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<h1>Maple</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Ma"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>mapolder</ets>, <ets>mapulder</ets>, <ets>mapol</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>m\'94purr</ets>; cf. OHG. <ets>mazzaltra</ets>, <ets>mazzoltra</ets>, G. <ets>massholder</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A tree of the genus <spn>Acer</spn>, including about fifty species. <spn>A. saccharinum</spn> is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is <spn>A. rubrum</spn>; the silver maple, <spn>A. dasycarpum</spn>, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, <spn>A. Pennsylvanium</spn>, called also <stype>moosewood</stype>. The common maple of Europe is <spn>A. campestre</spn>, the sycamore maple is <spn>A. Pseudo-platanus</spn>, and the Norway maple is <spn>A. platanoides</spn>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Maple</i> is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, <i>maple</i> tree, <i>maple</i> leaf, etc.</note>

<cs><mcol><col>Bird's-eye maple</col>, <col>Curled maple</col></mcol>, <cd>varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Maple honey</col>, <col>Maple molasses</col>, &or; <col>Maple sirup</col></mcol>, <cd>maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.</cd> -- <col>Maple sugar</col>, <cd>sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.</cd></cs>

<h1>Maplike</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Map"like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; <as>as, the <ex>maplike</ex> figures in which certain lichens grow</as>.</def>

<h1>Mappery</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Map"per*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Map.]</ety> <def>The making, or study, of maps.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Maqui</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Ma"qui</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Chilian shrub (<spn>Aristotelia Maqui</spn>). Its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its berries.</def>

<h1>Mar</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small lake. See <er>Mere</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Mar</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Marred</er> <tt>(m\'84rd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Marring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>marren</ets>, <ets>merren</ets>, AS. <ets>merran</ets>, <ets>myrran</ets> (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. <ets>merrian</ets>, OHG. <ets>marrjan</ets>, <ets>merran</ets>; cf. D. <ets>marren</ets>, <ets>meeren</ets>, to moor a ship, Icel. <ets>merja</ets> to bruise, crush, and Goth. <ets>marzjan</ets> to offend. Cf. <er>Moor</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.</def>

<blockquote>I pray you <b>mar</b> no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But mirth is <b>marred</b>, and the good cheer is lost. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ire, envy, and despair Which <b>marred</b> all his borrowed visage. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To spoil; to ruin.</def> "It makes us, or it <i>mars</i> us." "Striving to mend, to <i>mar</i> the subject."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Mar</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.</def>

<h1>Mara</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Ma"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>m\'bera</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Hind. Myth.)</fld> <def>The principal or ruling evil spirit.</def>

<i>E. Arnold.</i>

<h1>Mara</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Ma"ra</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>mara</ets> nightmare, an ogress. See <er>Nightmare</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Norse Myth.)</fld> <def>A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.</def>

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