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M — Matchable to Meditate (Part 6 of 12)

Maybe, ad. Perhaps, possibly, haply, it may be, as luck may have it.

May-beetle, May-bug, n. Cockchafer, dor, dor-bug, tree-beetle, dor-beetle, dor-fly, dummador.

May-flower, n.

    1. [Eng.] Hawthorn, white thorn.
    2. [New Eng.] Trailing arbutus (Epigæa repens).

Mayhap, ad. Perchance, perhaps, it may be, probably, it may happen, peradventure.

Mayhem, n. See Maim.

May-lily, n. Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).

Maze, n.

    1. Labyrinth, meander, intricacy, winding course.
    2. Intricacy, perplexity, bewilderment, embarrassment, uncertainty, mizmaze.

Maze, v. a. Bewilder, amaze, confuse, perplex confound.

Mazology, n. Mammology, mastology.

Mazy, a. Labyrinthian, confused, winding, in tricate, confusing, perplexing, embarrassing.

Mead, n.

    1. Metheglin.
    2. (Poetical.) Meadow.

Meadow, n. Mead, lea, grass land, sward land.

Meadow-crowfoot, n. Buttercup.

Meagre, a.

    1. Lean, thin, emaciated, spare, poor lank, gaunt, skinny.
    2. Barren, poor, sterile, unproductive.
    3. Tame, feeble, jejune, vapid, bald, barren, dull, prosing, prosy, poor, mean, insignificant, small, scanty.