MALGRE. Same as MAUGRE.
MALIC, m[=a]'lik, _adj._ obtained from the juice of several fruits, esp.
the apple. [L. _malum_, an apple.]
MALICE, mal'is, _n._ ill-will: spite: disposition to harm others:
deliberate mischief: intention to harm another.--_adj._ MALIC'IOUS, bearing
ill-will or spite: moved by hatred or ill-will: having mischievous
intentions.--_adv._ MALIC'IOUSLY.--_n._ MALIC'IOUSNESS. [Fr.,--L.
_malitia_--_malus_, bad.]
MALIGN, ma-l[=i]n', _adj._ of an evil disposition towards others:
malicious: unfavourable.--_v.t._ to speak evil of: (_obs._) to treat with
malice.--_ns._ MALIGN'ER; MALIG'NITY, state or quality of being malign:
great hatred, virulence: deadly quality.--_adv._ MALIGN'LY.--_n._
MALIGN'MENT. [Fr. _malin_, fem. _maligne_--L. _malignus_ for _maligenus_,
of evil disposition--_malus_, bad, and _gen_, root of _genus_.]
MALIGNANT, ma-lig'nant, _adj._ disposed to do harm or to cause suffering:
malign: acting maliciously: actuated by great hatred: tending to cause
death.--_n._ a name applied by the Puritan party to one who had fought for
Charles I. in the Civil War.--_n._ MALIG'NANCY, MALIG'NANCE, state or
quality of being malignant.--_adv._ MALIG'NANTLY. [L. _malignans_, pr.p. of
_malign[=a]re_, to act maliciously.]
MALINES LACE. Same as MECHLIN LACE. See LACE.
MALINFLUENCE, mal-in'fl[=oo]-ens, _n._ evil influence.
MALINGER, ma-ling'g[.e]r, _v.i._ to feign sickness in order to avoid
duty.--_ns._ MALING'ERER; MALING'ERY, feigned sickness. [Fr.
_malingre_--_mal_--L. _malus_, bad, O. Fr. _heingre_, ailing--L. _æger_,
sick.]
MALISON, mal'i-zn, _n._ a curse:--opp. to _Benison_. [O. Fr.; a doublet of
_malediction_; cf. _benison_ and _benediction_.]
MALKIN, maw'kin, _n._ (_Shak._) a term used in contempt for a dirty woman:
a mop: (_Scot._) a hare.--Also MAW'KIN. [Dim. of _Mal_ or _Moll_, Mary.]
MALL, mawl, or mal, _n._ a large wooden beetle or hammer.--_v.t._ to beat
with a mall or something heavy: to bruise. [O. Fr. _mail_--L. _malleus_.]
MALL, mel, or mal, _n._ a level shaded walk: a public walk. [Contr. through
O. Fr. of Old It. _palamaglio_--It. _palla_, a ball, _maglio_, a mace.]
MALLARD, mal'ard, _n._ a drake: the common duck in its wild state. [O. Fr.
_malard_ (Fr. _malart_)--_male_, male, and suffix _-ard_.]
MALLEATE, mal'e-[=a]t, _v.t._ to hammer: to form into a plate or leaf by
hammering.--_adj._ MALL'EABLE, that may be malleated or beaten out by
hammering.--_ns._ MALL'EABLENESS, MALLEABIL'ITY, quality of being
malleable; MALLE[=A]'TION.--_adj._ MALL'EIFORM, hammer-shaped.--_n._
MALL'EUS, one of the small bones of the middle ear in mammals. [L.
_malleus_, a hammer.]
MALLECHO, mal'[=e]-ch[=o], _n._ (_Shak._) villainy--probably a corruption
of Spanish _malhecho_, mischief.--Also MAL'ICHO.
MALLEE, mal'[=e], _n._ two dwarf species of Eucalyptus in Australia.--_ns._
MALL'EE-BIRD, MALL'EE-HEN, an Australian mound-bird or megapode.
MALLEMAROKING, mal'[=e]-ma-r[=o]'king, _n._ the visiting and carousing of
seamen in the Greenland ships. [Prob. to act like the _mallemuck_.]