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Bird's-eye maple, Curled
maple, varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in
which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of
the fibers. -- Maple honey, Maple
molasses, or Maple sirup, maple sap
boiled to the consistency of molasses. -- Maple
sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
by evaporation.

Map"like` (?), a. Having or
consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures
in which certain lichens grow.

Map"per*y (?), n. [From Map.] The
making, or study, of maps. [Obs.] Shak.

Ma"qui (?), n. (Bot.) A
Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes strings
for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its
berries.

Mar (?), n. A small lake. See
Mere. [Prov. Eng.]

Mar, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Marred (märd); p. pr.


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