Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 7
Mainpernor (n.) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.
Note: Mainpernors differ from bail in that a man's bail may imprison or surrender him before the stipulated day of appearance; mainpernors can do neither; they are bound to produce him to answer all charges whatsoever. -- Blackstone.
Mainpin (n.) (Vehicles) A kingbolt.
Mainprise (n.) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete. -- Wharton.
Mainprise (n.) Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.
Mainprised (imp. & p. p.) of Mainprise
Mainprising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mainprise
Mainprise (v. t.) (Law) To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.
Mainprise, Eng. law. The taking a man into friendly custody, who might otherwise be committed to prison, upon security given for his appearance at a time and place assigned. Wood's Inst. B. 4, c. 4.
Mainprise, Mainprise differs from bail in this, that a man's mainpernors are barely his sureties, and cannot imprison him themselves to secure his appearance, as his bail may, who are looked upon as his gaolers, to whose custody he is committed.. 6 Mod. 231; 7 Mod. 77, 85, 98; Ld. Raym. 606; Bac. Ab. Bail in Civil Cases; 4 Inst. 180. Vide Mainpernors. Writ of Mainprise; and 15 Vin. Ab. 146; 3 Bl. Com. 128.
Mains (n.) The farm attached to a mansion house ; a manse. [Scot. or Brit. dial.]
Mains (n.) (Electricity) The source of electrical power in a building; the wiring system of a building.
Mainsail (n.) (Naut.) 【船】主桅的帆，主帆 The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.
[They] hoised up the mainsail to the wind. -- Acts xxvii. 40.
Note: The mainsail of a ship is extended upon a yard attached to the mainmast, and that of a sloop or schooner upon the boom.
Mainsail (n.) The lowermost sail on the mainmast.
Mainsail, () MAchine INdependent SAIL (SAIL).
Mainsail, () MAchine INdependent SAIL.
Main-sail, () (Gr. artemon), Answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," near the prow, or the "fore-sail," as likely to be most useful in bringing a ship's head to the wind in the circumstances described (Acts 27:40).
Mainsheet (n.) (Naut.) One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.
Mainsheet (n.) (Nautical) A line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind [syn: sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud].
Mainspring (n.) The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action.
Mainspring (n.) The most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism.
Mainstay (n.) (Naut.) 【船】支持主桅的繩索；唯一的依靠；支柱 The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.
Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.
The great mainstay of the Church. -- Buckle.
Mainstay (n.) A prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community" [syn: pillar, mainstay].
Mainstay (n.) A central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin].
Mainstay (n.) The forestay that braces the mainmast.
Mainswear (v. i.) To swear falsely. [Obs.] -- Blount.
Maintained (imp. & p. p.) of Maintain.
Maintaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maintain.
Maintain (v. t.) 維修，保養；維持，保持；堅持，主張；供養，扶養 To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
Maintain (v. t.) To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
God values . . . every one as he maintains his post. -- Grew.
Maintain (v. t.) To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
Maintain talk with the duke. -- Shak.
Maintain (v. t.) To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
Glad, by his labor, to maintain his life. -- Stirling.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children. -- Franklin.
Maintain (v. t.) To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it. -- South.
Syn: To assert; vindicate; allege. See Assert.
Maintain (v.) Keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes" [syn: {keep}, {maintain}, {hold}].
Maintain (v.) Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" [syn: {conserve}, {preserve}, {maintain}, {keep up}].
Maintain (v.) Supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep" [syn: {sustain}, {keep}, {maintain}].
Maintain (v.) State categorically [syn: {assert}, {asseverate}, {maintain}].
Maintain (v.) Have and exercise; "wield power and authority" [syn: {wield}, {exert}, {maintain}].
Maintain (v.) Maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" [syn: {keep}, {maintain}].
Maintain (v.) Maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" [syn: {keep}, {maintain}].
Maintain (v.) State or assert; "He maintained his innocence" [syn: {maintain}, {defend}].
Maintain (v.) Support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict" [syn: {uphold}, {maintain}].
Maintain (v.) Stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" [syn: {observe}, {keep}, {maintain}].
Maintain (v.) [ T ] (Continue to have) (B2) 維持；保持 To continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become less.
// The army has been brought in to maintain order in the region.
// We have standards to maintain.
