n. [ F. chamade, fr. Pg. chamada, fr. chamar to call, fr. L. clamare. ] (Mil.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum. [ 1913 Webster ]
They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
adj. made in a factory. Contrasted with
a. Manufactured by hand;
a. Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Created by judges or judicial decision; -- applied esp. to law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc., and often used opprobriously of acts of judicial interpretation considered as doing this.
The law of the 13th century was judge-made law in a fuller and more literal sense than the law of any succeeding century has been. Sir Frederick Pollock. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
adj. made by a machine. Contrasted with
n. (Zool.) See Mad, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. & p. p. of Make. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in;
Now I am a made man forever. Christopher Marlowe [ WordNet 1.5 ]
Made up.
prop. a. Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants; now replaced by
v. t.
n. & a. See Madecassee. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See Matter. ] A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira. [ 1913 Webster ]
A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Madeira nut (Bot.),
(Bot.) A herbaceous climbing vine (Boussingaultia baselloides) very popular in cultivation, having shining entire leaves and racemes of small fragrant white flowers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Bot.) A small South American shrub (Solanum pseudocapsicum) cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherrylike fruit.
. (Bot.)
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adj.
adj.
adj. Not of natural origin; prepared or made by humans; artificial; of substances, made by chemical reaction rather than extracted from a natural source;
n. A fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes.
a. Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. “Mouth-made vows.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Fresh. Opposite of
n. [ F. ] See Nomad, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. pommade pomatum, OF. pomade cider (cf. Sp. pomada, It. pomata, LL. pomata a drink made of apples), from L. pomum fruit, LL., an apple. Cf. Pomatum. ]
a. Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order;
n. A reformado. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. & p. p. of Remake. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Made by one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]
Self-made man,
a.
a.