Part 6771

<h1>Malamethane</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal`am*eth"ane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Malamic</ets> + <ets>ethane</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt of malamic acid.</def>

<h1>Malamic</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Ma*lam"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mal</ets>ic + <ets>amic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining an acid intermediate between malic acid and malamide, and known only by its salts.</def>

<h1>Malamide</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Ma*lam"ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Malic</ets> + <ets>amide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The acid amide derived from malic acid, as a white crystalline substance metameric with asparagine.</def>

<h1>Malanders</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal"an*ders</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>malandres</ets>, fr. L. <ets>malandria</ets> blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses.]</ety> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See <er>Sallenders</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>mallenders</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Malapert</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal"a*pert</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>malapert</ets> unskillful, ill-taught, ill-bred; <ets>mal</ets> ill + <ets>apert</ets> open, adroit, intelligent, L. <ets>apertus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aperire</ets> to open. See <er>Malice</er>, and <er>Aperient</er>.]</ety> <def>Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert. <i>Shak.</i></def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A malapert person.</def></def2>

<blockquote>Are you growing <b>malapert</b>! <b>Will you force me to make use of my authority</b> ? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Mal"a*pert`ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Mal"a*pert`ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Malapropism</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal"a*prop*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Mrs. <ets>Malaprop</ets>, a character in Sheridan's drama, " The Rivals," who makes amusing blunders in her use of words. See <er>Malapropos</er>.]</ety> <def>A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.</def>

<h1>Malapropos</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal*ap"ro*pos`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>mal \'85 propos</ets>; <ets>mal</ets> evil + <ets>\'85 propos</ets> to the purpose.]</ety> <def>Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.</def>

<h1>Malapterurus</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal*ap`te*ru"rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ soft + <?/ wing + <?/ tail.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the electric catfishes. See <cref>Electric cat</cref>, under <er>Electric</er>.</def>

<h1>Malar</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Ma"lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mala</ets> the cheek: cf. F. <ets>malaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal.</def>

<h1>Malar</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Ma"lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.</def>

<h1>Malaria</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Ma*la"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., contr. fr. <ets>malaaria</ets> bad air. See <er>Malice</er>, and Air.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma.</def>

<note>&hand; The morbific agent in malaria is supposed by some to be a vegetable microbe or its spores, and by others to be a very minute animal blood parasite (an <i>infusorian</i>).</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals.</def>

<h1>Malarial, Malarian, Malarious</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw><hw>Ma*la"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ma*la"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ma*la"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria.</def>