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Mahomet, Mahoun, or Mahound.
“Praised (quoth he) be Macon whom we serve.”
Fairfax: Tasso, xii. 10.
Macon. A poetical and romance name of Mecca, the birthplace of Mahomet.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.