1. Serving to assist childbirth. Cudworth.
2. Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language. Payne.
MAIEUTICS
Ma*ieu"tics, n.
Defn: The art of giving birth (i. e., clearness and conviction) to ideas, which are conceived as struggling for birth. Payne.
MAIGER
Mai"ger, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The meagre.
MAIGRE
Mai"gre, a. Etym: [F. See Meager.]
Defn: Belonging to a fast day or fast; as, a maigre day. Walpole.
Maigre food (R. C. Ch.), food allowed to be eaten on fast days.
MAIHEM
Mai"hem, n.
Defn: See Maim, and Mayhem.