It takes from our achievements . . . The pith and marrow of our
attribute.
Shak.
3. [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon
together.] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.
[Scot.]
Chopping and changing I can not commend, With thief or his marrow,
for fear of ill end.
Tusser.
Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of squash, esp.
to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with
reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an
ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow.
-- Spinal marrow. (Anat.) See Spinal cord, under Spinal.
Mar"row (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marrowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Marrowing.] To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut.
Mar"row*bone` (?), n. A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee
bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.
Mar"row*fat (?), n. A rich but late variety of pea.
Mar"row*ish, a. Of the nature of, or like, marrow.
Mar"row*less, a. Destitute of marrow.
Mar"row*y (?), a. Full of marrow; pithy.
||Mar*ru"bi*um (?), n. [L.] (Bot.) A genus of bitter aromatic plants,
||sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound.
Mar"ry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Married (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Marrying.]
[OE. marien, F. marier, L. maritare, fr. maritus husband, fr. mas,
maris, a male. See Male, and cf. Maritral.] 1. To unite in wedlock or
matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman,
for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according
to the laws or customs of the place.
Tell him that he shall marry the couple himself.
Gay.
2. To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a
woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4.
A woman who had been married to her twenty- fifth husband, and
being now a widow, was prohibited to marry.
Evelyn.