3. (Pyrotechny & Mil.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about
with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse,
-- used to make a noise like a cannon. [Written also maroon.]
Mar*roon" (?), n. & a. Same as 1st Maroon.
Mar"rot (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The razor-billed auk. See Auk. (b) The
common guillemot. (c) The puffin. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also marrott,
and morrot.]
Mar"row (?), n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS.
marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan.
marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. √274 Cf.
Merge.]
1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the
medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the
smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.