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<hw>Mal*pi"ghi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Malhighian</col> <col>capsules &or; corpuscles</col></mcol>, <cd>the globular dilatations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney.</cd> <col>Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen</col>, <cd>masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.</cd></cs>

<h1>Malposition</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal`po*si"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mal-</ets> + <ets>position</ets>.]</ety> <def>A wrong position.</def>

<h1>Malpractice</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal*prac"tice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mal-</ets> + <ets>practice</ets>.]</ety> <def>Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>malepractice</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Malt</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Malt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>mealt</ets>; akin to D. <ets>mout</ets>, G. <ets>malz</ets>, Icel., Sw., & Dan. <ets>malt</ets>, and E. <ets>melt</ets>. &root;108. See <er>Melt</er>.]</ety> <def>Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.</def>

<h1>Malt</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Malt</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.</def>

<cs><col>Malt liquor</col>, <cd>an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared by fermenting an infusion of malt.</cd> -- <col>Malt dust</col>, <cd>fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -used as a fertilizer. " <i>Malt dust<i> consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain." <i>Sir H. Davy</i>.</cd> -- <col>Malt floor</col>, <cd>a floor for drying malt.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Malt house</col>, &or; <col>Malthouse</col></mcol>, <cd>a house in which malt is made.</cd> -- <col>Malt kiln</col>, <cd>a heated chamber for drying malt.</cd></cs>

<h1>Malt</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Malt</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Malted</er>: <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Malting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make into malt; <as>as, to <ex>malt</ex> barley</as>.</def>

<h1>Malt</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Malt</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become malt; also, to make grain into malt.</def>

<i>Mortimer.</i>

<h1>Maltalent</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal"ta*lent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Malice</er>, and <er>Talent</er>.]</ety> <def>Ill will; malice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rom. of R. Spenser.</i>

<h1>Maltese</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal*tese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to <i>Malta</i> or to its inhabitants.</def> -- <def2><tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Maltese cat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a mouse-colored variety of the domestic cat.</cd> -- <col>Maltese cross</col>. <cd>See <i>Illust<i>. 5, of <er>Cross</er>.</cd> -- <col>Maltese dog</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta.</cd></cs>

<h1>Maltha</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal"tha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mortar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Malthusian</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal*thu"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R. <i>Malthus</i>, or conforming to his views; <as>as, <ex>Malthusian</ex> theories</as>.</def>