// Despite living in different countries, the two families have maintained close links.
// The film has maintained its position as the critics' favourite for another year.
Maintain (v.) [ T ] (Keep in good condition) (B2) 維修；保養 To keep a road, machine, building, etc. in good condition.
// A large house costs a lot to maintain.
// The roads in the town have been very poorly maintained.
Maintain (v.) [ T ] (Express) (C2) 堅稱；斷言 To express firmly your belief that something is true.
// Throughout his prison sentence, Dunn has always maintained his innocence.
// [ + that ] He maintains that he has never seen the woman before.
Maintain (v.) [ T ] (Provide) 供養；撫養；贍養 To provide someone with food and whatever is necessary for them to live on.
// They barely earn enough to maintain themselves and their four children.
Maintainable (a.) That maybe maintained.
Maintainable (a.) Capable of being maintained.
Maintainer (n.) One who maintains.
Maintainor (n.) (Crim. Law) One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party. -- Bouvier. -- Wharton.
Maintenance (n.) 維護，保持，維修，生活費用，堅持，扶養，瞻養義務 The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
Whatsoever is granted to the church for God's honor and the maintenance of his service, is granted to God. -- South.
Maintenance (n.) That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
Those of better fortune not making learning their maintenance. -- Swift.
Maintenance (n.) (Crim. Law) An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty. -- Wharton.
Maintenance (n.) Those actions required for the care of machinery, a building, etc., to keep it clean and in proper functioning condition, and to prevent or forestall damage due to normal use.
Maintenance (n.) Payments, such as child support or alimony, to a dependent child not living with one or to a divorced wife.
Cap of maintenance. See under Cap.
Maintenance (n.) Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care" [syn: care, maintenance, upkeep].
Maintenance (n.) Means of maintenance of a family or group.
Maintenance (n.) Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated [syn: alimony, maintenance].
Maintenance (n.) The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment" [syn: sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep].
Maintenance (n.) The unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community; "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit" [syn: maintenance, criminal maintenance].
Maintenance, () The modification of a software product, after delivery, to correct faults, to improve performance or other attributes, or to adapt the product to a changed environment.
Maintenance is an important part of the software life-cycle.
It is expensive in manpower and resources, and one of the aims of software engineering is to reduce its cost. (1996-12-27)
Maintenance, () quasi contracts. The support which one person, who is bound by law to do so, gives to another for his living; for example, a father is bound to find maintenance for his children; and a child is required by law to maintain his father or mother when they cannot support themselves, and he has ability to maintain them. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 284-6.
Maintenance, () crimes. A malicious, or at least, officious interference in a suit in which the offender has no interest, to assist one of the parties to it against the other, with money or advice to prosecute or defend the action, without any authority of law. 1 Russ. Cr. 176.
Maintenance, () But there are many acts in the nature of maintenance, which become justifiable from the circumstances under which they are done. They may be justified, 1. Because the party has an interest in the thing in variance; as when he has a bare contingency in the lands in question, which possibly may never come in esse. Bac. Ab. h.t.
Maintenance, () Because the party is of kindred or affinity, as father, son, or heir apparent, or husband or wife. 3. Because the relation of landlord and tenant or master and servant subsists between the party to the suit and the person whoassists him. 4. Because the money is given out of charity. 1 Bailey, S. C. Rep. 401. 5. Because the person assisting the party to the suit is an attorney or counsellor: the assistance to be rendered must, however, be strictly professional, for a lawyer is not more justified in giving his client money than another man. 1 Russ. Cr. 179. Bac. Ab Maintenance: Bro. Maintenance. This offence is punishable by fine and imprisonment. 4 Black Com. 124; 2 Swift's Dig. 328; Bac. Ab. h.t. Vide 3 Hawks, 86; 1 Greenl. 292; 11 Mass. 553, 6 Mass. 421; 5 Pick. 359; 5 Monr. 413; 6 Cowen, 431; 4 Wend. 806; 14 John. R. 124; 3 Cowen, 647; 3 John. Ch. R. 508 7 D. & R. 846; 5 B. & C. 188.
Maintop (n.) (Naut.) The platform about the head of the mainmast in square-rigged vessels.
Main yard () (Naut.) The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.
Main yard (n.) Yard for a square mainsail.
Maioid (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the genus Maia, or family Maiadeae.
