MARE’S NEST, a Cockney discovery of marvels, which turn out no marvels
at all. An old preacher in Cornwall, up to very lately employed a
different version, viz.: “a cow calving up in a tree.”
MARINATED, transported;—from the salt-pickling fish undergo in
Cornwall.—_Old cant._
MARINE, or MARINE RECRUIT, an empty bottle. This expression having once
been used in the presence of an officer of marines, he was at first
inclined to take it as an insult, until some one adroitly appeased his
wrath by remarking that no offence could be meant, as all that it could
possibly imply was, “one who had done his duty, and was ready to do it
again.”—_See_ HORSE MARINE.—_Naval._