madder 
par. < E. madder. Cf . Skt. madlmrd, the name of 
several plants, < matlhnra, sweet, tender, < ma- 
<llii(, sweet: see mead 1 ."] 1 . A plant of the ge- 
nus Rulria, natural order Ititbiacefe, yielding a 
valuable dyestuff of the same name. The ordi- 
nary dyers' madder is R. tinctorum, native of the Mediter- 
ranean region, a climbing, herbaceous, or at the base some- 
what shrubby plant, with whorls of dark-green leaves 
and panicles of small yellowish 4-5-merous flowers, and 
with long succulent perennial roots. It was formerly es- 
teemed as an emmenagogue and diuretic. R. cordifolia, 
of India, eastern Asia, and parts of Africa, alTords garan- 
cin, and is used for the same purposes as European mad- 
der; it forms the madder of India. The Bengal madder 
or munjeet, R. pereyrina, is the proper wild madder of 
England, found throughout western and southern Europe. 
2. A dyestuff and pigment obtained from the 
roots of Itubia tinctorum and other plants of the 
same family. It yields colors of the greatest perma- 
nence, and is employed in dyeing linen and cotton red. 
Two kinds are fixed upon cotton: one is called mad- 
der-red, and the other, which possesses a much higher 
degree of luster and fixity, is called Adrianopie red, be- 
cause it is largely exported from that city, or Turkey red, 
from the fact that for a long time it was mainly obtained 
from the Levant ; it is also produced near Leghorn and 
Trieste. In the trade this madder bears the name of 
aliznri or lizari. The roots are broken up by means of 
wooden stampers, which reduce the bark and splint-bark 
to powder, leaving the hard inner part unbroken; but 
the whole root is sometimes pulverized. The coloring 
principle of madder is termed alizarin. Madder con- 
tains also a red pigment, purpurin or rubiacin, which is 
extracted in the form of orange-colored prismatic crys- 
tals, and yields a good dye, either alone or in combination 
with alizarin. Through the peculiar chemical affinity of 
phosphate of lime for its coloring matter, madder is noted 
for its remarkable physiological effect of turning red the 
bones of animals to which it is fed, as well as the claws 
and beaks of birds. Brown madder, a lake prepared 
from madder-root, having a rich brown color of great 
depth. Capuoine madder. See capucinez. Flowers 
Of madder, the trade-name for a preparation made by 
steeping pulverized madder, causing the sugar it contains 
to ferment, then washing the residue, pressing out the 
water, drying, and pulverizing it again. It is used for 
dyeing purposes in the same manner as ordinary madder. 
Also called refined madder and madder-bloom. Indian 
madder, (a) Itubia cordifolia. (b) Oldeidandia umbellata. 
(c) Some species of the getms Hedyutis. Madder-brown. 
See brown. Madder-carmine, a pigment made by pre- 
cipitating the coloring matter of the madder-root upon a 
base of alumina. Madder color, a pigment derived from 
madder or its compounds. Madder colors range from 
brown, through yellow, rose, and red, to deep purple, and 
are much used in dyeing and the fine arts. Madder 
lakes (pinkmadder, rose madder, madder lake, purple mad- 
der, brown madder, Itubens's madder, madder- yellow, mad- 
der-orange), lakes prepared from madder varying in shade 
from pink through red and yellow to purple and brown. 
These are also known as rubric lakes. Madder-red. 
See def. 2. Madder style, a method of calico-printing 
in which the parts of the cloth which are to receive a mad- 
der color are printed with a mordant, washed and rinsed 
in a solution of alum and size, and then drawn through a 
colored solution which becomes fixed where the mordant 
has been applied, after which the dye is washed off the un- 
mordantedpartofthecloth. Also called chintz style, garan- 
cin style. Petty madder, a plant of the genus Crucia- 
nflla, of the Mediterranean region. Also called crosswort. 
