mnồ, nôve, nỗi, nút ;-tube, tnh, bull;–3 ;pound ;thin, THIS.

Johnson, and every other orthocpist, who uniformly accent the word on the third syilable, as I have done. MARASMUS, inâ-râz'mås. s. A consumption. MARAUDER, må-ro'dår. s. A soldier that roves about in quest of plunder. Ash. MARBLE, mår bl. ́s. 405. Massive granular limestone; stones used in statues and elegant buildings, capable of a bright polish; little balls of marble with which children play; a stone remarkable for the sculpture or inscription, as, the Oxford Marbles. MARBLE, mår bl. a. Made of marble; variegated like marble.

To MARBLE, mår bl. v. a. To variegate, or vein like marble.

MARBLEHEARTED, mår‍bl-hårt-êd. a. Cruel, insensible, hard-hearted.

MARCASITE, mar bà-site. s. 155. The Marcasite is a solid hard fossil frequently found in mines.

MARCH, martsh: s. 352. The third month of the year.

ken on shipboard to be employed in descents upon the land.

MARINER, mar'rin-år. s. 98. A seaman, a sailor. MARJORUM, merjúr-ům. s. A fragrant plant of many kinds.

MARISH, marish, s. A bog, a fen, a swamp, watery ground.

||MARISHI, mår'ish, a. Fenny, boggy, swampy Not used.

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MARITAL, mâr'rẻ-tál. a. 88. Pertaining to a
husband.

MARITIMAL, mâ-rit'tè-mål.
MARITIME, mår'ré-tim. 146.

a.

Performed on the sea, marine; relating to the sea, naval; bordering on the sea. MARK, mark. s. 81. A token by which any thing is known; a stamp, an impression; a proof, an evidence; any thing at which a missile weapon is directed; the evidence of a horse's age. Marque, French, license of reprisals; a sum of thirteen shillings and four-pence sterling; a character made by those who cannot write their names.

To MARCH, mårtsh. v. n. To move in a milita-To MARK, mark. v. a.
ry form to walk in a grave, deliberate, or or evidence; to note,
stately manner.
To MARK, mårk. v. n.

To impress with a token to take notice of. To note, to take notice.

To MARCH, mårtsh. v. a. To put in a militaryMARKER, mark'år s. 98. One that puts a mark movement; to bring in regular procession. on any thing; one that notes, or takes notice. MARCH, martsh. S. Movement, journey of MARKET, már kit. s. A publick time of buying soldiers; grave and solemm walk; signals to and selling; purchase and sale, rate, price. move. Marches, without singular; borders,To MARKET, mår kit. v. a. To deal at a marlimits, contines. ket, to buy or sell.

MARCHER, mårtsh'år, s. 98. President of the|MARKET-BELL, mår-kit-bel'. s. The bell to marches or borders. MARCHIONESS, mår'tshân-ês. s. 288, 352. The wife of a marquis. MARCHPANE, martsh'påne, s. A kind of sweet bread.

MARCID, mar'sid. a. Lean, pining, withered. MARCOUR, markdr. s. 314. Leanness, the state of withering, waste of flesh.

MARE, måre. s. The female of a horse; a kind of torpor or stagnation, which seems to press the stomach with a weight; the nightmare.

give notice that trade may begin in the market. MARKET-CROSS, már-kit-kros'. s. A cross set up where the market is held. MARKET-DAY, mår-kît-da'. s. The day on which things are publickly bought and sold. MARKET-FOLKS, markit-foks. s. People that come to the market.-See FOLK. MARKET-MAN, mår'kit-mân. s. 88. One who goes to the market to sell or buy. MARKET-PLACE, már kît-plàse. s. Place where the market is held.

MARESCHAL, marshal, s. A chief commander MARKET PRICE, market-prise. }

of an army.

MARGARITE, mår gå-rite. s. 155. A pearl.
MARGENT, mår'jënt.
s. The border, the
MARGIN, marjin.
brink, the edge, the verge; the edge of a page
left blank; the edge of a wound or sore.
MARGINAL, mår'jè-nål. a. Placed or written
on the margin.

MARGINATED, mår'jè-nå-têd. a. Having a
margin.

már

s. The price at which any thing is currently sold. MARKET-TOWN, mâr’kit-tỏản. 8. A town that has the privilege of a stated market, not a vil lage.

MARKETABLE, mår ́kit-â-bl. a. Such as may be sold, such for which a buyer may be found; current in the market.

MARKSMAN, marks'män. s. 88. A man skilful to hit a mark.

