martyre 
proof, etc., < ftapTvp, a witness: see martyr, n. 
Cf. martyr]/-] Martyrdom; torment. 
Thanne thou shalt brenne in grct martin. 
Horn, of the Hose, \. 2547. 
2. Slaughter; havoc. 
A-bove alle othir, it was merveile to se the martire that 
Gawein made, for a-gein his strokys no myght not endure 
Iren ne style. Merlin (E. K T. S.), ii. 193. 
martyress (mar'ter-es), n. [< martyr + -ess.] 
A female martyr. [Bare.] 
Pictures of sainted martyrs and martyretses. 
New Princeton Ken., I. 108. 
martyrization (mar"ter-i-za'shpn), . [< mar- 
tyrize + -ation.] The act of inflicting martyr- 
dom, or the state of being martyred. 
Name the vexations, and the martyrizatioja 
Of metals in the work. B. Jonton, Alchemist, ii. 1. 
martyrize (miir'ter-Iz), . ; pret. and pp. mar- 
tyrized, ppr. martyrizing. [< F. martyriser = 
Sp. martirizar = Pg. martyrisar = It. martiriz- 
zare, < ML. martyrizare, make a martyr of, < 
martyr, a martyr: see martyr, n.] I. trans. To 
cause to suffer martyrdom; hence, to inflict 
suffering or death upon; torture. 
To her my thoughts I daily dedicate, 
To her my heart I nightly martyrize. 
Speiuer, Colin Clout, 1. 473. 
We feel little remorse in martyrizing animals of low 
degree. Pop. Set. Mo., XXV. 765. 
II. t intrans. To suffer martyrdom. 
Witness hereof is Arilde that blessed Virgin, 
Which martyrized at Kinton. 
Rob. of Gloucester, App., p. 582. 
martyrlyt (mar'ter-li), a. [< martyr + -fy 1 .] 
Martyr-like ; becoming a martyr. 
Piety, sanctity, and martyrly constancy. 
Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 15. (Dairies.) 
martyrologet (mar'ter-o-16j), . [< F. martyro- 
loge, < ML. martyrologium, a catalogue of mar- 
tyrs: see martyrology.'] A roll or register of 
martyrs : same as martyrology, 2. 
Add that old record from an ancient martyrologe of the 
church of Canterbury. 
Bp. Hall, Honour of Married Clergy, p. 385. 
martyrological (mar"ter-o-loj'i-kal), a. [< mur- 
tyrolog-y + -ic-al.~\ Pertaining to martyrology ; 
relating to martyrs or martyrdom, or to a book 
of martyrs. Osborne, Advice to a Son (1658), 
p. 70. (Latham.) 
martyrologist (mar-te-rol'o-jist), n. [< mar- 
tyrolog-y + -ist.] A writer of martyrology; one 
versed in the history of the martyrs. 
martyrology (mar-te-rol'o-ji), . [= F. mar- 
tyrologe = Sp. martirologio = Pg. martyrologio 
= It. martirologio, < ML. martyrologium, < MGr. 
papTvpoAoyiov, a catalogue of martyrs, < Gr. fiap- 
rvp, martyr, + Wyoc, an account, < teyetv, speak : 
see Logos, -ologij.] 1. The history of the lives. 
sufferings, and death of Christian martyrs. 
The martyrology which waa embroidered on the cope of 
the ecclesiastic, or which inlayed the binding of his mis- 
sal. C. T. Newtan, Art and Archteol., p. 24. 
2. PI. martyrologies (-jiz). A book containing 
such history; specifically, in the Bom. Catli. 
Ch., a list or calendar of martyrs, arranged ac- 
cordingto the succession of their anniversaries, 
and including brief accounts of their lives and 
sufferings. 
It is Saint Thomas, represented, as in the martyrologies, 
with the instrument of his death. 
Walpole, Anecdotes of Painting, I. iii. 
martyrship (mar'ter-ship), M. [< martyr + 
-ship.] The state, honor, or claim of being a 
martyr. 
These . . . now will willingly allow martyrship to those 
from whom they wholly withheld, or grudgingly gave it 
before. Fuller, General Worthies, iii. 
martyry (miir'ter-i), n. [< LL. martyrium, < Gr. 
ftapri'piov, testimony, proof, LGr. confession, 
also a martyr's shrine : see martyre.] The spot 
where a martyr suffered, or a chapel raised on 
that spot in his honor. 
The oratory or altar erected over the tomb of a martyr 
was anciently denominated either a martyry, from the 
Greek fxapTvpioy, 'confession,'. . . or memorial, because 
built to do honour to his memory. Rode, Hierurgia, p. 279. 
marum (ina'rum), n. A variant of man-am. 
marvailt, etc. See marcel, etc. 
marvediet, . Same as marauedi. 
marvel (mar'vel), n. [Early mod. E. also mar- 
vail; < ME. marveyle, mervaile, mervaylle, mer- 
veile, merveile, etc., < OF. meneille, F. merveitte 
= Pr. meravelha, meravilla = Sp. maranilla = 
Pg. maravilha = It. marariglia, merarii/lia, for- 
merly mirabiglia, a wonder, < L. mirabi'liti, won- 
derful things, neut. pi. of mirabilis, woTiderful, 
< mirari, wonder at, admire: see mirable, ad- 
3644 
mire.'] 1. That which causes wonder; an as- 
tonishing thing; a wonder; a prodigy. 
