Part 6773

<h1>Malcontent</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal"con*tent`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>malcontent</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who express his discontent by words or overt acts.</def>

<i>Spenser. Berkeley.</i>

<h1>Malcontented</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal`con*tent"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Malcontent.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mal`con*tent"ed*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Mal`con*tent"ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Maldanian</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Mal*da"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any species of marine annelids of the genus <spn>Maldane</spn>, or family <spn>Maldanid\'91</spn>. They have a slender, round body, and make tubes in the sand or mud.</def>

<h1>Male-</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Male-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. See <er>Mal-</er>.</def>

<h1>Male</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Male</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>malus</ets>. See <er>Malice</er>.]</ety> <def>Evil; wicked; bad.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Marston.</i>

<h1>Male</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Male</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Mail</er>, a bag.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Male</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Male</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>m\'83le</ets>, OF. <ets>masle</ets>, <ets>mascle</ets>, fr. L. <ets>masculus</ets> male, masculine, dim. of <ets>mas</ets> a male; possibly akin to E. <ets>man</ets>. Cf. <er>Masculine</er>, <er>Marry</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; <as>as, <ex>male</ex> organs</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; <as>as, <ex>male</ex> courage</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Consisting of males; <as>as, a <ex>male</ex> choir</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the <i>female</i> piece) which is hollow and which it fits; <as>as, a <ex>male</ex> gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a <ex>male</ex> screw, etc.</as></def>

<cs><col>Male berry</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of coffee. See <er>Pea berry</er>.</cd> -- <col>Male fern</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a fern of the genus <spn>Aspidium</spn> (<spn>A. Filixmas</spn>), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp. against the tapeworm. <spn>Aspidium marginale</spn> in America, and <spn>A. athamanticum</spn> in South Africa, are used as good substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See <cref>Female fern</cref>, under <er>Female</er>.</cd> -- <col>Male rhyme</col>, <cd>a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree, as <i>laid<i>, <i>afraid<i>, <i>dismayed<i>. See <cref>Female rhyme</cref>, under <er>Female</er>.</cd> -- <col>Male screw</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw.</cd> -- <col>Male thread</col>, <cd>the thread of a male screw.</cd></cs>

<h1>Male</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Male</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An animal of the male sex.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant bearing only staminate flowers.</def>

<h1>Naleadministration</h1> <Xpage=886>

<hw>Nale`ad*min`is*tra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Maladministration.</def>

<h1>Maleate</h1> <Xpage=886>