. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ine mahogany and itshigh cost, various substitute woods are ingreat demand in furniture making. A re-lated species of the genus Cedrela, found inCentral America, is used in large resembles true mahogany in general ap-pearance, but is lighter and less substitute woods are found in Aus-tralia, Africa and the Philippines. MAHOMET. See Mohammed. MAHRATTAS, ma raftaz, a people inhab-iting the western part of the p
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ine mahogany and itshigh cost, various substitute woods are ingreat demand in furniture making. A re-lated species of the genus Cedrela, found inCentral America, is used in large resembles true mahogany in general ap-pearance, but is lighter and less substitute woods are found in Aus-tralia, Africa and the Philippines. MAHOMET. See Mohammed. MAHRATTAS, ma raftaz, a people inhab-iting the western part of the peninsula ofIndia and numbering from 15, to20,000,000. They are of mixed blood, speakthe Hindu language and are followers of theHindu faith. In the latter part of the sev-enteenth century they rose rapidly and wereinstrumental in depriving the Mogul Em-pire of much of its power. In the latter part MAIDENHAIR 2222 MAINE of the eighteenth century they were over-powered by the Afghans and later becamesubject to the British government. MAIDENHAIR, the name given to beau-tiful ferns, of which there are many widelydistributed species. The common maiden-. MAIDENHAIR FERN hair of North America bears a cluster of up-right, brown, shiny, wiry stalks, upon thetop of which the graceful fronds expand hor-izontally. In some cultivated species thesefronds are exceedingly delicate, and in all,the rounded, scalloped leaflets are charac-teristic. MAID OF ORLEANS. See Joan of Arc. MAIMING, a statutory offense consistingof permanent injury wilfully inflicted on menor animals. When on human beings it isknown as mayhem (which see). Anotherlegal term for maiming is mutilation. Theoffense is designated as a felony (which see). MAIN, mine, a river of Germany whichrises in the Fichtelgebirge, a mountain chainin the northern part of Bavaria. The Mainflows in a general westerly direction for 300miles and joins the Rhine a little above thetown of Mainz. For about 200 miles fromits mouth it is navigab
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