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Margarine Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 29).

2. Margarin.

Mar"ga*ry*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. -ized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. -izing (?).] [(J. J. Lloyd) Margary, inventor of the process + -ize.] To impregnate (wood) with a preservative solution of copper sulphate (often called Mar"ga*ry's flu"id [-rz]).

Ma*ri"nism (?), n. A bombastic literary style marked by the use of metaphors and antitheses characteristic of the Italian poet Giambattista Marini (1569- 1625). -- Ma*ri"nist (#), n.

Mar"riage, n. In bézique, penuchle, and similar games at cards, the combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the trump suit, it is called a royal marriage.

Mar"tian (?), a. [L. Martius.] Of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war, or to the planet bearing his name; martial.

Mar"tian, n. An inhabitant of the planet Mars. Du Maurier.

{ Mash"ie, Mash"y } (?), n.; pl. Mashies (#). [Etym. uncert.] A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightly more lofted, used chiefly for short approaches.

Mask (?), n. 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.

Mas"sage (?), v. t. (Med.) To treat by means of massage; to rub or knead; as, to massage a patient with ointment.

Mas"sag*ist (?), n. One who practices massage; a masseur or masseuse.

||Mas`seur" (m`sûr"), n.; pl. -seurs (-sûrz"; F. -sûr"). [F. See Massage.] 1. A man who practices massage.

2. An instrument used in the performance of massage.

||Mas`seuse" (m*sûz"), n.; pl. -seuses (F. -sûz"). [F.] A woman who practices massage.

Mast, n. (Aëronautics) A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for stiffening purposes.

{ Mas"ta*ba (?), n. Also Mas"ta*bah }. [Ar. maçtabah a large stone bench.] 1. In Mohammedan countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings and in public places.

2. (Egyptology) A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in the rock beneath.

Mas"ter vi"bra*tor. In an internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders, an induction coil and vibrator placed in the circuit between the battery or magneto and the coils for the different cylinders, which are used without vibrators of their own.

Mas`toid*i*tis (?), n. [NL. See Mastoid, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation in the mastoid process of the temporal bone.

{ Mat`a*be"le (?), or Mat`a*be"les (?) }, n. pl., sing. Matabele. [Written also Matabili.] (Ethnol.) A warlike South African Kaffir tribe.

Mat"a*dor (?), n. 1. The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, whether by the player or by his adversaries.

2. A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.

Ma`ta*jue"lo (mä`t*hw"l; 239), n. [Cf. Sp. matajudío a kind of fish.] A large squirrel fish (Holocentrus ascensionis) of Florida and the West Indies.

Ma`ta*jue"lo blan"co (?). [Sp. blanco white.] A West Indian food fish (Malacanthus plumieri) related to the tilefish.