malulella 
Differentiated from the front edge of the inner stipes 
(of tin- <lrii!..m:il:i of :t iiiyi i:i|nj(l) is a piece usually sepa- 
rated by suture, which, as we iindiTstand it, is thr stilus 
lingiialis of Mcinert; it is our nutlulella. 
A. ,S'. Packard, 1'roc. Amer. I'hilos. Soc., June, 1883, p. 200. 
malum (ma'lum), n.; pi. nuiln (-Iji). [L., an 
evil, neut. of mains, evil, bad : see mal, male s , 
malice, etc.] In lair, an evil Malum In se, a 
thing unlawful because an evil in itself. Malum pro- 
hlbltum, a prohibited wrong ; an act wrong because for- 
bidden by law. 
inaluret, . [ME., < OF. malciir, malcure, ma- 
liin-, F. iiiiillifMr, misfortune, < mat (< L. malux), 
bad, -r- hear, < L. uugurium, luck: see auaury.] 
Misfortune. 
I woful wight ful of malure. 
The Jsle of Ladies, 1. 60L 
maluredt, . [Karly mod. E. nialcuryd; < ma- 
lure + -/ a .] Ill-fortuned. 
Male vryd was your fals entent 
For to offend your presydent. 
Your souerayne lord most rcuercnt, 
Your lord, your brother, and your Kegent. 
SkeltoH, Lament againste the Scottes, L iii. 
Malurinae (mal-u-ri'ne). M. pi. [NL., < Malu- 
rutt + -ina: ] A group of oscine passerine birds, 
commonly referred to the family Sylviiila; or 
Lusciniidai, typified by the genus Malurus; the 
soft-tailed warblers. They are characteristic of the 
Australian region, and include some of the most beautiful 
of warblers. Those of the remarkable genus Stipiturus are 
known as emu-wrens. (See cut under Stipituw.) The lim- 
its of the group are not well denned, and the term is used 
with varying latitude by ditferent writers. 
malurine (mal'u-rin), a. Belonging to or hav- 
ing the characters of the Malurlna;. 
Perhaps the most curious example of the malurine birds 
is the beautiful little Emeu wren. 
J. U. Wood, Illus. Nat Hist., II. 274. 
maluroust, a. [ME. 'maliirous, malerous, < OF. 
malettroH, maleurous, maleureus, etc., F. malheu- 
reux, unfortunate, unhappy, wretched, < maleur, 
misfortune: see mature.] Wretched; wicked. 
Iff I i ii.i mi for-gatte I were maUrom. 
Rom. of Partettay (E. E. T. S.\ L 6473. 
MalUTUS (ma-lu'rus), . [NL., for "Malacurus 
< Gr. //aAa/cof, soft, + ovpa, tail.] The typical 
genus of Maliirina;, founded by Vieillot in 1816. 
The type-species is M. cyaneus of Australia, a 
very beautiful little bird known as the superb 
warbler or blue wren. 
Malva (mal'vji), n. [NL. (Malpighi, 1675), < L. 
malva, mallow : see mallow.] A genus of di- 
cotyledonous polypetalous plants belonging to 
the natural order Malvacece, the mallow family, 
the tribe Malvea; and the subtribe Eumalveat. 
It Is characterized by having the styles stigmatous along 
the inner sides, by three distinct bractlets growing be- 
neath the calyx, and by carpels which are naked within 
and have no beaks. About 16 species are known, natives 
of the temperate regions of the Old World and of North 
America. They are herbs with leaves which are usually 
angularly lobed or dissected, and purple, rose-colored, or 
white flowers with emarginate petals, growing In the axils, 
either solitary or in clusters. The name mallow belongs 
peculiarly, though not exclusively, to this genus. See 
mallow and cheese-cake, 3. 
Malvaceae (mal-va'se-e), . pi. [NL. (A. L. de 
Jussieu, 1789), fern. pi. of L. maluaceus, inal- 
vaceous: see malvaceous and -acea!.] A large 
order of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants 
belonging to the cohort Malvales, typified by 
the genus Malva, and characterized by mona- 
delpnous stamens with one-celled anthers. 
