malingerer 
Doubtless his church will lie no hospital, . . . 
Nor hi* n-li^'iim hut :tn umbulance 
To fetch life's wounded and malinoertn in. 
Liiinll. The Cathedral. 
The c \pericneed senses of the surgeon quickly detected 
sorlousnes* of others who use more comely and costly cu- 
riosities. Jer. Taylor ('.'), Artif. Handsomeness, p. 87. 
mall 1 (mal), n. [Also maul (the verb bciuj; 
spelled inn nl); < ME. ntalle, < OF. 
foinmouly 
mill, ininil, mail, 
'. iniiil = Pr. iniilli. in, nil. n, nl = 
malleifer 
breast purplish < -hmtnut . the luwer buck, rump, anil tall- 
coverts glossy-black ; th tail-feather* mosUi vhlttib.wttli 
a curly tuft: the wing-speculum Iridescent, bocdr*d with 
blackand white ; the bill grecnUh. yellow; the feet orange- 
red and the iris brown. The female has the wings and 
feet as In the male, the bill greenish -black blotched with 
nranue. and the body-colors variegated in fine pattern 
malingery (nm-ling'ger-i), n. [< malinger + 
-V ;t . J A feigning of illness, especially by a sol- 
dier or sailor, in order to shirk work or duty. 
liilli,!,,,. Mil. Diet. 
malinowskite (mul-i-nov'skit), n. [Named af- 
ter E. Malinoirski, a civil engineer.] In min- 
eral., a massive variety of tetrahedrite from 
Peru, containing 13 per cent, of lead. 
malipedal (mal'i-ped-al), a. [< maHpd(f) + 
-al.] Of or pertaining to the malipedes of a 
chilopodous myriapod. 
The dorsal plate, or what may be termed the second 
malipedal terglte. Packard. 
malipedes (uia-lip'e-dez), n. pi. [NL. (Pack- 
ard, 1883), < L'. mala, jaw, + pes (ped-) = E. 
foot.] The fourth and fifth pairs of cephalic 
appendages (modified feet) of chilopodous my- 
riapods, regarded as analogous to the maxil- 
lipeds of crustaceans. 
mails (inii'lis), n. [NL., < Or. /i/Uc, liuouj*t(, 
/la'/Ja, uafar/, /ia)uaau6f, LL. malleus, a disease 
among beasts of burden; origin uncertain.] A 
cutaneous disease produced by parasitic worms 
or vermin : formerly called dodders. 
malison (nial'i-zon), n. [Formerly also Hinlli- 
aon; < ME. malisoun, malisun, malison, < OF. 
malison, mnli-int, ii/it/eicon, maleiceon, maldeceon, 
maldisson, < L. maledictio(n-), an evil speaking, 
reviling, cursing: see malediction. Cf. oenisow.] 
A formal malediction ; a special curse invoked 
or denounced; a form of words expressing a 
curse ; a curse. 
And who that wille not so, gaf hem ther maluoun. 
Jtob. of Bnume, p. 162. 
My curse and mallison she's got, 
For to pursue her still. 
Margaret of Craiffnargat (Child's Ballads, VIII. 252). 
A malison light on the tongue 
Sic tidings tells to me ! 
Lady Mainry (Child's Ballads, II. 82). 
malkin, mawkin (mal'-, ma'kin), n. and a. 
[Also maulkin, maukin; < ME. malkyn, malkyne, 
< Mul (E. Moll*), a reduced form of Mary, and 
also of Matilda- (formerly Molt, Matcde, now 
Maud), + dim. -kin.] I. . 1. A kitchen ser- 
vant, or any common woman ; a slattern. 
Malkyn with a dlstaf in hire hond. 
Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, L 564. 
The kitchen malkin pins 
Her richest lockram 'bout her reechy neck. 
5Aa*.,Cor., U. 1.224. 
Now monstrous in hoops, now trapish, and walking 
With your petticoats clung to your heels like a maullrin. 
Quoted in Fairholt's Costume (ed. Dillon), 1. 394. 
A draggled mawkin, thou, 
That tends her bristled gruuters in the sludge. 
Tennyton, Princess. 
Ie7ts, a hammer, mall, mallet. Cf. the var. me'/:'. 
iiniil-1 (< F.), and dim. mullet.] 1. A heavy hum- 
mer or club of any sort ; especially, a heavy 
found In nearly all part* of the world. It nests on th. 
ground, laying usually from 8 to 10 yellowish-drab egg* 
measuring about 2} by II. inches. 
wooden hammer used by carpenters. Compare mallardlte (mal'ar-dit), . [Named after t 
mallet and beetle^, 1. [In this sense now com- Mallard, a French mineralogiMt.] A hydrous 
mouly maw/ ] sulphate of manganese oc-cumng in fibrous 
Whan Arthur aaugh the Oeaunte llfte yp hi* matte he crystalline masses :_ found in Utah, 
douted the stroke. Merlin (E. K T. S.), U. 839. malleability (mal' e-a-bll'i-tl), . [= P. tnallt - 
Efteoones one of those villeins him did rap 
Upon his hesdpeece with his yron mofl, 
That he wassoone awaked therewithal!. 
