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A kind of baboon; the wanderoo.

A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India.

(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.

A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to other persons of high rank.

An African antelope (Hippotragus Bakeri). Its face is striped with black and white.

A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face, worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad.

One of a class of sages, or "adepts," reputed to have knowledge and powers of a higher order than those of ordinary men. -- Ma*hat"ma*ism (#), n.

A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.

in obtained from tropical American trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.

A marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan, in memory of his favorite wife. In beauty of design and rich decorative detail it is one of the best examples of Saracenic architecture.

To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.

ent. This accident, as I call it, of Athens being situated some miles from the sea. J. P. Mahaffy.

To make appear archaic or antique. Mahaffy.

ase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace.

iting. . Tooke. -- Counter slope, an overhanging slope; as, a wall with a counter slope. Mahan. -- Counter statement, a statement made in opposition to, or denial of, another statement. -- Counter surety, a counter bond, or a surety to secure one who has given security. -- Counter tally, a tally corresponding to an…

ed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

Specifically, a tomahawk. Buried was the bloody hatchet. Longfellow.

Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.

A Sanskritic language of western India, prob. descended from the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples. It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century. It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati.…

. Dryden. The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his family J. P. Mahaffy.