Maister (n.) Master. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Spenser.
Maister (a.) Principal; chief. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Maistrie Maistre
Maistre (n.) Alt. of Maistry
Maistrie (n.) Alt. of Maistry
Maistry (n.) Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Maistress (n.) Mistress. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Maithes (n.) (Bot.) Same as Maghet.
Maize (n.) (Bot.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals.
Maize eater (Zool.), A South American bird of the genus Pseudoleistes, allied to the troupials.
Maize yellow, A delicate pale yellow.
Corn (n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.
Corn (n.) The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats.
Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or Indian corn (see sense 3), and in England to wheat.
Corn (n.) A tall cereal plant ({Zea mays) bearing its seeds as large kernels in multiple rows on the surface of a hard cylindrical ear, the core of which (the cob) is not edible; -- also called Indian corn and, in technical literature, maize. There are several kinds; as, yellow corn, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; white corn or southern corn, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any small variety, used for popping. Corn seeds may be cooked while on the ear and eaten directly, or may be stripped from the ear and cooked subsequently. The term Indian corn is often used to refer to a primitive type of corn having kernels of varied color borne on the same cob; it is used for decoration, especially in the fall.
Corn (n.) The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after
reaping and before thrashing.
In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. -- Milton.
Corn (n.) A small, hard particle; a grain. "Corn of sand." -- Bp. Hall. "A corn of powder." -- Beau. & Fl.
Corn ball, A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar.
Corn bread, Bread made of Indian meal.
Corn cake, A kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake.
Corn+cockle+(Bot.),+a+weed+({Agrostemma+Githago">Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma Githago syn.
Lychnis Githago), having bright flowers, common in grain fields.
Corn flag (Bot.), A plant of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also sword lily.
Corn fly. (Zool.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease
called "gout," on account of the swelled joints.
The common European species is Chlorops t[ae]niopus.
Corn fly. (Zool.) (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted.
Corn fritter, A fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.]
Corn laws, Laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate.
Corn marigold. (Bot.) See under Marigold.
Corn oyster, A fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.]
Corn parsley (Bot.), A plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia.
Corn popper, A utensil used in popping corn.
Corn+poppy+(Bot.),+The+red+poppy+({Papaver+Rh[oe]as">Corn poppy (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[oe]as),
common in European cornfields; -- also called corn rose.
Corn rent, Rent paid in corn.
Corn rose. See Corn poppy.
Corn salad (Bot.), A name given to several species of Valerianella, annual herbs sometimes used for salad.
Valerianella olitoria is also called lamb's lettuce.
Corn stone, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.]
Corn violet (Bot.), a species of Campanula.
Corn weevil. (Zool.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain.
Corn weevil. (Zool.) (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[ae]) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See Grain weevil, under Weevil.
Maize (n.) Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times [syn: corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays].
Maize (n.) A strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize].
Maize, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 1868
Housing Units (2000): 668
Land area (2000): 0.821130 sq. miles (2.126717 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.821130 sq. miles (2.126717 sq. km)
FIPS code: 44200
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.772944 N, 97.466684 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67101
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Maize
Majestatic (a.) Alt. of Majestatal
Majestatal (a.) Majestic. [Obs.] -- E. Pocock. -- Dr. J. Scott.
Majestic (a.) Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand. "The majestic world." -- Shak.
"Tethys' grave majestic pace." -- Milton.
The least portions must be of the epic kind; all must be grave, majestic, and sublime. -- Dryden.
Syn: August; splendid; grand; sublime; magnificent; imperial; regal; pompous; stately; lofty; dignified; elevated.
Majestic (a.) Majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters; "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment";
"olympian beauty and serene composure" [syn: majestic, olympian].
Majestic (a.) Having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" [syn: gallant, lofty, majestic, proud].
Majestic (a.) Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head" [syn: imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal].
Majestical (a.) Majestic. -- Cowley.
An older
architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical. -- M. Arnold. --
Ma*jes"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ma*jes"tic*al*ness, n.
Majesticness (n.) The quality or state of being majestic. -- Oldenburg.
Majesties (n. pl. ) of Majesty
Majesty (n.) The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns.
The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty. -- Ps. xciii. 1.
No sovereign has ever represented the majesty of a great state with more dignity and grace. -- Macaulay.