They are herbs, shrubs, or trees with alternate leaves, 
which are entire, much divided, or palmately lobed, and 
regular five-parted flowers, almost always showy, and 
usually purple, rose colored, or yellow. The uniform 
character of the order is to abound in mucilage and to be 
totally destitute of all unwholesome qualities ; many are 
cultivated for ornament, and many others are used medi- 
cinally. The cotton-plant, Qossypium, belongs to this 
order, us ilo also the hollyhock, the hibiscus, the abutilon, 
and nearly all the plants called mallows. The order em 
braces 64 genera and more than 800 species, found every- 
where throughout the world, except in the arctic regions. 
malvaceous (mal-va'shius), a. [< L. mtilni- 
< -i-iitt, of mallows, < malm, mallow: see maUow.] 
Pertaining or belonging to the order Malvaceae, 
or mallow family. 
Malvales (mal-va'les), n. pi. [NL. (Lindley, 
1833), < L. malva, mallow: see Malra.] A co- 
hort (alliance of Lindley) of dicotyledonous 
polypetalous plants belonging to the first series, 
Tltalamiflorte. It is characterized by the valvate calyx- 
lobes or sepals, which are five in number, rarely fewer ; 
by having the petals as many as the sepals or sometimes 
wanting : by sUtmens which are indefinite in number or 
monadelphous ; and by an ovary with from three to an 
indefinite number of cells, rarely fewer. The cohort em- 
braces 3 orders. Malracfa, Strrcilliaceit, and Tiliacrtc. 
malvasia (uial-va-se'a), H. [It.: see nitilm.ii ;/.] 
Originally, a wine of Napoli di Malvasia in the 
Morea, Greece : now, a name given also to some 
other wines, especially to certain Italian and 
Sicilian wines, as to a brand of Marsala, of 
3690 
mamma 
similar quality, sweet and somewhat heady, barber's basin in "Don Quixote." Arclxeol. 
See miilnixi-i/. Inst. Jour., VIII. 319. 
Malvastrum (mal-vas'trum), n. [NL. (Asa mamelt, c. i. A variant of mamblc. 
Gray, 1848), < Mulm + Gr.darpor, star (alluding mamelon (inain'e-lou), . [< F. mamclon, nip- 
to the star-like arrangement of the bracts).] pie, teat, pap, a "small conical hill, < mamelle, 
A large genus of plants of the order Malva- the breast, < L. mamma, the breast: see mam- 
ceas, tribe Mah-ea;, and subtribe Kumulvete; the ma 2 .] A small hill or mound with a round 
false mallows. It Is characterized by styles which are top ; a hemispherical elevation : no called from 
branched at the apex and have terminal capitate stigmas, its resemblance to a woman's breast, 
and by from one to three distinct bractlets under the 
calyx, or the latter sometimes wanting. They are tall or Our tc " ts were pitched on another mamelon, some dis- 
low herbs, with leaves which are divided, or entire and t * nce ' rom tne castle, 
cordate, and scarlet, orange, or yellow flowers, which are H. H. ItwaeU, Diary In India, II. 201. 
wiS "rJwTi* 'i" N l"" 1 ,? pik<;8 j n "y," e ahout *> mameluco (mam-e-18'ko), n. [Pg. (in Brazil), 
rica^' ! 3ee l A<2/oi?-Ji. 0r ca, an jj^ a mam eluke: see mameluke* In Brazil, 
Malveae (mal've-e), n. pi. [NL. (Endlicher, tne offspring of a white and a negro, or a white 
1836), < Malva -( -ece.] A tribe of plants of the and a Brazilian Indian. 
order Malvaeeee, characterized by the columns I have seen the white merchant, the negro husband- 
of stamens being anther-bearing at the apex, !'! an - l ^ e mam f tuco - tne mul tto . and the Indian all sit- 
the styles having as many branches as there are Ung 8ide by 8ide ' Ba "*- BrazU - p ' a ' 
carpels, and the cotyledons foliaceous and va- mameluke (mam e-luk), n. [Formerly also 
riously folded. The tribe, of which Malm is the type, >("><aluke, mameluck, mamlouk, mamlock, mamo- 
emhraces 24 genera and about 400 species. To It belong lake, mamelak, mamelek, memlook, etc. ; < F. 
