Part 6753

<h1>Maieutic, Maieutical</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw><hw>Ma*ieu"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ma*ieu"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ midwife.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Serving to assist childbirth.</def>

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language.</def>

<i>Payne.</i>

<h1>Maieutics</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Ma*ieu"tics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art of giving birth (<it>i. e.</it>, clearness and conviction) to ideas, which are conceived as struggling for birth.</def>

<i>Payne.</i>

<h1>Maiger</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Mai"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The meagre.</def>

<h1>Maigre</h1> <Xpage=883>

<hw>Mai"gre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Meager</er>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to a fast day or fast; <as>as, a <ex>maigre</ex> day</as>.</def>

<i>Walpole.</i>

<cs><col>Maigre food</col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>food allowed to be eaten on fast days.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Maihem</h1> <Xpage=884>

<hw>Mai"hem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Maim</er>, and <er>Mayhem</er>.</def>

<h1>Maikel</h1> <Xpage=884>

<hw>Mai*kel"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South American carnivore of the genus <spn>Conepatus</spn>, allied to the skunk, but larger, and having a longer snout. The tail is not bushy.</def>

<h1>Maikong</h1> <Xpage=884>

<hw>Mai*kong"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South American wild dog (<spn>Canis cancrivorus</spn>); the crab-eating dog.</def>

<h1>Mail</h1> <Xpage=884>

<hw>Mail</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A spot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Mail</h1> <Xpage=884>

<hw>Mail</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>maille</ets>, OF. also <ets>maaille</ets>, LL. <ets>medalia</ets>. See <er>Medal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>maile</asp>, and <asp>maille</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Rent; tribute.</def> <mark>[Obs., except in certain compounds and phrases, as blackmail, mails and duties, etc.]</mark>

<cs><col>Mail and duties</col> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld>, <cd>the rents of an estate, in whatever form paid.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mail</h1> <Xpage=884>