Part 6785

<note>&hand; Malthus held that population tends to increase faster than its means of subsistence can be made to do, and hence that the lower classes must necessarily suffer more or less from lack of food, unless an increase of population be checked by prudential restraint or otherwise.</note>

<h1>Mathusian</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Ma*thu"sian</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A follower of Malthus.</def>

<h1>Malthusianism</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal*thu"sian*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population.</def>

<h1>Maltin, Maltine</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw><hw>Malt"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Malt"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a name given to various medicinal preparations made from or containing malt.</def>

<h1>Malting</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Malt"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process of making, or of becoming malt.</def>

<h1>Maltman</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Malt"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Maltmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man whose occupation is to make malt.</def>

<h1>Maltonic</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal*ton"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif., designating an acid called also <altname>gluconic</altname> or <altname>dextronic</altname> acid. See <er>Gluconic</er>.</def>

<h1>Maltose</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Malt"ose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Malt</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.</def>

<h1>Maltreat</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal*treat"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Maltreated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Maltreating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Mal-</ets> + <ets>treat</ets>: cf. F. <ets>maltraiter</ets>.]</ety> <def>To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.</def>

<h1>Maltreament</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal*trea"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>maltraitement</ets>.]</ety> <def>Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.</def>

<h1>Maltster</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Malt"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A maltman.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Maltworm</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Malt"worm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tippler.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Malty</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Malt"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting, or like, malt.</def>

<i>Dickens.</i>