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LARGE-HEARTED a.
Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.
LIGHT-HEARTED a.
Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry. -- Light"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Light"-heart"ed*ness, n.
LION-HEART n.
A very brave person.
LION-HEARTED a.
Very brave; brave and magnanimous. Sir W. Scott.
MACARTNEY n.
A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback.
MAGNA CHARTA n. 2 definitions
The great Charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from King John, A. D. 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and confirmed by Edward I.
MART n. 6 definitions
A market. Where has commerce such a mart . . . as London Cowper.
MARTAGON n.
A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia.
MARTEL v.
To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer. [Obs.] Spenser.
MARTEL DE FER n.
A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor. Fairholt.
MARTELINE n.
A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.
MARTELLO TOWER n.
A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.
MARTEN n. 3 definitions
A bird. See Martin.
MARTERN n.
Same as Marten. [Obs.]
MARTIAL a. 5 definitions
Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance. "Martial equipage." Milton.
MARTIALISM n.
The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war. [Obs.]
MARTIALIST n.
A warrior. [Obs.] Fuller.
MARTIALIZE v.
To render warlike; as, to martialize a people.
MARTIALLY adv.
In a martial manner.
MARTIALNESS n.
The quality of being martial.
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