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2. (law) A brand or stigma, having the
shape of an M, formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter
and admitted to the benefit of clergy.

M roof (Arch.), a kind of roof formed
by the junction of two common roofs with a valley between them, so
that the section resembles the letter M.

Ma (mä), n. [Cf. Mamma.]
1. A child's word for mother.

2. [Hind.] In Oriental countries, a
respectful form of address given to a woman; mother. Balfour
(Cyc. of India).

||Ma, conj. [It.] (Mus.)
But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non
troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick).
Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Maa (?), n. [See New a gull.]
(Zoöl.) The common European gull (Larus
canus); -- called also mar. See New, a
gull.

Maad (?), obs. p. p. of Make.
Made. Chaucer.


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