mafurratree (mafuratre)

[ mag1 (mag), n. [Also magg; ult. abbr. of mar garet, gare like the fem. name Mag, dim. Maggie, abbr. of Margaret: see magpie, margaret. Hence also madgel.] 1. The madge or magpie.-2. The long-tailed titmouse, Acredula rose a, more fully called long - tailed mag. [Local, Eng.] mag2 (mag), v.; pret. and pp. magged, ppr. mag ging. [In allusion to the chatter of the magpie; II. trans . To tease or vex. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] menad, + -ic.] Pertaining to or like the menads; furious; raving; bacchantic. The rites, by some supposed to be of the menadic sort, are held strictly secret. Carlyle , Sartor Resartus (ed. 1831), p. 191. If you have any mag in you, we'll draw it out. Mrs. Thrale , quoted in Mme. D'Arblay's Diary (ed. 1876), [I. 68.