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Mattins
- unknown - Same as matins
- This service (like Evensong) was created by Thomas Cranmer from the sevenfold monastic cycle of prayer. Although less common these days, it still takes place in many British Cathedrals before or after the Eucharist on a Sunday morning.
Mattock
- noun - a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle
Mattoid
- - A person of congenitally abnormal mind bordering on insanity or degeneracy.
Mattoir
- - A kind of coarse punch with a rasplike face, used for making a rough surface on etching ground, or on the naked copper, the effect after biting being very similar to stippled lines.
Mattole
- noun - a member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California
- the Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole
Matured
- verb - become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"
- cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
- cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
- develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast";
- develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts"
- fully considered and perfected; "mature plans"
- fully ripe; at the height of bloom; "a full-blown rose"
- grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
Maturer
- - One who brings to maturity.
Matures
- verb - become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"
- cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
- cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
- develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast";
- develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts"
- grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
Matweed
- - A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.
Matzahs
- noun - brittle flat bread eaten at Passover