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Malaga Wine – Mandible

Malaga Wine

a sweet Spanish wine produced in the province of Malaga.

It is one of the "muscatel" wines, and is rich, luscious, and full of body.

Malaria

a morbid poison formerly believed to be due to emanations generated by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter under certain conditions of heat and moisture. Modern investigation has proved the disease to be caused by the bite of the MOSQUITO (q. v.).

Maldonado

naval station of Uruguay, on the Plata estuary, 60 miles E. of Montevideo. Has fortifications, with notable civic buildings, grouped round large square. Pop. 5,000.

Malic Acid

in chemistry, C₂H₂O CH3OHX COOH Discovered by Scheele in 1785. It is very widely diffused through the vegetable kingdom, chiefly in combination with potassium and calcium.

It is found in abundance in nearly all garden fruits, such as apples, cherries, and strawberries.

Malleco

one of the provinces of Chile. The W. part is mountainous, the main product of the province being timber taken from the well-wooded slopes. Area, 2,900 square miles; pop. about 120,000.

Maltese Cross

a cross formed of the badge of the Knights of Malta. The four arrow-heads meeting at the points; eight points of this cross are said to symbolize the eight beatitudes. This form of cross is the emblem of the order known as "King's Daughters and Sons."

Maltese Dog

a small variety of spaniel, with long, silky hair, most frequently white; the muzzle is round. MALTESE ISLANDS. See MALTA.

Malvern Hill

an eminence near the James river, S. E. of Richmond, Va Here, on July 1, 1862, the Confederates under Lee were defeated by the Union army under McClellan.

MAMARONECK

Man

ISLE OF. See ISLE OF MAN.

MANAAR (mä-när'), GULF OF, an inlet of salt water lying between Ceylon and the Madras coast, and closed on the N. by a low reef of rocks and islands called Adam's Bridge. Its extreme width is nearly 200 miles. The gulf is famous for its pearl fisheries.

Manabi

province of Ecuador, of which the capital is Puerto Viejo. Adjuts on the coast and produces cacao, sugar, and other agricultural products. agricultural products .

Pop. about 65,000.

Mandatory

a term employed in the Covenant of the League of Nations, employed signifying that certain territory containing a backward population is placed temporarily under the suzerainty of one of the members of the League for administrative purposes.

Mandible

a name applied to various jaw-organs-e. g., the third pair of appendages in crustaceans, the first pair of true appendages in in insects, the lower jaw in vertebrates.