Mar"ket*stead (?), n. [Market + stead a place.] A market place. [Obs.]
Drayton.
||Mark"hoor` (?), n. [Per. mr-kh&?;r snake eater.] (Zoöl.) A large wild
||goat (Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. It
||inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere.
Mark"ing (?), n. The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or
marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the
marking of a bird's plumage.
Marking ink, indelible ink, because used in marking linen. -- Marking
nut (Bot.), the nut of the Semecarpus Anacardium, an East Indian tree.
The shell of the nut yields a blackish resinous juice used for marking
cotton cloth, and an oil prepared from it is used for rheumatism.
Mar"kis (?), n. A marquis. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mar"kis*esse (?), n. A marchioness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mark"man (?), n. A marksman. [Obs.] Shak.
Marks"man (?), n.; pl. Marksmen (#). [Earlier markman; mark + man.] 1.
One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.
2. (Law) One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in
signing documents. Burrill.
Marks"man*ship, n. Skill of a marksman.
Marl (?), v. t. [See Marline.] (Naut.) To cover, as part of a rope,
with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent
unwinding.
Marling spike. (Naut.) See under Marline.
Marl, n. [OF. marle, F. marne, LL. margila, dim. of L. marga marl.
Originally a Celtic word, according to Pliny, xvii. 7: "Quod genus
terræ Galli et Britanni margam vocant." √274.] A mixed earthy
substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very
variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey,
or sandy. See Greensand.
Marl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Marling.] [Cf. F.
marner. See Marl, n.] To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a
field.
Mar*la"ceous (?), a. Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of
marl.
Mar"lin (?), n. (Zoöl.) The American great marbled godwit (Limosa
fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa hæmatica).
Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.
Mar"line (?), n. [LG. marlien, marling, or D. marling, marlijn, fr. D.
marren to tie, prob. akin to E. moor, v., and lijn line: cf.F. merlin.
See Moor, v., Line.] (Naut.) A small line composed of two strands a
little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent
their being weakened by fretting.
Marline spike, Marling spike (Naut.), an iron tool tapering to a point,
used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and in marling. It
has an eye in the thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See Fid.
[Written also marlin spike] -- Marline-spike bird. [The name alludes to
the long middle tail feathers.] (Zoöl.) (a) A tropic bird. (b) A jager,
or skua gull.
Mar"line (?), v. t. [F. merliner.] (Naut.) To wind marline around; as,
to marline a rope.
Marl"ite (?), n. [Cf. F. marlite. See Marl, n.] (Min.) A variety of
marl.
Mar*lit"ic (?), a. Partaking of the qualites of marlite.
Marl"pit` (?), n. Apit where marl is dug.
Marl"stone` (?), n. (Geol.) A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or
impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of
England.
Marl"y (?), a. [Compar. Marlier (?); superl. Marliest.] Consisting or
partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.
Mar"ma*lade (?), n. [F. marmelade, Pg. marmelada, fr. marmélo a quince,
fr. L. melimelum honey apple, Gr. &?; a sweet apple, an apple grafted
on a quince; &?; honey + &?; apple. Cf. Mellifluous, Melon.] A preserve
or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple,
orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence.
Marmalade tree (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree (Lucuma mammosa) of the West
Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate leaves and an
egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a
pleasant-flavored pulp and a single large seed. The fruit is called
marmalade, or natural marmalade, from its consistency and flavor.