mature 
I have not the leisure to mature a discourse which should 
invite the attention of the learned by the extent of its 
views, or the depth of its investigations. 
Story, Misc. Writings, p. 549. 
3. In med., to bring to a state of perfect sup- 
puration; maturate. 
II. in trans. 1. To come to a state of ripe- 
ness; become ripe or perfect : as, wine ma tares 
by age or by agitation in a long voyage ; the 
judgment matures by age and experience. 2. 
In com., to reach the time fixed for payment, or 
for payment of the principal, as distinguished 
from instalments of interest: as, a bill matures 
on a certain date. 3. In med., to come to a 
state of perfect suppuration. =Syn. 1. Mature, Ri- 
pen. See comparison under mature, a. 
maturely (ma-tur'li), adv. 1. In a mature 
manner; with" ripeness ; completely. 2. With 
ripe care; thoroughly: as, a prince entering on 
war ought maturely to consider the state of his 
finances. 3f. Speedily ; quickly. [A rare Lat- 
inism.] 
We give him thanks for contracting the days of our 
trial, and receiving us more maturely into those everlast- 
ing habitations above. Bentiey, Boyle Lectures. 
matureness (ma-tur'nes), n. Mature state or 
condition; ripeness or perfection; maturity: 
as, such matureness of judgment is surprising 
in one so young. 
maturescent (mat-u-res'ent), a. [< L. malu- 
rescen(t-)s, ppr. of maturescere, become ripe, 
ripen, < maturus, ripe: see mature.] Becoming 
mature; waxing ripe. Bailey, 1731. [Bare.] 
maturity (ma-tu'ri-ti), n. [= F. maturity = 
Pr. maturitat = It.maturita, < L. maturita(t-)s, 
ripeness, maturity, < maturus, mature : see ma- 
ture.'] 1. The state of being mature ; ripeness; 
completeness ; full development or elaboration : 
as, maturity of age; the maturity of corn; the 
maturity of a scheme. 
Not sufficient to bring their fruits and grain to matu- 
rity. Ray, Works of Creation, ii. 
2. In com., the time fixed for payment of an 
obligation; the time when a note or bill of ex- 
change becomes due. 3. In med., a state of 
perfect suppuration. = gyn. 1. Maturity, Ripeness. 
See comparison under mature, a. 
matutinal (ma-tu'ti-nal), a. [= F. matutinal 
= Pr. Sp. matutinal = ft. mattutinale, < L. matu- 
tinalis, of the morning, < matutinum, the morn- 
ing: see matutine, matin, and matinal.] Per- 
taining to the morning; coming or occurring 
early in the day: as, a matutinal bath. 
My salutation to your priestship ! What? 
Matutinal, busy with book so soon 
Of an April day? Browning, Ring and Book, 1. 309. 
Matutinal cognition*. See cognition. 
matutine (mat'u-tin), a. and n. [= Sp. Pg. 
matutino = It. mattutino, < L. matutinus, of the 
morning, ueut. matutinum, the morning: see 
matin.] I. a. Same as matutinal. [Obsolete 
or archaic.] 
Among astrologers, six of the planets are said to be 
matutine when they are above the horizon at sun-rising, 
and vespertine when they set after the sun. The three 
upper planets are counted strongest when oriental and 
matulinz, as the three lower when occidental and vesper- 
tine. E. Phillipi, 1708. 
Their [the stars'] matutine and vespertine motions. 
Sir T. Herbert, Travels in Africa, p. 227. (Latham.) 
Upraise thine eyes, and find the lark, 
The matutine musician 
Who heavenward soars on rapture's wings. 
F. Locker, Arcadia. 
Il.t n. pi. Matins. 
Matutines [were] at the first hour, or six of the clock. 
Fuller, Ch. Hist., VI. 287. (Daviee.) 
matweed (mat'wed), . 1 . A grass, A mmophila 
artmdinacea (Psamma arenaria): so called from 
its use in making mats. Also called sea-mat- 
weed, halm, and marram. 2. Less properly 
(a) Spartina stricta, seaside-grass. (6) Nardiis 
Ktricta, small matweed (see mat-grass), (c) Ly- 
geum Spartum, hooded matweed. 
matwork (mat'werk), n. 1. Matting; any- 
thing plaited or woven like a mat. 2. In arch., 
same as nattes. 
maty 1 , n. See matie. 
maty 2 (mat'i), n.; pi. maties (-iz). [E. Ind.] 
In India, a native servant, especially an under- 
servant or assistant servant. 
maud (mad), n. [Perhaps so called from some 
one named Maud. The name Maud is ult. < 
Matilda, a name of OHG. origin: see -hild.] A 
gray woolen plaid worn by shepherds in Scot- 
land; hence, a traveling-rug or warm wrap made 
of similar material. Also spelled maude. 
Fra' south as weel as north, my lad, 
A' honest Scotsmen lo'e the maud. 
Mm. Scott of Wauchope, To Burns. 
