MARBLE
M'ARBLE, noun [Latin marmor; Gr. white.]1. The popular name of any species of calcarious stone or mineral, of a compact texture, and of a beautiful appearance, susceptible of a ...
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MARBLED
M'ARBLED, participle passive Diversified in color; veined like marble.
MARBLED-HEARTED
M'ARBLED-HE'ARTED, adjective Having a heart like marble; hard hearted; cruel; insensible; incapable of being moved by pity, love or sympathy.
MARBLING
M'ARBLING, participle present tense Variegating in colors; clouding or veining like marble.M'ARBLING, noun The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble.
MARCASITE
M'ARCASITE, noun A name which has been given to all sorts of minerals, to ores, pyrites, and semi-metals. It is now obsolete.
MARCASITIC
MARCASIT'IC, adjective Pertaining to marcasite; of the nature of marcasite.
MARCESCENT
MARCES'CENT, adjective [Latin marcescens, marcesco.]Withering; fading; decaying.
MARCESSIBLE
MARCES'SIBLE, adjective That may wither; liable to decay.
MARCH
M'ARCH, noun [Latin Mars, the god of war.]The third month of the year.M'ARCH, verb intransitive To border on; to be contiguous to.M'ARCH, verb intransitive [Latin marceo]1. To m...
MARCHER
M'ARCHER, noun The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.
MARCHES
M'ARCHES, nounplural Borders; limits; confines; as lord of the marches
MARCHING
M'ARCHING, participle present tense Moving or walking in order or in a stately manner.M'ARCHING, noun Military movement; passage of troops.
MARCHIONESS
M'ARCHIONESS, noun The wife or widow of a marquis; or a female having the rank and dignity of a marquis.
MARCHPANE
M'ARCHPANE, noun [Latin panis, bread.]A kind of sweet bread or biscuit. [Not used.]
MARCID
M'ARCID, adjective [Latin marcidus, from marceo, to pine.]Pining; wasted away; lean; withered.
MARCOR
M'ARCOR, noun [Latin] The state of withering or wasting; leanness; waste of flesh. [Little used.]
MARE
MARE, noun The female of the horse, or equine genus of quadrupeds.A kind or torpor or stagnation which seems to press the stomach in sleep; the incubus. [It is now used only in ...
MARECA
MAR'ECA, noun A species of duck in South America.
MARENA
MARE'NA, noun A kind of fish somewhat like a pilchard.
MARESCHAL
M'ARESCHAL, noun m'arshal. The chief commander of an army.
MARGARATE
M'ARGARATE, noun [Latin margarita, a pearl, from the Greek.]In chimistry, a compound of margaric acid with a base.
MARGARIC
MARGAR'IC, adjective [supra.] Pertaining to pearl. The margaric acid is obtained by digesting soap made of hog's lard and potash, in water. It appears in the form of pearly scales.
MARGARIN
M'ARGARINM'ARGARINE, noun A peculiar pearl-like substance, extracted from hog's lard; called also margarite and margaric acid.
MARGARINE
M`ARGARINE, n. A peculiar pearl-like substance, extracted from hog's lard; called also margarite and margaric acid.
MARGARITE
M'ARGARITE, noun A pearl.1. Margaric acid.2. A mineral of a grayish white color found in Tyrol.
MARGAY
M'ARGAY, noun An American animal of the cat kind.
MARGIN
M'ARGIN, noun [Latin margo.]1. A border; edge; brink; verge; as the margin of a river or lake.2. The edge of the leaf or page of a book, left blank or filled with notes.3. The e...