MARGRAVE, mår'gråve. s. A title of sove-MARL, mirl. s. A kind of clay much used for

reignty in Germany,

MARIETS, már ré-éts. s. 21. A kind of violet.
MARIGOLD, mâr'rè-gold. s. 81. A yellow flower.

manure.

To MARL, mårl. v. a. To manure with marl. MARLINE, marlin. s. 140. Long wreaths of untwisted hemp dipped in pitch, with which ca. bles are guarded.

MARLINESPIKE, marlin-spike. s. A small
piece of iron for fastening ropes together.
MARLPIT marl'pit. s. Pit out of which marl is
dug.

MARLY, mir. a. Abounding with marl.'
MARMALADE, mar'mà-låde.
MARMALET, m^r'ınà-lêt.

The a in the first syllable of this word is, by Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Buchanan, pronounced long and slender, as in the proper name Mary; and this is supposed to be the true sound, as it! is imagined the flower was dedicated to the || Blessed Virgin: but Mr. Scott, Mr Perry, and W. Johnston, give the a the short sound, as in my; and in this they appear not only more agreeable to general usage, but to that pre-|| vailing tendency of shortening the antepenultimate vowel, which runs through the language, 503, 535. Losing the simple in the compound] can be no objection, when we reflect on the MARMOREAN, már-mò'ré-ân. a. Made of mar frequency of this coalition, 515. Nor is it unworthy of observation, that gold, in this word,||MARMOSET, mårʼm¿-zêt. s. A small monkey. preserves its true sound, and is not corrupted MARMOT, mår'moot. s. The Marmotto, or Mus into goold. alpinus.

5. The pulp of quinces boiled into a consistence with sugar. !|MÁRMORATION, mår-md-rà'shûn. s. Incrusta. tion with marble.

ble.

To MARINATE, már'ré-nåte. v. a. To salt fish,MARQUESS, når'kwês. s. The right word for and then preserve them in oil or vinegar. Not what is now usually written and called Marused. quis. Musou.

MAKINE, má-réèn'. a. 112. Belonging to the

sea.

MARINE, mâ-rèèn'. s. Sea affairs: a soldier ta

MARQUETRY, márkệt-trẻ, s. Chequered work, work inlaid with variegation.

MARQUIS, mar kwis, ́s." In England, one of the

I 559-Fate, fär, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt ;-pine ;-pin,

second order of nobility, next in rank to a To MARVEL, mår’vẻl. v. n. To wonder, to be duke. MARQUISATE, mår'kwiz-åte. s. 91. The seigniory of a marquis.

MARVELLOUS, marvel-lås. a. Wonderful, strange, astonishing; surpassing credit. The Marvellous is any thing exceeding natural pow. er, opposed to the Probable. act||MARVELLOUSLY, mâr'vel-las-lè. ad. Wonder

MARSHELDER, mårsh-el'dür. s. A gelder-rose.
MARSHROCKET, marsh-ruk'kit. s. 99. A spe-MASQUERADER, mås-kår-rå'dâr. s. 415. A

To MART, mårt. v. a. To traffick.
MARTEN, mar'tin. s. 99. A large kind of wea-
sel whose fur is much valued; a kind of swal-To
low that builds against houses, a martiet.
MARTIAL, mir'shal. a. 88. Warlike, fighting,
brave; having a warlike show, suiting war:
belonging to war, not civil.
MARTIN, mår'tin.
MARTINET, mârtin-êt.
MARTLET, mårt lêt.

ATO MASTER, mâ'står, v. a. 93, 418. To con quer, to overcome; to execute with skill. MASTERDOM, r2/stür-dam. s. 166. Dominion

-nò, môve, når, nôt ;-tube, tảb, båll ;—åîl ;-pôdad ;—thin, THIS. MASTER KEY, må'står-kè. s. The key which || MATERIALS, mâ-tè'ré-âlz. s. The substance of opens many locks, of which the subordinate keys open each only one. MASTER-SINEW, må'star-sin'nù. s. A large sinew that surrounds the hough, and divides it|| from the bone by a hollow place, where the wind-galls are usually seated.

MASTERPIECE, må'står-pèse. s. Capital performance, any thing done or made with extraordinary skill; chief excellence. MASTERSHIP, ma'star-ship. s. Rule, power; superiority; skill; knowledge; a title of ironi-MAT-FELON, måt'fel-ån. s. A species of knapcal respect.

