mackerel 
hand, some take the name of the- fish to be due 
to mackerel in this sense: see mackerel 1 .] A 
pander or pimp. 
Nyghe his house dwellyd a maquerel or bawde. 
Caxton, Cato Magnus (1483). (HalliweU.) 
mackerel-bait (mak ' e - rel - bat), n . Jellyfish, 
a favorite prey of the mackerel : so called by 
Gaspe' fishermen. 
mackerel-boat (mak'e-rel-bot), >i. A strong 
clincher-built craft, having a large foresail, 
spritsail, and jigger, used in fishing for mack- 
erel. 
mackerel-bob (mak'e-rel-bob), n. A kind of 
bob used in catching mackerel when they are 
close to the vessel and in large schools. 
mackerel-cock (mak'e-rel-kok), n. The Manx 
shearwater, Puffinus anglorum: so called from 
its connection with the mackerel-fisheries. 
[Lambay Island.] 
mackereler, mackereller (mak'e-rel-er), . 
One who fishes for mackerel, or a boat engaged 
in fishing for mackerel. 
mackerel-gaff (mak'e-rel-gaf), re. See gaff*. 
mackerel-guide (mak'e-rel-gid), re. A local 
English name of the garfish, Belone vulgaris, 
from the fact that it comes toward the shore a 
little before the appearance of mackerel. Day. 
mackerel-gull (mak'e-rel-gul), n. A common 
name in the United States of terns or sea-swal- 
lows, from the forked tail. Such species as 
Sterna hirundo, S. forsteri, S. macrura, etc., are 
known by this name. 
mackereller, n. See mackereler. 
mackerel-midge (mak'e-rel-mij),re, The young 
of the rocklings, gadoid fishes of the genus Mo- 
tella or of Onus. [Prov. Eng.] 
mackerel-mint (mak'e-rel-mint), n. Spear- 
mint, Mentha viridis. 
mackerel-pike (mak'e-rel-pik), n. Any fish of 
the family Scomberesocidte : generally called 
saury. 
mackerel-plow (mak'e-rel-plou), . A knife 
used for creasing the sides of lean mackerel to 
make them resemble fish of the first quality. 
Also called fatting-knife. 
mackerel-scad (mak'e-rel-skad), n. A caran- 
goid fish of the genus Decapterus, as D. macarel- 
lus, of a silvery color, plumbeous below, with a 
black spot on the opercle and nearly straight 
lateral line, inhabiting warm parts of the At- 
lantic and northward to New England. 
mackerel-scales (mak'e-rel-skalz), n. pi. A 
form of cirro-cumulus cloud in which the cloud- 
lets are without any fleecy texture and some- 
what angular in form. 
mackerel-SCOUt, n. Same as mackerel-guide. 
mackerel-shark (mak'e-rel-shark), n. One of 
several kinds of sharks,"as Isurus dekayi, or the 
Mackerel-shark, or Porbeagle ( Lantna cornubica). 
porbeagle, Lamna cornubica. They have a forked 
tail like a mackerel, attain a length of 10 feet, and annoy 
fishermen by biting off their lines. See porbeagle. 
mackerel-Sky (mak'e-rel-ski), n. A sky in 
which the clouds have the form called cirro-cu- 
mulus that is, are broken into fleecy masses 
three, four, or more times as long as "they are 
wide, and arranged in parallel groups. Also 
called mackerel-back sky. 
mackerly (mak'er-li), a. [Cf . modish.] Shape- 
ly; fashionable. [Prov. Eng.] 
mackeronit, n. An obsolete spelling of maca- 
roni. 
mackint, mackinst (mak'in, -inz), n. [A short 
form of "Marykin (cf. lakin 2 for ladykin), refer- 
ring to the Virgin Mary. Cf. MackS.] A word 
used in the old popular oath by the mackins, by 
our Lady. 
I would not have my zoime Dick one of those boets for 
the best pig in my stye, by the mackins! 
Randolph, Muses Looking-Gtlass, iv. 4. 
Mackinaw blanket. [So called from Macki- 
naw, an abbreviated form of Michilli-mackinac, 
the name of an island in the strait connecting 
Lakes Michigan and Huron, said to mean in 
Ojibway 'turtle,' in allusion to its shape.] A 
name given to the blankets distributed to the 
Indians of the Northwest by the United States 
government, The uame is or was formerly current 
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chiefly on the upper Great Lakes, and owes its origin to the 
fact that Fort Mackinaw was for many years the most re- 
mote post in the Northwest, so that from this point a large 
number of Indians received their supplies. Mackinaw 
blankets were of various sizes, colors, and qualities. 
