Cyclopedia of Literature And the Fine Arts Comprising Complete And Accurate Def
Cyclopedia of Literature And the Fine Arts Comprising Complete And Accurate Def
George Ripley
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These doctrines and practices Mahomet established by tlie sword, by preaching, and by the alcoran or koran, which con- tains the principles of his religion ; and he and his followers met with such suc- cess, as in a few years to subdue half the known world. MA'lIOUND, formerly a contempt- uous name for Mohammed and the devil, and thence aj)plied to any character of seeming power and groat wickedness. In Scoihuiil Mahoun was formerly used, as moaning Satan. MAI'A, in Grecian mythology; 1, the da...ughter of Atlas and Pleione, one of the Pleiads, who became mother of ]SIercury by Jupiter: 2, a daughter of the god Faunus, and wife of Vulcan ; fre- ciuontly confounded by raythologists with the former personage. MAIN'PRIZE, in law, the receiving a person into friendly custody who might otherwise l)c committed to prison, on se- curity given for his forthcoming on a day appointed. MAINTENANCE, in law, is an un- lawful maintaining or sujiporting a suit between others, by stirring up quarrels, or interfering in a cause in which the person has no concern.
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