many of the important plant s of the order. mantaluc, now mameluk = Sp. Pg. mameluco = 
malversation (mal-ver-sa'shon), . [< F. mal- It. mammaluco = Turk, mamelek, < Ar. mamluk, 
versation = Sp. malversacion = Pg. malcersacOo, a purchased slave, a mameluke, < malaka, pos- 
evil conduct, < L. male, badly, + versatio(n-), sess.] 1. Any male servant or slave, usually a 
a turning, < versari, turn about, occupy one- Circassian, belonging to the household or the 
self : see converse, conversation.] Evil con- retinue of a bey. 
duct ; fraudulent or tricky dealing ; especially, In fnAey, it was the custom in the houses of the great 
misbehavior in an omce or employment, as by to have a number of young men, who in Egypt were called 
fraud, breach of trust, extortion, etc. Mamelukes, after thatgallant corps had been destroyed. 
A man turned out of his employment ... for malnr- A Cvnm > Monaat - ta the Levant ' * M ' 
notion in office. burke, On Fox's East India Bill. 2. [.cap.] A member of a corps of cavalry for- 
malvesiet, malvesyet, malvyseyt, . Middle merly existing in Egypt, whose chiefs were 
English forms of malmsey. 
long the sovereign rulers of the country. They 
malvniaie i TF * 'mnlmaf-ul s-um- i originated with a body of Mlngrelians, Turks, and other 
m/T ' L ***** * slavea, who were sold by Jenghiz Khan to the Egyptian 
imxey. sultan in the thirteenth century. About 1261 they estab- 
mam 1 (mam), w. A colloquial or vulgar ab- llshed their government in Egypt by making one of their 
breviation of mama. own number sultan. Their government was overthrown 
It began to speake and call him dad and her mam. ^ * K \\ m ' of Turk ,f f J" 1 , 617 ',, 1 " 1 ' !!"? fon f "7| 1 p ? rt , of '1^ 
Greene. Dorastu. and 1'awnia (1588> S^SS^t^SS^^* ** ***** 
mam'-!, . Same as ma'am, contraction of madani. Ano we come out of the ^ we were ^ 
mama, mamma 1 (ma-ma or ma ma), . [Prop. Mamoluket and Sarrasyns, and put into an olde caue, by 
mama, but more commonly mamma, in Simula- name and tale, there scryuan euer wrytyng our names 
: Sp. mama = It. mamma = (with 
a nasal vowel) F. maman = Pg. mamSe, mother, The servile rulers known as mameluke beys, and to the 
mama ; = Bulg. Pol. Russ. mama, mother, = g j^-. Burto,, Arabian Nights, v. 12, note. 
Albanian mome, mother, mamic, nurse, = L. _ rM1? /r vr< ,. 
mamma, mother, grandmother, nurse, = Gr. mamerit,". [ME.,<OF.mahomerit tmahommene, 
fid^a, nawr,, later also ^a^aia, mother grand- ma * nene , er t e etc. a Mohammedan or 
mother, nurse, ua^ia, mother = Pers mama, J^er temple, a pagantemple,Mahometry, < Ma- 
mother; cf. Marathi mama, a maid-servant llmnet < * Mahomet .Mohammed: see mammet, 
prop, a child's term for 'mother,' being the *] A pagan temple, 
meauiugless infantile articulation ma ma adopt- 
ed (out of many similar infantile articulations) ""ils ZZvMk&ma, 
by mothers, nurses, etc., as if the infant's name That hadde anoured here Mahoun. 
for its mother or nurse, and so later used by the * f Hamtoun, p. 54. (HalKtceU.) 
child. The simple syllable ma is also used (see mamilla, mamillary, etc. See mammilla, etc. 