Mackinaw boat. A flat-bottomed, flat-sided 
boat with sharp prow and square stern, used 
on the upper Great Lakes and the rivers empty- 
ing into them. The advantage of the Mackinaw boat 
over the birch canoe is that its beam stands rougher hand- 
ling, and that it can be drawn up on the beach without 
being unloaded ; the disadvantage is that it is too heavy 
to be carried over portages, as the birch canoe is carried. 
The largest Mackinaw boats are rowed by four or more 
persons, and are often rigged with a sail. 
Mackinaw trout. See trout. 
mackinst, n. See mackin. 
mackintosh (mak'in-tosh), n. [Also macintosh; 
so named from Charles Mackintosh, the in- 
ventor.] 1. A garment, particularly an over- 
coat or cloak, rendered water-proof by a so- 
lution of india-rubber, either applied on the 
surface as a coating or placed between two 
thicknesses of some cloth of suitable texture. 
2. Rubber cloth of the kind used in making a 
mackintosh. 
The bed is covered with a mackintosh sheet 
Lancet, No. S426, p. 830. 
mackish (mak'ish), a. [Origin uncertain; cf. 
mackerly."] Smart. HalliweU. [Prov. Eng.] 
mackle (mak'l), n. [Early mod. E. macutt; < F. 
made, a spot: see made, macule.'] A spot; spe- 
cifically, in printing, a blemish in press-work 
made by a double impression, or by slipping or 
scraping, or by a wrinkle in the paper. Also 
made, macule. 
mackle (mak'l), . t. ; pret. and pp. mackled, 
ppr. mackling. [< F. maculer = Pr. Sp. Pg. ma- 
cular = It. maculare, < L. maculare, spot, stain: 
see the noun.] To spot ; maculate ; blur ; espe- 
cially, in printing, to make a slipped, blurred, 
or double impression of. Also macule. 
macklint (mak'lin), n. Short for Macklin lace. 
Macklin lacet. See lace. 
mackninnyt (mak'nin-i), n. [Origin not ascer- 
tained.] A kind of puppet-show. 
He . . . could . . . represent emblematically the down- 
fall of majesty as in his raree-show and maekninny. 
Roger North, Examen, p. 590. (Dames.) 
made (mak'l), n. [< OF. macle, mascle, F. macle 
= Sp. macula = Pg. macula = It. macula, ma- 
cola, < L. macula, a spot, stain. Cf. macula, 
macule, mackle, mascle^, mail 1 , from the same 
source.] 1. Same as mackle. 2. In mineral.: 
(a) A kind of twin crystal. See twin, (b) Chi- 
astolite, cross-stone, or hollow spar, a varie- 
ty of andalusite, the crystals of which have the 
axis and angles colored differently from the 
remainder. See chiastolite. (c) A tessellated 
appearance in other crystals. 3. In tier., same 
as mascle^, 3. 
Macleayan (mak-la'an), . [< Macleay (see 
def.) + -are.] Pertaining to the Scotch natu- 
ralist Macleay Macleayan system, a system of 
classification proposed by Mr. Macleay. Also called the 
quinarian system. See quinarian. 
macled (mak'ld), a. [< mack + -ed 2 .] 1. In 
mineral., twinned. 2. Spotted; more or less 
regularly marked, like a eiystal of chiastolite. 
macl6e,. IF. ,< macle, macle.] Same as mascled. 
McLeod case. See easel. 
Madura (mak-16'ra), n. [NL. (Nuttall, 1818), 
named after "W. Maclure: see Maclurites.] 1. A 
genus of plants of the order Urticacece, the nettle 
family, the tribe More<e, and the subtribe Brous- 
sonetiece, thus closely related to the mulberry. 
It is characterized by the pistillate flowers having a four- 
parted perianth and growing in quite large heads, and the 
staminate flowers in short, loose racemes; the fruit is 
multiple, composed of many small achenia packed closely 
together upon a globose, rather fleshy receptacle, resem- 
bling a warty green orange. There is but a single species, M. 
aurantiaca, the Osage orange, a native of Arkansas and 
adjacent regions in the United States. It is a spreading 
tree with handsome shining ovate leaves, from 30 to 60 
feet in height and 2 feet or less in diameter. Its wood is 
hard, strong, and flexible, of a satiny texture, the heart- 
wood bright-orange turning brown, the sapwood lighter. 
