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111mee maw — Verb. To pull faces. From the exagerrated expressions made on the faces of conversing mill workers, in an attempt to make themselves understood over the din of machinery. Lancashire use. 1900s? …
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115Maumee — /maw mee , maw mee/, n. 1. a city in NW Ohio. 15,747. 2. a river in E Indiana and W Ohio, flowing NE to Lake Erie, at Toledo. 175 mi. (280 km) long. * * * …
116Mogadishu — /maw gah dee shooh/, n. a seaport in and the capital of Somalia, in the S part. 400,000. Italian, Mogadiscio /maw gah dee shaw/. * * * City (pop., 1999 est.: metro. area, 1,162,000), capital of Somalia, located north of the Equator on the Indian… …
117Momoyama — /maw maw yah mah/, n. See Azuchi Momoyama. * * * …
118Moravia — /maw ray vee euh, rah , moh /; for 1 also It. /maw rddah vyah/, n. 1. Alberto /ahl berdd taw/, (Alberto Pincherle), 1907 90, Italian writer. 2. Czech, Morava. German, Mähren. a region in the E Czech Republic: former province of Austria. * * *… …
119Moreau — /maw roh /; Fr. /maw rddoh /, n. 1. Gustave /gyuus tannv /, 1826 98, French painter. 2. Jeanne /zhahn/, born 1928, French film actress. 3. Jean Victor /zhahonn veek tawrdd /, 1763 1813, French general. * * * (as used in expressions) Gottschalk… …
120Morel — /maw rel /; Fr. /maw rddel /, n. Jean /zhahonn/, 1903 75, French orchestra conductor. * * * Any of various species of edible mushrooms in the genera Morchella and Verpa. Morels have a convoluted or pitted head, or cap, vary in shape, and occur in …
