(p. 874) muṣala a mallet, a club; a rammer; a pestle (esp. of a husking-tree which is operated in the seesaw manner or of a mortar). ̃ধারা n. torrential downpour. মুষলধারে বৃষ্টি পড়া to rain cats and dogs, to rain in torrents. 38)

(p. 852) māna2 honour, respect; cordial reception; fame; dignity; pride; (dero.) vanity. মান দেওয়া v. to treat with honour or deference. মান রাখা v. to do honour to, to respect, to heed; to do the honours (to); to save one's face. 93)

(p. 879) mēda fat; marrow. ̃জ a. produced from fat. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. growth of fat, corpulence, obesity. 25)

(p. 885) mauna abstention from speech; reticence. a. (inc. but pop.) same as মৌনী । মৌন ত্যাগ করা, মৌন ভঙ্গ করা v. to break silence (esp. after the completion of a vow of abstaining from speech). ̃ব্রত n. a vow of abstaining from speech. ̃ব্রতী a. abstaining from speech under a vow. ̃ভাব n. reticence, silence. মৌনভাব ধারণ করা v. to keep silent. ̃সম্মতি n. silent assent; tacit assent or consent; consent implied by silence. ̃স্বভাব a. habitually reserved in speech, typically parsimonious in speaking, taciturn. মৌনাবলম্বন করা v. to undertake a vow of abstaining from speech; to keep silent. মৌনী a. abstaining from speech under a vow; silent, reticent; speechless or dumbfounded (বিস্ময়ে মৌনী); mute (মৌনী প্রকৃতি). 9)

(p. 852) mājha the middle, the centre; the inside or interior; the midst or company (পুরুষের মাঝে); the bottom of one's heart (আমার মাঝে) a. middle, half (মাঝপথ). মাঝ থেকে from the middle or centre or inside or interior or midst; from the bottom of one's heart; being innocently or unnecessarily involved (তোমরা করলে চুরি আর মাঝ থেকে সে খেল মার). ̃খান same as মাঝ (n.) ̃খানে same as মাঝে । ̃দরিয়া n. mid-stream; mid-ocean, mid-sea. ̃নদী n. mid-river, mid-stream. ̃নদীতে adv. half way into the river. মাঝে adv. meanwhile, in the meantime. মাঝেমধ্যে, মাঝেমাঝে adv. off and on, from time to time, at times. 28)

(p. 872) muddata time limit, fixed or stipulated time; deadline. 49)

(p. 882) mōdaka a ball-shaped sweetmeat (usu. made of posset); an invigorating (and also intoxicating) drug made of hempleaves; a confectioner. 27)

(p. 852) māḍh়ī (anat.) the gum. মাঢ়ীর দাঁত a cheek-tooth, a molar tooth. 45)

(p. 852) māmi the wife of a maternal uncle, an aunt. ̃শাশুড়ি fem. the wife of a maternal uncle of one's husband or wife, an aunt-in-law. 144)

(p. 867) mirajāi a waist-coat or vest with cotton padding inside. 3)

(p. 828) maghā the tenth of the twenty-seven stars according to the Hindu astronomy.

(p. 876) mūṣā2, mūṣika the rat; the mouse (pl. mice). 23)

(p. 846) maśāri a mosquito curtain, a mosquito net. মশারি খাটানো v. to rig up a mosquito curtain. 7)

(p. 847) mahakumā a subdivision of a district. ̃শাসক, ̃হাকিম n. a subdivisional officer, (contr.) an S.D.O. ̃সংক্রান্ত a. subdivisional. 5)

(p. 839) mandākrāntā a metre of Sanskrit poetry. 28)