Martyrologic, Martyrological Mar`tyr·o·log"ic, Mar`tyr·o·log"ic·al adjective Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.

Martyrologist Mar`tyr·ol"o·gist noun [ Confer French martyrologiste .] A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs. T. Warton.

Martyrology Mar`tyr·ol"o·gy noun ; plural -gies . [ Martyr + -logy .] A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Martyrship Mar"tyr·ship noun Martyrdom. [ R.] Fuller.

Marvel Mar"vel noun [ Middle English mervaile , French merveille , from Latin mirabilia wonderful things, plural, from mirabilis wonderful, from mirari to wonder or marvel at. See Admire , Smile , and confer Miracle .] 1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.

I will do marvels such as have not been done.

Ex. xxxiv. 10.

Nature's sweet marvel undefiled.

Emerson.

2. Wonder. [ R.] "Use lessens marvel ." Sir W. Scott.

Marvel of Peru . (Botany) See Four- o'clock .

Marvel Mar"vel intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Marveled or Marvelled ; present participle & verbal noun Marveling or Marvelling .] [ Middle English merveilen , Old French merveillier .] To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder.

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

1 john iii. 13.

Marvel Mar"vel transitive verb 1. To marvel at. [ Obsolete] Wyclif.

2. To cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used impersonally. [ Obsolete]

But much now me marveleth .

Rich. the Redeless.

Marvelous Mar"vel·ous adjective [ Middle English merveillous , Old French merveillos , French Merveilleux . See Marvel , noun ] [ Written also marvellous .] 1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

Ps. cxiii. 23.

2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural power; incredible.

The marvelous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially the machines of the gods.

Pope.

The marvelous , that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to the probable .

Syn. -- Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable; incredible. -- Marvelous , Wonderful . We speak of a thing as wonderful when it awakens our surprise and admiration; as marvelous when it is so much out of the ordinary course of things as to seem nearly or quite incredible.

Marvelously Mar"vel·ous·ly adverb In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.

Marvelousness Mar"vel·ous·ness noun The quality or state of being marvelous; wonderfulness; strangeness.

Marver Mar"ver noun [ Prob. corrupt. from Middle English or French marbre marble.] (Glass Marking) A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it shape.

Mary Mar"y noun Marrow. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Mary Ma"ry interj. See Marry . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Mary-bud Ma"ry-bud` noun (Botany) The marigold; a blossom of the marigold. Shak.

Maryolatry Ma`ry·ol"a·try noun Mariolatry.

Marysole Ma"ry·sole noun [ Mary , the proper name + sole the fish.] (Zoology) A large British fluke, or flounder ( Rhombus megastoma ); -- called also carter , and whiff .

Mascagnin, Mascagnite Mas·ca"gnin, Mas·ca"gnite noun [ Confer French mascagnin .] (Min.) Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named from Mascagni , who discovered it.

Mascle Mas"cle (măs"k'l) noun [ Old French mascle , French macle , Latin macula spot, mesh of a net, Late Latin macula , macla , mascla a scale of a coat of mail. See Mail armor.] (Her.) A lozenge voided.

Mascled Mas"cled (-k'ld) adjective Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions.

Mascled armor , armor composed of small lozenge-shaped scales of metal fastened on a foundation of leather or quilted cloth.

Mascot, Mascotte Mas"cot, Mas"cotte noun [ Through French from Pr. mascot a little sorcerer or magician, mascotto witchcraft, sorcery.] A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.

Masculate Mas"cu·late transitive verb [ Latin masculus male, masculine.] To make strong. [ Obsolete] Cockeram.

Masculine Mas"cu·line (măs"ku*lĭn) adjective [ Latin masculinus , from masculus male, manly, dim. of mas a male: confer French masculin . See Male masculine.] 1. Of the male sex; not female.

Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.

Chaucer.

2. Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.

That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.

Hallam.

3. Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. [ R.] "A masculine church." Fuller.

4. (Gram.) Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter . See Gender . -- Mas"cu*line*ly , adverb -- Mas"cu*line*ness , noun

Masculinity Mas`cu·lin"i·ty noun The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.

Mase Mase noun & v. See Maze . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Maselyn Mas"e·lyn noun A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin , 2. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Maser Ma"ser noun Same as Mazer .

Mash Mash noun A mesh. [ Obsolete]

Mash Mash noun [ Akin to German meisch , maisch , meische , maische , mash, wash, and probably to Anglo-Saxon miscian to mix. See Mix .]

1. A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing) , ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.

2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.

