Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MAR-TYR-O-LOGE, n.

A register of martyrs.

MAR-TYR-O-LOG'IC-AL, a.

Registering or registered in a catalogue of martyrs.

MAR-TYR-OL'O-GIST, n.

A writer of martyrology, or an account of martyrs.

MAR-TYR-OL'O-GY, n. [Gr. μαρτυρ, a witness, and λογος, discourse.]

A history or account of martyrs with their sufferings; or a register of martyrs. Stillingfleet.

MAR-VEL, n. [Fr. merveille; Ir. mierbhaille; It. maraviglia; Sp. maravilla; Port. maravilha; Arm. marz; L. mirabilis, wonderful, from miror, Ch. and Syr. דמר demar, to wonder, L. demiror. We have the primary sense in the Armoric miret, to stop, hold, keep, guard, hinder; for to wonder, admire, to be astonished, is to stop, to hold, to be fixed, which exactly expresses the fact. The Russian zamirayu, to be astonished, is the same word with a prefix, and from miryu, to pacify or appease, that is, to stop, to allay. From the same root or family, probably, we have moor, to moor a ship, Sp. and Port. amarrar, Fr. amarrer, to moor, and demeurer, to dwell or abide. So also L. mora, delay, and perhaps morior, W. maru, to die, murus, a wall, Eng. demur, &c. Class Mr, No. 32.]

1. A wonder; that which arrests the attention and causes a person to stand or gaze, or to pause. [This word is not obsolete, but little used in elegant writings.]
2. Wonder; admiration. Marvel of Peru, a plant of the genus Mirabilis.

MAR-VEL, v.i.

To wonder. It expresses less than astonish or amaze.

MAR-VEL-ING, ppr.

Wondering.

MAR-VEL-OUS, a. [Fr. merveilleux; It. marviglioso.]

1. Wonderful; strange; exciting wonder or some degree of surprise. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Ps. cxviii.
2. Surpassing credit; incredible. Pope.
3. The marvelous, in writing, is that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural; opposed to probable. Johnson.
4. Formerly used adverbially for wonderfully, exceedingly.

MAR-VEL-OUS-LY, adv.

Wonderfully; strangely; in a manner to excite wonder or surprise. Clarendon.

MAR-VEL-OUS-NESS, n.

Wonderfulness; strangeness.

MA'RY-BUD, n.

The marigold. Shak.

MAS-CAG'NIN, n.

Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts.

MAS-CLE, n. [masl.]

In heraldry, a lozenge voided. E. H. B.

MAS-CU-LATE, v.t.

To make strong.

MAS-CU-LA-TED, pp.

Made strong.

MAS-CU-LA-TING, ppr.

Making strong.

MAS-CU-LINE, a. [Fr. masculin; L. masculinus, from masculus, mas, or the Ir. modh, Polish maz, Bohemian muz, Slavonic mosch.]

1. Having the qualities of a man; strong; robust; as, a masculine body.
2. Resembling man; coarse; opposed to delicate or soft; as, masculine features.
3. Bold; brave; as, a masculine spirit or courage.
4. In grammar, the masculine gender of words is that which expresses a male, or something analogous to it; or it is the gender appropriated to males, though not always expressing the male sex. Encyc. Johnson.

MAS-CU-LINE-LY, adv.

Like a man. B. Jonson.

MAS-CU-LINE-NESS, n.

The quality or state of being manly; resemblance of man in qualities; as in coarseness of features, strength of body, boldness, &c.

MASH, n. [G. meischen, to mix, to mash; Sp. mascar, to chew, Fr. macher, for mascher, L. mastico.]

1. A mixture or mass of ingredients, beaten or blended together in a promiscuous manner.
2. A mixture for a horse. Far. Dict.
3. A mesh. [See Mesh, the more common orthography.]

MASH, v.t.

1. To beat into a confused mass.
2. To bruise; to crush by beating or pressure; as, to mash apples in a mill.
3. To mix malt and water together in brewing.

MASH'ED, pp.

Beat into a mass; bruised; crushed; mixed into a mash.

MASH'ING, ppr.

Beating into a mass; bruising; crushing.

MASH'ING-TUB, n.

A tub for containing the mash in breweries.

MASH'Y, a.

Produced by crushing or bruising. Thomson.