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<hw>Mau`so*le"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Mausoleums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>-lea</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>mausoleum</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument.]</ety> <def>A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.</def>

<h1>Mauther</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mau"ther</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>m\'91g<?/</ets> a maid.]</ety> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>mawther</asp>, <asp>mother</asp>.]</altsp> <def>A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Mauvaniline</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mauv`an"i*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Mauve aniline</cref>, under <er>Mauve</er>.</def>

<h1>Mauve</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mauve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., mallow, L. <ets>malva</ets>. So named from the similarity of the color to that of the petals of common mallow, <ets>Malva sylvestri</ets>s. See <er>Mallow</er>.]</ety> <def>A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.</def>

<cs><col>Mauve aniline</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a dyestuff produced artificially by the oxidation of commercial aniline, and the first discovered of the so-called <i>coal-tar<i>, or <i>aniline<i>, <i>dyes<i>. It consists of the sulphate of mauve\'8bne, and is a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a beatiful purple color. Called also <altname>aniline purple</altname>, <altname>violine</altname>, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mauve\'8bne</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mauve"\'8bne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>mauvine</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Mauvine</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mauv"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mauve-colored.</def>

<h1>Maverick</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mav"er*ick</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from <i>Maverick</i>, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who naglected to brand his cattle.</def>

<h1>Mavis</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Ma"vis</hw> <tt>(m&amac;"v&icr;s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>mauvis</ets>, Arm. <ets>milvid</ets>, <ets>milfid</ets>, <ets>milc'hhouid</ets>, Corn. <ets>melhuez</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European throstle or song thrush (<spn>Turdus musicus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Maw</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maw</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Mew</er> a gull.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A gull.</def>

<h1>Maw</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maw</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mawe</ets>, AS. <ets>maga</ets> stomach; akin to D. <ets>maag</ets>, OHG. <ets>mago</ets>, G. <ets>magen</ets>, Icel. <ets>magi</ets>, Sw. <ets>mage</ets>, Dan. <ets>mave</ets>. <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Bellies and <b>maws</b> of living creatures. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Appetite; inclination.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Unless you had more <b>maw</b> to do me good. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Fish maw</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Fish</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Maw</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maw</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An old game at cards.</def>