MARANATHA, mar-a-n[=a]'tha, or mar-a-nath'a, _n._ See Anathema.
MARASCHINO, mar-as-k[=e]'no, _n._ a liqueur distilled from a species of
cherry grown in Dalmatia. [It.,--_marasca_, _amarasca_, a sour cherry--L.
_am[=a]rus_, bitter.]
MARASMUS, ma-raz'mus, _n._ a wasting of flesh without apparent disease, a
kind of consumption. [Gr. _marasmos_--_marainein_, to decay.]
MARATHI, ma-ra'thi, _n._ the language of the _Mahrattas_.--Also
_Mahrat'ti_.
MARAUD, ma-rawd', _v.i._ to rove in quest of plunder.--_n._ MARAUD'ER, one
who roves in quest of booty or plunder. [Fr. _maraud_, rogue; prob. O. Fr.
_mar-ir_, to wander--Old High Ger. _marrjan_, to hinder.]
MARAVEDI, mar-a-v[=a]'d[=i], _n._ the smallest copper coin of Spain, less
than a farthing. [Sp.,--Ar. _Mur[=a]bit[=i]n_, the dynasty of the
Almoravides (1086-1147 A.D.).]
MARBLE, mär'bl, _n._ any species of limestone taking a high polish: that
which is made of marble, as a work of art: a little ball used by boys in
play.--_adj._ made of marble: veined like marble: hard: insensible.--_v.t._
to stain or vein like marble.--_adjs._ MAR'BLE-BREAST'ED, hard-hearted,
cruel; MAR'BLE-CON'STANT, constant or firm as marble, immovable.--_n._
MAR'BLE-CUT'TER, one who hews marble: a machine for cutting
marble.--_adjs._ MAR'BLE-EDGED, having the edges marbled, as a book;
MAR'BLE-HEART'ED, hard-hearted, insensible.--_ns._ MAR'BLE-P[=A]'PER, paper
coloured in imitation of variegated marble; MAR'BLER; MAR'BLING, the act of
veining or painting in imitation of marble.--_adv._ MAR'BLY, resembling
marble, in the manner of marble.--ELGIN MARBLES, a collection of marbles
obtained chiefly from the Parthenon by Lord _Elgin_ in 1811, now in the
British Museum. [O. Fr. _marbre_--L. _marmor_; cf. Gr. _marmaros_,
_marmairein_, to sparkle.]
MARCANDO, mar-kän'do, _adj._ and _adv._ (_mus._) with distinctness or
precision.--Also MARCA'TO. [It., _marcare_, to mark.]
MARCASITE, mär'ka-s[=i]t, _n._ an iron ore, a variety of pyrites (q.v.).
[Fr.; prob. of Ar. origin.]
MARCESCENT, mar-ses'ent, _adj._ withering, decaying.--_adj._ MARCESC'IBLE,
that may wither. [L. _marcescens_, _-entis_, pr.p. of
_marcesc[)e]re_--_marc[=e]re_, to fade.]
MARCH, märch, _n._ the third month of the year, named from Mars, the god of
war. [L. _Martius_ (_mensis_), (the month) of Mars.]
MARCH, märch, _n._ a border: boundary of a territory:--used chiefly in
_pl._ MARCH'ES.--_v.i._ to border: to be adjacent.--_ns._ MARCH'MAN, a
borderer; MARCH'-TREA'SON, the betrayal of a border or march to an
enemy.--RIDING THE MARCHES, a ceremony in which the magistrates and chief
men of a city ride on horseback round the bounds of the property of the
city, so as to mark plainly what are its limits. [A.S. _mearc_; doublet of
_mark_.]
MARCH, märch, _v.i._ to move in order, as soldiers: to walk in a grave or
stately manner.--_v.t._ to cause to march.--_n._ the movement of troops:
regular advance: a piece of music fitted for marching to: the distance
passed over.--MARCH PAST, the march of a body of soldiers in front of one
remaining stationary to review them; FORCED MARCH, a march in which the men
are vigorously pressed forward for combative or strategic purposes; ROGUE'S
MARCH, music played in derision of a person when he is expelled as a
soldier, &c. [Fr. _marcher_. Ety. dub.; acc. to Scheler, prob. from L.