It was formerly used by the Indians for bows ; hence called 
by the French settlers bois d'arc (bow-wood), corrupted 
into ton-dark or bodark. It bears cutting back and has 
formidable thorns, and hence is very extensively used in 
the United States for hedges. See cut in next column. 
2. In conch., same as Maclurites. Ebenezer 
Emmons, 1843. 
maclureite (mak-lor'It), n. [< Maclure (see Ma- 
clurites) + -ite 2 .] 1. A variety of aluminous 
pyroxene found at Wilmington, Delaware. 2. 
A synonym of chondrodite. 3. A fossil shell 
of the genus Maclurites. Also maclurite. 
Maclurites (mak-lo-ri'tez), . [NL. (Menke, 
1830) (F. Maclurite Lesueur, 1818), so called 
f rom William Maclure, a noted geologist (1703- 
macrandrous 
Afaclurites toffani, show 
only the shell. 
i. Branch of Osage Orange (_Maclura aurantiaca) with male 
flowers. 2. Branch with the female inflorescence, a, a male flower; 
6, a female flower; c, a female flower laid open; d, a leaf, showing 
the nervation. 
1840).] The typical genus of the family Ma- 
cluritida;. Also Maclurea, Maclureia, Macluria, 
Maclurita. 
Macluritidse (mak-lo-rit'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Maclurites + -id&.J A family of extinct mol- 
lusks, of uncertain rela- 
tionship, but generally 
referred to the Shipido- 
glossa. The shell is discoidal, 
paucispiral, and with the spire 
sunk in an umbilical cavity. 
The operculum is subspiral and 
furnished with two internal 
projections, of which one, be- 
neath the nucleus, is very thick and rugose. By Woodward 
the constituent genus was referred to the heteropod fam- 
ily Auantidte; by Tryon, as type 
of a family, to the scutibranchi- 
ate gastropods, between the Bel- 
i flK^XNCT 2 lerophontidce and Ilaliotidce; by 
ySmgSSjB otherstothefamily,SWamd<e,etc. 
; WJjjr^ s Thirteen species have been rec- 
"jSK* ognized in the Paleozoic forma- 
Operculum of Macturites tions, from the Lower Silurian to 
togani. ^ /, tubercles, the Carboniferous. A]soAfaclure- 
adce, Maclureidoe, Macluridce. 
Macmillanite (mak-mil'an-It), re. [< Macmil- 
lan (see def.) + -ite 2 .] A member of the Scot- 
tish sect of Cameronians: so called after the 
Eev. John Macmillan, their first ordained cler- 
gyman. See Cameronian, 1. 
Macont, n. A variant of Mahomid, Mahoun. 
maconite (ma'kqn-it), n. [< Macon (see def.) + 
-'te 2 .] A kind of venniculite found near Frank- 
lin in Macon county, North Carolina. 
ma$onn (mas-o-na'), a. [F., pp. of maqonner, 
mason: see mason, .] In her., divided with 
lines representing the divisions between blocks 
of stone : said especially of a house or castle 
used as a bearing. Also masoned. 
macouba, n. See maccouba. 
Macquartia (ma-kwar'ti-a), re. [NL. (Robi- 
neau-Desvoidy, 1830), named after P. J. M. Mac- 
quart (1778-1855), a French entomologist.] A 
genus of flies of the family Tachinida', or giving 
name to the family Macquartiida?. They are of 
medium and large size, slender, thickly hairy, usually 
black, often metallic, and are found near streams on the 
under side of leaves. 
Macquartiidse (mak-war-ti'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Macquartia + -idce.~\ A family of dipterous in- 
sects, typified by the genus Macquartia. Also 
Macquartid(B. 
macrame (mak-ra-ma'), re. [It. maerame, said 
to be of Ar. origin.] An ornamental trimming 
made by leaving a long fringe of thread and 
knotting the threads together so as to form 
geometrical patterns. Also called knotted-bar 
n'ork Macram6 cord, a kind of fine cord prepared for 
the manufacture of macrami lace, and also used for other 
work, such as netting of various kinds, and for hammocks. 
Macrame lace, a kind of knotted work in which elabo- 
rate fringes and the like are made in modern imitation of 
the old knotted point. 
macrandrous (mak-ran'drus), a. [< Gr. fianpof, 
long (see macron), + aviip (avdp-), male (in bot. 
a stamen).] Having elongated male plants, as 
certain alga;, particularly the (Edogoniacece. 
