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pr. & vb.
n. Macadamizing.] [From John Loudon McAdam,
who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.] To
cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form
a smooth, hard, convex surface.

Mac*ad"am road` (?). [See Macadamize.] A
macadamized road.

Ma*ca"o (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A macaw.

||Ma`caque" (?), n. [F. See
Macacus.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species
of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M.
maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.

Mac`a*ran"ga gum` (?). A gum of a crimson color,
obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East
Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc.,
and sometimes as a medicine. Balfour (Cyc. of
India).

Mac"a*rize, v. t. [Gr. &?; to bless.]
To congratulate. [Oxford Univ. Cant] Whately.

Mac`a*ro"ni (?), n.; pl.
Macaronis (#), or Macaronies.

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