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Causing a spot or stain. T. Adams.

My lady; -- a term of address in Italian formerly used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English. Shak.

eness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants. [Obs.] "All the mark of Adam." Chaucer.

as the god of trade; hence, money- making; crafty. The mercurial wand of commerce. J. Q. Adams.

pl. of Madame and Madam.

The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.

is but a bundle or miscellany of sin; sins original, and sins actual. Hewyt. Miscellany madam, a woman who dealt in various fineries; a milliner. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

ervalue. O, for those vanished hours, so much misprized! Hillhouse. I do not blame them, madam, nor misprize. Mrs. Browning.

To think wrongly. [Obs.] "Adam misthought of her." Milton.

ated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Gen. ii. 19. What's in a name That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. Shak.

sed in introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as, Madame de Staël, née Necker.

In no degree; not at all; in no wise. Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed. Milton. The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed. Burke. Nothing off (Naut.), an order to the steersman to keep the vessel close to the wind.

One who ordains or establishes; a director. [R.] T. Adams.

unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter. Original sin (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to its consequences to his descendants of the human race; -- called also total depravity. See Calvinism.

A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel.

Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction. J. Q. Adams.

The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.

To compose, to calm. [Obs.] "Patient yourself, madam." Shak.

as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. Milton. [A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise. Sir T. Herbert.

nflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. "Adamantine chains and penal fire." Milton. Penal code (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment. -- Penal laws, Penal statutes (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for commit…