_marcus_, a hammer (cf. 'to _beat_ time'); others suggest root of _march_,
a frontier.]
MÄRCHEN, MÄHRCHEN, märh'hen, _n.sing._ and _pl._ a story or fable, a
folk-tale. [Ger.]
MARCHIONESS, mär'shun-es, MARCHESA, mar-ch[=e]'za, _n._ feminine of
MARQUIS.
MARCHPANE, märch'p[=a]n, _n._ (_Shak._) a kind of sweet bread or biscuit
composed of sugar, almonds, and a small quantity of flour. [Fr.
_massepain_, the latter part of the word being from L. _panis_, bread.]
MARCID, mär'sid, _adj._ withered, wasted.
MARCIONITE, mar'shun-[=i]t, _n._ and _adj._ a follower of _Marcion_ of
Sinope (died 165 A.D.), who, partly under Gnostic influences, constructed
an ethico-dualistic philosophy of religion, with rigorously ascetic
practices. He claimed alone to have understood Paul aright, and accepted as
authoritative his own version of Luke and ten of Paul's epistles.--_ns._
MAR'CIONIST; MAR'CIONITISM.
MARCOBRUNNER, mär'ko-br[=oo]n-[.e]r, _n._ a remarkably fine white wine,
produced in Erbach, near Wiesbaden--from the _Markbrunnen_ fountain hard
by.
MARE, m[=a]r, _n._ the female of the horse.--_ns._ MARE'S'-NEST, a supposed
discovery which turns out to be a hoax; MARE'S-TAIL, a tall, erect marsh
plant of the genus _Hippuris_: (_pl._) long straight fibres of gray cirrus
cloud; SHANK'S'-MARE, a person's own legs, as a means of travelling.--THE
GRAY MARE IS THE BETTER HORSE, the wife rules her husband. [A.S. _mere_,
fem. of _mearh_, a horse; cog. with Ger. _mähre_, Ice. _marr_, W. _march_,
a horse.]
MARESCHAL, mär'shal. Same as MARSHAL.
MARGARINE, mär'gar-in, _n._ the solid ingredient of human fat, olive-oil,
&c.--so called from its pearly lustre: oleo-margarine or imitation butter
(see under OLEIN).--_adj._ MARGAR'IC.--_n._ MAR'GARITE, one of the brittle
micas. [L. _margarita_--Gr. _margarit[=e]s_, a pearl.]
MARGAY, mär'g[=a], _n._ a spotted S. American tiger-cat.
MARGIN, mär'jin, _n._ an edge, border: the blank edge on the page of a
book: something allowed more than is needed, in case of unforeseen things
happening: a sum of money, or its value in securities, deposited with a
broker to protect him against loss on transactions made on account: a
deposit made by each of two brokers, parties to a contract, when one is
'called up' by the other.--_v.t._ to furnish with margins, enter on the
margin.--_ns._ MARGE, MARG'ENT (_poet._), edge, brink.--_adjs._ MARGED;
MAR'GINAL, pertaining to a margin: placed in the margin.--_n._
MARGIN[=A]'LIA, notes written on the margin.--_v.t._ MAR'GINALISE, to
furnish with notes.--_adv._ MAR'GINALLY.--_adjs._ MAR'GINATE, -D, having a
margin; MAR'GINED.--MARGINAL CREDIT, a method by which a merchant at home
can render bills drawn upon him abroad saleable there, by associating a
well-known banker's name on their margin with his own; MARGINAL NOTES,
notes written or printed on the margin of a book or writing. [L. _margo_,
_marginis_; cf. _mark_.]
MARGRAVE, mär'gr[=a]v, _n._ a German nobleman of rank equivalent to an
English marquis:--_fem._ MARGRAVINE (mär'gra-v[=e]n).--_ns._ MAR'GRAVATE,
MARGR[=A]'VIATE, the jurisdiction or dignity of a margrave. [Dut.
_markgraaf_ (Ger. _markgraf_)--_mark_, a border, _graaf_, a count; cf. Ger.
_graf_, A.S. _geréfa_, Eng. _reeve_ and _she-riff_.]
MARGUERITE, mär'ge-r[=e]t, _n._ the common garden daisy: the ox-eye daisy:
the China aster.
