Search the Dictionary

Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar. Made up. (a) Complete; perfect. "A made up villain." Shak. (b) Falsely devised; fabricated; as, a made up story. (c) Artificial; as, a made up figure or complexion.…

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.

A herbaceous climbing vine (Boussingaultia baselloides) very popular in cultivation, having shining entire leaves and racemes of small fragrant white flowers.

The mahogany tree (Swietenia Mahogoni).

A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss. Goldsmith.

A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum. They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche. Addison.

A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.

Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes.

Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country. Locke.

Created by judges or judicial decision; -- applied esp. to law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc., and often used opprobriously of acts of judicial interpretation considered as doing this.…

Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. "Mouth-made vows." Shak.

See Nomad, n.

Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples.

Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.

A reformado. [Obs.]