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<h1>Mammology</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mam*mol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mamma</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Mastology. See <er>Mammalogy</er>.</def>

<h1>Mammon</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mam"mon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mammona</ets>, Gr. <?/ riches, Syr. <ets>mam<?/n\'be</ets>; cf. Heb. <ets>matm<?/n</ets> a hiding place, subterranean storehouse, treasury, fr. <ets>t\'beman</ets> to hide.]</ety> <def>Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.</def>

<blockquote>Ye can not serve God and <b>Mammon</b>. <i>Matt. vi. 24.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Mammonish</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mam"mon*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Mammonism</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mam"mon*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Devotion to the pursuit of wealth; worldliness.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Mammonist</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mam"mon*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mammonite.</def>

<h1>Mammonite</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mam"mon*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One devoted to the acquisition of wealth or the service of Mammon.</def>

<i>C. Kingsley.</i>

<h1>Mammonization</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mam`mon*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process of making mammonish; the state of being under the influence of mammonism.</def>

<h1>Mammonize</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mam"mon*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make mammonish.</def>

<h1>Mammose</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mam*mose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mammosus</ets> having large breasts, <ets>mamma</ets> breast.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the form of the breast; breast-shaped.</def>

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<h1>Mammoth</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Mam"moth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Russ. <ets>m\'83mont</ets>, <ets>m\'a0mant</ets>, fr. Tartar <ets>mamma</ets> the earth. Certain Tartar races, the Tungooses and Yakoots, believed that the mammoth worked its way in the earth like a mole.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (<spn>Elephas primigenius</spn>), of enormous size, remains of which are found in the northern parts of both continents. The last of the race, in Europe, were coeval with prehistoric man.</def>

<note>&hand; Several specimens have been found in Siberia preserved entire, with the flesh and hair remaining. They were imbedded in the ice cliffs at a remote period, and became exposed by the melting of the ice.</note>

<h1>Mammoth</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Mam"moth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; <as>as, a <ex>mammoth</ex> ox</as>.</def>