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e., clearness and conviction) to ideas, which
are conceived as struggling for birth. Payne.

Mai"ger (?), n. (Zoöl.)
The meagre.

Mai"gre (?), a. [F. See Meager.]
Belonging to a fast day or fast; as, a maigre day.
Walpole.

Maigre food (R. C. Ch.), food allowed
to be eaten on fast days.

Mai"hem (mā"h&ebreve;m), n.
See Maim, and Mayhem.

||Mai*kel" (mä&ibreve;*k&asl;l"),
n. (Zoöl.) A South American
carnivore of the genus Conepatus, allied to the skunk, but
larger, and having a longer snout. The tail is not bushy.

||Mai*kong" (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-
eating dog.

Mail (māl), n. A spot.
[Obs.]

Mail, n. [F. maille, OF. also
maaille, LL. medalia. See Medal.

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