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Destitute of marrow.

thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France.

Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable. -- Mas"ter*less*ness, n.

Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech. Dryden.

A warlike South African Kaffir tribe.

Having no equal; unequaled. "A matchless queen." Waller.

Having no mate.

Not being, or having, matter; as, matterless spirits. Davies (Wit's Pilgr. ).

y the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola. Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of fever. Am. Cyc.

Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable. -- Meas"ure*less*ness, n.

Having no meat; without food. "Leave these beggars meatless." Sir T. More.

See Moebles. [Obs.]

Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive. -- Med"dle*some*ness, n.

Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian games at Rome.

The smallest of the three orders of Fungi Imperfecti, including those with no asci nor pycnidia, but as a rule having the spores in cavities without special walls. They cause many of the plant diseases known as anthracnose.

ruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves. The foe is merciless, and will not pity. Shak.

Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. -- Met"tle*some*ly, adv. -- Met"tle*some*ness, n.

An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest yet found in European strata.

Without; weak. [Obs.]

Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish.