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h a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. Shak.

An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee.

Same as Malagasy.

The fresh-water drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens).

A mess; trouble. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Mash tun, a large tub used in making mash and wort.

One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash.

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

See Maslin.

Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.

A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it.

To form wrongly.

A hotchpotch. Sir T. Herbert.

See Muskrat. Musquash root (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Cicuta maculata), having a poisonous root. See Water hemlock.

Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Made in a new form, or lately come into fashion.

Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl. "Old-fashioned men of wit." Addison. This old-fashioned, quaint abode. Longfellow.

To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast. [Obs.] Barrow.

Excess; exaggeration. [Obs.]

To overflow. Holinshed.

A lesson from the Torah, or Law, from which at least one section is read in the Jewish synagogue on every Sabbath and festival.