Majesty (n.) Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an emperor, king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural; as, their majesties attended the concert.
In all the public writs which he [Emperor Charles V.] now issued as King of Spain, he assumed the title of Majesty, and required it from his subjects as a mark of respect. Before that time all the monarchs of Europe were satisfied with the appellation of Highness or Grace. -- Robertson.
Majesty (n.) Dignity; elevation of manner or style. -- Dryden.
Apostolic, Apostolical (a.) Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.
Apostolic, Apostolical (a.) According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.
Apostolic, Apostolical (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
Apostolical brief. See under Brief.
Apostolic canons, A collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries.
Apostolic church, The Christian church; -- so called on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order.
The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called apostolic churches.
Apostolic constitutions, Directions of a nature similar to the apostolic canons, and perhaps compiled by the same authors or author.
Apostolic fathers, Early Christian writers, who were born in the first century, and thus touched on the age of the apostles. They were Polycarp, Clement, Ignatius, and Hermas; to these Barnabas has sometimes been added.
Apostolic king (or majesty), A title granted by the pope to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of Austria in right of the throne of Hungary.
Apostolic see, A see founded and governed by an apostle; specifically, the Church of Rome; -- so called because, in the Roman Catholic belief, the pope is the successor of St. Peter, the prince of the apostles, and the only apostle who has successors in the apostolic office.
Apostolical succession, The regular and uninterrupted transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period. -- Hook.
Majesty (n.) Impressiveness in scale or proportion [syn: stateliness, majesty, loftiness].
Majesty. () Properly speaking, this term can be applied only to God, for it signifies that which surpasses all things in grandeur and superiority. But it is used to kings and emperors, as a title of honor. It sometimes means power, as when we say, the majesty of the people. See, Wolff, Sec. 998.
Majesty, (n.) The state and title of a king. Regarded with a just contempt by the Most Eminent Grand Masters, Grand Chancellors, Great Incohonees and Imperial Potentates of the ancient and honorable orders of republican America.
Majolica (n.) [It.] A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.
Note: The term is said to be derived from Majorca, which was an early seat of this manufacture. -- Heyse.
Majolica (n.) Highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide [syn: majolica, maiolica].
Major (a.) （數量大小稱度等）較大的；較多的；較大範圍的；主要的，重要的；一流的 [B]；主修的 [B] Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
Major (a.) Of greater dignity; more important. -- Shak.
Major (a.) Of full legal age ; adult. [Obs.]
Major (a.) (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.
Major key (Mus.), A key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds.
Major offense (Law), An offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault.
Major scale (Mus.), The natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See Scale, and Diatonic.
Major second (Mus.), A second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step.
Major sixth (Mus.), A sixth of four steps and a half step.
In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful.
Major third (Mus.), A third of two steps.
Major (n.) [C] (Mil.) 成年人，已到法定年齡者；重要人物；才能卓越者，地位優越者；（常大寫）（英國）陸軍（或海軍陸戰隊）少校；（美國）陸軍（或空軍、海軍陸戰隊）少校 An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
Major (n.) (Law) A person of full age.
Major (n.) (Logic) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].
Note: In hypothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise is called the major.
Major (n.) A mayor. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Major (a.) Of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways" [ant: minor].
Major (a.) Greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding" [ant: minor].
Major (a.) Greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings" [ant: minor].
Major (a.) Of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics" [ant: minor].
Major (a.) Of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major" [ant: minor].
Major (a.) Of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness" [ant: minor].
Major (a.) Of full legal age [ant: minor, nonaged, underage].
Major (a.) Of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major".
Major (n.) A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain.
Major (n.) British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943) [syn: Major, John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major].
Major (n.) A university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major".
Major (n.) The principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics".
Major (v.) Have as one's principal field of study; "She is majoring in linguistics"
Major, () persons. One who has attained his full age, and has acquired all his civil rights; one who is no longer a minor; an adult.
Major. () Military language. The lowest of the staff officers; a degree higher than captain.
Major -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 7545
Housing Units (2000): 3540
Land area (2000): 956.759846 sq. miles (2477.996521 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.105637 sq. miles (2.863587 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 957.865483 sq. miles (2480.860108 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.313820 N, 98.448638 W
Headwords:
Major
Major, OK
Major County
Major County, OK
Majorat (n.) The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.