The most meruelle that Thomas thoghte, . . . 
flor feftty hertes in were broghte. 
Tltomat of Ersseldoune (Child's Ballads, I. 100). 
Before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have 
not been done in all the earth. Ex. xxxiv. 10. 
No marvels hath my tale to tell, 
But deals with such things as men know too well. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 244. 
2. Admiration; astonishment; wonder. 
What manail that the Normans got the Victory? 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 23. 
The vast acquirements of the new governor were the 
theme of marvel among the simple burghers of New Am- 
sterdam. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 211. 
marvel (mar'vel), v.; pret. and pp. marveled or 
marvelled, ppr. marveling or marvelling. [Early 
mod.E.alsomri;a(?,andcontr.Mm7(see(ri 2 ;; 
< ME. merveillen, merveilen, mervaylen, etc., < 
OF. met'veiller (= Sp. maravillar = Pg. maravi- 
Ihar = It. maravigliare, meravigliare), wonder; 
from the noun.] I. trans. To wonder at; be 
struck with surprise at ; be perplexed with cu- 
riosity about : with a clause for object. 
And set me merueilled more how many other briddes 
Hudden and hileden her egges ful derne. 
Fieri Plowman (B), xi. 342. 
I marcel where Troilus is. Shak., 1. and C., i. 2. 238. 
II. intrans. 1. To be filled with admiration, 
astonishment, or amazement ; wonder. 
I cannot a little marvel at the philosopher Aristotle. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 157. 
Marvels are not marvellous to them, for ignorance does 
not marvel. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, I. 309. 
2. To appear wonderful ; seem or be a wonder. 
So that it to me nothynge meruayleth, 
My Bonne, of loue that the ayleth. 
Gower, Coat. Amant., vi. 
marvelt, [ME. mervayl, < OF. merreil, < L. 
mirabilis, wonderful: "see mirable, and cf. mar- 
vel, n., and marvelous.'} Wonderful; marvel- 
ous. 
This is a meruayl message a man for to preche, 
Amonge enmyes so mony & mansed fendes. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), iii. 81. 
marvel-monger (mar'vel-mung'ger), n. One 
who deals in marvels ; one who relates or writes 
marvelous stories. 
The marvel-manffers grant that He 
Was moulded up but of a mortal metal. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, xviii. 92. (Davits.) 
marvel-of-Peru (mar'vel-ov-pe-ro'), 11. A plant 
of the genus Mirabilis, M. Jalapa, native in 
tropical America, and common in flower-gar- 
dens; the four-o'clock. Its red, white, yellow, or va- 
riegated funnel-shaped flowers open, except in cloudy 
weather, only toward night; hence the names four-o'clock 
and afternoon-ladies. 
marvelous, marvellous (mar've-lus), . [< 
ME. mervailous, merreillous, merveylous, < OF. 
meneillos, F. merveilleux (= Sp. maravilloso = 
Pg. maravillioso = It. maraviglioso), wonder- 
ful, < memeille, a wonder: see marvel, n.] Of 
wonderful appearance, character, or quality; 
surpassing experience or conception ; exciting 
astonishment or incredulity. 
He herde hym preised and contended of marveilouse 
bewte and valour. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 577. 
This is the Lord's doing ; it is marvellous in our eyes. 
Ps. cxviii. 23. 
And the people of the village 
Listened to him as he told them 
Of his marvellous adventures. 
Longfellow, Hiawatha, xxi. 
The marvelous, that which exceeds credibility or prob- 
ability : sometimes used as a euphemism for extravagant 
or boastful lying : as, he is apt to deal in the marvelous. 
=Syn. Surprising, extraordinary, stupendous, prodigious. 
See comparison under wonderful. 
marvelous, marvellous (mar've-lus), a*'. [< 
ME. mervailous, etc. ; < marvelous, a.] Won- 
derfully; surprisingly. [Archaic.] 
Thei ben made of Ston, f ullewel made of Masonnes craft: 
of the whiche two ben merveylouse grete and hye ; and the 
tothere ne ben not so grete. ilandeville, Travels, p. 52. 
Here's my great uncle, Sir Richard Raveline, a marvel- 
lous good general in his day, I assure you. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 1. 
marvelously, marvellously (mar've-lus-li), 
adv. [< ME. marvailously, etc. ; < marvelous + 
-ly 2 .] In a marvelous manner ; wonderfully. 
marvelousness, marvellonsness (mar've-lus- 
nes), n. The condition or quality of being mar- 
velous or wonderful. 
marver (mar'vcr), . [< F. marbre, marble: 
see marble.'] In glass-mamif., a slab or tablet, 
originally of marble, but now generally of pol- 
ished cast-iron, placed on a suitable support 
or stand, and used by the glass-blower to im- 
part, by rolling and pressing, a cylindrical 
form to the fused glass gathered upon the end 
mascaro 
of the blowpipe. It sometimes has concavities form- 
ed in it, liy which a spheroidal shape may be given to the 
fused mass when desired. Also maver. 
