Part 6748

<h1>Mahaled</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Ma*ha"led</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[Ar. <ets>mahled</ets>.]</ety> <def>(Bot.) A cherry tree (<spn>Prunus Mahaleb</spn>) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.</def>

<h1>Maharajah</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Ma*ha*ra"jah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>mah\'ber\'beja</ets>; <ets>mahat</ets> great + <ets>r\'beja</ets> king.]</ety> <def>A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to other persons of high rank.</def>

<h1>Maharif</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Ma`ha*rif"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An African antelope (<spn>Hippotragus Bakeri</spn>). Its face is striped with black and white.</def>

<h1>Maharmah</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Ma*har"mah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face, worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad.</def>

<h1>Mahdi</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Mah"di</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar., guide, leader.]</ety> <def>Among Mohammedans, the last <i>imam</i> or leader of the faithful. The Sunni, the largest sect of the Mohammedans, believe that he is yet to appear.</def>

<note>&hand; The title has been taken by several persons in countries where Mohammedanism prevails, -- notably by Mohammad Ahmed, who overran the Egyptian Sudan, and in 1885 captured Khartum, his soldiers killing General Gordon, an Englishman, who was then the Egyptian governor of the region.</note>

<h1>Mahl-stick</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Mahl"-stick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Maul-stick</er>.</def>

<h1>Mahoe</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Ma"hoe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of <spn>Hibiscus</spn>, <spn>Ochroma</spn>, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which is used for strings and cordage.</def>

<h1>Mahogany</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Ma*hog"a*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the South American name.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large tree of the genus <spn>Swietenia</spn> (<spn>S. Mahogoni</spn>), found in tropical America.</def>

<note>&hand; Several other trees, with wood more or less like mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany (<spn>Khaya Senegalensis</spn>), Australian mahogany (<spn>Eucalyptus marginatus</spn>), Bastard mahogany (<spn>Batonia apetala</spn> of the West Indies), Indian mahogany (<spn>Cedrela Toona</spn> of Bengal, and trees of the genera <spn>Soymida</spn> and <spn>Chukrassia</spn>), Madeira mahogany (<spn>Persea Indica</spn>), Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch (<spn>Betula lenta</spn>), also the several species of <spn>Cercocarpus</spn> of California and the Rocky Mountains.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The wood of the <spn>Swietenia Mahogoni</spn>. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A table made of mahogany wood.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<cs><col>To be under the mahogany</col>, <cd>to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>To put one's legs under some one's mahogany</col>, <cd>to dine with him. <mark>[Slang]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Maholi</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Ma*ho"li</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South African lemur (<spn>Galago maholi</spn>), having very large ears.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>moholi</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Mahomedan, Mahometan</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw><hw>Ma*hom"ed*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ma*hom"et*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Mohammedan</er>.</def>

<h1>Mahometanism</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Ma*hom"et*an*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Mohammedanism</er>.</def>

<h1>Mahometanize</h1> <Xpage=883>