, K. Q., IV. V. 
abilite = Sp.maleaMidatl"= Pg. malleabilidade 
= It. malltabilita; as malleable + -ify.] The 
property of being malleable; capability of be- 
ing shaped or permanently extended by pres- 
sure, as by hammering or rolling, without losing 
coherence or continuity ; the property of being 
susceptible of extension by beating or rolling. 
2. (a) A war-hammer or martel-de-fer. 
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour 
is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Prov. xxv. 18. 
(6) The head or striking part of a war-ham- 
mer or martel-de-fer. (c) The blunt or square . 
projection of such a hammer, as distinguished m alleable (mal'e-a-bl). a. 
from the beak on the opposite side of the nan- i^^le < p matteab'le Sp. 
die: this blunt end was often divided into four, 
six, or more blunt points or protuberances. 
3. An old game played with a wooden ball in 
a kind of smooth alley boarded in at each side, 
in which the ball was struck with a mallet in 
order to send it through an iron arch called the 
pass, placed at the end of the alley. Strutt. 
4t. The mallet with which this game was 
played ; also, the alley in which it was played. 
5f. [< rnaKi, r.] A blow. 
And give that reverend head a mall, 
Or two, or three, against a wall. 
S. Butler, Hudlbras. 
TOP-mall, a heavy iron hammer used on board ship. 
mall 1 ! (mal), v. t. [Also and more commonly 
maul; < ME. mallen, < OF. mailler = Pg. malhar 
= It. magliare, < ML. malleare, beat with a mall, 
< malleus, a mall, hammer: see main, n.] To 
boat, especially with a mall or mallet; bruise. 
I salle evene ami 
The malleability of brass varies with its composition 
and with It* temperature. Span* Encyc. Manuf., I. S21. 
[Early mod. E. malr 
......... v *. . ...,,.,,..,. _ ^ r . malcable = Pg. mal- 
leavel = It. malleabile, < ML. malleare, beat 
with a hammer: see matteate.] Capable of be- 
ing shaped or extended by beating or rolling; 
capable of extension by hammering; reduci- 
ble to a laminated form by beating, as gold, 
which may be beaten into leaves (gold-foil) 
of extreme thinness; hence, capable of being 
shaped by outside influence ; yielding. See 
This Blow at Sea was so much greater than that at Land 
that, where that made him only doubt, this made him de- 
spair, at least made him malleable, and flt to be wrought 
upon by Composition. Baker, Chronicle*, p. 78. 
Mark the effect produced on our councils by continued 
Insolence and Inveterate hostility : we grow more malleable 
under their blows. Burke, A Regicide Peace, ill. 
Malleable bronze. See bronze. Malleable iron cast- 
see iron. 
Lyt Would not my ghost start up, and fly upon thee? 
Cy. No, I'd mall it down again with this. 
[She snatches up the crow.] 
Chapman, Widow's Tears, v. 4. 
(L. in derivatives) 
malli, r.] To hammer; form into a plate or 
leaf by beating. 
mall, the game so called, and a place, Pall- 
Mall, where it was played : see pall-mall.~\ A 
public walk ; a level shaded walk. 
The mall without comparison is the noblest in Europe 
for length and shade, having 7 rowes of the tallest and 
goodliest elms I had ever beheld. 
Evelyn, Diary, May 2, 1644. 
This the beau-moude shall from the Mall survey. 
Pope, R. of the L., v. 133. 
nail 3 (mal), n. [< ML. mallum, mallus, a court : 
see mallum, mallus.] A court: same as malltim, 
2f. Maid Marian, the lady of the morris-dance. 
Councils, which had been as frequent as diets o: 
ceased. 
.., . ,-..,. mallanders, n. pi. Seemalanderg 
Fletcher, Mons. Thomas, U. 2. mallard (mal'ard), n. [< ME. malarde, maulartl, 
3. A stuffed figure; a caricature of a woman in 
dress and general appearance; a scarecrow. 
Thou pitiful Flatterer of thy Master's Imperfections ; 
thou Maukin made up of the Shreds and Pairings of his 
superfluous Fopperies. Congretx, Old Batchelor, iii. U. 
