mâchurer, v.a., to daub, to smear, to smudge, to blacken; (print.) to maculate.
macis, n.m., mace (spice).
m.a.c.l. (initial letters of the words Maison Assurée contre l’Incendie), house insured against fire.
maclage, n.m., mixing of glass (when in the furnace).
macle, n.f., (bot.) water-caltrop; (min.) macle; sort of net; (her.) mascle. V. macre.
macler, v.a., to mix hard and soft glass together in the furnace.
maçon, n.m., mason, bricklayer; mason, freemason. C’est un vrai —; he is a bungler.
maçonnage, n.m., mason’s work, masonry, stone-work.
maçonner, v.a., to do mason’s work, masonry; to plaster; to bungle, to do badly. — une porte; to wall up a door. Voyez comme il a maçonné cela; see in what a slovenly manner he has done that.
maçonnerie (-so-n-rî), n.f., masonry, mason’s work; stone-work; masonry, free-masonry. — en liaison; bound masonry. — brute; ashlar. — de blocaille; rubber-work. — maillée; net-work.