Chapter Madame to Magic of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Madecass
(Mad"e*cass Mad`e*cas"see) n. A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.

Madecassee
(Mad`e*cas"see), a. Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.

Madefaction
(Mad`e*fac"tion Mad`e*fi*ca"tion) n. [L. madefacere to make wet; madere to be wet + facere to make: cf. F. madéfaction.] The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. [R.] Bacon.

Madefy
(Mad"e*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Madefied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Madefying ] [Cf. F. madéfier, L. madefacere. See Madefaction.] To make wet or moist. [R.]

Madegassy
(Mad`e*gas"sy) n. & a. See Madecassee.

Madeira
(Ma*dei"ra) n. [Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See Matter.] A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.

A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg.

Shak.

Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.

Mademoiselle
(||Ma`de*moi`selle") n.; pl. Mesdemoiselles [F., fr. ma my, f. of mon + demoiselle young lady. See Damsel.]

1. A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss. Goldsmith.

2. (Zoöl.) A marine food fish of the Southern United States; — called also yellowtail, and silver perch.

Madge
(Madge), n. [Cf. OF. & Prov. F. machette.] (Zoöl.) (a) The barn owl. (b) The magpie.

Mad-headed
(Mad"-head`ed) a. Wild; crack- brained.

Madhouse
(Mad"house`) n. A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.

Madia
(||Ma"di*a) n. [NL., fr. Sp. madi, fr. Chilian madi, the native name.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.

Madid
(Mad"id) a. [L. madidus, fr. madere to be wet.] Wet; moist; as, a madid eye. [R.] Beaconsfield.

Madisterium
(||Mad`is*te"ri*um) n. [NL., fr. Gr. .] (Surg.) An instrument to extract hairs.

Madjoun
(||Mad"joun) n. [Hind., fr. Ar. ma'jn.] An intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; — used by the Turks and Hindoos. [Written also majoun.]

Madly
(Mad"ly) adv. [From Mad, a.] In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.

Madman
(Mad"man) n.; pl. Madmen A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.

When a man mistakes his thoughts for person and things, he is mad. A madman is properly so defined.

Coleridge.

Madnep
(Mad"nep) n. (Bot.) The masterwort

Madness
(Mad"ness), n. [From Mad, a.]

1. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.