Matsrial

1, n. Any article used in building or repairing houses, ships, etc' More often, materials. Material-man. One who has furnished any merchandise or stuff for the erection or repair of a building, vessel, or other structure. See Case, Mixed; Labor, 1; Lien, Mechanic's. 2, adj. Of the substance; essential; important. Opposed, immaterial: formal; not vital; unnecessary: as, a material or immaterial — alteration, amendment, averment or allegation, fact, issue, matter, party, representation, testimony, witness, gg. v. See also Matter. MATERNAIi. See Ancestor; Consanguinity; Line, 3.