3664 
He soon recognized his worthy host, though a maud, as 
it is called, or a gray shepherd's plaid, supplied his trav- 
elling jockey coat. Scott, Guy Mannering. 
maudlet (ma'dl), v. t. [< maudlin, formerly 
sometimes maudling, taken as a ppr. form.] 
To render maudlin; throw into confusion or 
disorder. E. Phillips, 1706. 
maudlin (mad'lin), a. [Formerly sometimes 
maudling, being taken as a ppr. form ; earlier 
maudlen, mawdlen; attrib. use of Maudlin, i. e. 
Magdalen, with ref. to Mary Magdalene, re- 
garded as the penitent " woman which was a 
sinner," and represented by painters with eyes 
swollen and red with weeping : see magdalen, 
magdalene.] If. Tearful; lacrymose; weeping. 
Sir Edmond-berry first, in woful wise, 
Leads up the show, and milks their maudlin eyes. 
Dryden, Prol. to Southerne's Loyal Brother, 1. 21. 
2. Over-emotional; sickly-sentimental; fool- 
ishly gushing. 
How's this ! in tears ? O, Tilburina, shame ! 
Is this a time for maudling tenderness. 
And Cupid's baby woes? Sheridan, The Critic, ii. 2. 
There is in his writings an entire absence of all the cant 
and maudlin affectation of mouth-worshippers of freedom. 
Whipple, Ess. and Rev., I. 23. 
3. Tipsy; fuddled; foolish from drink. 
'Twere better, sure, to die so, than be shut 
With maudlin Clarence in his Malmsey butt. 
Byron, Don Juan, i. 166. 
It is but yonder empty glass 
That makes me maudlin-mot&\. 
Tennyson, Will Waterproof. 
maudlin (mad'lin), n. [< Maudlin, a fern, name, 
< ME. Maudelein, Maudeleyne, < OF. Magde- 
leine, Magdelaine, Magdalen: see magdalen . Cf. 
maudlin, a.] 1. A hardy herbaceous plant, 
Achillea Ageratum, a kind of milfoil, native to 
southern Europe, bearing yellow flowers. Also 
called sweet maudlin. 
The flowers of the maudlin are digested into loose um- 
bels. Miller, Gardener's Dictionary. 
2t. The costmary, Tanacetum Balsamita. 
maudlin-drunk (mad'lin-drungk), a. In the 
sentimental and tearful stage of intoxication. 
Some maudlin drunken were, and wept full sore. 
Yorkshire Ale (1697), p. 8. (Halliwell.) 
The fifth is mawdlen drunke ; when a f ellowe will weepe 
for kindnes in the midst of his ale, and kisse you, saying, 
By God, captaine, I love thee. 
Naihe, Pierce Penilesse (1592). (HattiweU.) 
maudlin-fair (mad'lin -far), n. A great up- 
roar. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
maudlinism (mad'lin-izm), n. [< maudlin + 
-ism.] The state of being maudlin ; manifes- 
tation of sickly sentimentality. 
At this precise period of his existence, Mr. Benjamin 
Allen had perhaps a greater predisposition to maudlinism 
than he had ever known before. Dickens, Pickwick. 
maugret (ma'ger), n. [< ME. maugre, mawgre, 
maugree, magre, <. OF. maugre, maulgre, malgre 
(= Pr. malgrat = It. malgrado), ill-will, spite, 
< mal (< L. mains), ill, + gre, gret, < L. gratum, 
a pleasant thing, neut. of gratus, pleasant (see 
I/rate 3 ). Ct.bongree. Hence maugre, prep. ] Ill- 
will; spite. 
I thought no mawgre, I tolde it for a bourde [jest]. 
Barclay, Fyfte Eglog. (Nares.) 
Yef it myshappe we shull haue magre, and therfore it 
be-houeth vs to sle Petrius or take hym quyk and yelde 
hym to kynge Arthur. Merlin (E. E. T. S.\ iii. 654. 
To can (con) maugret, to show ill-will. 
Shulde I therfore cunne hym mawgre ? 
Horn, of the Rose, 1. 4558. 
maugre (ma'ger), prep. [Early mod. E. also 
mauger, maulgre, magree; < ME. maugre, mau-- 
gre, mawgree, mawgrey, magre, < OF. maugre, 
maulgree, malgre, F. malgre (= It. malgrado), 
prep., in spite of; an elliptical use (cf. spite, 
despite, in similar E. use) of the noun maugre, 
ill-will, spite : see maugre, n.] In spite of ; not- 
withstanding. 
A knist him conquerede al with clene strengthe, 
.V hade him out of the ost mawgrey hem alle. 
William a/Paterae (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 3476. 
"Then tell" (quoth Blandamour), "and feare no blame: 
Tell what thou saw'st, maulgre who so it heares." 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. i. 48. 
Maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with 
me. Emerson, Misc., p. 16. 
Maugre hist, against his will. Maugre one's teetht, 
in spite of all that one can do. 
That salle he, mawgre hi* tethe, 
For alle his gret araye. 
MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 132. (Halliwelt.) 
