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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Marine

Ma-rīne', a.

adjective

(ma-reen'), a. [Lat. marinus, from mare, the sea; Fr. marin, Pr. marin, mari, Sp. & It. marino, Pg. marinho.]

Sense 1. Pertaining or relating to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation, naval affairs, &c.; naval; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells.

Sense 2. (Geol.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits. Dana.

Marine acid (Chem.), muriatic acid, or, more properly, hydrochloric acid. Silliman.—Marine barometer, a barometer suspended by gimbals so as to preserve its perpendicular position and prevent the oscillations of the mercury.—Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians of marines.—Marine engine, a form of steam-engine commonly used in sea-going steamers, known as the side-lever engine, or that in which the working-beam and other heavy parts of the machinery are placed below the shaft.—Marine glue, a composition of tar and shellac, which strongly unites substances.—Marine law. See LAW.—Marine soap, soap suited for washing with sea-water, and made chiefly with cocoa-nut oil. Simmonds.

Ma-rīne', n.

noun

(ma-reen'), n. [Fr. marin. 2. Fr. marine, Sp. & It. marina, from Lat. marinus. See supra.]

  1. A soldier serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in vessels of war.
  2. The sum of naval affairs or interests; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.