Let us watch another workman who is rolling on a mar- 
ver his freshly gathered lump of soft glass. 
Harper's Mag., LXXIX. 260. 
marver (mar'ver), v. t. [< marver, n.] Inglass- 
manuf., to shape by means of a marver. Also 
maver. 
A mass of glass is then gathered, marvered, slightly ex- 
panded, and thrust into the opening of the mould. 
Glass-making, p. 60. 
ma: 
taryH, . 
'W/'l. 
A Middle English form of mar- 
mary 2 t, inter j. See marry 12 . 
mary-bonet, An obsolete variant of marroic- 
bone. 
mary-budt (ma'ri-bud), n. The marigold. 
And winking Mary-buds begin 
To ope their golden eyes. 
Shalt., Cymbeline, ii. 3. 25. 
marygoldt (ma'ri-gold), n. An obsolete spell- 
ing of marigold. 
Marylander (mer'i-lan-der), M. A native or 
an inhabitant of Maryland, one of the United 
States, lying south of Pennsylvania and north 
of Virginia. . 
Maryland pinkroot, worm-grass. See Spige- 
lia. 
Maryland yellowthroat. See yellow throat, 
and cut under GeotJilyjiis. 
Marymas (ma'ri-mas), 11. [< Mary (see def.) + 
mass 1 .] A festival in honor of the Virgin 
Mary ; especially, the Annunciation. 
Marymas day. Same as Marymas. 
Maryolatryt, . See Mariolatry. 
mary-SOle (ma'ri-sol), n. The smear-dab. 
[Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
marziale (mar-tsi-a'le), a. [It. : see martial.'] 
In music, martial; warlike. 
mas 1 !, . A Middle English form of mace 1 . 
mas 2 t (mas), n. [An abbr. of master 1 . Cf. massa, 
often abbr. to mass'.] Master. 
Tip. What Burst? 
Pierce. Mas Bartolomew Burst> 
One that hath been a citizen, since a courtier, 
And now a gamester. B. Jonion, New Inn, iii. 1. 
mas 3 (mas), n. ; pi. mares (ma'rez). [L., a male : 
see male^, masculine.] In zodl. and bot., a male ; 
one of the male sex: commonly denoted by the 
sign $ . 
Masaridse (ma-sar'i-de), n. pi. [NL., also 
Massarida; ; < Masaris + -itltr.] The Masarinai 
rated as a family. Also Masarides and Masa- 
rites. 
Masarinae (mas-a-ri'ne), n. pi. [NL., also 
Massarinai; < Masaris + -ince.\ A subfamily 
of the hymenopterous family Vespidae, founded 
by Leach in 1817 on the genus Masaris. These 
wasps have slight folding of the wings, slight notching of 
the eyes, and the fore wings with three submarginal cells, 
two of which are closed. They are mostly tropical, only 
4 or 5 species being known in southern Europe. In Amer- 
ica they are represented by the genus Masaris, all the 
species of which are western. 
Masaris (mas'a-ris), M. [NL.(Fabricius, 1793).] 
The typical genus of Masaridw. It contains large 
handsome wasps with two complete submarginal cells of 
the fore wings (the second submarginal receiving both 
recurrent nervures), the antennae of the male long and 
knobbed at the tip, those of the female short and clavate. 
The species are all from western North America and north- 
ern Africa. Also Stasmris. 
masc. An abbreviation of masculine. 
mascagnin, mascagnine (mas-kan'yin), . 
[< Mascagni (see def. ) + -i 2 , -ine'*.] A native 
sulphate of ammonium, found by Mascagni 
near the warm spring of Sasso in Tuscany. 
mascally (mas'kal-i), a. In Jier., same as mas- 
culy. 
mascalonge, n. See maskalonge. 
MascalongUS (mas-ka-long'gus), ?i. [NL. (Jor- 
dan, 1878), < masfalinige, maskalonge : see HHIX- 
Jcalonge.] A subgenus of JEsot or pikes, con- 
taining the maskalonge, E. or M. nobilim: 
mascaradet, An old spelling of masquerade. 
Mascarene (mas-ka-ren'), a. and . [The MHX- 
carene Isles were sdcalled fromtheirdiscovci-cr. 
Mascarenhas, a Portuguese.] I. a. Of or per- 
taining to the Mascarene Isles, a group in the 
Indian ocean consisting of the islands of Mau- 
ritius, Reunion (Bourbon), and Rodriguez. 
The Mascarene continent, -including Madagascar, 
stretched north and south. Winchell, World-Life, p. 352. 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of the ilns- 
carene Isles. 
mascaro (mas'ka-ro), 11. [< Sp. mascara =Pg. 
maxcara, a mask: see mask 3 , n.] A kind of 
paint used for the eyebrows and eyelashes by 
actors. 