MARIAN, m[=a]'ri-an, _adj._ relating to the Virgin _Mary_: to the great
Roman general Caius _Marius_: to Queen _Mary_ of England.
MARIGOLD, mar'i-g[=o]ld, _n._ a name applied to several composite plants
bearing yellow flowers. [From the Virgin _Mary_ and _gold_.]
MARINE, ma-r[=e]n', _adj._ of or belonging to the sea: done at sea:
representing the sea: near the sea.--_n._ a soldier serving on shipboard:
the whole navy of a country or state: naval affairs: a sea-piece in
painting.--_ns._ MAR'IGRAPH, a self-registering tide-gauge; MARINADE', a
liquor or pickle in which fish or meat is steeped before cooking, to
improve the flavour.--_v.t._ MAR'INATE, to salt or pickle.--_n._ MAR'INER,
a seaman or sailor: one who assists in navigating ships.--MARINE ACID,
hydrochloric acid; MARINE BOILER, a boiler fitted for use in steamships;
MARINE ENGINE, an engine fitted for use in a steamship; MARINE INSURANCE,
insurance of ships or their cargoes when at sea; MARINE SOAP, a kind of
coconut-oil soap, adapted for washing with sea-water; MARINE STORE, a place
where old ships' materials are bought and sold.--TELL THAT TO THE MARINES,
a phrase expressive of disbelief and ridicule, from the sailor's contempt
for the marine's ignorance of seamanship. [Fr.,--L. _marinus_--_mare_,
sea.]
MARIOLATRY, m[=a]-ri-ol'a-tri, _n._ the undue worship of the Virgin
_Mary_--the veneration paid to her is strictly _Hyperdulia_.--_n._
MARIOL'ATER, one who practises mariolatry. [L. _Maria_, Mary, Gr.
_latreia_, worship.]
MARIONETTE, mar-i-o-net', _n._ a puppet moved by strings, a puppet-show.
[Fr.]
MARIOTTE'S LAW. See LAW.
MARIPUT, mar'i-put, _n._ the African zoril.
MARISCHAL, a Scotch form of _marshal_.
MARISH, mar'ish, _n._ and _adj._ Same as MARSH.
MARIST, m[=a]'rist, _n._ a member of a modern R.C. congregation for
teaching.--_adj._ devoted to the service of the Virgin.
MARITAL, mar'i-tal, _adj._ pertaining to a husband: of the nature of a
marriage.--_n._ MARIT[=A]'GIUM, in the feudal system, the right of the lord
of the fee to dispose of the heiress, later also of the male heir, in
marriage. [Fr.,--L. _maritalis_--_maritus_, a husband--_mas_, _maris_, a
male.]
MARITIME, mar'i-tim, _adj._ pertaining to the sea: relating to navigation
or to naval affairs: situated near the sea: living on the shore,
littoral--opp. to _Marine_: having a navy and a naval commerce. [L.
_maritimus_--_mare_, sea.]
MARJORAM, mär'jo-ram, _n._ an aromatic plant used as a seasoning in
cookery. [Fr. _marjolaine_--Low L. _majoraca_--L. _amaracus_--Gr.
_amarakos_.]
MARK, märk, _n._ a visible sign: any object serving as a guide: that by
which anything is known: a badge: a trace, impression, proof: any visible
effect: symptom: a thing aimed at or striven for: an attainable point: a
character made by one who cannot write: any impressed sign or stamp: a
physical peculiarity: distinction: a boundary, limit: in medieval times, a
tract of common land belonging to a community.--_v.t._ to make a mark on
anything: to impress with a sign: to take notice of: to regard.--_v.i._ to
take particular notice.--_adj._ MARKED, distinguished: prominent:
notorious.--_adv._ MARK'EDLY, noticeably.--_ns._ MARK'ER, one who marks the
score at games, as at billiards: a counter used at card-playing, &c.: the
soldier who forms the pivot round which a body of soldiers wheels;
MARK'ING, act of making a mark: a mark made upon anything; MARK'ING-INK,
indelible ink, used for marking clothes; MARK'ING-NUT, the fruit of an East
Indian tree of the cashew family, yielding a black juice used in marking
cloths; MARK'MAN, one of the community owning a mark; MARKS'MAN, one good
at hitting a mark: one who shoots well.--MARK DOWN, set down in writing,
put a note of; MARK OUT, to lay out the plan or outlines of anything; MARK
TIME, to move the feet alternately in the same manner as in marching, but
without changing ground.--A MAN OF MARK, a well-known or famous man; BESIDE
THE MARK, not properly referring to the matter in hand; GOD BLESS, or SAVE,
THE MARK, or SAVE THE MARK, a phrase expressing ironical astonishment or
scorn, from the usage of archery; MAKE ONE'S MARK, to leave a lasting
impression: to gain great influence; TOE THE MARK, to stand to one's
obligations, facing the consequences; TRADE MARK, a distinctive mark put on
goods, &c., to show by whom they were made; UP TO THE MARK, good enough,
measured by a certain standard. [A.S. _mearc_, a boundary; Ger. _mark_,
Goth. _marka_.]
