MACHO, MACHA. _Span._ A mule, male or female. Considering that, even in Spanish, _macho_ did, and does, signify a male animal of any kind—being an abbreviation of the Latin _masculus_—_macha_, a she-mule, is rather a strange word! MADRILATI. _Rom._ Madrid. Also _Adalí_, J. In thieves’ slang also _Gao_ (= _gav_, a town), Z. ii. * 54. But H. gives _gao_ = _piojo_ (a louse). MAHA. _Sanscr._ Great. Persian _mih_. MAHASNI, plur. MAKHASNIAH. _Arab._ Soldiers. More correctly, men of the garrison; defenders. MAI. _Port._ Mother. MAILLA. _Rom._ A she-ass. P. ii. 454. Apparently only found in Eng. Romany. MAJARÓ. _Rom._ Holy. P. ii. 462. MAJO, MAJA. Dandy; fancy man or girl. _Majo_, scarcely to be rendered in any foreign language, is a word of more general signification than _manolo_, q.v. The one is a dandy, or smart fellow, all over Spain; the other is used only of a certain class in Madrid. MAJOON. I cannot find this word, but it is apparently the name of some intoxicating substance, and is probably connected with the Arabic _majnūn_ = possessed by a _jinn_, mad. MAKHIAH. _Arab._ Brandy made of figs. More correctly, _ma’iyya_. MALO. _Span._ Bad, wicked. MALVADO. _Span._ and _Port._ Malicious, evil disposed. MAN. _Rom._ Me. P. i. 229; Pp. 66; M. xi. 22. MANOLO. _Span._ _Manolo_ is a somewhat difficult word to translate. It is applied to the flash or fancy man and his _manola_ in Madrid only; a class fond of pleasure, of fine clothes, of bull-fights, and of sunshine, with a code of honour of their own; men and women rather picturesque than exemplary, and eminently racy of the soil. MANRÓ. _Rom._ Bread or corn. Estremadura is thus called _Chim del Manró_, “The Land of Corn.” P. ii. 440; Pp. 350; M. viii. 12. Given as _marron_, G. i. 177. MANTA. _Span._ and _Port._ A woollen blanket. _Á manta de Dios_ = copiously. The word has nothing to do with the national _cloak_ of Spain, which is _la capa_. MANTILLA. _Span._ The characteristic headdress of Spanish ladies, of black silk or lace, drawn over the back of the head and shoulders. Dimin. of _manta_. MAR. _Span._ and _Port._ Sea. MARAVEDÍ. _Span._ A coin of various weights and values. See Burke’s _History of Spain_, ii. 282. MAREQUITA. _Span._ Dimin. of Maria. MARIPOSA. _Span._ A butterfly; a night light. MAS. _Span._ More. MATADOR. _Span._ and _Port._ (1) A slayer, murderer. (2) The man who kills the bull. See note, i. 170. MATO. _Port._ A forest; or more exactly, a wild country, full of bushes and thickets. MAUGHRABIE. _Arab._ A Borrovian adaptation of the Arabic _Al Maghrib_, the west, signifying Mauretania, or North-Western Africa. MAYIM. _Hebr._ Waters. MAYOR. _Span._ and _Port._ Greater. MAYORDOMO. _Span._ and _Port._ House steward, or major-domo. MEARRAH. _Hebr._ and _Arab._ Cemetery. Lit. a cave. Hebr. _m_‘_arah_, Arab. _maghārah._