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{ manyways (mĕn�wāz), manywise (mĕn�wīz), } adv. In many different ways; variously.
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manzanilla (mănzȧnĭllȧ; Sp. mänthänēlyä), n. 1. (Olive Trade) A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a peculiar bitterish flavor. Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.
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2. A very dry pale sherry from Spain.
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manzanita (mănzȧnētȧ), n. [Sp., dim. of manzana an apple.] (Bot.) A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to Arctostaphylos glauca and Arctostaphylos pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear.
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Mao prop. n. See .
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Maoism prop. n. A form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong.
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Maoist prop. n. An advocate of Maoism.
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Maori (?), prop. n.; pl. Maoris (�). (Ethnol.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.
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maori hen n. (Zool.) A flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
Syn. -- weka, wood hen.
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Mao Tsetung, Mao Zedong prop. n. The leader of the Chinese communist party and later of teh People's Repbulic of China; b. 1893, d. 1976. Also referred to a simply Mao. [Also spelled Mao Tse-Tung.]
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Map (măp), n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; -- a Punic word. Cf. , , .] 1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it.
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☞ There are five principal kinds of projection used in making maps: the orthographic, the stereographic, the globuar, the conical, and the cylindrical, or Mercator's projection. See .
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2. Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.
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Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn. Shak.
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Coloq. Map lichen (Bot.), a lichen (Lecidea geographica.) growing on stones in curious maplike figures. Dr. Prior.
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Map, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mapping (?).] To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.
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I am near to the place where they should meet, if Pisanio have mapped it truly. Shak.
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Mapach (?), n. [Mexican.] The raccoon.
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mapinguari n. (Zool.) A supposed human-sized slothlike creature reported sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest.
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Maple (māp'l), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. möpurr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. Acer saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red maple or swamp maple is Acer rubrum; the silver maple, Acer dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, Acer Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the sycamore maple is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is Acer platanoides.
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☞ Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
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Coloq. Bird's-eye maple , Coloq. Curled maple , varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers. -- Coloq. Maple honey , Coloq. Maple molasses , Coloq. Maple syrup , or Coloq. Maple sirup , maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. -- Coloq. Maple sugar , sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.
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maple-leaf begonia n. (Bot.) A tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia (Begonia dregei) having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers.
Syn. -- grape-leaf begonia.
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maple-leaved bayur n. (Bot.) An Indian tree (Pterospermum acerifolium) having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree. Called also mayeng.
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maple family n. (Bot.) The natural family of trees Aceraceae, including the maples.
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Maplike (?), a. Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.
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map maker, mapmaker n. A person who makes maps; a cartographer.
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mapmaking n. the making of maps and charts; cartography.
Syn. -- cartography.
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mappery (?), n. [From Map.] The making, or study, of maps. [Obs.] Shak.
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mapping n. (Math.) A function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set.
Syn. -- map, correspondence.
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Maqui (?), n. (Bot.) A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its berries.
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Maquis prop. n. 1. A guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II.
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2. The French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II.
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Mar (?), n. A small lake. See . [Prov. Eng.]
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Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (märd); p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.] [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. , v.] 1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.
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I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. Shak.
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But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. Dryden.
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Ire, envy, and despair
Which marred all his borrowed visage. Milton.
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2. To spoil; to ruin. “It makes us, or it mars us.” “Striving to mend, to mar the subject.” Shak.
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Mar, n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
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Mara (?), n. [Skr. māra.] (Hind. Myth.) The principal or ruling evil spirit. E. Arnold.
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Mara, n. [Icel. mara nightmare, an ogress. See .] (Norse Myth.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
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Mara, n. (Zoöl.) The Patagonian cavy, a hare-like rodent (Dolichotis patagonum or Dolichotis Patagonicus) of the pampas of Argentina.
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Marabou (mărȧb�), n. [F.] 1. (Zoöl.) A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn. Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments; called also marabout. The Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or Leptoptilos argala) is the adjutant. See . [Written also marabu.]
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2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] Bartlett.
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3. A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name.
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Marabout (mărȧb�t), n. [F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. morābit. Cf. .] 1. A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
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2. (Zool.) The {1}.
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Maracan (?), n. [Braz. maracaná.] (Zoöl.) A macaw.
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Marai (?), n. A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.
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Maranatha (?), n. [Aramaic māran athā.] “Our Lord cometh;” -- an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, “May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes.” See Anathema maranatha, under .
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marang tree n. (Bot.) A Philippine tree (Artocarpus odoratissima) similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit. Called also marang.
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Maranta (?), prop. n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea, the American arrowroot or obedience plant) arrowroot (arrowroot starch) is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.
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Marantaceae prop. n. A natural family of tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes, including the arrowroot; the arrowroot family.
Syn. -- family Marantaceae, arrowroot family.
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marasca n. The small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
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2. The .
Syn. -- marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca.
