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<hw>Mad"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mader</ets>, AS. <ets>m\'91dere</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>ma<?/ra</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the <spn>Rubia</spn> (<spn>R. tinctorum</spn>). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See <er>Rubiaceous</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes, etc., which receive their names from their colors; as. <i>madder yellow</i>.</note>

<cs><col>Field madder</col>, <cd>an annual European weed (<spn>Sherardia arvensis</spn>) resembling madder.</cd> -- <col>Indian madder</col> , <cd>the East Indian <spn>Rubia cordifolia</spn>, used in the East for dyeing; -- called also <altname>munjeet</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Wild madder</col>, <cd><spn>Rubia peregrina</spn> of Europe; also the <spn>Galium Mollugo</spn>, a kind of bedstraw.</cd></cs>

<h1>Madderwort</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"der*wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiace\'91) as the madder.</def>

<h1>Madding</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"ding</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Affected with madness; raging; furious.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mad"ding*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Archaic]</mark></wordforms>

<blockquote>Far from the <b>madding</b> crowd's ignoble strife. <i>Gray.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>madding</b> wheels Of brazen chariots raged. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Maddish</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"dish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Somewhat mad.</def>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Made</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Made</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Mad</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Made</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Made</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Make</er>.</def>

<h1>Made</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Made</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; <as>as, <ex>made</ex> ground; a <ex>made</ex> mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar.</as></def>

<cs><col>Made up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Complete; perfect</cd>. "A <i>made up<i> villain." <i>Shak</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Falsely devised; fabricated; <as>as, a <ex>made up<ex> story</as>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>Artificial; <as>as, a <ex>made up<ex> figure or complexion</as>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Madecass, Madecassee</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw><hw>Mad"e*cass</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mad`e*cas"see</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See <er>Malagasy</er>.</def>

<h1>Madecassee</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad`e*cas"see</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.</def>

<h1>Madefaction, Madefication</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw><hw>Mad`e*fac"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mad`e*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>madefacere</ets> to make wet; <ets>madere</ets> to be wet + <ets>facere</ets> to make: cf. F. <ets>mad\'82faction</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Madefy</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"e*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Madefied</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Madefying</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mad\'82fier</ets>, L. <ets>madefacere</ets>. See <er>Madefaction</er>.]</ety> <def>To make wet or moist.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>