Ma`ri*otte's law` (?). (Physics.) See Boyle's law, under Law.
Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y (?). [Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E. lily. So called
from the gay appearance of the blossoms.] (Bot.) One of a genus
(Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often
gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of them are
natives of California.
Mar"i*put (mr"*pt), n. (Zoöl.) A species of civet; the zoril.
Mar"ish (mr"sh), n. [Cf. F. marais, LL. marascus. See Marsh.] Low, wet
ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor. [Archaic] Milton. Tennyson.