mavis, mavise

[Mid. Eng. mavis, from O. Fr. mauvis =a throstle ( Cotgrave ). Supposed to be from Bret. milvid, milfid =a mavis. ( Skeat.)] Ornith.: Turdus music us, the Song-thrush, or his Natural History of Brazil.] Bot.: A genus of Palms, tribe Calamee. They are natives of the tropical parts of South America. The leaves are fan-shaped. Some species rise to the mavis-skate, May-skate, s. Ichthy.: Raia oxyrhyncus , one of the largest of the rays. George Johnston measured one 7 ft. of Fr. maudire to abuse, to use bad language.] A. Intransitive: 1. To grumble. "He made me many visits, maundering as if I had done him a discourtesy in leaving such an opening."-Wise. man: Surgery. vinifera is made into a kind of wine, or what in the East would be called "toddy." The outer rind of the young leaves of M. flexuosa is made into string; the soft pith furnishes a kind of sago. It is the Moriche, or Sea-palm, and grows along the Amazon, Orinoco, . *ma-vor-tial (ti as sh), a. [Lat. mavortius = pertaining to Mars; Mavors = Mars.] Martial, war like. "Once was I guarded with mavortial bands." Locrine, iv. 1. marine; gō, pot, maw