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of Made. Chaucer.

See Eggplant.

Wild; crack-brained.

A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir.

My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women. Chaucer.

Hot-headed; rash. Shak. -- n.

Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak.

Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements. "The merry madcap

To make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.

A plant of the Rubia (R. tinctorum). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See Rubiaceous.

A name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (Rubiaceæ) as the madder.

Affected with madness; raging; furious. -- Mad"ding*ly, adv. [Archaic] Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray. The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged. Milton.

Somewhat mad. Beau. & Fl.

See Mad, n.

A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.

Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.

The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. [R.] Bacon.

To make wet or moist. [R.]

See Madecassee.

A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira. A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. Shak. Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.