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(Bot.) A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.

Spotted; speckled.

Evil speaking. [Obs.] Atterbury.

Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Accursed; abominable. [R.]

some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction. No malediction falls from his tongue. Longfellow.

Made of, or faced with, marble. [Obs.] "The marbled mansion." Shak.

Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions. Mascled armor, armor composed of small lozenge-shaped scales of metal fastened on a foundation of leather or quilted cloth.

Infected or spotted with measles, as pork. -- Mea"sled*ness, n.

Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire. Addison.

Having been subjected to some process of milling. Milled cloth, cloth that has been beaten in a fulling mill. -- Milled lead, lead rolled into sheets.

Confusedly.

of Mislead.

A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe.

Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf. Lindley.

Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables. Cleveland.

Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. "The mottled meadows." Drayton.

Dull-spirited. Shak.

Furnished with muscles; having muscles; as, things well muscled.

Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty. "A newfangled nomenclature." Sir W. Hamilton.