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<hw>Mad"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Madmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.</def>

<blockquote>When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things, he is mad. A <b>madman</b> is properly so defined. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Madnep</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"nep</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The masterwort (<spn>Peucedanum Ostruthium</spn>).</def>

<h1>Madness</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Mad"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Mad</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Insanity; distraction; derangement; craziness; lunacy; mania; frenzy; franticness; rage; aberration; alienation; monomania. See <er>Insanity</er>.</syn>

<h1>Madonna</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Ma*don"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>madonna</ets> my lady. See <er>Dame</er>, <er>Donna</er>, and cf. <er>Madame</er>, <er>Monkey</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of <i>Madame</i>, but for which <i>Signora</i> is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <wordforms>[<plu>pl. <er>Madonnas</er> <tt>(n&adot;z)</tt></plu>.]</wordforms> <def>A picture of the Virgin Mary (usually with the babe).</def>

<blockquote>The Italian painters are noted for drawing the <b>Madonnas</b> by their own wives or mistresses. <i>Rymer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Madoqua</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Ma"do*qua</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small Abyssinian antelope (<spn>Neotragus Saltiana</spn>), about the size of a hare.</def>

<h1>Madrague</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Ma`drague"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[R.]</ety> <def>A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.</def>

<h1>Madreperl</h1> <Xpage=880>

<hw>Ma"dre*perl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>madreperla</ets>.]</ety> <def>Mother-of-pearl.</def>

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<h1>Madrepora</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Mad`re*po"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Madre<?/ore</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mad`re*po"ral</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Madreporaria</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Mad`re*po*ra"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Madrepore</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Anthozoa</er>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mad`re*po*ra"ri*an</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Madrepore</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw>Mad"re*pore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>madrepore</ets>, perh. fr. <ets>madr\'82</ets> spotted, fr. OF. <ets>madre</ets>, <ets>mazre</ets>, a kind of knotty wood with brown spots, fr. OHG. <ets>masar</ets> a knot, grain, or vein in wood, a speck, G. <ets>maser + pore</ets> (see <er>Pore</er>); or perh. F. <ets>madr\'82pore</ets> is rather from It. <ets>madrepora</ets>, and this perh. fr. It. <ets>madre</ets> mother (see <er>Mother</er>) + Gr. <?/ a soft stone.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.</def>

<h1>Madreporian, Madreporic</h1> <Xpage=881>

<hw><hw>Mad`re*po"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mad`re*po"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.</def>