Majorat (n.) (French Law) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it.
Majorate (n.) The office or rank of a major.
Majorate (v. t.) To augment; to increase. [Obs.] -- Howell.
Majoration (n.) Increase; enlargement. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Majorcan (a.) Of or pertaining to Majorca.
Majorcan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Majorca.
Major-domo (n.) A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.
Major-domo (n.) The chief steward or butler of a great household [syn: major-domo, seneschal].
Majordomo, () A popular freeware mailing list processor written in Perl which runs under Unix.
Majordomo is a "groupware" project which evolved from code by Brent Chapman , with maintenance by John Rouillard . The current Majordomo maintainer is Chan Wilson .
A majordomo is a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another; from Latin "major domus" - "master of the house".
http://greatcircle.com/majordomo/)">(http://greatcircle.com/majordomo/). (2001-04-27)
Majordomo (n.) [ C ] (pl. Majordomos) (Old use) 總管家，大管家 The most important servant in a house, in charge of the other servants.
Majordomo (n.) [ C ] (pl. Majordomos) (US) 管事 A person whose job is to make arrangements or organize things for other people.
// Can you ask the majordomo in the hotel to get tickets for the tennis match?
Majorette (Also Drum majorette) (n.) [C] 【美】樂隊女隊長（或指揮） A girl who spins a baton while marching with a band.
Majorette (n.) A female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band [syn: drum majorette, majorette].
Majorette (n.) A female drum major [syn: drum majorette, majorette].
Major general (ph.) （美國陸、空軍，陸戰隊）少將 An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
Major general. A military officer, commanding a division or number of regiments; the next in rank below a lieutenant general.
Majorities (n. pl. ) of Majority
Majority (n.) 多數，過半數，大多數 [the S] [G] [（+of）]；多數黨，多數派 [the S] The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
Majority (n.) The military rank of a major.
Majority (n.) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.
Majority (n.) The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
Majority (n.) [Cf. L. majors.] Ancestors; ancestry. [Obs.]
Majority (n.) The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See {Plurality}.
{To go over to the majority} or {To join the majority}, To die.
Majority (n.) The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished" [syn: {majority}, {bulk}] [ant: {minority}]
Majority (n.) (Elections) More than half of the votes [syn: {majority}, {absolute majority}].
Majority (n.) The age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs [syn: {majority}, {legal age}] [ant: {minority}, {nonage}].
Majority (n.), Persons. The state or condition of a person who has arrived at full age. He is then said to be a major, in opposition to minor, which is his condition during infancy.
Majority (n.), Government. The greater number of the voters; though in another sense, it means the greater number of votes given in which sense it is a mere plurality. (q.v.)
Majority (n.) In every well regulated society, the majority has always claimed and exercised the right to govern the whole society, in the manner pointed out by the fundamental laws and the minority are bound, whether they have assented or not, for the obvious reason that opposite wills cannot prevail at the same time, in the same society, on the same subject. 1 Tuck. Bl. Com. App. 168, 172; 9 Dane's Ab. 37 to 43; 1 Story, Const. Sec. 330.
Majority (n.) As to the rights of the majority of part owners of vessels, vide 3 Kent, Com. 114 et seq. As to the majority of a church, vide 16 Mass. 488.
Majority (n.) In the absence of all stipulations, the general rule in partnerships is, that each partner has an equal voice, and a majority acting bonafide, have the right to manage the partnership concerns, and dispose of the partnership property, notwithstanding the dissent of the minority; but in every case when the minority have a right to give an opinion, they ought to be notified. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1954.
Majority (n.) As to the majorities of companies or corporations, see Angel, Corp. 48, et seq.; 3 M. R. 495. Vide, generally, Rutherf. Inst. 249; 9 Serg. & Rawle, 99; Bro. Corporation, pl. 63; 15 Vin. Abr. 183, 184; and the article Authority; Plurality; Quorum.
Majority (n.) (Number) (B2) [ S ] 大多數，大部分 The larger number or part of something.
// The majority of the employees have university degrees.
// A large majority of people approve of the death sentence.
// In Britain women are in the/ a majority.
Compare: Minority
Minority (n.) (Small part) (B2) [ S ] 少數 A smaller number or part.
// It's only a tiny minority of people who are causing the problem.
