(p. 831) madhyā, madhyāṅguli the middle finger. 50)

(p. 839) maphassala, maphasbala localities outside great towns or headquarters (cp. an outstation), mofussil. 39)

(p. 852) māthāla a kind of improvised wickerumbrella; the top of a pillar, a capital. 69)

(p. 878) mṛt earth, clay. ̃কাণ্ডজ n. (bot.) a radical leaf. মৃত্ক্ষয় রোধ n. prevention of soil erosion. ̃পাত্র n. an earthen pot or vessel, an earthenware. ̃পিণ্ড n. a lump of clay or earth, a clod of earth. ̃শিল্প n. the potter's art, pottery; clay-modelling. ̃সংরক্ষণ n. soil-conservation. 4)

(p. 876) mūlōcchēda karā, mūlōtpāṭana extirpation, eradication; (fig.) complete destruction. মূলোচ্ছেদ করা, মূলোত্পাটন করা v. to uproot, to root out, to extirpate, to eradicate; (fig.) to pay for; to destroy completely or thoroughly. 20)

(p. 879) mēlānō2 (pron. ম্যালানো) to cause to open or spread out. 49)

(p. 846) maśagula engrossed, absorbed, rapt, thoroughly occupied. 2)

(p. 867) mistri a mechanic, an artisan, a smith; a machine foreman; a skilled or chief mechanic or artisan. 27)

(p. 864) māsānta the last day of a month or near about it. মাসান্তিক a. of or about the end of a month, that which happens at the end of a month. 23)

(p. 831) maḍ়ka a pestilence, a plague; (of cattle, beasts and birds) a murrain; widespread death (মাছের মড়ক). মড়ক লেগেছে a pestilence or a murrain has broken out; death is taking a heavy toll of lives. ̃খোলা n. a place for cremating or depositing (usu. neglectfully) people killed by a pestilence. 4)

(p. 839) maẏūra the peacock. ̃কন্ঠী a. peacockblue. n. a peacock-blue sari or shawl. ̃চূড়া, ̃শিখা n. peacock's crest. ̃পঙ্খি n. a boat shaped like a peacock. ̃পাখা n. a hand-fan made of the feathers of a peacock's tail. ̃পুচ্ছ n. the peacock's tail or feather. ̃শাবক n. a pea-chick. ময়ূরী n. fem. the pea-hen. 53)

(p. 872) mudārā (mus.) the scale of the medium tone, (cp.) barytone. 44)

(p. 879) maithuna sexual intercourse, copulation, cohabitation, coitus. 63)

(p. 874) mudraṇa printing; stamping; impression. মুদ্রণ করা v. to print; to stamp; to impress. মুদ্রণ নিবন্ধ press register. মুদ্রণনিবন্ধক n. press registrar. ̃প্রমাদ n. printing mistake. মুদ্রণ-শোধক n. press corrector, proof-reader. মুদ্রণ-শোধন n. press correction, proof-reading. মুদ্রণীয় a. printable, worth printing. 3)

(p. 844) malāi trampling; rubbing; scrubbing; massaging; threshing, thrashing. 18)