3. A mess; trouble. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.

Mash tun , a large tub used in making mash and wort.

Mash Mash transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Mashed ; present participle & verbal noun Mashing .] [ Akin to German meischen , maischen , to mash, mix, and probably to mischen , English mix . See 2d Mash .] To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing) , to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.

Mashing tub , a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; -- called also mash tun , and mash vat .

Masher Mash"er noun 1. One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing) , a machine for making mash.

2. A charmer of women. [ Slang] London Punch.

Mashie, Mashy Mash"ie, Mash"y noun ; plural Mashies . [ Etym. uncert.] A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightly more lofted, used chiefly for short approaches.

Mashlin Mash"lin noun See Maslin .

Mashy Mash"y adjective Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.

Mask Mask noun [ French masque , Late Latin masca , mascha , mascus ; confer Spanish & Portuguese máscara , Italian maschera ; all from Arabic maskharat buffoon, fool, pleasantry, anything ridiculous or mirthful, from sakhira to ridicule, to laugh at. Confer Masque , Masquerade .] 1. A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask ; a fencer's mask ; a ball player's mask .

2. That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.

3. A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show. Bacon.

This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask .

Milton.

4. A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.

5. (Architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron .

6. (Fort.) (a) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere. (b) A screen for a battery.

7. (Zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

Mask house , a house for masquerades. [ Obsolete]

Mask Mask transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Masked ; present participle & verbal noun Masking .] 1. To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.

They must all be masked and vizarded.

Shak.

2. To disguise; to cover; to hide.

Masking the business from the common eye.

Shak.

3. (Mil.) (a) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of. (b) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortress by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.

Mask Mask intransitive verb 1. To take part as a masker in a masquerade. Cavendish.

2. To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way. Shak.

Mask Mask noun 1. A person wearing a mask; a masker.

The mask that has the arm of the Indian queen.

G. W. Cable.

2. (Sporting) The head or face of a fox.

Death mask , a cast of the face of a dead person.

Mask shell Mask" shell` (Zoology) Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona , having a curiously twisted aperture.

Masked Masked adjective 1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.

2. (Botany) Same as Personate .

3. (Zoology) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.

Masked ball , a ball in which the dancers wear masks. -- Masked battery (Mil.) , a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. H. Latin Scott. -- Masked crab (Zoology) , a European crab ( Corystes cassivelaunus ) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face. -- Masked pig (Zoology) , a Japanese domestic hog ( Sus pliciceps ). Its face is deeply furrowed.

Masker Mask"er noun One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade.

Masker Mask"er transitive verb To confuse; to stupefy. [ Obsolete] Holland.

Maskery Mask"er·y noun The dress or disguise of a masker; masquerade. [ Obsolete] Marston.

Maskinonge Mas"ki·nonge noun The muskellunge.

Maslach Mas"lach noun [ Arabic maslaq : confer French masloc .] (Medicine) An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks. Dunglison.

Maslin Mas"lin noun [ Middle English missellane , misceline , miscelin , meslin , from miscellane . See Miscellane .] 1. A mixture composed of different materials ; especially: (a) A mixture of metals resembling brass. (b) A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye. [ Written also meslin , mislin , maselyn , mastlin .]

2. A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a) . [ Obsolete]

Mead eke in a maselyn .

Chaucer.

Maslin Mas"lin adjective Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat. [ Written also meslin , mislin , etc.]

Mason Ma"son noun [ French maçon , Late Latin macio , machio , mattio , mactio , marcio , macerio ; of uncertain origin.]

1. One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.

2. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason .

Mason bee (Zoology) , any one of numerous species of solitary bees of the genus Osmia . They construct curious nests of hardened mud and sand. -- Mason moth (Zoology) , any moth whose larva constructs an earthen cocoon under the soil. -- Mason shell (Zoology) , a marine univalve shell of the genus Phorus ; -- so called because it cements other shells and pebbles upon its own shell; a carrier shell. -- Mason wasp (Zoology) , any wasp that constructs its nest, or brood cells, of hardened mud. The female fills the cells with insects or spiders, paralyzed by a sting, and thus provides food for its larvæ

Mason Ma"son transitive verb To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.

Masonic Ma·son"ic (mȧ*sŏn"ĭk) adjective Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or mysteries.

Masonry Ma"son·ry noun [ French maçonnerie .]

1. The art or occupation of a mason.

2. The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry ; skillful masonry .

3. That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.

4. The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; freemasonry.

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