Matador
the individual who, at a bullfight, attempts to kill the bull with a thrust of a sword.
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Single-source entries: M (33)
Each of these 12 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
Matagalpa
capital of the Matagalpa department, Nicaragua, 12 miles S. E. of Jinotega. On elevated plateau, in fertile agricultural region, has a large trade in coffee and tobacco. Pop. about 17,500.
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Matamoros
a port of Mexico, opposite Brownsville, Tex., on the Rio Grande, 40 miles from its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico. With the other Mexican towns on the river it has formed a free-trade league since 1861. The Rio Grande is navigable for small vessels as far as Reynosa, and a railway from Matamoros extends beyond this point to San Miguel (75 miles). Pop. (1920) about 10,000. Another Matamoros is in the Mexican state of Puebla, 4,100 feet above sea-level. It has coal mines.
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Matanuska
a river in Alaska, emptying into Cook Inlet at Kink Arm. The valley of the river is important because of its rich coal deposits, the United States Government having undertaken to construct railroads for their development. A large part, 7,680 acres in extent, is to be reserved for exclusive government use.
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Matanzas
a seaport on the N. W. coast of Cuba, capital of the province of the same name, 52 miles E. of Havana, with a large, safe, and convenient harbor; has considerable commerce, exporting sugar, molasses, and coffee, and ranking in importance next to MATÉ Havana. Following American intervention, Matanzas greatly increased in prosperity. It is the third city in Cuba in population. On April 27, 1898, the forts protecting Matanzas harbor were shelled and destroyed by the United SKELETON OF MASTODON States warships "New York," "Cincinnati," and "Puritan." Pop. about 65,000. The province of Matanzas is one of the six territorial Cuban divisions; area, 3,700 square miles; pop. about 270,000.
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Match
anything which readily catches fire, either from a spark or by friction, and is used for conveying, communicating, or retaining fire; specifically, a a splint or strip of combustible material, usually us wood, one end of which is dipped in a composition that ignites by friction.
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Match-plate
A plate provided with pin-holes corresponding to pins and holes of the top and bottom flasks between which it is placed, to be rammed on both sides before it is removed, and thus save the labor of making a joint or parting. Should the patterns present one plain side, allowing all the mould to be contained in the nowel, all such may be secured to the lower side of the plate; but in the event of there being a portion in each flask, then the patterns must be cut and each part secured to the match-plate exactly opposite to each other on either side of the match-plate. See MATCH-PART; SAND ODD-PART.
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Matchlock
an old form of musket fired by means of a match. They were invented in the first half of the 15th century, and were succeeded by the arquebus. MATÉ (mä'tā), the plant that yields Paraguay tea, the Ilex Paraguayensis, a kind of holly, natural order Aquifoliaceæ. It has smooth, ovate-lanceolate, unequally serrated leaves, much branched racemes of flowers, the subdivisions of which are somewhat umbellate. In Brazil and other parts of South America the leaves are extensively used as a substitute for tea, the name maté having been transferred to the plant from the gourd or calabash in which the leaves are infused. Boiling water is poured upon the powdered leaves, then a lump of burned sugar and sometimes a few drops of lemon juice was added. Usually the infusion is sucked through a tube, sometimes of silver, having a perforated bulb to act as a strainer at the lower end. It contains theine, and acts as a slight aperient and diuretic.
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Material Cup
This cup will be found very useful to those who keep small material in bottles. The material, being placed in the cup, spreads out over the bottom, and the piece wanted is easily selected. The remainder can then be returned to the bottle through the spout with no danger of losing a piece.
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Materialism
that view of philosophy which consists in the denial of any immaterial part in man or in the uni- See PHILOSOPHY. verse. MATERIA MEDICA (ma-tē'ri-ä med'i-kä), a general term for the different medicines employed for curative purposes; a list of remedies. Also a description of the several material substances employed for curative purposes with an investigation into their modes of operation, and their effects upon the human frame. It includes both pharmacy, or pharmacology, and therapeutics.
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Mathew
THEOBALD, an Irish reformer; born in Thomastown Castle, near Cashel, Ireland, Oct. 10, 1790; entered the college at Maynooth in in 1807, and was ordained in the Franciscan order in 1814. On April 10, 1838, he signed a total abstinence pledge and began a temperance crusade. He traveled over all parts of Great Britain and Ireland, and in the United States in 1849-1851. In the course of the first five months of his work he administered the pledge at Cork alone to over 150,000 converts. The immediate results of his preaching were a marked decrease in crime and intoxication. Thousands of Father Mathew Total Abstinence Societies have been organized throughout the world in his honor. He died in Queenstown, Ireland, Dec 8, 1856.
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Mathew, Theobald
Theobald (1790-1856), the Irish "Apostle of Temperance." He was born in the county of Tipperary and was educated at Kilkenny, Maynooth, and Dublin. He entered an order of monks, the Capuchins, and joined the mission at Cork. He was a man of piety and simple eloquence. In 1838 he began the establishment of total abstinence societies. The movement spread rapidly to Limerick, Galway, and other Irish towns. Seventy thousand inhabitants of Dublin signed the pledge in five days. The government revenue from duties on liquors imported into Ireland fell off $3,000,000 in five years. In 1844 he visited Liverpool, Manchester, London, and other centers of workingmen, meeting everywhere with success. His good work for Ireland was neutralized in part by the potato famine. In 1849-51 he visited the United States , where Father Mathew societies still attest the respect in which his name is held. Queen Victoria granted him a pension in his old age. He died at Queenstown.
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