559.-rate, får, fall, fåt ;-mè, một;-pine, pin;

tremly ought to have the first vowel and the ac-
cent as in matron, because they are compounds
of our own; but we do not subjoin al to words
as we do ish and ly, and, therefore, words of
that termination are under a different predica-
ment. Something like this seems to have struck
Mr. Sheridan and Dr. Johnson when they ac-
cented the word Patronal: for though this word
is exactly of the same form, and is perfectly
similar in the quantity of the Latin vowels, we
find matronal marked with the accent upon the
first syllable, and patronal on the second. From
D: Johnson's accentuation we cannot collect
the quantity of the vowel; his authority, there-
fore, in the word in question, is only for the
accent on the first syllable. To him may be
added, Mr. Scott, Mr. Perry, and Entick, who
accent and sound the a as Mr. Sheridan has
done. Dr. Ash alone seems to favour the pro-
nunciation I have given.

MATRONLY, måʼtrůn-lè. ad. Elderly, ancient.
See MATRONAL.

MATROSS, må-tros'. s. Matrosses are a sort of
soldiers next in degree under the gunners, who
assist about the guns in traversing, spunging,
firing, and loading them.

MATTER, máttar. s. 98. Body, substance extended; materials, that of which any thing is composed; subject, thing treated; the whole, the very thing supposed; affair, business, in a familiar sense; cause of disturbance; import, consequence; thing, object, that which has some particular relation; space or quantity nearly computed; purulent running.

To MATTER, mât'tar. v. n. To be of impor tance, to import; to generate matter by supjuration.

To MATTER, inât'tår. v. a. To regard, not to neglect.

MATTERY, måt'tår-è. a. Purulent, gencrating||

matter.

MATTOCK, mật'tåk. s. 166. instrument to pull up wood; MATTRESS, mât'tris. s. 99. made to lie upon.

A kind of toothed a pickaxe.

A kind of quilt.

To MATURATE, mâtsh'ù-rate. v. a. 91. To hasten, to ripen.

To MATURATE, mâtsh'u-råte. v. n. 461. To grow ripe.

MATURATION, mâtsh-u-rà'shun. s. The act of ripening, the state of growing ripe; the sup puration of excrementitious or extravasated juices into matter..

MAWKISHNESS, måw'kish-nês. s. Aptness to cause loathing.

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3. Be

MAW-WORM, måw'wurm. s. Gut-worms fre-
quently creep into the stomach, whence they
are called stomach or maw-worms.
MAXILLAR, mag-zil lår. 478.
MAXILLARY, maks'il-lár-é. 477.
longing to the jaw-bone.
There is a diversity in the pronunciation of
this word, which makes it necessary to recur
to principles to decide which is best. Dr.
Johnson, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Nares, and Mr.
Barclay, accent it on the first syllable; and Dr.
Ash, Dr. Kenrick, W. Johnston, Bailey, and
Entick, on the second: and notwithstanding
this majority, I am of opinion that the first
manner is right. For though Maxillary and the
other similar words of this termination are of
the same number of syllables with the Lati.
words from which they are derived, as Max l-
laris, Capillaris, &c. (503, e ;) yet as our lan-
guage has an aversion to the accent on the a in
these terminations which have the accent in the
Latin words, 512, it seems agreeable to our
own analogy to place the stress on that sylla-
le to which we give a secondary stress in the
original word, and that is the first.-See Aca-
DEMY and MAMMILLARY.

MAXIM, maksim. s. An axiom, a general prin
ciple, a leading truth.

MAY, mà. Auxiliary verb, preterit Might. To
be at liberty, to be permitted, to be allowed; to
be possible; to be by chance; to have power.
A word expressing desire or wish.
MAY BE, ma'be. ad. Perhaps.

MAY, mà. s. The fifth month of the year, the
confine of spring and summer; the early or
gay part of life.

To MAY, mà. v. n. To gather flowers on May morning.

MAY-BUG, ma'bug. s. A chaffer. MAY-DAY, mà dả. s. The first of May. MATURATIVE, mâtsh'u-râ-tly. a. 463. Ripen-MAY-FLOWER, må flour. s. A plant. ing, conducive to ripeness; conducive to the MAY-FLY, má'í. s. An insect. suppuration of a sore.

MATURE, má-ture'. a.-See FUTURITY. Ripe, perfected by time; brought near to completion; well-disposed, fit for execution, well-digested.

MAY-GAME, må gåme. s. Diversion, sports,
such as are used on the first of May.
MAY-LILY, målfi-lè. s. The same with Lily of

the valley.

To MATURE, mâ-tùre'. v. a, To ripen, to ad-MAY-POLE, mà'pôle. s. Pole to be danced vance to ripeness.