Refined madder. Same AS flowers of madder. Wild 
madder, (a) Rubia peregrina. (b) The white bedstraw, 
Galium Mollugo. 
madder 1 (mad'er), v. t. [< madder 1 , .] To 
dye with madder. 
I madder clothe to be dyed, je garence. Your vyolet 
hath not his full dye, but he is maddered. Palsgrave. 
madder'-'t (mad'er), n. [Possibly a corruption 
of mazer.] A large wooden drinking-vessel. 
Usquebaugh to our feast 
In pails was brought up, 
An hundred at least* 
And a madder our cup. 
Swift, Irish Feast. (Dames.) 
madder-bloom (mad'er-blom), n. Fleurs de 
garance. See flowers of madder, under madder 1 . 
madder-print (mad'er-print), n. Cloth printed 
with designs in madder, or in colors of which 
madder forms a part ; especially, cotton prints 
so made. 
madderwort (mad'er-w6rt), n. Any plant of 
the madder family, SuMacete. 
madding (mad'ing), n. [Verbal n. of mad 1 , .] 
Madness; folly; avagary; a wild freak or prank. 
By my troth, your sorrow, 
And the consideration of men s humorous maddings, 
Have put me into a serious contemplation. 
Fletcher, Wildgoose Chase, ii. 3. 
madding (mad'ing), p. a. Becoming mad; act- 
ing madly ; distracted ; raging ; furious. 
But now from me hys madding mynd is starte, 
And woes the Widdowes daughter of the glenne. 
Spemer, Shep. Cal., April. 
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. 
Gray, Elegy. 
Then schemes I framed more calmly, when and how 
The madding factions might be tranquillized. 
Wordsworth, Prelude, x. 
maddingly (mad'ing-li), adv. In a mad way; 
distractedly; wildly. 
Run maddingly affrighted through the villages. 
Fletcher, Women Pleased, iv. 1. 
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maddle (mad'l), v. ; pret. and pp. maddled, ppr. 
muddling. [Preq. of mad 1 , .] I. intrans. 1. 
To rave; be delirious. Levins. 2. To be con- 
fused. [Prov. Eug.] 
II. trans. To confuse; perplex. Halliwctt. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
maddling (mad'ling), p. a. [Formerly also mad- 
ling; ppr. of maddle, .] Raving; mad; crazy. 
Som takes a staf for hast, and leaues his launce, 
Som inadling runnes, som trembles in a trance. 
Hudson, tr. of Du Bartas's Judith, vi. 240. 
maddockt (mad'ok), a. [< ME. matltek,< Icel. 
madhkr = Norw. jA* = Dan. maddik, a mag- 
got; dim. of the form which appears in AS. 
mathu, etc., E. mad 2 , made%: see mad?. The 
same word appears contracted in mawk 1 , q. v.] 
A maggot. Kennett MS. (Halliwell.) 
mad-doctor (mad'dok"tor), n. A physician who 
treats insane persons; an alienist. [Colloq.] 
made 1 (mad), p. a. [Pp. of maJce 1 ."] 1. Created; 
wrought; fabricated; constructed. 
O, think on that ; 
And mercy then will breathe within your lips, 
Like man new made. Shak., M. for M., il. 2. 79. 
2. Artificially produced; formed independent- 
ly of natural development: as, made ground 
(ground made up of earth from another place); 
a made word. 
And Art*, with her contending, doth aspire 
T' excell the natural! with made delights. 
Spenser, Muiopotmos, 1. 166. 
3. Drawn from various sources; formed of 
several parts or ingredients : as, a made dish ; 
composite ; built up : as, a made mast (a mast 
composed of several sticks bound together by 
iron hoops, in contradistinction to a single-spar 
mast). 
A made dish, . . . garnished with cut carrots by way of 
adornment. Sulwer, Pelham, xli. 
4. Placed beyond the reach of want ; assured 
of reward, success, fortune, or promotion ; well 
provided for life. 
Syph. Oh, happy I ! 
Chi. You are a made man. Fletcher, Mad Lover, v. 4. 
