Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MACLE

n.A name given to chiastolite or hollow spar.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MACLE

Ma "cle, n. Etym: [L. macula a spot: cf. F. macle. Cf. Mackle, Mascle. ] (Min. ) (a ) Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite. (b ) A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance. (c ) A twin crystal.

 

MACLED

MACLED Ma "cled, a.

 

1. (Min. ) (a ) Marked like macle (chiastolite ). (b ) Having a twin structure. See Twin, a.

 

2. See Mascled.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

macle

ma cle |ˈmakəl ˈmækəl | ▶noun 1 a diamond or other crystal that is twinned. 2 another term for chiastolite. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French, from Anglo-Latin mascula ‘mesh. ’

 

Maclean, Alistair

Mac lean, Alistair |məˈklān məˈkleɪn | (1922 –87 ), Scottish novelist. He wrote thrillers including The Guns of Navarone (1957; movie, 1961 ), Where Eagles Dare (1967; movie, 1969 ), and Bear Island (1971; movie, 1979 ).

 

Maclean, Donald

Mac lean, Donald |məˈklān məˈkleɪn | (1913 –83 ), British foreign office official and Soviet spy; full name Donald Duart Maclean. He fled to the former Soviet Union with Guy Burgess in 1951.

 

MacLeish, Archibald

Mac Leish, Archibald |məˈklēSH məˈkliʃ | (1892 –1982 ), US poet and public official. His award-winning works include Conquistador (1932 ), Collected Poems (1952 ), and J.B. (1958 ). He was librarian of Congress 1939 –42.

 

Macleod, John James Rickard

Mac leod, John James Rickard |məˈkloud məˈklaʊd | (1876 –1935 ), Scottish physiologist. He directed the research on pancreatic extracts by Frederick G. Banting and Charles H. Best that led to the discovery and isolation of insulin. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1923 ), shared with Banting.

 

Oxford Dictionary

macle

macle |ˈmak (ə )l | ▶noun 1 a diamond or other crystal that is twinned. 2 another term for chiastolite. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French, from Anglo-Latin mascula ‘mesh ’.

 

Maclean, Alistair

Maclean, Alistair |məˈkleɪn | (1922 –87 ), Scottish novelist, writer of thrillers including The Guns of Navarone (1957 ) and Where Eagles Dare (1967 ).

 

Maclean, Donald

Maclean, Donald |məˈkleɪn | (1913 –83 ), British Foreign Office official and Soviet spy; full name Donald Duart Maclean. After acting as a Soviet agent from the late 1930s he fled to the USSR with Guy Burgess in 1951.

 

MacLeish, Archibald

Mac Leish, Archibald |məˈklēSH məˈkliʃ | (1892 –1982 ), US poet and public official. His award-winning works include Conquistador (1932 ), Collected Poems (1952 ), and J.B. (1958 ). He was librarian of Congress 1939 –42.

 

Macleod, John James Rickard

Macleod, John James Rickard |məˈklaʊd | (1876 –1935 ), Scottish physiologist. He directed the research on pancreatic extracts by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best which led to the discovery and isolation of insulin. Macleod shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Banting in 1923.

 

Duden Dictionary

Macleaya

Mac lea ya Substantiv, feminin , die |makˈleːa …ˈla͜ia |die Macleaya; Genitiv: der Macleaya, Plural: die Macleayen neulateinisch ; nach dem englischen Entomologen A. MacLeay, † 1848 ostasiatische Mohnpflanze Zierstrauch