MAB a slattern; a woman of loose character ...1557 obs.
MAB a mop ...1623 obs. MAB to dress untidily ...1691 obs. MACARONI an exquisite of a class which arose in England about 1760 and consisted of young men who had travelled and affected the tastes and fashions prevalent in continental society ...1764 Hist. MACARONI a gambling-room at Newmarket ...1771 obs. MACARONI an Italian ...1845 sl. MACARONI a fop; a dandy ...1854 Eng. dial. MACAROON a buffoon; a blockhead; a dolt ...a1631 MACAROON a fop ...a1825 Eng. dial. obs. MACERATE to fret, to vex, to worry ...1588 obs. MACERATE to oppress; to 'crush' ...1637 obs. MACERATION fretting, vexation, worry; an instance of this ...1616 obs. MACILENT lean, shrivelled, thin ...1535 now rare MACILENT of verses: jejune, poor ...1624 rare MACKEREL one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd, a pimp, a procurer or procuress ...1426 obs. MACKEREL-BAIT a fisherman's name for jellyfish ...19C MACRITUDE leanness ...1623 obs. MACROLOGY the use of redundant words or phrases; long and tedious talk ...1616 MACROPICIDE a slayer of kangaroos ...1866 nonce word MAD-APPLE the fruit of the eggplant ...1597 MAD AS MAY-BUTTER, AS exceedingly eccentric; mad; excited ...1626 MAD DOG strong and heady ale ...1577 obs. MADBRAIN mad-brained; hot-headed, uncontrolled ...1592 obs. MADBRAIN a mad-brained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person ...c1570 obs. MADDER THAN SNAKES IN HAYIN' very angry ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. MADDLE to be or become crazy; to become confused in mind; to be dotingly fond of; to craze; to confused in mind; to bewilder ...c1540 obs. exc. Eng. dial. MADDY somewhat mad ...1719 obs. MADEFY to make wet; to moisten ...c1420 obs. MADENT wet, moist ...1727 obs. rare MADFUL mad ...14?? obs. rare MADHEAD madness ...c1375 obs. MADHEAD a mad person ...1600 obs. MADPASH a crackbrained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person ...1611 obs. MAFFLARD a stammering or blundering fool ...c1450 obs. MAFFLE to stammer, to speak indistinctly, to mumble ...1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial. MAFFLE to blunder; to bungle ...1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial. MAFFLE to confuse, to bewilder, to muddle ...1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial. MAFFLE to delay, to waste time ...1781 obs. exc. Eng. dial. MAG AWAY to chatter ...1810 MAGGOTY full of whims and foolish fancies; freakish ...1678 MAGGOTY-HEADED whimsical ...1667 MAGGOTY-PATED whimsical ...1850 MAGIRIC pert. to cookery ...1853 rare MAGIRICS the art of cooking ...1889 rare MAGIROLOGY the art of cookery ...1814 MAGMENT great increase ...1623 obs. rare
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