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.