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o has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.

Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful. [R.] Chaucer.

The doing of evil, harm, or mischief.

Doing evil, harm, or mischief.

Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness. Malice aforethought or prepense, malice previously…

Mischief. [Obs.] Shak.

ceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.

to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [Obs.] The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. Spenser.

of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -used as a fertilizer. " Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain." Sir H. Davy. -- Malt floor, a floor for drying malt. -- Malt house, or Malthouse, a house in which malt is made. -- Malt kiln, a heated chamber for drying malt.…

Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.

territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales. Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions -- France, Savoy, and…

observe critically; to note; to remark. Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh maschief. 1 Kings xx. 7.

hich a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed Shak.

.), any species of small American wrens of the genus Cistothorus, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes.

The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists. Johnson.

A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightly more lofted, used chiefly for short approaches.

Furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in composition; as, a three-masted schooner.

The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner…

Chief work; masterpiece. [Obs.] Dryden.

A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath. [Obs.] The first mowing thereof, for the king's use, is wont to be sooner than the common math. Bp. Hall.