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• Mad

  ·- ·p.p. of Made. II. Mad ·superl Extravagant; immoderate. III. Mad ·noun A <<Slattern>>. IV. Mad...

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• mad

  Inflamed with anger; very angry; vexed. 'I was quite mad at him;' 'he made me mad.' In these instanc...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• mad

  1) an earth-worm. Ess. From the German, MADEN. 2) angry : " He made mad." " I was mad at him." Nort...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Horn-mad

  ·adj Quite mad; — raving crazy. ...

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• Mad-apple

  ·noun ·see <<Eggplant>>. ...

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• Mad-headed

  ·adj Wild; crack-brained. ...

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• March-mad

  ·adj Extremely rash; foolhardy. ·see under March, the month. ...

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• horn mad

  A person extremely jealous of his wife, is said to be horn mad. Also a cuckold, who does not cut or ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• mad tom

  or tom of bedlam otherwise an Abram Man. A rogue that counterfeits madness. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• like mad

  A common simile, in England and America. A bear enrag'd at the stinging of a bee, ran like mad into...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• mad as a march hare

  A common simile, used alike in England and America. The whole's to be fourpence a quart-- 'Odswing...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.