tmayer

[Eng. May, s.; -er.] One who keeps (An excellent description of this animal will be May-day with its old customs and festivities. "On the Mayers deign to smile." Song, in Hone's Every Day Book , ii. 286. may-hăp, conj . [Eng. may, v., and hap , v.] Perhaps, peradventure, po ibly. māy-hěm, s . [MAIM.] Law : Maiming any person by depriving them of the use of any of their members that are nece ary for them to properly protect themselves. May'-hill, s. [See def.] Geog.: A hill in Gloucestershire, England. May hill-sandstone, s . Geol.: A sandstone of Upper Silurian age. The same as UPPER LLANDOVERY (q.v.). (Murchison.) May'-ing, s. Observing May-day festivities. May'-năs, s. [Etym. doubtful; probably a native name.] (See the compound.) Maynas resin, s . Chem.: C14H15O4(?). A resin extracted by incision from Calophyllum calaba , a tree growing in the plains of the Orinoco. When purified, it crystallizes found in the Century Magazine, Dec. 1884, pp. 193 203. ) *măz-an, s . [Gr. maza.] (See extract.) "Their most monstrous ma , or mam metro us mazan, which sign if i eth bread or feeding."- Bale : Select Works, p. 165.