The Bible in Spain, Vol. 2 [of 2] / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula

by George Borrow

Matador. Span. and Port. (1) A slayer, murderer. (2) The man who kills the bull. See note, i. 170.

Mato. Port. A forest; or more exactly, a wild country, full of bushes and thickets.

Maughrabie. Arab. A Borrovian adaptation of the Arabic Al Maghrib, the west, signifying Mauretania, or North-Western Africa.

Mayim. Hebr. Waters.

Mayor. Span. and Port. Greater.

Mayordomo. Span. and Port. House steward, or major-domo.

Mearrah. Hebr. and Arab. Cemetery. Lit. a cave. Hebr. m‘arah, Arab. maghārah.

Meclis, Meklis. Eng. Rom. Leave off! have done! “‘Meklis,’ said Mrs. Chikno, ‘pray drop all that, sister’” (The Romany Rye, ch. v.). P. ii. 112, 434; Pp. 369; M. viii. 19.

Medico. Span. and Port. A physician.

Meforshim. Hebr. The commentators. More correctly, m’fár’shim.