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<hw><hw>Malm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Malm"brick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>mealm</ets> sand.]</ety> <def>A kind of brick of a light brown or yellowish color, made of sand, clay, and chalk.</def>

<h1>Malma</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A spotted trout (<spn>Salvelinus malma</spn>), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also <altname>Dolly Varden trout</altname>, <altname>bull trout</altname>, <altname>red-spotted trout</altname>, and <altname>golet</altname>.</def>

<-- Insert: Illustr. of Malma (Salvelinus malma) -->

<h1>Malmag</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal"mag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., from native name in Madagascar.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The tarsius, or spectral lemur.</def>

<h1>Malmsey</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Malm"sey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>malvesie</ets>, F. <ets>malvoisie</ets>, It. <ets>malvasia</ets>, <ets>malavagia</ets>, fr. <ets>Malvasia</ets>, or Napoli di <ets>Malvasia</ets>, in the Morea.]</ety> <def>A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Malnutrition</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal`nu*tri"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mal-</ets> + <ets>nutrition</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Faulty or imperfect nutrition.</def>

<h1>Malobservation</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal*ob`ser*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mal-</ets> + <ets>observation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Erroneous observation.</def>

<i>J. S Mill.</i>

<h1>Malodor</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal*o"dor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mal*o"dor*ous*ness</wf>. <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Malonate</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal"o*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>At salt of malonic acid.</def>

<h1>Malonic</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Ma*lon"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, <chform>CH2.(CO2H)2</chform>, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of <i>malic</i> acid.</def><-- (Org. Chem.) a dicarboxylic acid -->

<h1>Malonyl</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal"o*nyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Malonic</ets> + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hydrocarbon radical, <chform>CH2.(CO)2</chform>, from malonic acid.</def> <-- divalent, a diacyl radical -->

<h1>Malpighia</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal*pi"ghi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Malpighian</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of <spn>Malpighia urens</spn> are eaten under the name of <i>Barbadoes cherries</i>.</def>

<h1>Malpighiaceous</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal*pi`ghi*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs (<spn>Malpighiace\'91</spn>), some of them climbing plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South American forests.</def>

<h1>Malpighian</h1> <Xpage=888>