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rson; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. L'Estrange. -- To run mad. (a) To become wild with excitement. (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. -- To run mad after, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is running…

Wild; crack-brained.

Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements. "The merry madcap

In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.

A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-eating dog.

A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also greenhead.

pposed tobeast. These men went about wide, and man found they none, But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one. R. of Glouc. The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me. Shak.

The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. Ex. xvi. 15.

A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks.

A young wild boar.

An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also long-tailed cat.

marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europe and America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.

A large wild goat (Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere.

of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who naglected to brand his cattle.

A wild fancy; a confused notion. [Obs.] Chaucer.

erse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure. B. G. Wildex.

The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys.

A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition.

A kind of wild red cherry.