MACON

(Fr.), n. Ma3-koan. A place in the department of the Saone-et-Loire, France, where there is a gaseous, chalybeate, and sulphurous spring. LL, 49 (a, 14, 43).] MAC RACA NTH US (Lat,), adj. Ma%(ma3k)-ra!1k(ra>k)-an- (a*n)'thu3s(thu4s). From p<ucpo, long, and axarfa. a thorn. Fr., macracanthe. Having long thorns or spines. [B, 38 (a, 14).] [s. 686]