maple 
For who would rob hermit of his weeds, 
HiM few hooks, or his beads, or maplf dish, 
Or do his gray hairs any violi-nre ; 
Milton, Collins, 1. 391. 
Haple honey, a thick, uuerystallued residuum obtained 
from the 1 sap of the sugar-maple after evaporation and crys- 
tallization. Maple molasses. Same as maple syrup. 
}(J. S. I Maple sugar, siiKar obtained by evaporation 
rom the sun of the maple. See sw/ar-niaple. MftPld 
syrup, a delicate and finely flavored syrup obtained by 
evaporating maple sapor dissolving maple sugar. [U. 8.] 
maple'-t, Sec mn/i/i/i'. 
maple-borer (ma'pl-bor'er), M. One of the dif- 
ferent insects which bore the wood of maples. 
Marathi 
shrub, Ari.it'itiliti Mm/iii. of the natural order maranade (mar'a-nad), r. t. An erroneous 
TUiaeM, Its wood is used by the natives to make mu- spelling of marinate. 
sical Instruments, the tough bark serving for strings, maranatha(mar-a-nath'a), w. (Sec ////</. I 
I rom its acid berries a wine is made whieh In used in ma- t (Jrpci/crl fnrrri' of mi Aramaic AimrAn. 
llgiiant fevers. It is sometimes cultivated for ornament, 
mar (mar), r. t.; pret. and pp. marred, ppr. meaning 'the Lord coineth ' (or according to 
marring. [< ME. man; . mcrren. < AS. "merran, S e '""> Lo , r . d h f th come'), found in 1 Cor. 
Hii/n-ai,, nun;,,,, in comp. d-merra,,, d-myrran jvi. 22 immediately after the word anatl,, >, 
( > ME. amerren, amarran), liinder, waste, spoil, but hav "'g n <> grammatical connection with it. 
= OS. merrian = OFries. meria = MD. nu-rren, marano (mk-ra no), n. [br>.] Formerly, in 
/- rm, marrn, D. matron = MLG. marrt n, mer- 8 P wn > OI ? e of th ? 8 ? ? ew8 J Moo , r8 who> to . avold 
ren, hinder, retard, bind, tie, = OHQ. marrian, persecution, pub hcly professed conversion to 
marnn, mm;,,, MHO. merren, hinder, retard Christianity, while privately continuing m. the 
G. dial, merren, entangle, = Icel. meria, bruise, practices and beliefs of their own religion. 
crush. = Uoth.wia^a,causet08tumble;hence marant (mar ant , n. [< Maranta .] In Lmd- 
fromTeut., ML. marrire, hinder, annoy, injure ?* system, a plant of his order Marantacca: 
> Sp. marrar = Pr. marrir = OF. marrir, marir, Maranta (ma-ran' ttt), n. [NL. (Plumier, 1703), 
hinder (intr. lose one's way, stray), annoy, in- named after B \. Maranta, a Venetian physician 
jure. Cf . moor? which is from the D. word cog- and botanist of the 16th century. ] 1 . A genus of 
nate with E. mar, and maraud, which is perhaps monocotyledonous plants of the natural order 
from the OF. form of the verb.] 1. To deface or 222?S!,i52S f n h ^ tnbe I^Efi"". " '"v 1 "; 
- - tinguished by the one-celled ovary, the slender-branched 
inflorescence, and the narrow involute bracts, closely 
surrounding the branches. They are herbaceous plants 
with fleshy tubers, sheathing leaves, and a few-flowered 
inflorescence, the flowers having a cylindrical corolla- 
tube, and a petalold filament bearing a one-celled anther. 
There are about 15 species, indigenous to tropical Amer- 
ica, but several species are widely cultivated for their 
fleshy tubers. The pure kind of starch known as arrow- 
root is obtained from the tubers of M. arundinacea and 
of several other species, by maceration, washing, and dry- 
ing. (See arrowroot.) Several species have highly orna- 
mental foliage, as M. (Calathea) zebrina, the zebra-plant, 
whose leaves are 2 feet long and 6 inches wide, of a deep 
rich green, purple-shaded, and with a velvety appearance. 
disfigure ; i n jure by cutting, breakin g, abrading, 
crushing, etc. ; impair in form or substance. 
His visage was so marred more than any man, and his 
form more than the sons of men. Isa. 111. 14. 
I pray you, mar no more trees with cutting love-songs in 
their barks. Shak. , As you Like it, ill. 2. 270. 
Should he mistake his tools as they do theirs, he would 
marre all the work he took in hand. 
, Stilton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
2. To impair in quality or attributes; affect 
injuriously; damage the character, value, or 
appearance of ; harm. 
