Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MA-LA'RI-AL, a.

Pertaining to malaria or subject to its influence. Forrey.

MALA'RI-OUS, a.

Infected by malaria; unhealthy.

MAL'ATE, n. [L. malum, an apple.]

A salt formed by the malic acid, the acid of apples, combined with a base. Chimistry.

MAL'AX-ATE, v.t. [Gr. μαλασσω.]

To soften; to knead to softness. [Not used.]

MAL-AX-A'TION, n.

The act of moistening and softening; or the forming of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters. [Little used.] Bailey.

MAL-CON-FORM-A'TION, n.

Ill form; disproportion of parts. Tully.

MAL'CON-TENT, or MAL-CON-TENT'ED, a.

Discontented with the laws or the administration of government; uneasy; dissatisfied with the government. The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. Milner.

MAL'CON-TENT, n. [mal and content.]

A discontented subject of government; one who murmurs at the laws and administration, or who manifests his uneasiness by overt acts, as in sedition or insurrection.

MAL-CON-TENT'ED-LY, adv.

With discontent.

MAL-CON-TENT'ED-NESS, n.

Discontentedness with the government; dissatisfaction; want of attachment to the government, manifested by overt acts. Spectator.

MALE, a. [Fr. male, for masle, from L. masculus, from mas, maris.]

1. Pertaining to the sex that procreates young, and applied to animals of all kinds; as, a male child; a male beast, fish or fowl.
2. Denoting the sex of a plant which produces the fecundating dust, or a flower or plant that bears the stamens only, without pistils.
3. Denoting the screw whose threads enter the grooves or channels of the corresponding or female screw.

MALE, n.

1. Among animals, one of the sex whose office is to beget young; a he-animal.
2. In botany, a plant or flower which produces stamens only, without pistils.
3. In mechanics, the screw whose threads enter the grooves or channels of the corresponding part or female screw.

MAL-E-DIC'EN-CY, n. [L. maledicentia; male and dico.]

Evil speaking; reproachful language; proneness to reproach. [Little used.] Atterbury.

MAL'E-DI-CENT, a.

Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Little used.] Sandys.

MAL-E-DIC'TION, n. [L. maledictio; male, evil, and dico, to speak.]

Evil speaking; denunciation of evil; a cursing; curse or execration. Hooker.

MAL-E-FAC'TION, n. [L. male, evil, and facio, to do.]

A criminal deed; a crime; an offense against the laws. [Little used.] Shak.

MAL-E-FAC'TOR, n. [supra.]

One who commits a crime; one guilty of violating the laws, in such a manner as to subject him to public prosecution and punishment, particularly to capital punishment; a criminal. Dryden.

MA-LEF'IC, a.

Doing mischief.

MAL'E-FICE, n. [Fr. See Malefaction.]

an evil deed; artifice; enchantment. [Not in use.] Chaucer.

MAL-EF'I-CENCE, n.

The doing or producing of evil.

MAL-EF'I-CENT, a.

Doing evil. Hunter.

MAL-E-FI'CIATE, v.t.

To bewitch. [Not in use.] Burton.

MAL-E-FI-CI-A'TION, n.

A bewitching. [Not in use.]

MAL-E-FI'CIENCE, n. [L. maleficientia.]

The doing of evil, harm or mischief.

MAL-E-FI'CIENT, a.

Doing evil, harm or mischief. Burke.