maculose

[Lat. maculosus, from macula =a spot, a stain.] Of or pertaining to spots or stains upon a surface; spotted, stained, maculate. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia 4. Proceeding from or indicative of madne ; ex- ceedingly foolish; characteristic of a madman. "This is a way to kill a wife with kindne ; And thus I'll curb her mad and headstrong humor." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, iv. 1. (1) Like mad : Madly, furiously. ( Colloq .) (2) Mad as a hatter : Dangerously mad, rabid. The expre ion is a corruption of "Mad as an atter," i . e., adder. ( Brewer .) Like to the glorious sun's transparent beams, Do calm the fury of this mad - bred flaw." IMG:content-0809.png:[blocks in formation] (2) As a term for ladies in general, usually with a of dyeing with madder. slight touch of disrespect or sarcasm. "To make sport to their madams and their boys." Drayton: Battle of Agin court. Bot.: Solanum insanum , an East Indian plant. Called also Jew's-apple. [SOLANUM.] măd-a-rō-sis, s. [Gr. madaros bald.] Lo of the hair, and especially of the eyelashes. măd-brain. a. & s. [Eng. mad , and brain .] A. As adj .: Disordered in mind; mad, insane, hot-headed. Middle ton: A Mad World, i. măd-brained, a. [Eng.mad, and brained .] The same as MADBRAIN (q. v.). "Talbot is taken, whom we wont to fear: Remain eth none but mad - brained Salisbury." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt. I., 1. 2. măd-căp, a . & s. [Eng. mad , and cap .] A. As adj .: Madbrained, mad, eccentric. "The nimble-footed madcap prince of Wales, And his comrades, that daft the world aside, And bid it pa ." B. As subst.: A mad-brained fellow; one who acts extravagantly; a person of wild and eccentric habits; a madbrain. "Why, what a madcap hath Heaven lent us here!" Shakesp.: King John, i. 1. A. Trans .: To make mad, to drive out of one's senses; to enrage, to make furious, to excite with furious pa ion. "A rage of pleasure maddened every breast." Thomson: Castle of Indolence , ii. 30. *B. In trans.: To become mad or furious; to act as a madman. 1. Bot .: The genus Rubia, and specially Rubia tinctorum. (Dyer's Madder.) It is a trailing or climbing annual, supporting itself by its leaves and prickles. It is supplied chiefly from Holland, France, Italy, and Turkey. The roots, which are ready the third year, are kiln-dried, and then threshed, to clear them from earth and dust. They are then dried a second time, and afterward pounded and stamped in a mill. is Rubia cord i folia ; Madder of Chili, Rubia aug us- Indian Madder, called also Madder of Bengal, ti ima or Relboum . 2. Chem. The root of Rubia tinctorum, exten- sively used in dyeing for the production of a variety of colors, namely, red, pink, purple, black, and chocolate. Other species of Rubia are also used. principle-rubian-which, under the influence of a peculiar ferment, termed erythrozym, breaks up into alizarin, purpurin, . Several of the coloring matters of madder appear to exist in the fresh root, but it is only when it has been kept for some time that the alizarin and purpurin are developed in quantity. The colors produced from madder are very stable, the well-known Turkey-red being one of them; and the tints and shades obtainable, accord- ing to the mordant used, are very numerous. Ali- zarin, or madder red, discovered by Robiquet, may be extracted with solvents, or obtained by sublima- tion in the form of beautiful reddish needles. [ALIZARIN.] Madder also contains certain yellow coloring matters, but they are usele , if not injur- ious, in the proce of dyeing. "The best of all and most commended is our madder of Italie."-P. Holland : Pliny , bk. xix., ch. iii. wild. ( Pope : Homer's Iliad , xvi. 445.) măd-ding, a . [MAD, v.] Raging, furious, mad, made, pret . & pa . par . of v . [MAKE, v.] made-mast, s . 1. Geog .: An island in the Atlantic ocean. 2. A kind of rich wine made in the island of Bot.: Mahogany of the curiously-veined kind growing in the Bahama Islands. Ma-dëir-an, a. & s. [Sce def.] Island of Madeira. A. As adj .: Belonging to or connected with the B. As subst.: A native of Madeira. Made iran-hake, s . times covered with a bamboo roof. or on lakes in the interior of the island. It is some- IMG:content-0810.jpg:[blocks in formation] Madbrained, hot brained, mad, foolish. "Out, you mad headed ape!" Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . I. , ii. 3. măd-house, s. [Eng. mad, a., and house .] A house or asylum for the cure and treatment of lunatics; a lunatic asylum. "By statute for regulating private madhouses ."- Black stone: Comment . , bk. i., ch. 8.