(transitive, idiomatic) To lose courage or cause to lose courage. / (transitive) To reduce in manpower.

plural of Mary-bud

(obsolete) A marigold or its blossom.

plural of May-day sweep

plural of May Day sweep

(largely historical) One of the sweeps (chimney sweeps), clad in bright clothes and garlands and carrying a blackened broom, in a May Day parade.

Alternative form of May-day sweep

(now archaic) Expressing grief, sorrow etc.

(embryology) A mass of cells within a primordial embryo that will eventually develop into the distinct form of a fetus in most eutherian mammals.

plural of market-garden