Good Books

Ma*ma" (?), n. See
Mamma.

Mam"a*luke (?), n. Same as
Mameluke.

||Mam"e*lon (?), n. [F.] A rounded
hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance. Westmin.
Rev.

||Mam`e*lu"co (?), n. [Pg.] A
child born of a white father and Indian mother. [S. Amer.]

Mam"e*luke (?), n. [F. mamelouk,
cf. Sp. mameluco, It. mammalucco; all fr. Ar.
maml&?;k a purchased slave or captive; lit., possessed or in
one's power, p. p. of malaka to possesses.] One of a body
of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism,
who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the
government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali
in 1811.

Mam"il*la`ted (?), a. See
Mammillated.

Mam*ma" (?), n. [Reduplicated from the
infantine word ma, influenced in spelling by L. mamma.]
Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.


Pages:
179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203