mappist (mapist)

[ Learned Mappists on a Paper small Draw (in Abb ridge ment) the Whole Type of All. Sylvester, Little Bartas, 1. 311. The mappist Collins calls the river between Oxford and Walling ford the Isis. The Academy , Jan. 28, 1888, p. 63. mapple (map'l), n. [Formerly also maple ; mappel , dim. of map2 , q. v.] A small mop or broom of birch twigs, used by scullery-maids in scrubbing out pots, pans, etc. IMG:content-0221.jpg:[blocks in formation] Tiliaceæ. Its wood is used by the natives to make musical instruments, the tough barke servings for strings. lignant fevers. It is sometimes cultivated for ornament. mar (mär), v. t .; pret. and pp. marred , ppr. marring . [ marren , merren , * merran , myrran , mirran, in comp. ā - merran , a - myrran (> ME. amerren , amarran ), hinder, waste, spoil, = OS. merrian = OFries. meri a = MD. merren , meren , maren , D. marren = MLG. marren , mer From acid made which ren, hinder, retard, bind, tie, OHG. marrjan, spelling of marinate. IMG:content-0222.png:[graphic] from Teut., ML. marrire, hinder, annoy, injure, > Sp. marrar = Pr. marrir = OF. marrir, marir, hinder (intr. lose one's way, stray), annoy, injure. Cf. moor2, which is from the D. word cognate with E. mar, and maraud, which is perhaps from the OF. form of the verb.] 1. To deface or disfigure; injure by cutting, breaking, abrading, crushing, etc.; impair in form or substance. His visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men. Isa. lii. 14. I pray you, mar no more trees with cutting love-songs in their barks. Shak., As you Like it, iii. 2. 276. Should he mistake his tools as they do theirs, he would marre all the work he took in hand. Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. 2. To impair in quality or attributes; affect injuriously; damage the character, value, or appearance of; harm. I pray you, mar no moe of my verses with reading them ill-favouredly. How will it mar his mirth, abate his feast! ley's system, a plant of his order Marantaceæ. Maranta (ma-ran'tä), n. [NL. (Plumier, 1703), named after B. Maranta, a Venetian physician and botanist of the 16th century.] 1. A genus of monocotyledonous plants of the natural order Zingiber aceæ, type of the tribe Maranteæ. It is distinguished by the one-celled ovary, the slender-branched inflorescence, and the narrow involute bracts, closely surrounding the branches. They are herbaceous plants with fleshy tubers, sheathing leaves, and a few-flowered inflorescence, the flowers having a cylindrical corolla tube, and a petaloid filament bearing a one-celled anther. There are about 15 species, indigenous to tropical America, but several species are widely cultivated for their fleshy tubers. The pure kind of starch known as arrowroot is obtained from the tubers of M. a rund in ace a and of several other species, by maceration, washing, and drying. (See arrowroot.) Several species have highly ornamental foliage, as M. ( Calathea ) zebrina, the zebra-plant, whose leaves are 2 feet long and 6 inches wide, of a deep rich green, purple-shaded, and with a velvety appearance. See also iturite - fiber. IMG:content-0223.jpg:[blocks in formation] B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, i. 2. You may both make the law, and mar it presently. Fletcher, Wife for a Month, ii. 4. mar (mär), n. [ I trust my will to write shall match the marrs I make in it. Ascham, To Edward Raven, May, 1551.