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<hw>Ma"zi*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being mazy.</def>

<h1>Mazological</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Maz`o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to mazology.</def>

<h1>Mazologist</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Ma*zol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in mazology or mastology.</def>

<h1>Mazology</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Ma*zol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the breast + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Mastology</er>.</def>

<h1>Mazourka, Mazurka</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw><hw>Ma*zour"ka</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ma*zur"ka</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat.</def>

<h1>Mazy</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Ma"zy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Maze</er>.]</ety> <def>Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; <as>as, <ex>mazy</ex> error</as>.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>To range amid the <b>mazy</b> thicket. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To run the ring, and trace the <b>mazy</b> round. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Me</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Me</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron.</tt> <def>One. See <er>Men</er>, <i>pron</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Me</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Me</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pers. pron.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>m<?/</ets>, dat. & acc., <ets>mec</ets>, acc. only ; akin to D. <ets>mij</ets>, G. <ets>mich</ets>, Icel. & Goth. <ets>mik</ets>, L. <ets>me</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/, Skr. <ets>m\'be</ets>, <ets>m\'bem</ets>. <?/. Cf. 2d <er>Mine</er>.]</ety> <def>The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective and dative case of the pronoum I; <as>as, he struck <ex>me</ex>; he gave <ex>me</ex> the money, or he gave the money to <ex>me</ex>; he got <ex>me</ex> a hat, or he got a hat for <ex>me</ex>.</as></def>

<note>&hand; In <i>methinks</i>, <i>me</i> is properly in the dative case, and the verb is impersonal, the construction being, <i>it appears to me</i>. In early use <i>me</i> was often placed before forms of the verb <i>to be</i> with an adjective; as, <i>me</i> were lief.</note>

<blockquote><b>Me</b> rather had my heart might frrl your love Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Meach</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Meach</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To skulk; to cower. See <er>Mich</er>.</def>

<h1>Meacock</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Mea"cock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>meek + cock</ets>.]</ety> <def>An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Mead</h1> <Xpage=904>

<hw>Mead</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mede</ets>, AS. <ets>meodo</ets>; akin to D. <ets>mede</ets>, G. <ets>met</ets>, <ets>meth</ets>, OHG. <ets>metu</ets>, <ets>mitu</ets>, Icel. <ets>mj\'94<?/r</ets>, Dan. <ets>mi\'94d</ets>, Sw. <ets>mj\'94d</ets>, Russ. <ets>med'</ets>, Lith. <ets>midus</ets>, W. <ets>medd</ets>, Gr. <?/ wine, Skr. <ets>madhu</ets> honey, a sweet drink, as adj., sweet. <?/. Cf. <er>Metheglin</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel.</def>