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n. 1. a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
Syn. -- wet nurse [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a female domestic.
Syn. -- maid, maidservant, housemaid [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A kind of baboon; the wanderoo. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Ethnol.) A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in Northeastern Nebraska; called also Omaha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Skr. mahābhārata. ] (Hinduism) A celebrated sacred epic poem of the Hindus, written in Sanskrit. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to a history, in many episodes, of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India.
Syn. -- Mahabharatam, Mahabharatum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.[ Ar. mahled. ] (Bot.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Skr. mahārāja; mahat great + rāja king. ] A sovereign prince in India; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja; -- a title given also to other persons of high rank. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja. [ Also spelled maharanee. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. (Zool.) An African antelope (Hippotragus Bakeri). Its face is striped with black and white. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face, worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Skr. mahātman, lit., great-souled, wise. ] (Theosophy) One of a class of sages, or “adepts, ” reputed to have knowledge and powers of a higher order than those of ordinary men. The title was popularly applied to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in tribute to his wisdom, though not implying any supernatural powers; he is thus often referred to as Mahatma Ghandi or The Mahatma. He was most noted for his advocacy of non-violence in resisting oppression, and played an important role in convincing Great Britain to grant independence to India and Pakistan. -- Ma*hat"ma*ism n. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

prop. n. See the note under mahatma. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation, found in China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; and Mongolia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation esp through faith alone; chiefly in China; Tibet; Japan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an adherent of Mahayana Buddhism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Ar., guide, leader. ] Among Muslims, the last imam or leader of the faithful. The Sunni, the largest sect of the Muslims, believe that he is yet to appear. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The title has been taken by several persons in countries where Islam prevails, -- notably by Mohammad Ahmed, who overran the Egyptian Sudan, and in 1885 captured Khartum, his soldiers killing General Gordon, an Englishman, who was then the Egyptian governor of the region. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mahdism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Belief in the coming of the Mahdi; fanatical devotion to the cause of the Mahdi or a pretender to that title. -- Mah"dist n.

Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed. E. N. Bennett. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

prop. n. Variant of Mohican. [ Also spelled Mohican. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. either of two large slender food and game fish (Coryphaena equisetis or Coryphaena hippurus) of warm waters. They are highly esteemed as food fish, especially in Hawaii. See also dolphin{ 2 }.
Syn. -- dolphin, dolphinfish. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. lean-fleshed fish of warm waters, esp. Hawaii.
Syn. -- dolphinfish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ G. malerstock; maler a painter + stock stick. ] A long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush while painting. Same as Maul-stick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of Hibiscus, Ochroma, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which is used for strings and cordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the South American name. ] 1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia (Swietenia Mahogoni), found in tropical America. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Several other trees, with wood more or less like mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany (Khaya Senegalensis), Australian mahogany (Eucalyptus marginatus), Bastard mahogany (Batonia apetala of the West Indies), Indian mahogany (Cedrela Toona of Bengal, and trees of the genera Soymida and Chukrassia), Madeira mahogany (Persea Indica), Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch (Betula lenta), also the several species of Cercocarpus of California and the Rocky Mountains. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A table made of mahogany wood. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To be under the mahogany, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table. [ Eng. ] --
To put one's legs under some one's mahogany, to dine with him. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A South African lemur (Galago maholi), having very large ears. [ Written also moholi. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Same as Mohammed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Mohammedan. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. See Mohammedanism and Islam. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mahometanized p. pr. & vb. n. Mahometanizing ] To convert to Islam, the religion of Mohammed; to Mohammedanize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mohammedanism and Islam. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Muslim. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Islam. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large Turkish ship. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Named after Bernard McMahon. ] (Bot.) The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) The African white two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native name. Cf. Maori. ] (Ethnol.) One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who's this, my mahound cousin ? Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. mahāwat, Skr. mahāmātra; mahat great + mātrā measure. ] The keeper and driver of an elephant. [ East Indies ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mach.) A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Mahrattas; the language spoken in the Deccan and Concan. [ Written also Marathi. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. Marhatā, Marhāttā, the name of a famous Hindoo race, from the old Skr. name Mahā-rāshtra. ] One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied to Sanskrit. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Mahrattas. [ Written also Maratha. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , prop. n. A Sanskritic language of western India, prob. descended from the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples. It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century. It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ n. } See Mohammedan, Muslim, Mohammedanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also Bassia butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. pl.; sing. Omaha /sing>. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (Elaphrium tomentosum and Elaphrium Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera). [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ Corruption of Per. Mumtāz-i-Ma&hsdot_;al, lit., the distinguished one of the palace, fr. Ar. ] A marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan, in memory of his favorite wife. In beauty of design and rich decorative detail it is one of the best examples of Saracenic architecture, and specifically of Mogul architecture. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]