majestical

[Eng. majestic; -al.] Majestic, dignified, august, sublime. ma-jěs-tic-al-lý, adv. [Eng. majestical; -ly.] In a majestic manner; with dignity. "And forth she pac'd majestically sad." Pope: Homer's Iliad , xxiv. 124. ma-jěs-tic-al-ne , s . [Eng. majestical ; -ne .] The quality or state of being majestic; majesty, dignity. ma-jěs-tic-ne , *ma-jes-tick-ne , s. [Eng. majestic; -ne .] The quality or state of being majestic. măj-ěs-ty, *mag-es-tee, *maj-es-te, *maj-es IMG:content-0843.png:[blocks in formation] *māis-tre , *māis-trě e, s . [MISTRESS.] *māis-trie, s . [MASTERY.] *mais-trise, s. [O. Fr. maistre a master.] Masterly workmanship. maize, subst. [A word of American origin; it is Haytian.] 1. Bot.: Zea mays, a cereal gra of the tribe Phalarese. The leaves are broad, and hang down from the tops of sheaths. The flowers are moncecious. The males are in loose, terminal, compound racemes; the females in many rows on a spike, enveloped in bracts. Each grain is surmounted by a thread-like style, giving the spike a silky aspect. The seeds, when ripe, are compactly arranged in rows on a rachis. They are flattened at the apex, and may be pale-yellow, white, variegated, bloodred, or purple. The seeds are very firm, the outer part being horny and the central ma more or le brittle and soft. Maize is said to have come origin ally from Paraguay, but is now only known in a state of cultivation. 2. Agric .: Maize, called also Indian-corn, is the staple grain of some parts of the United States. It has been introduced into Southern Europe, India, and Australia, and it is believed to support a larger number of the human race than any grain, except ing rice. The mythic account of its origin is charm ingly given by Long fellow ( Hiawatha , v.). 3. Veg. Pathol .: Maize is often attacked by Ergót (q.v.). (1) Mountain -maize: Bot .: The Peruvian genus Ombrophytum. (2) Water - maize : Bot.: Victoria regia. maize-birds, s. pl. Ornith.: According to Swains on, the sub-family Agelaine of the family Sturnide (Starlings). They are terrestrial American birds, a ociating in flocks which frequent open pastures where cattle exist, feeding on insects, . Called also Maizers. Lat. majestatem , acc us. of majestas majesty, dignity, from the same root as magnus =great; Sp. magesdad; Ital. magestà .] IMG:content-0844.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0845.png:[blocks in formation] (2) Most Christian Majesty : A title borne by the kings of France. (3) Most Faithful Majesty: A title of the kings of Portugal. ma-jol-1-ca, ma-101-1-ca (1 and jas y), s . [For Maiorica = Majorca whence the first specimens came.) (See the compound.) majolica-ware, s. Pottery : A species of fine pottery, composed of clay thickly and opaquely enameled, suitable for receiving brilliantly colored figures; fabricated at Ferrara (1436) and at Pa aro (1450). It is sometimes called Raffaelle-ware. Majolica, until the time of Lucca dell a Robbia, was glazed with a plumbiferous glaze ( mezz a majolica ), but Robbia invented a beautifully white, durable, enameled, stanniferous glazing. Giorgio, by the combination of mineral colors, succeeded in producing beautifully iridescent ruby and golden tints. Modern potters have succeeded in reproducing this ware, and slabs, friezes, tablets, vases, flower-pots, and other articles are now made of it.