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Turned into, or reduced to, a village. [Obs.] W. Browne.

The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll. Bouvier. Wharton.

A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean. Hence, Malaga grapes, Malaga raisins, Malaga wines.

Same as Malagasy.

A native or natives of Madagascar; also (sing.), the language.

Same as Mileage.

An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.

Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.

An East Indian curry soup.

Any of several flags adopted by South California after its secession. That adopted in November, 1860, had a green cabbage palmetto in the center of a white field; the final one, January, 1861, had a white palmetto in the center of a blue field and a white crescent in the upper left-hand corner.

The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.

Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian shells.

The doctrines of Pelagius.

Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast.

A customs duty on skins of leather.

An erythematous affection of the skin, with severe constitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern Italy.

One who is afficted with pellagra. Chambers's Encyc.

Pertaining to, or affected with, or attendant on, pellagra; as, pellagrous insanity.

Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery. Hannah More.

See Pelage.