. [AS. mealt; akin to D. mout, G. malz, Icel., Sw., & Dan.
malt, and E. melt. √108. See Melt.] Barley or other grain,
steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until
the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in
the distillation of whisky.
Malt, a. Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.
Malt liquor, an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared
by fermenting an infusion of malt. - - Malt dust, fine particles of
malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -- used as a fertilizer. "
Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the
grain." Sir H. Davy. -- Malt floor, a floor for drying malt. -- Malt
house, or Malthouse, a house in which malt is made. -- Malt kiln, a
heated chamber for drying malt.
Malt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malted: p. pr. & vb. n. Malting.] To make
into malt; as, to malt barley.
Malt, v. i. To become malt; also, to make grain into malt. Mortimer.
Mal"ta*lent (?), n. [F. See Malice, and Talent.] Ill will; malice.
[Obs.] Rom. of R. Spenser.
Mal*tese" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants. --
n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta.
Maltese cat (Zoöl.), a mouse- colored variety of the domestic cat. --
Maltese cross. See Illust. 5, of Cross. -- Maltese dog (Zoöl.), a breed
of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated
in Malta.
||Mal"tha (ml"th), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma`lqa.] 1. A variety of bitumen,
||viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling
||a bituminous odor.