I pray you, mirr no nine of my verses with reading them 
ill-favouredly. Shak., ' 
How will it mar his mirth, abate his feast I 
Sixteen-leggcd Maple-borer (*Cfcria acfrrti . 
a, a, larva, dorsal and lateral views ; A, A, A, cocoons exposed by 
detachment of bark ; c. moth ; ct, skin of chrysalis as it is often leu 
remaining in the hole of exit. (All natural sue.) 
Such are dSgeria (or Sesia) acerni in its larval 
state, Tremex columba, and Plagionotusspeciosus. 
maple-cup (mii'pl-kup), n. Same as mazer. 
The Mayor of Oxford also (claims to be] butler and to 
receive three maple-cups. 
List of Claim* to Service at Coronation of George IV. 
maple-disease (ma'pl-di-zez v ), n. A disease 
of the white or silver maple, the red maple, and 
the striped maple, caused by a fungus, Phyllo- 
sticta acericola, which attacks their leaves. See 
Phyllosticta. 
maple-tree (ma'pl-tre), . [< ME. "mapel-tre, 
< AS. mapoltreow, mapultredw, maple-tree, < 
"mapol, maple, -I- trcdw, tree.] Same as ma- 
ple 1 , 1. 
map-lichen (map'li'ken), n. Lecidea geographi- 
ea : so called from its figured thallus. 
map-measurer (map'mezhur-er), n. An in- 
strument for measuring distances on a man. 
It consists of a small graduated wheel fitted to a handle, 
which is rolled over the surface of the map, each revolu- 
tion of the wheel Indicating a known distance. 
map-mounter (map'moun'ter), n. A workman 
who backs maps with canvas, varnishes them, 
and fixes them on rollers, etc. Simmonds. 
mappemoundet, n. [ME., < OF. and F. mtippr- 
mondc = Sp. mapamundi, < ML. maji/Ki miiiuli, 
a map of the world: see map 1 , .] A map of 
the world. 
mappery (map'e-ri), n. [< map 1 + -cry.] The 
art of planning and designing maps ; in the quo- 
tation, the study of maps; planning witli 'tin- 
aid of maps. 
They call this bed-work, mapprry, closet-war. 
Shut., T. and C., I. 3. 206. 
mappist (map'int), ii. [< io/il -t- -is<.] A draw- 
er or maker of maps ; a map-maker. [Rare.] 
Learned Mappist* on a Paper small 
Draw (in Abridgement) the Whole Type of All. 
Siilvetter, Little Bartas, 1. 311. 
The mapptet Collins calls the river between Oxford and 
Wullingford the Isis. The Academy, Jan. 28, 1888, p. 6S. 
niapple (map'l), M. [Formerly also maple; < 
ME. mni>j>el, dim. of map 2 , q. v.] A small mop 
or broom of birch twigs, used by scullery -maids 
in scrubbing out pots, pans, etc. 
As hroade as scullers majtlts that they make clcane their 
hoatcs with. Xashe, Lenten .Stuff e (Harl. Misc., VI. 144). 
niapstick, . Si-i- w/>w/<7,-. 
map-turtle (map'ter'tl), n. A common pond- 
turtle of the United States, Mulacli HIIIUJX i//<>- 
<irnpliirnn: so called from the markings of the 
shell. 
maquerellet, . Smnc a* <</< ri'I-. 
maqui(ma'ke). n. [< Sp. nun/Hi; ;i native luinir 
in Chili.] A Chilian evergreen orsulx-verfjivi -n 
, L i 
You may both make the law, and mar it presently. 
Fletcher, Wife for a Month, ii. 4. 
mar (miir), it. [< mar, r.] A blot; a blemish; 
an injury. 
I trust my will to write shall match the mam I make 
in it. Atcham, To Edward Haven, May, 1551. 
See also itttrite-Jiber. 
2. [I. c.] A plant of this genus. 
Marantaceae (mar-an-ta'se-e), n. pi. [NL. 
(Lindley, 1833), < Maranta 4- -acea:.] An old 
order of plants, typified by the genus Maranta, 
now included in the natural order Zingiberacea, 
and nearly equivalent to the two tribes Maran- 
tece and Cannete. 
marantaceous (mar-an-ta'shius), a. Of, per- 
taining to, or resembling plants of the Maran- 
tacea; (Marantea). 
marabou 1 (mar'a-bo), n. [Also marabout, mar- 
bou; < F. marabout = Sp. marabu: said to be of 
West African origin.] 1 . A kind of stork, more 
der Zingiberaceee, the ginger family. The cells of 
the ovary have but one ovule, and the embryo is much 
curved. The tribe embraces 12 genera, of which llaranta 
is the type, and about 150 species, all natives of the tropics. 
commonly called marabou-stork. 2. A kind of marast, " An obsolete form of marish. 