// Children with single parents at my school were very much in the minority (= there were very few).
// This section of the bookstore caters for minority interests (= subjects that interest only a few people).
Opposite: Majority
Minority (n.) (People) (C1) [ C ] 少數民族；少數派；少數民族人士；少數派人士 Any small group in society that is different from the rest because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or a person who belongs to such a group.
// Ethnic/ religious minorities.
The plan was designed to help women and minorities overcome discrimination in the workplace.
Idiom:
Be in a minority of one (UK) (US be a minority of one) 是唯一持不同意見者；得不到任何人的支持 To be the only person who has a particular opinion.
Majority (n.) [ C ] 多數票（選舉中勝者與第二名之間的選票差額） In an election, the difference in the number of votes between the winning person or group and the one that comes second.
// The Democratic candidate won by a narrow/ large majority.
Majority (n.) (Age) [ U ] (Specialized) (Law) 成年；成年的法定年齡 The age when you legally become an adult..
// The age of majority.
// She will inherit her father's estate when she reaches her majority.
Majorship (n.) The office of major.
Madjoun (n.) An intoxicating
confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the Turks and Hindus. [Written
also majoun.]
Majoun (n.) See Madjoun.
Majusculae (n. pl.) (Palaeography) 古抄本的大寫字母 Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.
Compare: Palaeography
Palaeography (n.) 古文字學 The study of ancient writing systems and the deciphering and dating of historical manuscripts.
‘To do so, she learned Italian and Latin, and studied paleography.’
Compare: Decipher
Decipher (v. t.) 破解（密碼等）；解釋（古代文字等）；辨認（潦草的字跡等） Convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language.
‘Keys allow people to decipher coded messages.’
Decipher (v. t.) Succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something).
‘An expression she could not decipher came and went upon his face.’
Majuscule (n.) A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See {Majusculae}.
{Majuscule writing}, Writing composed wholly of capital letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe from the third to the sixth century.
Majuscule (a.) 大寫字母的 of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries [ant: {minuscular}, {minuscule}].
Majuscule (a.) Uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" [syn: {capital}, {great}, {majuscule}].
Majuscule (n.) One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters" [syn: {capital}, {capital letter}, {uppercase}, {upper-case letter}, {majuscule}] [ant: {lower-case letter}, {lowercase}, {minuscule}, {small letter}].
Makable (a.) Capable of being made.
Makaron (n.) See Macaroon, 2. [Obs.]
Make (n.) A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. [Obs.]
For in this world no woman is Worthy to be my make. -- Chaucer.
Made (imp. & p. p.) of Make
Making (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Make
Make (v. t.) 做；製造；建造 [O1] [（+for）]；做出（某種舉動）；使得；使……做…… [O3] [O7] [O8] [O9] To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create. Hence, in various specific uses or applications:
Make (v. t.) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.
He . . . fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf. -- Ex. xxxii. 4.
Make (v. t.) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.
And Art, with her contending, doth aspire To excel the natural with made delights. -- Spenser.
Make (v. t.) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. -- Judg. xvi. 25.
Wealth maketh many friends. -- Prov. xix. 4.
I will neither plead my age nor sickness in excuse of the faults which I have made. -- Dryden.
Make (v. t.) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
Make (v. t.) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.
He accuseth Neptune unjustly who makes shipwreck a second time. -- Bacon.
Make (v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.
Make (v. t.) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.
Who makes or ruins with a smile or frown. -- Dryden.
Make (v. t.) To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.
Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? -- Ex. ii. 14.
See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. -- Ex. vii. 1.
Note: When used reflexively with an adjective, the reflexive pronoun is often omitted; as, to make merry; to make bold; to make free, etc.
Make (v. t.) To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.
He is not that goose and ass that Valla would make him. -- Baker.
Make (v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
Note: In the active voice the to of the infinitive is usually omitted.
I will make them hear my words. -- Deut. iv. 10.
They should be made to rise at their early hour. -- Locke.
Make (v. t.) To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
And old cloak makes a new jerkin. -- Shak.
Make (v. t.) To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to ; as, a pound of ham makes a hearty meal.
The heaven, the air, the earth, and boundless sea, Make but one temple for the Deity. -- Waller.
Make (v. t.) To be engaged or concerned in. [Obs.]
