Part 6900

<h1>Mayoralty</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>May"or*al*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office, or the term of office, of a mayor.</def>

<h1>Mayoress</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>May"or*ess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The wife of a mayor.</def>

<h1>Mayorship</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>May"or*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of a mayor.</def>

<h1>Maypole</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>May"pole`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had.</def>

<h1>Maypop</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>May"pop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. corrupt. fr. <ets>maracock</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The edible fruit of a passion flower, especially that of the North American <i>Passiflora incarnata</i>, an oval yellowish berry as large as a small apple.</def>

<h1>Mayweed</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>May"weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A composite plant (<spn>Anthemis Cotula</spn>), having a strong odor; dog's fennel. It is a native of Europe, now common by the roadsides in the United States.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The feverfew.</def>

<h1>Mazama, Mazame</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw><hw>Ma*za"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ma*za"me</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A goatlike antelope (<spn>Haplocerus montanus</spn>) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called also <altname>mountain goat</altname>.</def>

<h1>Mazard</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Maz"ard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>merise</ets> a wild cherry.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of small black cherry.</def>

<h1>Mazard</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Maz"ard</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>mazer</ets>, the head being compared to a large goblet.]</ety> <def>The jaw; the head or skull.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Mazard</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Maz"ard</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <def>To knock on the head.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Mazarine</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Maz`a*rine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Cardinal <i>Mazarin</i>, prime minister of France, 1643-1661.</def>

<h1>Mazarine</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Maz`a*rine"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Mazarine blue.</def>

<h1>Mazdean</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Maz"de*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Ahura-<i>Mazda</i>, or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian.</def>

<h1>Mazdeism</h1> <Xpage=904>