a magnificent tomb, or funeral monument. The word is derived from Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom Artemisia, his widow, erected a most stately monument, esteemed one of the wonders of the world, and called it, from his name, Mausoleum.

**St. MAWES**, a port and borough town of Cornwall: situated twenty miles north of the Lizard. It sends two members to parliament.