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n. a genus of epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and Polynesia.
Syn. -- genus Amauropelta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'amay`rosis, fr. 'amayro`s dark, dim. ] (Med.) A loss or decay of sight as the result of a neurological disease, without any perceptible changes in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the “drop serene” of Milton. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

Amaurosis fugax (Med.), Temporary amaurosis [ AS ]

a. Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Adamant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Written in the table of athamaunt. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To maul or beat severely; to bruise. “In order to bemaul Yorick.” Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Esquimaux [ F. ] Same as Eskimo. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, a civilized man can live also. McClintock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gallimaufries [ F. galimafrée a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different meats. ] 1. A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. [ 1913 Webster ]

So in this installment I'd like to serve up a gallimaufry of tasty URLs that didn't quite fit anywhere else. James Patrick Kelly, (2003) in 'On the Net Gallimaufry' (https://web.archive.org/web/20060131120420/http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0403/onthenet.shtml) [ LM ]

n. (Physiol.) The obtaining of a curve similar to a pulse curve or sphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided artery to strike against a piece of paper.

n. (Zool.) An Indian monkey. See Entellus. [ Written also hoonuman. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖‖ } n. [ Ar. imām. ] 1. Among the Muslims, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A Muslim prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From the native name. ] (Zool.) A lemur; -- applied to several species, as the White-fronted, the ruffed, and the ring-tailed lemurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gray plaid; -- used by shepherds in Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Bot.) An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To throw onto confusion or disorder; to render maudlin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE. Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with weeping. ] 1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. “Maudlin eyes.” Dryden. “Maudlin eloquence.” Roscommon. “A maudlin poetess.” Pope. “Maudlin crowd.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Maudlin Clarence in his malmsey butt. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A maudlin state. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The oxeye daisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } prep. [ OF. maugré, malgré, F. malgré. See Mal-, Malice, and Agree. ] In spite of; in opposition to; notwithstanding. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A man must needs love maugre his heed. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

This mauger all the world will I keep safe. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To defy. [ Obs. ] J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. See Malkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A hare. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mall a hammer. ] A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [ Written also mall. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mauled p. pr. & vb. n. Mauling. ] 1. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and maul. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To injure greatly; to do much harm to. [ 1913 Webster ]

It mauls not only the person misrepreseted, but him also to whom he is misrepresented. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The common mallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. malerstock; maler a painter + stock stick. ] A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working. [ Written also mahl-stick and mahlstick. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mawmet. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To munch. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Manche. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind, & Per. man. ] An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. mand, mond. ] A hand basket. [ Obs. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. i. [ Cf. F. mendier to beg, E. mendicant. ] 1. To beg. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A beggar. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who maunders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Mandrel. ] (Coal Mining) A pick with two prongs, to pry with. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Maundy Thursday. ] 1. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper. [ Obs. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. The alms distributed in connection with this ceremony or on Maundy Thursday.

☞ In England, the foot washing is obsolete, but the “royal maundy” is distributed annually on behalf of the sovereign. Since 1890 this distribution has been made from Westminster Abbey. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or }. Silver coins or money of the nominal value of 1d., 2d., 3d., and 4d., struck annually for the Maundy alms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mangy. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Moresque. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. A country on the island of Mauritius. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An island in the Indian Ocean.
Syn. -- Ile de France. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Mausoleus. See Mausoleum. ] Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Mausoleums L. -lea [ L. mausoleum, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument, one of the wonders of the ancient world. ] A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. maegþ a maid. ] [ Also spelled mawther, mother. ] A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) See Mauve aniline, under Mauve. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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, Perkin's mauve, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]