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A composer of madrigals.

Of or pertaining to Madrid in Spain, or to its inhabitants. -- n.

An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules. [S. America]

A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroña apples. [Written also madroño.]

A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroña apples. [Written also madroño.]

A genus of cruciferous plants (Alyssum) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. A. maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual.

Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman. Spelman.

Also Fig. ; as, a maelstrom of vice.

A frantic or frenzied woman.

Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.

The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus.

A master in any art, especially in music; a composer.

A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is used to further or protect private interests, reputedly by illegal methods.

A member of the maffia.

To stammer. [Obs.]

A stammerer. [Obs.]

s stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and magazines." Milton.

A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading.

One who edits or writes for a magazine. [R.] Goldsmith.

The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine. [Colloq.] Byron.