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M A J 2t ) M A L
MAJESTY, a tide ¡¡i,'en to kings, wilieh frequendy
{1!r\' . S as a term of ddhnétion.
Thus the emp<ror is e.•lled S.ered M .lje(ly, 100perial
l\!ajdly, and Crelari.n M _jd ly : the k,ng 01 Franee is
caJJ<d his Mo(l ChnUian !llajd ly, and when he trca's
Wi lh Ihl! emp~rorJ the word S"CItd i5 added j and the
king of Spain is termed his Moti C. ,hulie Majd ly:
wi,h refpea to o,her kings, the name of the ktngdom
is . dded, as his Bri,annie M.jetly, his Polifh M_jdly,
éc formerl y prince, were more (paring in g'Ylng
tides and more moddt iR claiming them : before the
reign of Charles V. ,he kings of Sp,in had only the
title of H ighn ·fs ; and befor< tha! of H enry VIII. ,he
kiu~s of Enghnd were only addrdred und.. the utle
of G ' aee and H'ghnefs.
MAIL . or coa' of MA IL , a pieee of defenfive arlDour
for lhe body, made of fmall iroo rings. inlerwovcn in
the m~nner of a oel
A fliol1 ifMAI LS Ulld Du/jo, inSc\.its law. 8 ec LAW,
T it. xxx . 20.
M AINE, a river of Germany, whieh rifes on the ea(l fide
of the cireJe of Franconia, and running from ean to
we(l difeharges i,felf in,o the Rhine at Men,z .
M AINPRISE, in law. is the rectiving • perfon in,o
friendly eu(lody, who might olherwife be eommitted
to nrifon, on reeuri,y given tha, h< fhall be foetheo·
minJ?: al a rertain time "nd place appointed.
MA lOR, in ,he atl of war, the name of feveral ollieo"
oi very different r~nks and funfllons ¡ as. l . Mlijor
,C'.,~ri\l, rh,- nex' officer tO Ihe: lieutenant general : his
chief bufinefs is [O receive Ihe rs (rom the general,
or io his abrenoe from ,be li<utenant general of the
day : whieh he i. 10 diflribu,e tO the ~rig¡de.m.jors,
with whom he ¡, tO regulate the gU..trds, convoys. and
det;¡chmenu. 'Vhen thefe are two atlacks al A (¡ege,
he eommands th.. on lhe left. H e ough, tO be well
aequainted wi,h ,he (lrength of eaeh brigade, of t .eh
regiment in panicular, and lO have a \i(l of 011 Ihe
6e1d offieers. In fhon, he i. in the arnly Wh"l a
major 15 in a regiment He is alJowed 3n aid de camp,
and has a f<rjeant and H,een m<n for his guard 2 .
Major of a brig;:tde, r'le officer who receives tht' olden
from the major.general, and afterwards delivers Ihem
to the .dju,on" 01 the regimenlS .t the head of the
brigade : where he takes and marches the detachmenls,
rbc to che general rendezvous . He ought to be an
expC'rf captain, to know the tlale and condition of the
bri~ade, and keep , roll of ,he eolonels. lieu,enan:·eolo ·
;,els m.jors, and adju"n". 3. M . jor ofa regimen" the
"ex. offieer to ,he lieu,enant·eolonel , generally pro·
mOled from lhe olde(l eaptain. H e i, to lake eare
that the regiment be well excrcifed, to fte it march in
good orde r, Rnrl to rally it in of i,s being broke.
H e i, ,he only oRleer among ,he foo, ,hat is allowt d
to be on horfehack in lime of aétion, that he may the
more n:adíly eXt'cutt 1he colone)', orders eithn in
ad ,tancing or drawing off the rtgiment, 4. Major of
8 re~iment of horre, is the C,rlt c;'ptain, who commands
in the .~.rence of ,he eolonel. 5. TOIVn. m' jor, the
third affiel r in a ~.,rifon, being nex, 'o ,he depu,y.
