M.
Maas, see [Mosel].
Maba, Mabang, under [Mobba].
Macahua.
American: dialect of Mexico. See De Nagera: “Doctrina y Ensenança,” &c., Mexico, 1637.
Macaronic.
Species of burlesque or comic speech. See “Lexicon-Macaronicum, &c.,” by Bee, London, 1825. Macaronic verse is semi-polyglot, or full of philological absurdities.
Macassar.
Polynesian, of Malay character; dialect of S. Celebes, a large island adjoining Borneo. It is written in a peculiar native character. See [Bugis].