MAHDIISM
Mah"di*ism, n.
Defn: See Mahdism.
MAHDISM
Mah"dism, n.
Defn: Belief in the coming of the Mahdi; fanatical devotion to the cause of the Mahdi or a pretender to that title. — Mah"dist (#), n.
Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed. E. N. Bennett.
MAHL-STICK
Mahl"-stick`, n.
Defn: See Maul-stick.
MAHOE
Ma"hoe, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of Hibiscus, Ochroma, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which is used for strings and cordage.
MAHOGANY
Ma*hog"a*ny, n. Etym: [From the South American name.]