MATASSINA: a skein. Tra. 42.
MATITA ROSSA: red chalk; red hæmatite (Dict., Baretti); perhaps, jewellers’ rouge. Tra. 150, 152.
MATTONE, MATTONCELLI: tiles; baked bricks.
MATURO: ripe, mature, of the colour of the ruby. Tra. 38.
MAZZAPICCHIARE: to ram. Tra. 174.
MAZZAPICCHIO: a rammer; a wooden instrument three cubits long and widening to the bottom to a quarter of a cubit, used for tightening in the soil into the pit that contains the mould. Tra. 174.
MAZZETTA: see [MARTELLO].
MAZZUOLO: a mallet. Tra. 199.
MESTOLETTA: a spoon or ladle. Tra. 138.
MEZZANA: a flooring brick or tile. Tra. 175.