Hard it is for him to he welcome that commeth against 
his wil, that saith to God when he commeth to f etche him : 
Welcome, my Maker, magree my teeth. 
Sir T. More, Cumfort against Tribulation (1673), fol. 63. 
maugret (ma'ger), o. t. [< maugre, i>rej>.] To 
defy. 
maumetry 
Deeply fixed 
To maugre all gusts and impending storms. 
Webster. 
mauist, [ME.; < OF. muis (?).] A measure 
containing in some places a little more than 
forty bushels. 
He ... in his berne hath, soth to sayn, 
An hundred mauig [tr. OF. cent muis] of whete greyue. 
Rom. of the Rose, 1. 5590. 
maukin (ma'kin), n. and a. See muH'in. 
mauky, a. See mawky. 
maul 1 (mal), n. [A different spelling of mall 1 , 
and now the common form in this sense.] A 
heavy wooden hammer or mallet; a kind of 
beetle; a mall. 
maul 1 (mal), v. t. [Another spelling of main, 
and now more usual: see mall 1 , v.] 1. To beat 
and bruise with a maul, or as if with a maul ; dis- 
figure by beating. 
By this hand 111 maul you. B. Jonson, Alchemist, iv. 2. 
We are maul'd ; we are bravely beaten ; 
All our young gallants lost. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, ii. 2. 
I'll maid that rascal ; h'as out-brav'd me twice. 
Beau, and Fl., Maid's Tragedy, it 2. 
2. To do injury to, especially gross injury, in 
any way. .[Obsolete or archaic.] 
Far hence they vent their Wrath, 
Mauling, in mild Lampoon, th' intriguing Bath. 
Congreve, Pyrrhus, Prol. 
The doctor mauls our bodies, the parson starves our 
souls, but the lawyer must be the adroitest knave, for he 
has to ensnare our minds. 
R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, xxxix. 
3. To split with wedges and a maul or mallet. 
I'd rather scrub floors, I'd rather maul rails, I'd rather 
do anything in this world for a livin' than teach school ! 
W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 248. 
maul' 2 (mal), n. [An irreg. var. of maulm, 
malm.'] Clayey, sticky soil. Halliwell. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
maul 3 (mal), M. [Appar. an irreg. var. or con- 
tracted dim. of moth.] A moth. Halliwell. 
[North. Eng.] i 
maul 4 (mal), n. [Also maule, mauls, maws: a 
corruption of mallow, mallows.] The com- 
mon mallow of Great Britain, Malva sylvestris. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
mauling (ma'ling), n. [Verbal n. of maul 1 , v.] 
A severe beating, as with a stick or cudgel. 
[Colloq.] 
maul-in-goal (mal'in-gor), . In foot-bell, a 
struggle between the two sides for the posses- 
sion of the ball when it has been carried across 
the goal-line but has not been touched to the 
ground. The maul-in-goal is still a feature of the game 
as played in Great Britain, but has been abandoned in the 
American game. 
manikin, n. and a. See mallcin. 
maulmt, . See malm. 
maul-oak (mal'ok), . See live-oak. 
maulstick (mal'stik), n. Same as mahlstick. 
maum, n., a., and v. See malm. 
maumett, mammett (ma'met, mam'et), n. [< 
ME. maumet, mawmet, maument, mawment, ear- 
lier mahimet, an idol, < OF. mahumet, mahomet, 
mahommet, an idol, a pet; a particular use of 
Mahomet, Mohammed: see Malioun, Mahometan, 
Mohammedan.] 1. An idol: from the old be- 
lief that Mohammedans were idolaters. 
An idolastre peraventure ne hath not but o maumet or 
two, and the avaricious man hath many ; for certes every 
florein in his cofre is his maumet. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
When Criste in that contre come with his dame, 
The false goddes in fere fell to the ground ; 
Bothe Mawhownus & maumettes myrtild in peces. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4312. 
And where I meet your maumet gods, I'll swing 'em 
Thus o'er my head, and kick 'em into puddles. 
Fletcher, Island Princess, iv. 5. (Nares.) 
2. A puppet. [In this later sense usually mam- 
met.] 
I have seen the city of new Nineveh, and Julius Csesar 
acted by mammets. 
Every Woman in her Humour (1609). (Nares.) 
This is no world 
To play with mammets and to tilt with lips. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 3. 95. 
How the mammet twitters ! Massinger, The Picture, i. 1 . 
maumetriset, M. [ME. mttwmetryse : see mtiu- 
iiictry.] Same as maumetry. 
In this comandement es forbodeu all mauinetryse, all 
wychecrafte and charemynge. 
Hampole, Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S-X p. 9. 
maumetroust, mammetroust, a. [< maumetr-y, 
iiniiiiiiicti'-y, + -ous.] Idolatrous. 
Their most monstrous mass or mammetrous mazan. 
Bp. Bale, Select Works, p. 165. (Davie*.) 
maumetryt, manimetryt (ma'met-ri, mam'et- 
ri), H. [< ME. maumetrie, maumetry, mtiumeii- 
