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- English Word Madrier Definition A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes
- English Word Madrier Definition A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down.
- English Word Madrier Definition A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.
- English Word Madrigal Definition A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought.
- English Word Madrigal Definition An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee.
- English Word Madrigaler Definition A madrigalist.
- English Word Madrigalist Definition A composer of madrigals.
- English Word Madrilenian Definition Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants.
- English Word Madrilenian Definition A native or inhabitant of Madrid.
- English Word Madrina Definition An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.
- English Word Madroa Definition A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroa apples.
- English Word Madwort Definition A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual.
- English Word Maegbote Definition Alt. of Magbote
- English Word Maelstrom Definition A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.
- English Word Maelstrom Definition Also Fig. ; as, a maelstrom of vice.
- English Word Maenad Definition A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus.
- English Word Maenad Definition A frantic or frenzied woman.
- English Word Maestoso Definition Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.
- English Word Maestricht monitor Definition The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus.
- English Word Maestro Definition A master in any art, especially in music; a composer.
- English Word Maffle Definition To stammer.
- English Word Maffler Definition A stammerer.
- English Word Magazine Definition A chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.
- English Word Magazine Definition The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.
- English Word Magazine Definition To store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.
- English Word Magazine Definition A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.
- English Word Magazine Definition A pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.
- English Word Magazined Definition of Magazine
- English Word Magaziner Definition One who edits or writes for a magazine.
- English Word Magazining Definition The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine.