Shak.
Mare"chal Niel" (?). [F.] A kind of large yellow rose. [Written also
Marshal Niel.]
Mar"eis (?), n. A Marsh. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ma*re"na (?), n. [NL. Salmo maraena, G. maräne, moräne; -- so called
from Lake Morin, in the March of Brandenburg, in Prussia.] (Zoöl.) A
European whitefish of the genus Coregonus.
Mare"schal (?), n. [OF. mareschal, F. maréchal. See Marshal.] A
military officer of high rank; a marshal. [Obs.]
Mare's"-nest` (?), n. A supposed discovery which turns out to be a
hoax; something grossly absurd.
Mare's"-tail` (?), n. 1. A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a
horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud.
Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails.
Old Rhyme.
2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having
narrow leaves in whorls.
Mar"ga*rate (?), n. [Cf. F. margarate.] (Physiol. Chem.) A compound of
the so- called margaric acid with a base.
Mar*gar"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. margarique. See Margarite.] Pertaining to,
or resembling, pearl; pearly.
Margaric acid. (a) (Physiol. Chem.) A fatty body, crystallizing in
pearly scales, and obtained by digesting saponified fats (soaps) with
an acid. It was formerly supposed to be an individual fatty acid, but
is now known to be simply an intimate mixture of stearic and palmitic
acids. (b) (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C17H34O2 of the
fatty acid series, intermediate between palmitic and stearic acids, and
obtained from the wax of certain lichens, from cetyl cyanide, and other
sources.
Mar"ga*rin (?), n. [Cf. F. margarine. See Margarite.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable
oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and
margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of
tristearin and tripalmitin.
Mar`ga*ri*ta"ceous (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.
Mar"ga*rite (?), n. [L. margarita, Gr. &?; a pearl; cf. F. marguerite.]
1. A pearl. [Obs.] Peacham.
2. (Min.) A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and
yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.
Mar`ga*rit"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. margaritique.] (Physiol. Chem.) Margaric.
Mar`ga*ri*tif"er*ous (?), a. [L. margaritifer; margarita pearl + ferre
to bear: cf. F. margaritifère.] Producing pearls.
Mar*gar"o*dite (?), n. [Gr. &?; pearl- like.] (Min.) A hidrous potash
mica related to muscovite.
Mar"ga*rone (?), n. [Margaric + -one.] (Chem.) The ketone of margaric
acid.
Mar"ga*rous (?), a. (Chem.) Margaric; -- formerly designating a
supposed acid. [Obs.]
Mar"gate fish" (?). (Zoöl.) A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of
the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth
grunt.
Mar"gay (?), n. (Zoöl.) An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging
from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also
long-tailed cat.
Marge (?), n. [F. marge. See Margin.] Border; margin; edge; verge.
[Poetic] Tennyson.
Along the river's stony marge.
Wordsworth.
Mar"gent (?), n. [OE. See Margin.] A margin; border; brink; edge.
[Obs.]
The beached margent of the sea.
Shak.
Mar"gent, v. t. To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to
margin. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
Mar"gin (?), n. [OE. margine, margent, L. margo, ginis. Cf. March a
border, Marge.] 1. A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a
river or lake.
2. Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in
writing or printing.
3. (Com.) The difference between the cost and the selling price of an
article.
4. Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen
or known with certainty.
5. (Brokerage) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure
him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his
principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat,
etc. N. Biddle.
Margin draft (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of
hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints. -- Margin of a course
(Arch.), that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not
covered by the course immediately above it. See 2d Gauge.
Syn. -- Border; brink; verge; brim; rim.
Mar"gin (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Margined (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Marginging.] 1. To furnish with a margin.