n. 1. A shrubby tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus) widely distributed along tropical shores, which yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; it is often cultivated for ornament.
Syn. -- mahoe, mahagua, balibago, purau, Hibiscus tiliaceus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An erect forest tree (Hibiscus elatus) of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; it yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks.
Syn. -- Cuban bast, blue mahoe, mahoe, mahagua, Hibiscus elatus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ species name. ] A large European spider crab.
Syn. -- European spider crab, king crab, Maja squinado. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Majestic. [ Obs. ] E. Pocock. Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Majesty. ] Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand. “The majestic world.” Shak. “Tethys' grave majestic pace.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The least portions must be of the epic kind; all must be grave, majestic, and sublime. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- August; splendid; grand; sublime; magnificent; imperial; regal; pompous; stately; lofty; dignified; elevated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Majestic. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ma*jes"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ma*jes"tic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being majestic. Oldenburg. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Majesties [ OE. magestee, F. majesté, L. majestas, fr. an old compar. of magnus great. See Major, Master. ] The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty. Ps. xciii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

No sovereign has ever represented the majesty of a great state with more dignity and grace. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an emperor, king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural; as, their majesties attended the concert. [ 1913 Webster ]

In all the public writs which he [ Emperor Charles V. ] now issued as King of Spain, he assumed the title of Majesty, and required it from his subjects as a mark of respect. Before that time all the monarchs of Europe were satisfied with the appellation of Highness or Grace. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Dignity; elevation of manner or style. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family comprising the spider crabs.
Syn. -- family Majidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ It. ] A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy decoration, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is said to be derived from Majorca, which was an early seat of this manufacture. Heyse. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor, Magnitude, More, a. ] 1. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of greater dignity; more important. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of full legal age; adult. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Major key (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. --
Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. --
Major scale (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See Scale, and Diatonic. --
Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. --
Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. --
Major third (Mus.), a third of two steps. [ 1913 Webster ]