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Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly. -- Low"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.

A fossil coral.

The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority. Specifically:

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

Faulty or imperfect nutrition.

One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.

Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.

A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.

Margaric.

Producing pearls.

The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster. Longfellow.

Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties, authority. "Marital affection." Ayliffe.

Having a husband; married. [Obs.]

See Maritime. [Obs.]

d with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy; as, maritime states. "A maritime town." Addison.

One of the writers of the Masora.

The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan.

Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. -- Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.

quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate. "A mediocrity of success." Bacon.

The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat (Melampyrum). See Dulcite.