Gomez, what makest thou here, with a whole brotherhood of city bailiffs? -- Dryden.
Make (v. t.) To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of. "And make the Libyan shores." -- Dryden.
They that sail in the middle can make no land of either side. -- Sir T. Browne.
To make a bed, To prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order.
To make a card (Card Playing), To take a trick with it.
To make account. See under Account, n.
To make account of, To esteem; to regard.
To make away. To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.]
If a child were crooked or deformed in body or mind, they made him away. -- Burton.
To make away. To alienate; to transfer; to make over. [Obs.] -- Waller.
To make believe, To pretend; to feign; to simulate.
To make bold, To take the liberty; to venture.
To make the cards (Card Playing), To shuffle the pack.
To make choice of, To take by way of preference; to choose.
To make danger, To make experiment. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
To make default (Law), To fail to appear or answer.
To make the doors, To shut the door. [Obs.]
Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement. -- Shak.
To make free with. See under Free, a.
To make good. See under Good.
To make head, to make headway.
To make light of. See under Light, a.
To make little of. To belittle.
To make little of. To accomplish easily.
To make love to. See under Love, n.
To make meat, To cure meat in the open air. [Colloq. Western U. S.]
To make merry, To feast; to be joyful or jovial.
To make much of, To treat with much consideration, attention, or fondness; to value highly.
To make no bones. See under Bone, n.
To make no difference, To have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference.
To make no doubt, To have no doubt.
To make no matter, To have no weight or importance; to make no difference.
To make oath (Law), To swear, as to the truth of something, in a prescribed form of law.
To make of. To understand or think concerning; as, not to know what to make of the news.
To make of. To pay attention to; to cherish; to esteem; to account. "Makes she no more of me than of a slave." -- Dryden.
To make one's law (Old Law), To adduce proof to clear one's self of a charge.
To make out. To find out; To discover; to decipher; as, to make out the meaning of a letter.
To make out. To gain sight of; To recognize; to discern; to descry; as, as they approached the city, he could make out the tower of the Chrysler Building.
To make out. To prove; To establish; as, the plaintiff was unable to make out his case.
To make out. To make complete or exact; as, he was not able to make out the money.
To make out. To write out; to write down; -- used especially of a bank check or bill; as, he made out a check for the cost of the dinner; the workman made out a bill and handed it to him.
To make over, To transfer the title of; to convey; to alienate; as, he made over his estate in trust or in fee.
To make sail. (Naut.) To increase the quantity of sail already extended.
To make sail. (Naut.) To set sail.
To make shift, To manage by expedients; as, they made shift to do without it. [Colloq.].
To make sternway, To move with the stern foremost; to go or drift backward.
To make strange, To act in an unfriendly manner or as if surprised; to treat as strange; as, to make strange of a request or suggestion.
To make suit to, To endeavor to gain the favor of; to court.
To make sure. See under Sure.
To make up. To collect into a sum or mass; as, to make up the amount of rent; to make up a bundle or package.
To make up. To reconcile; to compose; as, to make up a difference or quarrel.
To make up. To supply what is wanting in; to complete; as, a dollar is wanted to make up the stipulated sum.
To make up. To compose, as from ingredients or parts; to shape, prepare, or fabricate; as, to make up a mass into pills; to make up a story.
He was all made up of love and charms! -- Addison.
To make up. To compensate; to make good; as, to make up a loss.
To make up. To adjust, or to arrange for settlement; as, to make up accounts.
To make up. To dress and paint for a part, as an actor; as, he was well made up.
To make up a face, To distort the face as an expression of pain or derision.
To make up one's mind, To reach a mental determination; to resolve.
To make way, or To make one's way. To make progress; to advance.
To make way, or To make one's way. To open a passage; to clear the way.
To make words, To multiply words.
Make (v. i.) 正要做，剛要開始做 [+to-v]；朝某方向走去 To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make. [Obs.]
A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make. -- Shak.
Make (v. i.) To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
Note: Formerly, authors used to make on, to make forth, to make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say, to make at, to make away, to make for, to make off, to make toward, etc.
Make (v. i.) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage. -- M. Arnold.
Follow after the things which make for peace. -- Rom. xiv. 19.
Considerations infinite Do make against it. -- Shak.
Make (v. i.) To increase; to augment; to accrue.