MAROON
MAROON', noun A name given to free blacks living on the mountains in the West India isles.MAROON', verb transitive To put a sailor a shore on a desolate isle, under pretense of ...
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MARQUE
M'ARQUEM'ARK, noun Letters of marque are letters of reprisal; a license or extraordinary commission granted by a sovereign of one state to his subjects, to make reprisals at sea...
MARQUETRY
M'ARQUETRY, noun Inlaid work; work inlaid with variegations of fine wood, shells, ivory and the like.
MARQUIS
M'ARQUIS, noun A title of honor in Great Britain, next to that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. T...
MARQUISATE
M'ARQUISATE, noun The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis.
MARRER
M'ARRER, noun [from mar.] One that mars, hurts or impairs.
MARRIABLE
MARRIABLE, for marriageable. [Not used.]
MARRIAGE
MAR'RIAGE, noun [Latin mas, maris.] The act of uniting a man and woman for life; wedlock; the legal union of a man and woman for life. marriage is a contract both civil and reli...
MARRIAGE-ARTICLES
MAR'RIAGE-ARTICLES, noun Contract or agreement on which a marriage is founded.
MARRIAGEABLE
MAR'RIAGEABLE, adjective Of an age suitable for marriage; fit to be married. Young persons are marriageable at an earlier age in warm climates than in cold.1. Capable of union.
MARRIED
MAR'RIED, participle passive [from marry.] United in wedlock.1.adjective Conjugal; connubial; as the married state.
MARROW
MAR'ROW, noun1. A soft oleaginous substance contained in the cavities of animal bones.2. The essence; the best part.3. In the Scottish dialect, a companion; fellow; associate; m...
MARROW-BONE
MAR'ROW-BONE, noun A bone containing marrow, or boiled for its marrow.1. The bone of the knee; in ludicrous language.
MARROWFAT
MAR'ROWFAT, noun A kind of rich pea.
MARROWISH
MAR'ROWISH, adjective Of the nature of marrow.
MARROWLESS
MAR'ROWLESS, adjective Destitute of marrow.
MARROWY
MAR'ROWY, adjective Full of marrow; pithy.
MARRY
MAR'RY, verb transitive [Latin mas, maris, a male; Latin vir, a husband, a lord or master.]1. To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to join a man and woman for life, and constitute ...
MARS
M'ARS, noun In mythology, the god of war; in modern usage, a planet; and in the old chimistry, a term for iron.
MARSH
M'ARSH, noun A tract of low land, usually or occasionally covered with water, or very wet and miry, and overgrown with coarse grass or with detached clumps of sedge; a fen. It d...
MARSH-ELDER
M'ARSH-EL'DER, noun The gelder rose, a species of Viburnum.
MARSH-MALLOW
M'ARSH-MAL'LOW, noun A plant of the genus Althaea.
MARSH-MARIGOLD
M'ARSH-MAR'IGOLD, noun A plant of the genus Caltha.
MARSH-ROCKET
M'ARSH-ROCK'ET, noun A species of water cresses.
MARSHAL
M'ARSHAL, noun1. The chief officer of arms, whose duty it is to regulate combats in the lists.2. One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the o...
MARSHALED
M'ARSHALED, participle passive Arranged in due order.
MARSHALER
M'ARSHALER, noun One who disposes in due order.