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adv. On horseback. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two suspicious fellows ahorseback. Smollet. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ OE. a, interj. + hoy. ] (Naut.) A term used in hailing; as, “Ship ahoy.” [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perhaps fr. f. cohorte a company or band. ] Partnership; league; as, to go in cahoot (or in cahoots) with a person. Usually used in the plural, and in modern usage often used to imply that the joint effort is unethical, shady, questionable, or illegal; as, a shill in cahoots with a pickpocket, to serve as a distraction. [ Slang, southwestern U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

[ Origin unknown. ] An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close-grained wood; -- called also
dahoon holly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a resident of Idaho. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of Hibiscus, Ochroma, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which is used for strings and cordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the South American name. ] 1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia (Swietenia Mahogoni), found in tropical America. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Several other trees, with wood more or less like mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany (Khaya Senegalensis), Australian mahogany (Eucalyptus marginatus), Bastard mahogany (Batonia apetala of the West Indies), Indian mahogany (Cedrela Toona of Bengal, and trees of the genera Soymida and Chukrassia), Madeira mahogany (Persea Indica), Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch (Betula lenta), also the several species of Cercocarpus of California and the Rocky Mountains. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A table made of mahogany wood. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To be under the mahogany, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table. [ Eng. ] --
To put one's legs under some one's mahogany, to dine with him. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A South African lemur (Galago maholi), having very large ears. [ Written also moholi. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Same as Mohammed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Mohammedan. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. See Mohammedanism and Islam. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mahometanized p. pr. & vb. n. Mahometanizing ] To convert to Islam, the religion of Mohammed; to Mohammedanize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mohammedanism and Islam. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Muslim. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Islam. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large Turkish ship. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Named after Bernard McMahon. ] (Bot.) The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) The African white two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native name. Cf. Maori. ] (Ethnol.) One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who's this, my mahound cousin ? Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. mahāwat, Skr. mahāmātra; mahat great + mātrā measure. ] The keeper and driver of an elephant. [ East Indies ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mach.) A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Min.) A name given in Hawaii to lava having a relatively smooth or billowing surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called aa. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } n. [ Abbrev. fr. Narragansett Indian poquaûhock. ] (Zool.) An American market clam (Venus mercenaria). It is sold in large quantities, and is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is also applied to other allied species, as Venus Mortoni of the Gulf of Mexico. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. racahout, probably fr. Ar. rāqaut. ] A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ North American Indian, bread. ] (Bot.) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.: (a) A certain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled seeds; -- called also burning bush. (b) Cascara buckthorn. (c) Basswood. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A dark blue scombroid food fish (Acanthocibium solandri or Acanthocibium petus) of Florida and the West Indies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Bot.) An American tree, the winged elm. (Ulmus alata). [ 1913 Webster ]