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<h1>Mala</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Ma"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <sing>pl. of <singw>Malum</singw>.</sing> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.</def>

<cs><col>Mala in se</col> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>offenses which are such from their own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute.</cd> -- <col>Mala prohibita</col> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>offenses prohibited by statute, as distinguished from <i>mala in se<i>, which are offenses at common law.</cd></cs>

<h1>Malabar</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal"a*bar`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A region in the western part of the Peninsula of India, between the mountains and the sea.</def>

<cs><col>Malabar nut</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the seed of an East Indian acanthaceous shrub, the <spn>Adhatoda Vasica</spn>, sometimes used medicinally.</cd></cs>

<h1>Malacatune</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal`a*ca*tune"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Melocoton</er>.</def>

<h1>Malacca</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Ma*lac"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.</def>

<cs><col>Malacca cane</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a cane obtained from a species of palm of the genus <spn>Calamus</spn> (<spn>C. Scipionum</spn>), and of a brown color, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays.</cd></cs>

<h1>Malachite</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal"a*chite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Fr. Gr. <?/ a mallow, from its resembling the green color of the leaf of mallows: cf. F. <ets>malachite</ets>. Cf. <er>Mallow</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Green malachite</i>, or malachite proper, admits of a high polish, and is sometimes used for ornamental work. <i>Blue malachite</i>, or azurite, is a related species of a deep blue color.</note>

<cs><col>Malachite green</col>. <cd>See <cref>Emerald green</cref>, under <er>Green</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd></cs>

<h1>Malacissant</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal`a*cis"sant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Malacissation</er>.]</ety> <def>Softening; relaxing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Malacissation</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal`a*cis*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>malacissare</ets> to make soft, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>The act of making soft or supple.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Malacobdella</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal`a*cob*del"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ soft + <?/ a leech.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Bdellomorpha</er>.</def>

<h1>Malacoderm</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal"a*co*derm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ soft + <?/ skin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a tribe of beetles (<spn>Malacodermata</spn>), with a soft and flexible body, as the fireflies.</def>

<h1>Malacolite</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal"a*co*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ soft + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of pyroxene.</def>

<h1>Malacologist</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal`a*col"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in the science of malacology.</def>