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||Ma*ha*ra"jah (?), n. [Skr.
mahārāja; mahat great + rāja
king.] A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to
other persons of high rank.

||Ma`ha*rif" (?), n.
(Zoöl.) An African antelope (Hippotragus
Bakeri). Its face is striped with black and white.

||Ma*har"mah (?), n. A muslin
wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face, worn by Turkish
and Armenian women when they go abroad.

Mah"di (?), n. [Ar., guide, leader.]
Among Mohammedans, the last imam or leader of the
faithful. The Sunni, the largest sect of the Mohammedans, believe
that he is yet to appear.

&fist; The title has been taken by several persons in countries
where Mohammedanism prevails, -- notably by Mohammad Ahmed, who
overran the Egyptian Sudan, and in 1885 captured Khartum, his
soldiers killing General Gordon, an Englishman, who was then the
Egyptian governor of the region.

Mahl"-stick` (?), n. See Maul-
stick.

Ma"hoe (?), n.


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