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adv. To a fathomless depth; profoundly. “Abysmally ignorant.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Physically. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a baptismal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By tens; by means of decimals. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which formally makes this [ charity ] a Christian grace, is the spring from which it flows. Smalridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

You and your followers do stand formally divided against the authorized guides of the church and rest of the people. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_; a lock of wool. ] (Bot.) Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.

a. Not maleable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities; in an infinitesimal degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an informal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also maul. ] [ OE. malle, F. mail, L. malleus. Cf. Malleus. ] 1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A heavy blow. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall. Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Malled p. pr. & vb. n. Malling. ] [ Cf. OF. mailler. See Mall beetle, and cf. Malleate. ] To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG. mahal assembly, transaction; akin to AS. mæðel, meðel, assembly, m&aemacr_;lan to speak, Goth. maþl market place. ] Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly. Hence: (a) A court of justice. (b) A place where justice is administered. (c) A place where public meetings are held. [ 1913 Webster ]

Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or malls, ceased. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A public access area containing a promenade for pedestrians; as, to gather near the Washington monument on the mall in Washington. [ PJC ]

2. The paved or grassy strip between two roadways. [ PJC ]

3. A shopping area with multiple shops and a concourse for predominantly or exclusively pedestrian use; in cities the concourse is usually a city street which may be temporarily or permamently closed to motor vehicles; in suburban areas, a mall is often located on a convenient highway, may be large, contained in one building or in multiple buildings connected by (usually covered) walkways. Also called shopping mall [ PJC ]

n. [ F. malari, fr. mâle male + -art = -ard. See Male, a., and -ard. ] 1. (Zool.) A drake; the male of Anas boschas. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also greenhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. F. malléabilité. ] The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed to friability and brittleness. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. malléable, fr. LL. malleare to hammer. See Malleate. ] 1. Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being influenced to behave as desired; tractable; -- used mostly of children. [ PJC ]

Malleable iron, iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under the hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See under Iron. --
Malleable iron castings, articles cast from pig iron and made malleable by heating then for several days in the presence of some substance, as hematite, which deprives the cast iron of some of its carbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make malleable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being malleable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the malleus. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Malleated p. pr. & vb. n. Malleating ] [ L. malleatus hammered, fr. malleus a hammer. See Mall, v. t. ] To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. malleatio: cf. OF. malléation. ] The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Malicho. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native name. ] 1. (Bot.) A dwarf Australian eucalypt with a number of thin stems springing from a thickened stock. The most common species are Eucalyptus dumosa and Eucalyptus Gracilis. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Scrub or thicket formed by the mallee. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Zool.) [ From native name. ] The leipoa, or Australian moundbird; it incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds. See Leipoa.
Syn. -- mallee fowl, mallee-fowl, leipoa, lowan, Leipoa ocellata. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.), Same as mallee bird (Leipoa ocellata). See also Leipoa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.), The adult female of the mallee fowl (Leipoa ocellata). See Leipoa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. (Zool.) See Mollemoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Far.) Same as Malanders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Malleolus. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the malleolus; in the region of the malleoli of the ankle joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Malleoli [ L., dim. of malleus hammer. ] 1. (Anat.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of the fibula the external. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. “ A layer, ” a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. maillet, dim. of mail. See Mall a beetle. ] A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Mallei [ L., hammer. See Mall a beetle. ] 1. (Anat.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. mallo`s a lock of wool + fagei^n to eat. ] (Zool.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr Gr. &unr_; fleecy. ] (Zool.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The natural family Malvaceae, a dilleniid dicot family consisting of herbs and shrubs and some trees, and including the mallows, cotton, and okra. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ OE. malwe, AS. mealwe, fr. L. malva, akin to Gr. mala`chh; cf. mala`ssein to soften, malako`s soft. Named either from its softening or relaxing properties, or from its soft downy leaves. Cf. Mauve, Malachite. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The flowers of the common mallow (Malva sylvestris) are used in medicine. The dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia) is a common weed, and its flattened, dick-shaped fruits are called cheeses by children. Tree mallow (Malva Mauritiana and Lavatera arborea), musk mallow (Malva moschata), rose mallow or hollyhock, and curled mallow (Malva crispa), are less commonly seen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Indian mallow. See Abutilon. --
Jew's mallow, a plant (Corchorus olitorius) used as a pot herb by the Jews of Egypt and Syria. --
Marsh mallow. See under Marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any plant of the order Malvaceae. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a normal manner. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. See Pall-mall. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer, fr. L. malleus. See 1st Ball, and Mall a beetle. ] A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [ Written also pail-mail and pell-mell. ] Sir K. Digby. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Anat.) On or toward a proximal part; proximad. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Smallclothes. [ Colloq. ] Hood. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Same as Little go. See under Little, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make little or less. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Smaller superl. Smallest. ] [ OE. small, AS. smael; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali small cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. mh^lon a sheep or goat. ] 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river. [ 1913 Webster ]

To compare
Great things with small. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean. [ 1913 Webster ]

A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. “A still, small voice.” 1 Kings xix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great and small, of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially of persons. “His quests, great and small.” Chaucer. --
Small arms, muskets, rifles, pistols, etc., in distinction from cannon. --
Small beer. See under Beer. --
Small coal. (a) Little coals of wood formerly used to light fires. Gay. (b) Coal about the size of a hazelnut, separated from the coarser parts by screening. --
Small craft (Naut.), a vessel, or vessels in general, of a small size. --
Small fruits. See under Fruit. --
Small hand, a certain size of paper. See under Paper. --
Small hours. See under Hour. --
Small letter. (Print.), a lower-case letter. See Lower-case, and Capital letter, under Capital, a. --
Small piece, a Scotch coin worth about 21/4d. sterling, or about 41/2cents. --
Small register. See the Note under 1st Register, 7. --
Small stuff (Naut.), spun yarn, marline, and the smallest kinds of rope. R. H. Dana, Jr. --
Small talk, light or trifling conversation; chitchat. --
Small wares (Com.), various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and the like. M‘Culloch. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly. [ Obs. ] “I wept but small.” Chaucer. “It small avails my mood.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not loudly; faintly; timidly. [ Obs. or Humorous ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You may speak as small as you will. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Small + F. ache smallage. See Ach parsley. ] (Bot.) A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches. [ 1913 Webster ]