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marasca cherry n. (Bot.) A Dalmation bitter wild cherry tree (Prunus cerasus marasca) bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur.
Syn. -- marasca, maraschino cherry.
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Maraschino (?), n. [It., fr. marasca, amarasca, a sour cherry, L. amarus bitter.] A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.
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maraschino cherry (?), n. 1. A cherry which is colored a deep red and sweetened by cooking in colored syrup, and flavored with maraschino. It is used as a garnish in deserts and cocktails.
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2. The tree.
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Marasmius prop. n. A genus of chiefly small white-spored mushrooms, including the Marasmius oreades, the mushroon that grow in a .
Syn. -- genus Marasmius.
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marasmus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � , fr. �, to quench, as fire; pass., to die away.] (Med.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
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Pining atrophy,
Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. Milton.
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Coloq. Marasmus senilis [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged.
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{ Marathi (?), Mahratta (?) }, prop. n. A Sanskritic language of western India, prob. descended from the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples. It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century. It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati.
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marathon n. 1. A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards. [wns=2]
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2. Hence: Any long and arduous undertaking, straining the endurance of the participants. [wns=1]
Syn. -- endurance contest.
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3. (Capitalized)a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians. [wns=3]
Syn. -- battle of Marathon.
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Marattia prop. n. The type genus of the Marattiaceae, consisting of ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows.
Syn. -- genus Marattia.
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Marattiaceae prop. n. The natural family of ferns coextensive with the order Marattiales, consisting of chiefly tropical eusporantiate ferns with gigantic fronds.
Syn. -- family Marattiaceae.
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Marattiales prop. n. An order of lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae.
Syn. -- order Marattiales.
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maraud (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Marauding.] [F. marauder, fr. maraud vagabond, OF. marault; of uncertain origin, perh. for malault, fr. (assumed) LL. malaldus; fr. L. malus bad, ill + a suffix of German origin (cf. ). Cf. .] To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder. “Marauding hosts.” Milman.
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Maraud, n. An excursion for plundering.
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Marauder (?), n. [From , v.: cf. F. maraudeur.] A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages. De Quincey.
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Maravedi (?), n. [Sp. maravedí; -- so called from the Morābitīn (lit., the steadfast), an Arabian dynasty which reigned in Africa and Spain. Cf. .] (Numis.) A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.
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maravilla n. 1. A wildflower (Mirabilis multiflora) having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from Southern California to Southern Colorado and into Mexico.
Syn. -- desert four o'clock, Colorado four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora.
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2. A leafy wildflower (Mirabilis longiflora) having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico.
Syn. -- sweet four o'clock, Mirabilis longiflora.
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Marble (märb'l), n. [OE. marbel, marbre, F. marbre, L. marmor, fr. Gr. marmaros, fr. marmairein to sparkle, flash. Cf. .] 1. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc.
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☞ Coloq. Breccia marble consists of limestone fragments cemented together. -- Coloq. Ruin marble , when polished, shows forms resembling ruins, due to disseminated iron oxide. -- Coloq. Shell marble contains fossil shells. -- Coloq. Statuary marble is a pure, white, fine-grained kind, including Parian (from Paros) and Carrara marble. If coarsely granular it is called saccharoidal.
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2. A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles.
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3. A little ball of glass, marble, porcelain, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.
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☞ Marble is also much used in self-explaining compounds; when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means, hard, cold, destitute of compassion or feeling; as, marble-breasted, marble-faced, marble-hearted.
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Marble, a. 1. Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.
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2. Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.
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Marble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Marbling (?).] [Cf. F. marbrer. See , n.] To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.
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Marbled (?), a. 1. Made of, or faced with, marble. [Obs.] “The mansion.” Shak.
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2. Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble. “Marbled paper.” Boyle.
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3. (Zoöl.) Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.
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4. Having small flecks of fat interspered with the muscle; -- of cuts of meat, especially beef; as, a well-marbled steak. Such marbling improves the flavor of beef for most people.
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marble cake n. A made of light and dark batter very lightly blended, so as to produce a variegated appearance resembling that of marble.
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Marble-edged (?), a. Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.
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Marbleize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marbleized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Marbleizing (?).] To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron.
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marbleizing n. A texture like that of marble.
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Marbler (�), n. 1. One who works upon marble or other stone. [R.] Fuller.
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2. One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.
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marbles n. A children's game played with marbles{3}, little balls made of a hard substance (as glass).
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marblewood n. 1. A hard marbled wood.
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2. A large Asiatic tree (Diospyros kurzii) having hard marbled zebrawood.
Syn. -- Andaman marble, Andaman marble, Diospyros kurzii.
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Marbling (?), n. 1. The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble.
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2. An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled appearance.
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3. pl. (Zoöl.) Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.
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Marbly, a. Containing, or resembling, marble.
