MARKET-FOLKS
M'ARKET-FOLKS, noun People that come to the market.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MARKET-HOUSE
M'ARKET-HOUSE, noun A building for a public market.
MARKET-MAID
M'ARKET-MAID, noun A woman that brings things to market.
MARKET-MAN
M'ARKET-MAN, noun A man that brings things to market.
MARKET-PLACE
M'ARKET-PLACE, noun The place where provisions or goods are exposed to sale.
MARKET-PRICE
M'ARKET-PRICEM'ARKET-RATE, noun The current price of commodities at any given time.
MARKET-RATE
M`ARKET-RATE, n. The current price of commodities at any given time.
MARKET-TOWN
M'ARKET-TOWN, noun A town that has the privilege of a stated public market.
MARKET-WOMAN
M'ARKET-WOMAN, noun A woman that brings things to market or that attends a market for selling any thing.
MARKETABLE
M'ARKETABLE, noun That may be sold; salable.1. Current in market; as marketable value.
MARKSMAN
M'ARKSMAN, noun [Mark and man.] One that is skillful to hit a mark; he that shoots well.1. One who, not able to write, makes his mark instead of his name.
MARL
M'ARL, noun [Latin marga.] A species of calcarious earth, of different composition, being united with clay or fuller's earth. In a crude state, it effervesces with acids. It is ...
MARLACEOUS
MARLA'CEOUS, adjective Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.
MARLINE-SPIKE
M'ARLINE-SPIKE, noun A small iron like a large spike, used to open the bolt rope when the sail is to be sewed to it, etc.
MARLITE
M'ARLITE, noun A variety of marl.
MARLITIC
MARLIT'IC, adjective Partaking of the qualities of marlite.
MARLPIT
M'ARLPIT, noun A pit where marl is dug.
MARLY
M'ARLY, adjective Consisting in or partaking of marl.1. Resembling marl.2. Abounding with marl.
MARMALADE
M'ARMALADE, noun [Latin melo, mel.] The pulp of quinces boiled into a consistence with sugar, or a confection of plums, apricots, quinces, etc. boiled with sugar. In Scotland, i...
MARMALITE
M'ARMALITE, noun [Gr. to shine.] A mineral of a pearly or metallic luster; a hydrate of magnesia.
MARMORACEOUS
MARMORA'CEOUS, adjective Pertaining to or like marble. [See Marmorean, the more legitimate word.]
MARMORATED
M'ARMORATED, adjective [Latin marmor, marble.]Covered with marble. [Little used.]
MARMORATION
MARMORA'TION, noun A covering or incrusting with marble. [Little used.]
MARMOREAN
MARMO'REAN, adjective [Latin marmoreus.] Pertaining to marble.1. Made of marble.
MARMOSE
M'ARMOSE, noun An animal resembling the opossum, but less. Instead of a bag, this animal has two longitudinal folds near the thighs, which serve to inclose the young.
MARMOSET
M'ARMOSET, noun A small monkey.
MARMOT
M'ARMOT, noun A quadruped of the genus Arctomys, allied to the murine tribe. It is about the size of the rabbit, and inhabits the higher region of the Alps and Pyrenees. The nam...