MATURELY, må-ture'lè. ad. Ripely, complete-
ly; with counsel well-digested; early, soon.
MATURITY, må-tà'rè-tè. s. Ripeness, completion.
MAUDLIN, mawd'lin. a. Drunk, fuddled.

round in May.

MAYWEED, ma'weed. s A species of chamomile, MAYOR, må år. s. 418. The chief magistrate of a corporation, who, in London and York, is called Lord Mayor.

MAUGRE, mawgur ad. 416. With ill will.-MAYORALTY, må ́år-âl-tè. s. The office of a

Mason. In spite of, notwithstanding. Ash.
To MAUL, mawl. v. a. To beat, to bruise, to
hurt in a coarse or butcherly manner.-See
MALL.

MAUL, mawl. s. A heavy hammer.
MAUND, månd. s. 214. A hand basket.

Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Perry give the sound of a in all to this word. Dr. Kenrick gives both the a in hard and that in all, but prefers the first.-See TAUNT.

mavor.

This word is subject to the same corrupt pronunciation as Admiraty; that is, as if it were written Mayaraltry.

MAYORESS, má ár-és. s. The wife of a mayor.
MAZARD, mâz'zûrd s. 88. A jaw. A low word
MAZE, maze. s. A labyrinth, a place of per

plexity and winding passages; confusion of
thought, uncertainty, perplexity.

To MAZE, maze. v. a. To bewilder; to confuse. To MAUNDER, mån'dår. v. n. 214. To grum-MAZY, má'zė. a. Perplexed, confused. ble, to murmur. ME, mè. The oblique case of I.

Mr. Sheridan, Buchanan, W. Johnston, and Mr. Perry, pronounce the diphthong in this word as in Maund; but Mr. Nares, and Mr. Elphinstone, whose opinion in this point is of

MEACOCK, me kok. a. 227. Tame, cowardly.
Obsolete.

MEAD, mède. s. 227. A kind of drink made of

water and honey

MEAD, mède.

nỏ, mỏve, når, nåt; tube, tåb, bûll ;-¿ñi ;—pôånd ;—thin, THIS.

MEADOW, med'do. 234, 515.

5.

A rich

pasture ground, from which hay is made. MEADOW-SAFFRON, mèd'do-sâf'förn. s. 417. A plant.

MEADOW-SWEET, m'd'do-sweet. s. A plant.
MEAGER, me går. a. 227, 416. Lean, wanting
flesh, starved; poor, hungry.

MEAGERNESS, me'gur-nes. s. Leanness, want
of flesh; scantiness, barrenness.
MEAL, mèle. s. 227. The act of eating at a
certain time; a repast; the flower or edible
part of corn.

MEASURELESS, mèzh'àr-les.

immeasurable.
MEASUREMENT, mêzh'ùr-mênt. s. Mensura-
tion, act of measuring.

MEASURER, mêzh'àr-år. s. 98. One that mea

sures.

in general.
MEAT, mète. s. 245. Flesh to be eaten; ford

a.

Mean

MECHANICAL, mé-kân'né-kál. MEATHE, mèrue. s. A kind of drink. servile, of mean occupation; construc'ed by MECHANICK, mé-kan'nîk. 509. the laws of mechanicks; skilled in mechanicks To MEAL, mèle. v. a. To sprinkle, to mingle.MECHANICK, mé-kân'nik. s. 353. A manufac Obsolete.

MEALMAN, mèle'mân. §. 23. One that deals in
meal.

MEALY me'le. a. Having the taste or soft in-
sipidity of meal; hesprinkled as with meal.
MEALY-MOUTHED, è ́lè-môûrн'd. a. Soft
mouthed, unable to speak freely.
MEAN, mène. a. 227. Wanting dignity, of low
rank or birth; low-minded, base, despicable
low in the degree of any property, low in worth;
middle, moderate, without excess; intervening,
intermediate.

instru-
MEAN, mene. s. Mediocrity, middle rate, me-
Jur.; interval, interim, meantime ;
inent, measure, that which is used in order to
any end. By all means; without doubt, with-
out hesitation. By no means; not in any de-
gree, not at all. In the plural, revenue, for
tune, power. Mean-time, or mean-while; in the
intervening time.
To MEAN, nene. v. n.
tend, to purpose.
To MEAN, mène. v, a.
to hint covertly.
MEANDER, mé-ân'dor. s. 98. Maze, labyrinth,
flexuous passage, serpentine winding.

To have in mind, to in

To purpose; to intend,

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turer, a low workman.

