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Traditional English :: macle
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maclocosmic.html - n.
1 a twin crystal.
2 a dark spot in a mineral. [F f. L (as MACKLE)] |
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English Idioms :: mackerel
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maclocosmic.html - See: HOLY CATS or HOLY MACKEREL. |
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Traditional English :: Mac
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maclocosmic.html - n. colloq. 1 a Scotsman. 2 US man (esp. as a form of address). [Mac- as a patronymic prefix in many Scottish and Irish surnames] |
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Traditional English :: mac
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maclocosmic.html - n.
(also mack) Brit. colloq. mackintosh. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: macabre
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maclocosmic.html - adj. grim, gruesome. [ME f. OF macabr÷ perh. f. Macab÷ a Maccabee, with ref. to a miracle play showing the slaughter of the Maccabees] |
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Traditional English :: macadam
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maclocosmic.html - n. 1 material for road-making with successive layers of compacted broken stone. 2 = TARMACADAM. macadamize v.tr. (also -ise). [J. L. McAdam, Brit. surveyor d. 1836, who advocated using this material] |
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