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Madeira nut (Bot.), the European
walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.

||Ma`de*moi`selle" (?), n.; pl.
Mesdemoiselles (#). [F., fr. ma my, f. of
mon + demoiselle young lady. See Damsel.]
1. A French title of courtesy given to a girl or
an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss.
Goldsmith.

2. (Zoöl.) A marine food fish
(Sciæna chrysura), of the Southern United States; --
called also yellowtail, and silver perch.

Madge, n. [Cf. OF. & Prov. F.
machette.] (Zoöl.) (a) The
barn owl. (b) The magpie.

Mad"-head`ed (?), a. Wild; crack-
brained.

Mad"house` (?), n. A house where
insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.

||Ma"di*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Sp.
madi, fr. Chilian madi, the native name.


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