Mal*thu"sian (?), a. Of or pertaining to the political economist, the
Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian
theories.
Malthus held that population tends to increase faster than its means of
subsistence can be made to do, and hence that the lower classes must
necessarily suffer more or less from lack of food, unless an increase
of population be checked by prudential restraint or otherwise.
Mal*thu"sian, n. A follower of Malthus.
Mal*thu"sian*ism (?), n. The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to
population.
{ Malt"in (?), Malt"ine (?), } n. (Physiol. Chem.) The fermentative
principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a name given to various
medicinal preparations made from or containing malt.
Malt"ing (?), n. The process of making, or of becoming malt.
Malt"man (?), n.; pl. Maltmen (&?;). A man whose occupation is to make
malt.
Mal*ton"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose;
specif., designating an acid called also gluconic or dextronic acid.
See Gluconic.
Malt"ose` (mlt"s`), n. [From Malt.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline
sugar formed from starch by the action of diastase of malt, and the
amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles
dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right
and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.
Mal*treat" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Maltreating.] [Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter.] To treat ill; to
abuse; to treat roughly.
Mal*treat"ment (?), n.; [Cf. F. maltraitement.] Ill treatment; ill
usage; abuse.
Malt"ster (?), n. A maltman. Swift.
Malt"worm` (?), n. A tippler. [R.] Shak.
Malt"y (?), a. Containing, or like, malt. Dickens.
||Ma"lum (?), n.; pl. Mala (#). [L.] An evil. See Mala.
Mal*va"ceous (?), a. [L. malvaceus, from malva mallows. See Mallow.]
(Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants
(Malvaceæ), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant,
hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the
silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.
Mal`ver*sa"tion (?), n. [F., fr. malverser to be corrupt in office, fr.
L. male ill + versari to move about, to occupy one's self, vertere to
turn. See Malice, and Verse.] Evil conduct; fraudulent practices;
misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.
Mal"ve*sie (?), n. Malmsey wine. See Malmsey. " A jub of malvesye."
Chaucer.
Mam (mm), n. [Abbrev. fr. mamma.] Mamma.
Ma*ma" (?), n. See Mamma.
Mam"a*luke (?), n. Same as Mameluke.
||Mam"e*lon (?), n. [F.] A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or
||protuberance. Westmin. Rev.
||Mam`e*lu"co (?), n. [Pg.] A child born of a white father and Indian
||mother. [S. Amer.]
Mam"e*luke (?), n. [F. mamelouk, cf. Sp. mameluco, It. mammalucco; all
fr. Ar. maml&?;k a purchased slave or captive; lit., possessed or in
one's power, p. p. of malaka to possesses.] One of a body of mounted
soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during
several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt,
until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.
Mam"il*la`ted (?), a. See Mammillated.
Mam*ma" (?), n. [Reduplicated from the infantine word ma, influenced in
spelling by L. mamma.] Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.
[Written also mama.]
Tell tales papa and mamma.
Swift.
Mam"ma (?), n.; pl. Mammæ (#). [L. mamma breast.] (Anat.) A glandular
organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually
rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; udder; bag.
Mam"mal (?), n.; pl. Mammals (#). [L. mammalis belonging to the breast,
fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal.] (Zoöl.) One of the
Mammalia.
Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.
||Mam*ma"li*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. mammalis. See Mammal.] (Zoöl.)
||The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time
||by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the
||mother.