MARK, märk, _n._ an obsolete English coin=13s. 4d.: a coin of the present
German Empire=about one shilling: a silver coin of Hamburg=about 1s. 4d.
[A.S. _marc_, another form of the above word.]
MARKET, mär'ket, _n._ a public place for the purposes of buying and
selling: the time for the market: sale: rate of sale: value.--_v.i._ to
deal at a market: to buy and sell.--_ns._ MARKETABIL'ITY,
MAR'KETABLENESS.--_adj._ MAR'KETABLE, fit for the market: saleable.--_ns._
MAR'KET-BELL (_Shak._), a bell to give notice of the time; MAR'KET-CROSS, a
cross anciently set up where a market was held; MAR'KET-DAY, the fixed day
on which a market is usually held; MAR'KETER; MAR'KET-GAR'DEN, a garden in
which fruit and vegetables are grown for market; MAR'KET-GAR'DENER;
MAR'KET-HOUSE, a building in which a market is held; MAR'KETING, the act or
practice of buying and selling in market; MAR'KET-PLACE, the open space in
a town where markets are held; MAR'KET-PRICE, the price at which anything
is sold in the market: the current price; MAR'KET-TOWN, a town having the
privilege of holding a public market. [Through the O. Fr. (Fr. _marché_,
It. _mercato_), from L. _mercatus_, trade, a market--_merx_, merchandise.]
MARL, märl, _n._ a fat earth or clay often used as manure.--_v.t._ to cover
with marl.--_adj._ MARL[=A]'CEOUS, having the qualities of marl: like
marl.--_n._ MAR'LITE, a variety of marl.--_adjs._ MARLIT'IC; MAR'LY, like
marl: abounding in marl.--_n._ MARL'STONE, argillaceous limestone. [O. Fr.
_marle_ (Fr. _marne_)--Low L. _margila_, a dim. of L. _marga_, marl.]
MARLINE, mär'lin, _n._ a small rope for winding round a larger one to keep
it from being worn by rubbing.--_v.t._ MAR'LINE, MARL, to bind or wind
round with marline.--_n._ MAR'LINESPIKE, an iron tool, like a spike, for
separating the strands of a rope in splicing. [Dut. _marlijn_,
_marling_--_marren_, to bind, _lijn_, a rope--Fr. _ligne_; cf. _moor_ and
_line_.]
MARMALADE, mär'ma-l[=a]d, _n._ a jam or preserve generally made of the pulp
of oranges, originally of quinces. [Fr., from Port. _marmelada_--_marmelo_,
a quince--L. _melim[=e]lum_--Gr. _melim[=e]lon_, a sweet apple--_meli_,
honey, _m[=e]lon_, an apple.]
MARMORACEOUS, mar-mo-r[=a]'shus, _adj._ belonging to, or like,
marble.--_adjs._ MAR'MORATE, -D, covered with marble: variegated like
marble.--_n._ MARMOR[=A]'TION.--_adjs._ MARM[=O]'REAL, MARM[=O]'REAN,
belonging to, or like, marble. [L. _marmor_, marble.]
MARMOSE, mar'm[=o]s, _n._ one of several small South American opossums.
MARMOSET, mär'mo-zet, _n._ a small variety of American monkey. [Fr.
_marmouset_, a little grotesque figure beside a fountain--L. _marmor_,
marble.]
