mad rig a let to (mad"rigaleto)

[It., dim. of madrigale, a madrigal: see madrigal.] A little madrigal. madrigalian (mad-ri-gā'li-an), a. [ The English madrigalian writers being represented solely by Morley's "My Bonny La ." Athenœum , July 8, 1882. madrigalist (mad'ri-gal-ist), n. [ madrigal + -ist .] A composer or singer of madrigals. Bur ney , Hist. Music, IV. 46. Madrilenian (mad-ri-lē'ni-an), a . and n . [ Madrileño (for * Madrid año , the second d being changed by di imilation to l), an inhabitant of Madrid, Madrid .] I. a. Of or belonging to Madrid. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Madrid, the capital of Spain. madroño (ma-drō'nyō), n . A handsome tree, Arbutus Menziesii , of western North America, toward the south becoming a shrub. It bears a madroño yellow berry, scarcely edible. Its wood is very hard, and is much used in the manufacture of gunpowder. Its bark is valuable for tanning. Also madroña. Even the madroña , upon these spurs of Mount Saint Helena, comes to a fine bulk, and ranks with forest trees. R. L. Stevens on, Silver a do Squatters, p. 86. mad stone (mad's ton), n. A stone popularly reputed to cure hydrophobia, or to prevent it when threatened. It is applied to the wound, from which it is supposed to draw the poison. The belief in its value has no scientific sanction. [U. S.] Among the various individuals in Pennsylvania who profe ability in exorcism and charms, we occasionally find one reputed to po e a mad- stone. pebbles are of various sizes, and appear to have been selected on account of some peculiarity of color or form. A specimen which had a high reputation in the State from which it had been brought was described by the present writer consisting of profit. of the properties absorption attributed Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., XXVI. (1889), 336. madu-nut (mad'ö-nut), n. The seed of Cycas circinalis. Madura foot. A diseased condition of the feet and hands, occurring in India, characterized by enlargement and distortion of the affected part, ensuing suppuration, softening and fracture of the bones of the part, and the formation of sinuses discharging through frequent openings small yellow bodies like fish-roe or dark grains like coarse gunpowder, and often larger ma es. The fungus Chionyphe Carter i is found in the diseased parts, and is thought to be the cause of the disease. Also called fungus - foot, fungus disease of India, and mycetoma. madweed (mad'wed), n. A species of Scutel lari a, or skullcap (natural order Labiata ), the S. later i flora: so named because it was thought to be efficacious in hydrophobia. Also called mad-dog skullcap.