Help us to break his worship's bones, and carry off the 
gill, and you are a made man. 
Sheridan, St. Patrick's Day, ii. 1. 
5. Well taught or trained, as a hunting-dog. 
To make a trial whether a young bloodhound was well 
instructed (or, as the huntsmen call it, made). 
Quoted in The Century, XXXVIII. 191. 
Made block. See blockl. Made up. (a) Put together; 
completed ; finished. 
Deform 'd, unfinished, sent before my time 
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up. 
Shak., Rich. III., i. 1. 21. 
(b) Thorough; consummate; out-and-out. [Rare.] 
Yet remain assured 
That he's a made-up villain. 
Shak., T. of A., v 1. 101. 
(c) Artificial; meretricious. 
llnxt. But you must allow her some beauty? 
Tony. Bandbox ! She's all a made up thing. 
Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, Ii. 1. 
(d) Concocted; invented; fictitious: as, a made-up tale or 
excuse. 
made 2 , n. See mad%. 
made 3 (mad), a. [A var. of mad 1 (perhaps < 
Icel. meiddi; maimed: see mad 1 ), or of mate 2 .] 
Fatigued; exhausted. [Scotch.] 
Madecasseet (mad-e-kas'e), a. and n. Same as 
Malagasy. 
madefactiont (mad-e-fak'shon), n. [= F. ma- 
defactiotifdi. as if *madefactio(n-),<. madefacere, 
pp. madefactns, make wet, moisten : see. made- 
fy.'] The act of making wet ; a soaking ; sat- 
uration. 
To all madef action there is required an imbibition. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., f 865. 
madeflcationt (mad"e-fi-ka'shgn), n. [< madefy 
+ -atioii: see -fication.'] Same as madefac- 
tion. 
madefyt (mad'e-fi), . t. [= F. madtyer, < L. as 
if *madeficare, equiv. to madefacere, make wet, 
< madere, be wet, + facere, make : see -fy.~\ To 
make wet or moist ; moisten ; soak. 
The time was when the Bonners and butchers rode over 
the faces of God's saints, and madefied the earth with their 
bloods. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 85. (Varies.) 
Madegassyt (mad-e-gas'i), a. and n. [See Mala- 
fffuy.l Same as Malagasy. 
Madeira (ma-da'ra), n. [Short for Madeira 
mine. The island" of Madeira takes its name 
from Pg. madeira, wood, < L. materia, wood, 
matter: see matter.'] A fine wine of the sherry 
class made in the island of Madeira. It ac- 
quires by age peculiar excellence of flavor. 
East India Madeira, Madeira which has been sent in 
cask to the East Indies and back again, with the view of 
madid 
improving it or aging it rapidly by the combined agency 
of heat and the constant motion of the ship. 
Madeira mahogany. Same as canary-wood. 
Madeiran (ma-da'ran), a. [< Madeira (see def.) 
+ -an.] Of or pertaining to the island of Ma- 
deira, or to the group of islands of which it is 
the chief, lying west of Morocco, and belonging 
to Portugal. 
Madeira-vine (ma-da'rii-vin), . An elegant 
climbing herb with bright-green fleshy leaves, 
long clusters of small white spicy-fragrant flow- 
ers, and a perennial tuberous root. It is a che- 
nopodiaceous plant, BonssinyauMa baselloides, 
from the Andes. 
Madeira-wood (ma-da'rji-wud), n. The true 
mahogany. 
madel-paroowa (mad'el-pa-ro'wa), n. A boat 
used in Ceylon for fishing, chiefly close inshore 
and on the lakes of the interior, sometimes 
covered with a bamboo roof, when it takes the 
name of padji. Imp. Diet. 