Eo.ernor. H e ought to fortifieation, and
VOL, llI, N° 69. 2
ha,h eharge of ,he gllard., round., pairo!,. Ó(. H i,
bufinefs is ",Iro to takc care: lhat the foldlers arros are
in guod ord~r; he IIkcwire ordétS lhe: g,ues tu be o·
p~ned and !'hut, and gwes the governur an accouot oí
.11 ,hat p..tr,·s within ,he place.
Ther\! are alfo aids m~jor, drums-majar, &c ro
ealltd from lheir preheminenee ahove olhen of ,he
fame denominauon.
MAJO R, in logie, ,he 6rtl propoG,ion of a ryllogiCm . See
Lo c te.
M -\ j ORANA, iobotany S.. O.,CANU.1.
M /\jORCA. lhe capital of a SpaniOI i(l.,oJ of the fame
: E . long. 1 ° 30' , N . la, 3\1" 30'.
This Inand is in the Methterranearl fea , about fixty
miles long, and fo"y five broad, G,u.lltd about eigh"
mIles {ou,h of ,he of Catolooia, and an hu",lred
miles ea(l of Valencia
MAIRE, or jlrdgl-" o[ L, MA '''. i" to Cape
[-Jorn, fi,ua,ed bt twetn T erra del Fuego io Sou,h A·
meriea, ond Statten IOand; whieh being diCeovered bv
L e M aire, obtained his name.
MAIZ. See Z EA
MALA, the eheek, in anatomy. See ANA TOMY . p. 160.
M .-\ L ABAR, lhe Cou,h wetl eo.11 of ,he peninCul. oC
hither India, about 400 miles long, and 100 broad,
bounded ~y V,f"pour on the nonh by the moun·
tains of Balig..e, on the eatl; and by the Indlan oeeaD
on ,he wdl and iouth .
M ALACCA. the moti· fou,herly part of the fuether
ptllinfula of India, abou, 600 miles loog, .nd generally
abou, 200 miles broad; bouoded by Si.m, on ,he
north,, ; by the bayo: Siam and the Iodl4D ocean, on
the eaU ; and by ,he (lreights of M.I.eea, on the fou,h·
we(l. The capital of this eountry, whieh is alfo
eommonly ealled Mal,eca, is filuated in 100' of E.
long. And 2° 30' N . lat .
MALACHI , or ,h, proph,,) O[ MAL"CH ' , a eaMnieal
book of ,he old Te(lament, and lhe I. n of ,h< twelve
letrer proph. ... M . laehi proph.fied abou, three hun–
d red yean b<fore Chri(l, reproving the Jews for ,heir
wickednefs after their returo from Sa ·)'Ion, charging
them with rebellion, retcnlege, adultery, prophaneDt:fs,
and inGddlty, and eondemning the prid ls for being
feandalou(l)· earelof, in Iheir mini(ll y : at ,he fame time
DOt forgelling tO C('Icourage the pious fcw, who, in
tha! corrupt ap,e, maintained tneir integrity. This
prophet ditltnOly poinlS a' ,he MrOiah, who was fud–
deply 10 COme 'o his tr",ple, and 'o be in, roduccd by
Elij. h the prophe, ,hat i" by john the Baplitl, wh.o
e. me in ,he fpirit and powrr of Eli., or E\ijah.
M AL ACIA, in medicine, is a I.nguifhing dirorder inci·
dt'nt [O prtgnant \IIomen, in which tht:y long rometimes
for one kind of rond, rlnd fometiOlCs for anather, and
ea&. il Vli th 3n extri\ordin;uy greedlneCs.
MALACOPTERYG IOUS, .:mong ich,hyologi(ls, an
appellation given to fueh fifhes as have ,he rayo of ,heir
(lOS bony, bUl nol pointed or Iharp al the exuemitíes,
like ,hore of aean'hop'erygious firhe,.
MALACOSTOMOUS F 1 SH ES, ,hore detli,ute of teet"
in 'he , ealled in Englifh I(a'her· mou,hed ; as ,he
ten, h, carp, bream, oc.
F t MAL r' ,