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(Bot.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.

Pale, like a sick girl. Shak.

ider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.

. See Mal-.

See Malodor.

Having the spirit of a male; vigorous; courageous. [R.] B. Jonson.

Maladministration.

A salt of maleic acid.

The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that the mind can not have knowledge of anything external to itself except in its relation to God.

Malconformation.

Malcontent.

Evil speaking. [Obs.] Atterbury.

Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Accursed; abominable. [R.]

t some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction. No malediction falls from his tongue. Longfellow.

A crime; an offense; an evil deed. [R.] Shak.

An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.

A female malefactor. Hawthorne.

See Malfeasance.

Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful. [R.] Chaucer.