raw silk which is peculiarly white and can be marasca (ma-ras'kft), n. [< It. marasca, amaras- 
dyed without being freed from its natural gum : ca, a black, hard, sour cherry, egriot (marasco, 
so called from the resemblance of its debcate amaraxco, the tree), marasca, amarasca, cherry- 
fibers to marabou-feathers. wine,<amaro, bitter, sour, < L. amarus, bitter.] 
marabou 2 (inar'a-b8), n. [Louisiana F.] The A small black wild cherry, a variety of 1'runus 
variety of negro which springs from a mulatto aviuni, from which maraschino is distilled, 
andagriffe: so called by the French of Louisi- maraschino (mar-as-ke'no), n. [Also maras- 
ana. Bartlett, Americanisms, p. 383. <?wiBo(<Sp.Pg. marasijmno)a,ndmaraitquin(<.F. 
marabou-feathers (mar'a-bo-feTH'erz), . pi. marasquin); < It. maraschino, < marasca, a kind 
Soft and downy feathers found under the wings 
and tail of the marabou-stork. They are much 
used for trimming women's gowns. 
marabou-Stork (mar'a-bo-stdrk), n. A stork 
of the genus Leptoptiliis, which furnishes the 
marabou-feathers of commerce. There are two 
ipecles : the bird originally so named, L. marabou, a na- 
pf cherry : see marasca."] A cordial originating 
in Dalmatia, where it is distilled from or fla- 
vored with the marasca cherry, peculiar to that 
region; hence, a similar cordial produced in 
other regions from other kinds of cherry. The 
finest bears the name of marnvhino q/Zara, in which town 
it Is reputed to be manufactured. 
HTVWVBl V11U U11U I-'I I^IIIIUIJ ou liaillCU, JW. Illtl UlUini, it 1111* , . . 1 V rf 
live of western Africa, and another, L. argata, common marasmiC (ma-raz mik), a. [< marasm(us) + 
in India, where It Is generally called the adjutant-bird. -ic."\ Pertaining or relating to marasmus; 
See cut under adjutant-bird affected with marasmus: as, a marasmic ten- 
Marabouti (mar a-bot), n. [Also Maraboot^ < dency . a maramic patient. 
[NL. (Fries, 
wasting, withering, 
- , 1 1 .-in in-- tll . i i inn in.- species are not putres- 
station a religious house .or hospice. Cf. ma- cent, but dry or wither up with drought.] A 
raiMdf, from the same ult. source.] A mem- large genus of agaricinous fungi, havin| a tough 
ber of a Moorish priestly order or race of north- leathery pileus; which dries up with drought 
ern Africa, successors of the Morabits or Al- and isrevived again on the application of water, 
moravules, a Mohammedan sect or tnbe who The spores are white, and snbelliptical in shape. About 
ruled Morocco and part of Spain in the eleventh soo species are known, of which number many are edible, 
and twelfth centuries. The Marabouts are reputed M - " ada ie tne English champignon or fairy-ring mush- 
as saints, prophets, and sorcerers, and exercise great in- room - See champignon. 
fluence over the Berbers and Moslem negroes. (Often marasmoid (ma-raz moid), a. [< marasm(us) + 
written without a capital.] -id.] Resembling or affected with marasmus. 
In the oases of the Sahara are chapels built over the marasmus (ma-raz'mus), n. [= F. marasme 
remains of maraboutt, or Mahometan saints. = Sp. Pg. It, marasmo, < NL. marasmus, < Gr. //a- 
:iol., 188. paa^ & wasting, withering, decay, < fiapaiveiv, 
put out, quench, weaken, cause to pine or waste 
away.] In pathol., a wasting of the flesh. The 
term is usually restricted to cases in which the cause of 
the wasting is obscure. 
Pining atrophy, 
Maratmtu, and wide wasting pestilence. 
Milton, P. L., it 487. 
Marasmus senilis, progressive atrophy of the aged. 
Another form of 
marabout 2 (mar'a-bo), . 
wmrrtAoif'. 
Maracaibq bark. See bar!:?. 
marah (ma'rii), . [Heb. Marah, bitterness, 
a name given to a place on the east of the 
Red Sea, from the bitterness of its waters (Ex. 
xv. 23); also written Mara (Ruth i. 20).] Bit- 
ter water; bitterness. 
All their lives long, with the unleavened bread 
And bitter herbs of exile and its fears 
The wasting famine of the heart they fed. 
And slaked its thirst with marah of their tears. 
Longfellmr, Jewish Cemetery at Newport. 
marasquino, M. See maraschino. 
marasset, w. An obsolete form of marixli. 
Marathi (ma-ra'thi), n. [Marathi 3farathi.] 
The language of the Mahrattas. Also written 
lliiliratti. See Mahratta. 
