Defn: A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.
MAASHA
Ma*ash"a, n.
Defn: An East Indian coin, of about one tenth of the weight of a rupee.
MAAT
Maat, a. [See Mate, a.]
Defn: Dejected; sorrowful; downcast. [Obs.] "So piteous and so maat."
Chaucer.
MAB
Mab (mab), n. [Cf. W. mad a male child, a boy.]
1. A slattern. [Prov. Eng.]
2. The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy. Shak.
MABBLE
Mab"ble, v. t.
Defn: To wrap up. [Obs.]