A many of our bodies shall no doubt Find native graves.
Shak.
Seeing a great many in rich gowns.
Addison.
It will be concluded by manythat he lived like an honest man.
Fielding.
In this sense, many is connected immediately with another substantive
(without of) to show of what the many consists; as, a good many [of]
people think so.
He is liable to a great many inconveniences.
Tillotson.
Ma"ny-mind`ed (?), a. Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.
Ma"ny*plies (?), n. [Many, adj. + plies, pl. of ply a fold.] (Anat.)
The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb
stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of
ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous
folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.
Ma"ny-sid`ed (?), a. 1. Having many sides; -- said of figures. Hence,
presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a
many-sided topic.
2. Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike pursuits or
objects of attention; versatile.
-- Ma"ny-sid`ed*ness, n.
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{ Ma"ny*ways` (?), Ma"ny*wise` (?), } adv. In many different ways;
variously.
Man`za*ni"ta (?), n. [Sp., dim. of munzana an apple.] (Bot.) A name
given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to A. glauca and
A. pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth
bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters
of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly
bear.
Ma"o*ri (?), n.; pl. Maoris (&?;). (Ethnol.) One of the aboriginal
inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand.
-- a. Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.
Map (?), n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L.
mappa napkin, signal cloth; -- a Punic word. Cf. Apron, Napkin, Nappe.]
1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of
it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually
on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere,
or of some part of it.
There are five principal kinds of projection used in making maps: the
orthographic, the stereographic, the globuar, the conical, and the
cylindrical, or Mercator's projection. See Projection.
2. Anything which represents graphically a succession of events,
states, or acts; as, an historical map.
Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn.
Shak.
Map lichen (Bot.), a lichen (Lecidea geographica.) growing on stones in
curious maplike figures. Dr. Prior.
Map, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mapping (?).] To
represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map
out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate
systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out,
a journey; to map out business.
I am near to the place where they should meet, if Pisanio have
mapped it truly.
Shak.
||Ma*pach" (?), n. [Mexican.] The raccoon.
Ma"ple (?), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. möpurr;
cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.) A tree of the
genus Acer, including about fifty species. A. saccharinum is the rock
maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the
United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp
maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple, A. dasycarpum, having fruit wooly
when young; the striped maple, A. Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood.
The common maple of Europe is A. campestre, the sycamore maple is A.
Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is A. platanoides.
Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as,
maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
Bird's-eye maple, Curled maple, varieties of the wood of the rock
maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous
course of the fibers. -- Maple honey, Maple molasses, or Maple sirup,
maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. -- Maple sugar, sugar
obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.
Map"like` (?), a. Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as,
the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.
Map"per*y (?), n. [From Map.] The making, or study, of maps. [Obs.]
Shak.
Ma"qui (?), n. (Bot.) A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark
furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made
from its berries.