shearwater; — so called because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the east coast of Ireland.
— Mackerel guide. (Zoöl.) See Garfish (a). — Mackerel gull (Zoöl.) any one of several species
of gull which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake. — Mackerel midge (Zoöl.), a very small
oceanic gadoid fish of the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long and has four barbels on
the upper jaw. It is now considered the young of the genus Onos, or Motella. — Mackerel plow, an
instrument for creasing the sides of lean mackerel to improve their appearance. Knight. — Mackerel
shark (Zoöl.), the porbeagle. — Mackerel sky, or Mackerel-back sky, a sky flecked with small white
clouds; a cirro-cumulus. See Cloud.
Mackerel sky and mare's-tails
Make tall ships carry low sails.
Old Rhyme. Mackinaw blanket
(Mack"i*naw blan"ket Mack"i*naw).[From Mackinac, the State of Michigan, where
blankets and other stores were distributed to the Indians.] A thick blanket formerly in common use in
the western part of the United States.
Mackintosh
(Mack"in*tosh) n. A waterproof outer garment; — so called from the name of the inventor.
Mackle
(Mac"kle) n. [See Macle.] Same as Macule.
Mackle
(Mac"kle), v. t. & i. To blur, or be blurred, in printing, as if there were a double impression.
Macle
(Ma"cle) n. [L. macula a spot: cf. F. macle. Cf. Mackle, Mascle.] (Min.) (a) Chiastolite; —
so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite. (b) A crystal having a
similar tessellated appearance. (c) A twin crystal.
Macled
(Ma"cled) a.
1. (Min.) (a) Marked like macle (b) Having a twin structure. See Twin, a.
2. See Mascled.
Maclurea
(||Ma*clu"re*a) n. [NL. Named from William Maclure, the geologist.] (Paleon.) A genus of
spiral gastropod shells, often of large size, characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks.
Maclurin
(Ma*clu"rin) n. (Chem.) See Morintannic.
Macrame lace
(Mac"ra*me lace") A coarse lace made of twine, used especially in decorating furniture.
Macrencephalic
(Mac`ren*ce*phal"ic Mac`ren*ceph"a*lous) a. [Macro + encephalic, encephalous.]
Having a large brain.
Macro-
(Mac"ro-) makro`s, adj.]—> A combining form signifying long, large, great; as macrodiagonal,
macrospore.
Macrobiotic
(Mac`ro*bi*ot"ic) a. [Gr. long- lived; makro`s long + life: cf. F. macrobiotique.] Long-lived.
Dunglison.
Macrobiotics
(Mac`ro*bi*ot"ics) n. (Physiol.) The art of prolonging life.
Macrocephalous
(Mac`ro*ceph"a*lous) a. [Macro + Gr. kefalh` the head.]
1. Having a large head.
2. (Bot.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared
with the rest of the body. Henslow.
