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Malt"y (?), a. Containing, or
like, malt. Dickens.

||Ma"lum (?), n.; pl.
Mala (#). [L.] An evil. See
Mala.

Mal*va"ceous (?), a. [L.
malvaceus, from malva mallows. See Mallow.]
(Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of
plants (Malvaceæ), of which the mallow is the type. The
cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the
baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.

Mal`ver*sa"tion (?), n. [F., fr.
malverser to be corrupt in office, fr. L. male ill +
versari to move about, to occupy one's self, vertere to
turn. See Malice, and Verse.] Evil conduct;
fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in
office.

Mal"ve*sie (?), n. Malmsey wine.
See Malmsey. " A jub of malvesye."
Chaucer.

Mam (măm), n. [Abbrev. fr.
mamma.


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