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Mohammedanism. [Obs.]

An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean.

A large Turkish ship. Crabb.

The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage.

The African white two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus).

One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively.

A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil. [Obs.] Who's this, my mahound cousin Beau. & Fl.

The keeper and driver of an elephant. [East Indies]

A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel.

The language of the Mahrattas; the language spoken in the Deccan and Concan. [Written also Marathi.]

of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied to Sanskrit. -- a.

See Mohammedan, Mohammedanism.

and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit.

A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado).

Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadæ.

An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden. Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. Shak. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire Yet my people have forgotten me. Jer. ii. 32.

The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).

In various parts of Asia, an open space, as for military exercises, or for a market place; an open grassy tract; an esplanade.

An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid. She employed the residue of her life to repairing of highways, building of bridges, and endowing of maidens. Carew. A maiden of our century, yet most meek. Tennyson.

icine. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair. Maiden grass, the smaller quaking grass. -- Maiden tree. See Ginkgo.