mademoiselle (ma-de-mwo-zel'), .; pi. mes- 
demoiseUes (ma-de-mwo-zel' ). [F. , < ma, my, + 
demoiselle, damsel: see madam and damsel 1 , de- 
moiselle.] 1. Formerly, in France, the title of 
any woman, married or single, who was not of 
the nobility, and of noble married women whose 
husbands had not been knighted : also, when 
used absolutely, or without a name, the distinc- 
tive title of the eldest daughter of the next bro- 
ther of the king (who was in like manner called 
Monsieur), and afterward of the first princess of 
the blood, whoever was her father, in general, 
the titles Madame and Mademoiselle were used to clistin- 
uish noble from plebeian women, without regard to con- 
itions of marriage or celibacy ; but Littre notes the fact 
that Racine, in writing to his sister, addressed her as 
Madame before her marriage and as Mademoiselle after it. 
Anne Marie Louise d'Orlgans, . . . Duchesse de Mont- 
pensier, is forgotten, . . . but the great name of Made- 
moiselle, La Grande Mademoiselle, gleams through . . . 
the age of Louis Quatorze. 
T. W. Higginson, Atlantic Essays, p. 169. 
2. A distinctive title given to girls and un- 
married women in France, equivalent to Miss: 
abbreviated in writing to Mile., pi. Miles. 3. 
A scieenoid fish, the yellowtail or silver perch, 
Sairdiella chrysura. [Local, U. S.] 
madge 1 (maj), n. [Assibilated form of mag 1 , 
like the orig. Madge, assibilated form of Mag, 
abbr. of Margaret, a fern, name: see mag 1 , 
margaret.'] 1 . The magpie, Pica rvstica : same 
as mag 1 , 1. 2f. Amadge-owl. 
The skritch-owl, us'd in falling towrs to lodge, 
Th' unlucky night-raven, and thou lasie madge 
That, fearing light, still seekest where to hide, 
The hate and scorn of all the birds beside. 
Du Bartas (trans.). (Nares.) 
madge 2 (maj), . [Origin obscure.] A leaden 
hammer. See the quotation. 
The tool used for this purpose (hard-solder plating) is 
called a madge, and is a lead hammer about three pounds 
in weight, with the face covered with six or seven thick- 
nesses of stout woolen. Gilder's Manual, p. 103. 
madge-howlett (maj'hou'let), n. See madge- 
owl. 
I'll sit in a barn with madge-houiet, and catch mice first. 
B. Jonton, Every Man in his Humour, ii. 2. 
madge-owlt (maj ' oul), n. The owlet or barn- 
owl. Also madge-owlet, madge-liowlet. 
Thou shouldst have given her a madgeowl, and then 
Thou'dst made a present o' thy self, owl-spiegle ! 
B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, ii. 1. 
madge-owlet (maj'ou"let), n. Same as madge- 
owl. 
mad-headed (mad'hed"ed), a. Hot-brained; 
rash. Sliak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 3. 80. 
madhouse (mad'hous), n. A house where in- 
sane persons are confined for cure or for re- 
straint; a lunatic asylum ; a bedlam. 
Madia (ma' di- a), n. [NL. (Molina, 1794), < 
madi,the Chilian name of the common species.] 
A genus of composite herbs belonging to the 
tribe Helimithoidece and the subtribe Madiea-, 
characterized by a deeply furrowed involucre, 
with bracts closely inclosing the achenia, of 
which those of the disk are either perfect or 
sterile, almost always without pappus. They are 
erect annuals, commonly glandular- viscid and heavy-scent- 
ed, with entire alternate leaves and small or medium-sized 
heads of yellow flowers, solitary at the ends of the branches 
or in loose panicles. About 8 species arc known, natives 
of Chili and the western part of North America, where 
they are popularly called tar-weeds. One species, M. 
8a(fca,is cultivated for the oil afforded liyits scnls, which 
serves the same purposes as olive-oil. The refuse is made 
into an oil-cake for cattle. 
madid (mad'id), .. [< L. uidilitliiK, wet, < ma- 
dere, be wet. Cf. Gr. [tatSav, melt away: see 
modopMfe.] Wet; moist; appearing as if soak- 
ed or sodden. [Rare.] 
