MAUSOLEAN
Mau`so*le"an, a. Etym: [L. Mausoleus. See Mausoleum.]
Defn: Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.
MAUSOLEUM
Mau`so*le"um, n.; pl. E. Mausoleums, L. -lea. Etym: [L. mausoleum,
Gr.
Defn: A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
MAUTHER Mau"ther, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. mæg a maid.] [Also spelled mawther, mother.]
Defn: A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [Prov. Eng.]
MAUVANILINE
Mauv`an"i*line, n. (Chem.)
Defn: See Mauve aniline, under Mauve.
MAUVE Mauve, n. Etym: [F., mallow, L. malva. So named from the similarity of the color to that of the petals of common mallow, Malva sylvestris. See Mallow.]
Defn: A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac. Mauve aniline (Chem.), a dyestuff produced artificially by the oxidation of commercial aniline, and the first discovered of the so-called coal- tar, or aniline, dyes. It consists of the sulphate of mauveïne, and is a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a beatiful purple color. Called also aniline purple, violine, etc.