Acfines Mechanicks to be the geometry of motion. MECHANICKS, mè-kân'niks. s. Dr. Wallis de cording to the laws of mechanism. MECHANICALLY, mé-kan'né-kâl-è. ad. Agreeableness to the laws of mechanism; meanMECHANICALNESS, mè-kân'ně-kâl-nês.

ness.

MECHANICIAN, mêk-â-nish'ân. s. A man pro-
fessing or studying the construction of ma
chines.
MECHANISM, mêk'â-nizm. s. Action accord
ing to mechanick laws; construction of parts
depending on each other in any complicated
fabrick.

of poppy; the first excrement of children.
An ancient coin; a
MECONIUM, mè-kò'nè-&m. s. Expressed juice
piece stamped in honour of some remarkable
MEDAL, med dâl. s. 83.
performance.
MEDALLICK, mě-dàl'ik. a. 509. Pertaining to

To MEANDER, mè-ân'důr. v. n. To run wind-To
ing, to be intricate. Mason.
MEANDROUS, mè-ân'drås. a. 314. Winding,
flexuous.

MEANING, me'ning. s. 410. Purpose, intention;
the sense, the thing understood.
MEANLY, mène ́lè. ad.

Moderately; poorly;
ungenerously; without respect.
Low rank, poverty;
MEANNESS, mène nés. s.
lowness of mind; sordidness, niggardliness.
MEANT, ment. Pret. and part. pass. of To
Mean.

A Mease of herrings is five

MEASE, mèse. s.
hundred.
MEASLES, mèʼziz. s. 227, 359. A kind of erup-
tive and infectious fever; a disease of swine;
a disease of trees.
MEASLED, mè'zl'd. a. 359. Infected with the
measles.

S.

MEASLY, me'zlè. a. Scabbed with the measles. MEASURABLE, m3zh'ùr-å-bl. a. Such as may be measured; moderate, in small quantity, mêzh'ur-a-bl-nês. MEASURABLENESS, Quality of admitting to be measured. That by which MEASURABLY, mezh'dr-å-ble. ad. Moderately. MEASURE, mezh ́úre. s. 234. any thing is measured; the rule by which any | thing is adjusted or proportioned; proportion, quantity settled; a stated quantity, as, a mea sure of wine; sufficient quantity; degree; proportionate time, musical time; motion harmonically regulated; moderation, not excess; limit, boundary; syllables metrically numbered, aetre; tune, proportionate notes; mean of action; mean to an end. To have hard measure; to be hardly dealt by.

To MEASURE, mêzh ure. v. a. To compute the quantity of any thing by some settled rule; to pass through, to judge of extent by marching over; to adjust, to proportion; to mark out in stated quantities; to allot or distribute by mea

ture.

curious in medals.

A man skilled or

to interpose, to act in any thing; to interpose MEDDLE, med'dl. v. n. 405. To have to do; or intervene importunely or officiously. One who busies MEDDLER, mêd'dl-år. s. 98. Intermedhimself with things in which he has no concern. MEDDLESOME, med'dl-sim. a. dling.

V. a.

To MEDIATE, mè'dè-åte. v. n. 91, 534. To in
terpose as an equal friend to both parties; te
To form by
be between two.
mediation; to limit by something in the middle
91. Interposed, in-
To MEDIATE, mè'dé-åte.
MEDIATE, mè'dè-åte. a.
tervening; middle, between two extremes;
acting as a means.
MEDIATELY, mé'dè-ate-lè. ad. By a second-

ary cause.

intervention, agency between two parties pracMEDIATION, mè-dè-å'shůn. s. Interposition. tised by a common friend; intercession, entreaty for another.

MEDIATOR, mè-dè-å'tår. s. 534. One that in
tervenes between two parties; an intercessor,
an entreater for another; one of the characters
of our Blessed Saviour.
MEDIATORIAL, né-de-a-to'rè-ál.
Belonging to a mediator.
MEDIATORY, mè'dè-å-tûr-é.

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S. The see No. 512. For the o, see DOMESTICK. For the accent, office of a mediator. MEDIATORSHIP, mè-dè-å'tår-ship. MEDIATRIX, mè-dè-à'triks. s. A female me

diator.

the art of healing. MEDICAL, mêd'è-kâl. a. Physical, relating to

dicinally. MEDICALLY, měd ́é-kál-é. ad. Physically, me

used in healing, generally topical applicati MEDICAMENT, mêd'è-kâ-mẻnt. s. Any thing

All our orthoepists but Bailey pronounce word with the accent on the first syllable;