(a.) Evil; wicked; bad.
(n.) Same as Mail, a bag.
(v. t.) Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by
which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.
(v. t.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing
fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts
of plants, which bear them.
(v. t.) Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
(v. t.) Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
(v. t.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the
female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for
gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.
(n.) An animal of the male sex.
(n.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.