MARMOT, mär'mot, _n._ a rodent animal, about the size of a rabbit, which
inhabits the higher parts of the Alps and Pyrenees. [It.
_marmotto_--Romansch _murmont_--L. _mus montanus_, mountain-mouse.]
MARONITE, mar'[=o]-n[=i]t, _n._ one of a sect of Christians who live on or
around the mountains of Lebanon. [St _Maron_, about 400 A.D., or John
_Maron_, a patriarch of the sect in the 7th century.]
MAROON, ma-r[=oo]n', _n._ a brownish crimson. [Fr. _marron_, a
chestnut--It. _marrone_, a chestnut.]
MAROON, ma-r[=oo]n', _n._ a fugitive slave living on the mountains, in the
West Indies.--_v.t._ to put on shore on a desolate island.--_ns._
MAROON'ER; MAROON'ING. [Fr. _marron_--Sp. _cimarron_, wild--_cima_, a
mountain-summit--L. _cyma_--Gr. _kyma_.]
MAROQUIN, mar'o-kwin, _n._ leather prepared from goatskin: morocco leather.
[Fr.]
MARPLOT, mär'plot, _n._ one who mars or defeats a plot or design by
interference where he has no right.
MARPRELATE, mär-prel'[=a]t, _adj._ pertaining to the series of vigorous
pamphlets against prelacy issued in England in 1588-9, in spite of severe
repression.
MARQUE, märk, _n._ a license to pass the marches or limits of a country for
the purpose of making reprisals: a ship commissioned for making
captures.--LETTER-OF-MARQUE (see LETTER). [Fr.]
MARQUEE, mär-k[=e]', _n._ a large field-tent. [For _marquees_, the s being
dropped as if a plural, from Fr. _marquise_, acc. to Littré, orig. a
marchioness's tent.]
MARQUETRY, märk'et-ri, _n._ work inlaid with pieces of various-coloured
wood. [Fr. _marqueterie_--_marqueter_, to inlay--_marque_, a mark.]
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MARQUIS, mär'kwis, MARQUESS, mär'kwes, _n._ a title of nobility next below
that of a duke, first given in England in 1386:--fem.
_Mar'chioness_.--_ns._ MAR'QUIS[=A]TE, the dignity or lordship of a
marquis; MARQUISE (mär-k[=e]z'), in France, a marchioness: a style of
parasol about 1850. [O. Fr. _markis_ (Fr. _marquis_, It. _marchese_)--Low
L. _marchensis_, a prefect of the marches.]
MARRIAGE, mar'ij, _n._ the ceremony by which a man and woman become husband
and wife: the union of a man and woman as husband and wife.--_adj._
MARR'IAGEABLE, suitable, or at a proper age, for marriage.--_ns._
MARR'IAGEABLENESS; MARR'IAGE-CON'TRACT, an agreement to be married: an
agreement respecting property by persons about to marry.--_n.pl._
MARR'IAGE-F[=A]'VOURS, knots or decorations worn at a marriage.--_n._
MARR'IAGE-SETT'LEMENT, an arrangement of property, &c., before marriage, by
which something is secured to the wife or her children, in case of her
husband's death. [O. Fr. _mariage_. See MARRY.]
MARROW, mar'[=o], _n._ the soft, fatty matter in the hollow parts of the
bones: the pith of certain plants: the essence or best part of anything:
the inner meaning or purpose.--_ns._ MARR'OW-BONE, a bone containing
marrow: (_pl._) the knees or the bones of the knees; MARR'OWFAT, a rich
kind of pea, called also Dutch Admiral pea.--_adjs._ MARR'OWISH, of the
nature of, or resembling, marrow; MARR'OWLESS, having no marrow.--_n._
MARR'OW-SQUASH (_U.S._), vegetable marrow.--_adj._ MARR'OWY, full of
marrow: strong: forcible: pithy. [A.S. _mearg_; Ger. _mark_.]
MARRY, mar'i, _v.t._ to take for husband or wife: to give in marriage: to
unite in matrimony.--_v.i._ to enter into the married state: to take a
husband or a wife:--_pr.p._ marr'ying; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ marr'ied. [Fr.
_marier_--L. _marit[=a]re_, to marry, _maritus_, a husband--_mas_, _maris_,
a male.]