Maund"er*er (?), n. One who maunders.
Maun"dril (?), n. [Cf. Mandrel.] (Coal Mining) A pick with two prongs,
to pry with.
Maun"dy Thurs"day (?). [OE. maunde a command, OF. mandé, L. mandatum,
from mandare to command. See called from the ancient custom of washing
the feet of the poor on this day, which was taken to be the fulfillment
of the "new commandment," John xiii. 5, 34.] (Eccl.) The Thursday in
Passion week, or next before Good Friday.
Maun"gy (?), a. Mangy. [Obs.] Skelton.
Mau*resque" (?), a. & n. See Moresque.
Maur"ist (?), n. [From Maurus, the favorite disciple of St. Benedict.]
A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the
Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the
seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their
interest in literature.
Mau`so*le"an (?), a. [L. Mausoleus. See Mausoleum.] Pertaining to a
mausoleum; monumental.
Mau`so*le"um (?), n.; pl. E. Mausoleums (#), L. -lea (#). [L.
mausoleum, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom Artemisia,
his widow, erected a stately monument.] A magnificent tomb, or stately
sepulchral monument.
Mau"ther (?), n. [Cf. AS. mægþ a maid.] [Also spelled mawther, mother.]
A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [Prov. Eng.]
Mauv`an"i*line (?), n. (Chem.) See Mauve aniline, under Mauve.
Mauve (mv), n. [F., mallow, L. malva. So named from the similarity of
the color to that of the petals of common mallow, Malva sylvestris. See
Mallow.] A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.
Mauve aniline (Chem.), a dyestuff produced artificially by the
oxidation of commercial aniline, and the first discovered of the
so-called coal-tar, or aniline, dyes. It consists of the sulphate of
mauveïne, and is a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which
dissolves to a beatiful purple color. Called also aniline purple,
violine, etc.
Mauve"ïne (?), n. (Chem.) An artificial organic base, obtained by
oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the
dyestuffs it forms. [Written also mauvine.]
Mauv"ine (?), a. Mauve- colored.
Mav"er*ick (?), n. In the southwestern part of the united States, a
bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild;
-- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who
neglected to brand his cattle.
Ma"vis (m"vs), n. [F. mauvis, Arm. milvid, milfid, milc'hhouid, Corn.
melhuez.] (Zoöl.) The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus
musicus).
Maw (m), n. [See Mew a gull.] (Zoöl.) A gull.
Maw, n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G.
magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. √103.] 1. A stomach; the
receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw;
-- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.
Chaucer.
Bellies and maws of living creatures.
Bacon.