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Maa"lin (?), n. (Zoöl.)
(a) The sparrow hawk. (b)
The kestrel.

Ma'am (?), n. Madam; my lady; -- a
colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address,
and sometimes as an appellation.

Ma"a*ra shell` (?). (Zoöl.) A large,
pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the
Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.

||Ma*ash"a (?), n. An East Indian
coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee.

Maat (?), a. [See Mate,
a.] Dejected; sorrowful; downcast.
[Obs.] "So piteous and so maat." Chaucer.

Mab (măb), n. [Cf. W. mad
a male child, a boy.]

1. A slattern. [Prov. Eng.]

2. The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen
of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.
Shak.

Mab"ble (?), v. t. To wrap
up.


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