j3); even a Gr. fid appears for pari/fi, faj-nip. Mamillaria(mam-i-la'ri-a),H. [NL. (Haworth, 
Cf. papa, dad* (dadda), similarly developed: cf. 1812), so called in allusion to the protuber- 
Hind. mama, maternal uncle; western Aus- ances on the stem; < L. mamilla, breast, nip- 
tralian mamman, father. A similar word is pie: see mammilla.] A genus of Cactaeetr, the 
used to mean 'breast': see mamma 2 .] Mother: cactus family, and of the tribe Echinoeactea:. it 
a word used chiefly in address and familiar in- is characterized by a short stem, with the flowers In the 
tercourse, especially bv and with infants, chil- alil8 ' the 'ubord" 1 . which are mammiform, elongated 
Hrpn nn.1 vnnt,., rwll or angular rarely uniting to form a fleshy ridge, and have 
a cushion-like apex, bearing a tuft of radiating spines ; 
the flowers are usually arranged in a transverse zone, and 
have an immersed smooth ovary. About 360 species are 
known, natives of Mexico, though some are found in the 
southern part of the United States, Brazil, Bolivia, and the 
West Indies. The plants rarely exceed 6 or 8 inches in 
height. The stems are simple, tufted, globose, or cylin- 
drical, and covered with tubercles, from the axils of which 
arise a zone of white, yellow, red, or rose-colored flowers, 
which remain open during the day only, and are frequent- 
ly large and showy. See nipple-cactus. 
C. Smart tr. of Ptedru. (1765X p. 115. mamisht . [Origin obscure.] Foolish; effemi- 
mamaluke (mam a-luk), n. See mameluke. i, a t e Varies 
mamblet, >'. i. [< ME. .mamelen var. momelen, B ut why urge i this? None but some mamM monsters 
mumble: see mumble.] To talk indistinctly; can question it. Bp Hall Works, v 464 
mammal, . See mama. 
Adam, while he spak noujt, had paradys at wille; mamma? Vmam'SI n fT.. mnmmii O Tt miimmn 
Ac whan he mameled aboute mete, and entermeted to mamma (m< m a;, n. ^L,. m, tei> IT. mamma 
knowe = p. Pg. wi<i(,_L. dim. mamilla, > F. mamelle = 
The wisdom and the witte of God, he was put fram blisse. 
Pirn Plowman (B), xi. 408. 
, 
dren, and young people. 
When the babe shall . . . begin to tattle and call hir 
Mamma. Lyly, Euphues (ed. Arber), p. 129. 
Pleas'd Cupid beard, and check'd his Mother's Pride: 
And who's blind now, Mamma, the Urchin cry'd. 
Prior, Venus Mistaken. 
A dog bespoke a sucking Lamb 
That us'd a she-goat as her dam. 
" You little fool, why, how you baa. 
This goat is not your own mamma." 
AS. mamme) = Gr. fja/iiai, the breast, pap. See 
mama.] 1. PI. mamma' (-e). The mammary 
The Almighty . . . could rather be con tent the angell of gland and associated structures; the charac- 
. . . 
the church of Laodicea 
should be quite cold, 
than in such a mamblinif 
of profession. 
Bp. Hall, Christian Mode- 
[rattou, il. 2. 
mambrino (mam- 
bre'no), w. A name 
given to the iron 
hat (chapel-de-fer), 
derived from its re- 
semblance to the 
Ma,i,l,riTK>. I 3 th century. 
teristic organ of the class Mammalia, which 
in the female secretes milk for the nourish- 
ment of the young; a breast or udder. The 
mamma is essentially a conglomerate gland, consisting 
of lobes and lobules, secreting milk, which is conveyed 
from the ultimate ramifications of the organ by a sys- 
H'ln of converging lactiferous or galactonborons ducts, 
to be discharged through one or several main orifices 
at the summit of the gland, where is the nipple or mam- 
milla. The mamma is subcutaneous, and may be re- 
garded as a highly developed and specialized sebaceous 
follicle. Mamma? var)' much in number and position: 
they may he 2, 4, 6, 8, to 12 or more, usually an even 