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Marbrinus (?), n. [LL., fr. OF. & F. marble marble. See .] A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries. Beck (Draper's Dict.).
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Marc (?), n. [F.] The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes.
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Marc, n. [AS. marc; akin to G. mark, Icel. mörk, perh. akin to E. mark a sign. √106, 273.] [Written also mark.] 1. A weight of various commodities, esp. of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.
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2. A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
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3. A German coin and money of account. See .
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Marcantant (?), n. [It. mercatante. See .] A merchant. [Obs.] Shak.
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Marcasite (?), n. [F. marcassite; cf. It. marcassita, Sp. marquesita, Pg. marquezita; all fr. Ar. marqashītha.] (Min.) A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites.
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Coloq. Golden marcasite , tin. [Obs.]
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{ Marcasitic (?), Marcasitical (?), } a. Containing, or having the nature of, marcasite.
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Marcassin (?), n. [F.] (Her.) A young wild boar.
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Marcato (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) In a marked emphatic manner; -- used adverbially as a direction.
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Marceline (?), n. [F., fr. L. marcidus withered, fr. marcere to wither, shrivel.] A thin silk fabric used for linings, etc., in ladies' dresses.
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Marcel Proust n. A French novelist (1871-1922).
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Marcescent (?), a. [L. marcescens, p. pr. of marcescere to wither, decay, fr. marcere to wither, droop: cf. F. marcescent.] (Bot.) Withering without falling off; fading; decaying.
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Marcescible (?), a. [Cf. F. marcescible.] Liable to wither or decay.
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March (märch), n. [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr. Martius belonging to Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf. .] The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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The stormy March is come at last,
With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. Bryant.
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Coloq. As mad as a March Hare , an old English Saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and violent. Wright.
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March, n. [OE. marche, F. marche; of German origin; cf. OHG. marcha, G. mark, akin to OS. marka, AS. mearc, Goth. marka, L. margo edge, border, margin, and possibly to E. mark a sign. √106. Cf. , , , .] A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales.
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Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions -- France, Savoy, and Switzerland. Fuller.
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Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles. Tennyson.
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March, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d .] To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.]
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That was in a strange land
Which marcheth upon Chimerie. Gower.
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Coloq. To march with , to have the same boundary for a greater or less distance; -- said of an estate.
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March, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Marching.] [F. marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob. fr. L. marcus hammer. Cf. .] 1. To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily. Shak.
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2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army into France.
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March, v. t. To cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.
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March them again in fair array. Prior.
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March, n. [F. marche.] 1. The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.
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These troops came to the army harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon.
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2. Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement; as, the march of time.
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With solemn march
Goes slow and stately by them. Shak.
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This happens merely because men will not bide their time, but will insist on precipitating the march of affairs. Buckle.
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3. The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles.
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4. A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.
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The drums presently striking up a march. Knolles.
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Coloq. To make a march , (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of a hand, in the game of euchre.
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marchand de vin n. (Cookery) A sauce consisting of brown sauce with mushrooms and red wine or madeira.
Syn. -- mushroom wine sauce.
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Marchantia prop. n. The type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores.
Syn. -- genus Marchantia.
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Marchantiaceae prop. n. A natural family of liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli.
Syn. -- family Marchantiaceae.
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Marchantiales prop. n. An oder of liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally.
Syn. -- order Marchantiales.
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march equinox n. The .
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Marcher (?), n. One who marches.
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Marcher, n. [See 2d .] The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.
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{ Marchet (?), Merchet (?) }, n. [LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.] In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.
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Marching (?), a. & n., fr. , v.
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Coloq. Marching money (Mil.), the additional pay of officer or soldier when his regiment is marching. -- Coloq. In marching order (Mil.), equipped for a march. -- Coloq. Marching regiment . (Mil.) (a) A regiment in active service. (b) In England, a regiment liable to be ordered into other quarters, at home or abroad; a regiment of the line.
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Marchioness (?), n. [LL. marchionissa, fr. marchio a marquis. See Marquis.] The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis. Spelman.
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March-mad (?), a. Extremely rash; foolhardy. See under , the month. Sir W. Scott.
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Marchman (?), n. A person living in the marches between England and Scotland or Wales.
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Marchpane (?), n. [Cf. It. marzapane,Sp. pan,. massepain, prob. fr. L. maza frumenty (Gr. ma^za) + L. panis bread; but perh. the first part of the word is from the name of the inventor.] A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds and sugar. Called also marzipan. [Obs.] Shak.
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March-ward (?), n. A warden of the marches; a marcher.
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Marcian (?), a. Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Marcid (?), a. [L. marcidus, fr. marcere to wither, pine.] 1. Pining; lean; withered. Dryden.
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2. Characterized by emaciation, as a fever. Harvey.
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Marcidity (?), n. [LL. marciditas.] The state or quality of being withered or lean. [R.]
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