\Male-\
See {Mal-}.

\Male\, a. [L. malus. See {Malice}.]
Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] --Marston.

\Male\, n.
Same as {Mail}, a bag. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

\Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. {Masculine}, {Marry}, v. t.]
1. 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.
2. (Bot.) 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.
3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
   a male; masculine; as, male courage.
4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
5. (Mech.) 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.
{Male berry} (Bot.), a kind of coffee. See {Pea berry}.
{Male fern} (Bot.), a fern of the genus {Aspidium} ({A.
   Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
   against the tapeworm. {Aspidium marginale} in America, and
   {A. athamanticum} in South Africa, are used as good
   substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
   {Female fern}, under {Female}.
{Male rhyme}, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
   as laid, afraid, dismayed. See {Female rhyme}, under
   {Female}.
{Male screw} (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
   exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
   corresponding nut or female screw.
{Male thread}, the thread of a male screw.

\Male\, n.
1. An animal of the male sex.
2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.