4. A cat. Compare grimalkin. The word is used 
in the following passage as the name of a familiar spirit 
in the shape of a cat : 
Malkin, my sweet spirit, and I. 
Middleton, The Witch, iii. 2. 
6. A hare. [Scotch.] 
"you must not 
show herself I would let thee . . . battle after her, for she 
could only cock her fitd at ... thy yelping." 
J. Wilson, Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life, p. 181. 
6. A mop ; especially, a mop used to clean a 
baker's oven. 
See here a maukin, there a sheet 
As spotlesse pure as it is sweet. 
Ilerrick, Hesperides, p. 106. 
7. In gun., a jointed staff with a sponge at 
one end, used for cleaning out cannon Mother 
Of the mawklns. (at) A witch, hag, or uncanny old 
woman. (6) The little grebe or dabchick. J. A. Harrif- 
Brown. 
H.t " Of or pertaining to a malkin or 
kitchen-wench. 
Her matttin knuckles were never shapen to that royall 
buskin. Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
malkinlyt, mawkinlyt, . [< ma/kin, 
+ -/V 1 .! Like a malkin ; slatternly. 
mawlerd, also irreg. mawdelare, mawarde, < OF. 
malard, malart, a wild duck, prob., with suffix 
-ard, < male, male : see male*. The F. dial, form 
maillard appar. simulates F. maille, a spot : see 
mail 1 .] 1. The wild drake; the male of the 
common wild duck. 
And with a bolt afterward. 
Anon he hltt a maulard. 
Arthour and Merlin, p. 154. (HaUiwett.) 
Hence 2. The common wild duck, Anas boscas, 
the feral stock whence the domestic duck in all 
its varieties has descended, and the typical rep- 
resentative of the family Anatidce and subfamily 
Anatina:. See duck 2 . The mallard Is from 22 to 24 
inches long, by32 to 86 in extent of wings. The male has the 
head and neck glossy-green, succeeded by a white ring ; the 
Some silly souls are prone to place much pii 
mawkingltl [read >nuiclsinly\ plainness, and ia 
liety in their 
their cen- 
2 (mel or mal), n. [< watt 1 , n., through yxi//- malleation (mal-e-a'shon), n. [<ialleate + 
-ion.] 1. The act of beating into a plate or 
leaf, as a metal; extension by beating. 
His squire, by often malleationt, hammerings, pound- 
Ings, and threshings, might in good time be beaten out 
Into the form of a gentleman. 
Gayton, Notes on Don Quixote (1654), p. 67. (Latham.) 
2f. Malleability ; capability of being shaped by 
hammering. 
Sub. What's the proper passion of metals? 
Face. Malleation. B. Jonton, Alchemist, 1L 1. 
3. In pathol., a convulsive action of one or both 
hands, which strike the thigh like a hammer. 
MML mallechot(mal'e-cho),n. K Sp. malhfcho=OV. 
malfait, < ML. "malefaetum, malcfacta, an evil 
deed, < male, evil, + foetus, done, factum (> Sp. 
liifliii = F. fait), deed, act : see mal- and fact, 
feat. Ct. male faction, etc."] Evil-doings; wick- 
edness; villainy. [Rare; found only in the 
following passage.] 
Oph. What means this, my lord? 
Ham. Many, thi* is miching mallecho (var. malicho, 
mallico]; It means mischief. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2. 149. 
malledius (ma-le'di-us), n.; pi. malledii (-!)_. 
[NL., < L. malleus, a hammer, + NL. (stap)edi- 
us.] A muscle of the tympanum attached to the 
malleus ; the tensor tympani : correlated with 
stapedius and incudius. Coues and Shute, 1887. 
mallee (mal'e), . [Australian.] Two dwarf 
species of Eucalyptus, E. dumosa and E. oleosa, 
growing in Australia. They sometimes form im- 
mense tracts of brushwood, called mallee-scrub. 
If you will get any bushman to tell yon that land cov- 
ered with Eucalyptus dumosus, vulgarly called Mallee, 
and exceedingly stunted specimens of that, wttl grow any- 
thing, I will tell him he knows nothing. 
a. KingOey, Hillyars and Burton*, liv. 
mallee-bird (mal'e-berd), n. The Leipoa ocel- 
luttt, a bird of the family Megapodida; (see 
Leipoa). Also called native pheasant by the 
English in Australia. A. Nevton. 
mallei, . Plural of malleus. 
Malleida (ma-le'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Mallei* 
+ -id<t:] A family of bivalves, typified by the 
genus Malleus; the hammer-oysters: same as 
Ai-ii'uliilif or Pteritdce. 
malleifer (ma-le'i-fer), w. [< NL. maUetfar: 
set- Hiiillrifcraus.] A vertebrate of the super- 
class MalU-ifera. 
