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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mär'bly, adv. p. 811In the manner of marble.Märe, n. p. 811The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes.Märe, n. p. 811A weight of several different commodities, especially of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces. 2. A money of account, equal in…Mär'ea-sīte, n. p. 811(Min.) A variety of iron pyrites, often containing a small proportion of arsenic; white iron pyrites.Mär'ca-sit'ic or Mär'ca-sit'ic-al, a. p. 811Pertaining to, or containing, marcasite; of the nature of marcasite.Mar-căs'sin, n. p. 811(Her.) A young wild boar.Mär'çel-ïne, n. p. 811A thin silk tissue used for linings, &c., in ladies' dresses. Simmons.Mar-çĕs'çent, a. p. 811(Bot.) Withering without falling off; fading; decaying.Mar-çĕs'çi-ble, a. p. 811Liable to wither or decay.Märch, n. p. 811The third month of the year. ☞ The phrase as mad as a March hare, is an old English saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and violent. Wright.Märch, v. i. p. 811To move by steps and in order, as soldiers; to move in a military manner. 2. To walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily. Like thee, great son of Jove, like thee, When clad…Märch, v. t. p. 811To cause to move in military array; to push forward, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner.Märch, n. p. 811A movement of soldiers from one stopping-place to another; military progress; advance of troops. In our third march we found an unexpected supply of food, the hills being full of hares. De Foe. 2.…Märch, v. i. p. 812To border; to be contiguous. [Obs.] That was in a strange land Which marcheth upon Chimerie. Gower.Märch, n. p. 812A frontier of a territory; a border; a confine;—used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied to the frontiers between England and Scotland and England and Wales. Geneva is situated in…Märch'er, n. p. 812One who marches. 2. The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.Märch'ing, a. p. 812Pertaining to a march. Marching regiment (Mil.), a regiment in active service.Mär'chion-ess, n. p. 812The wife or widow of a marquis; a female having the rank and dignity of a marquis. Spelman.Märch'-mād, a. p. 812Rash to an extreme; fool-hardy. See MARCH. W. Scott.Märch'pāne, n. p. 812A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; spice cakes of sugar, nuts, poppy seeds, and Indian corn. Mayne. Sidney.Märch'-ward, n. p. 812A warden of the marches;—same as MARCHER.Mär'çid, a. p. 812Pining; wasted away; lean; withered. Dryden.Mar-cĭd'i-ty, n. p. 812State of great leanness.Mär'cion-ite, n. p. 812(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power…Mär'çite, n. p. 812(Eccl. Hist.) One of a certain religious sect which arose in the second century, the members of which called themselves the Perfecti, and professed to do every thing with great liberty and without…Măr'cōr, n. p. 812The state of withering or wasting; leanness; waste of flesh. [Obs.]Mar-cō'sian, n. p. 812(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of the early Christians, who had a large number of apocryphal books which they believed to be canonical. They were a branch of the Gnostics, and were so called from an…Māre or Mare's-nest or Mare's-tail, n. p. 812The female of the horse, or equine genus of quadrupeds. Mare's-nest, any thing very absurd or ludicrous; as, a person is said to find a mare's-nest, when he chuckles over the discovery of something…Māre, n. p. 812(Med.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus;—used almost exclusively in the compound night-mare.Ma-rē'nā, n. p. 812(Ichth.) A kind of fish, somewhat like a pilchard.Măre'schal, n. p. 812A military officer of very high rank; a marshal.Mär'ga-rate, n. p. 812(Chem.) A compound of margaric acid with a base.Mar·gär'ie, a. p. 812Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; as, margarie acid, an acid obtained by digesting soap in water with an acid;—so called because it appears in the form of pearly scales.Măr'ga-rīne, n. p. 812(Chem.) A peculiar, pearl-like substance extracted from some vegetable oils, and also from the fat of some animals. [Written also margarin.]Măr'gä-ri-tā'ce-æ, n. pl. p. 812(Zool.) The pearl oyster tribe.Mar-găr'i-tā'ceoŭs, a. p. 812Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.Mär'gä-rite, n. p. 812A pearl. [Obs.] Peacham.Mär'gar-it'ic, a. p. 812Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl. Margaritic acid (Chem.), one of the fatty acids which result from the saponification of castor-oil. Brande.Mär'ga-ri-tif'er-oüs, a. p. 812Producing pearls.Mär'ga-rōn or Mär'ga-rōne, n. p. 812(Chem.) A peculiar fatty substance, crystallizing in pearly scales, produced by the distillation of a mixture of margaric acid and quicklime. Brande.Mär'gä-roüs, a. p. 812(Chem.) Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl;—said of a certain acid obtained in the same manner as margaric acid, but containing less oxygen.Mär'gày, n. p. 812(Zoöl.) An animal of the cat kind (Felis tigrina), found in South America.Märge or Mär'gent, n. p. 812A margin. “The beached margent of the sea.” Shak. A sorrow so great as brought her to the margent of her grave. Bp. Taylor. Along the river’s stony marge The sand-lark chants a joyous song.…Mār'gent, v. t. p. 812To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin. [Obs. and rare.]Mär'gin, n. p. 812A border; edge; brink; verge; a marge; as, the margin of a river or lake. 2. Specifically, the part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing; an uncovered bordering space. 3.…Măr'gin, v. t. p. 812To furnish with a margin; to border, to leave room to be filled up by anticipated profits, or by the discretion of an agent. 2. To enter in the margin of a page.Mār'gin-al, a. p. 812Pertaining to a margin. 2. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.Mär'gi-nā'li-ä, n. pl. p. 812Marginal notes.Mär′gĭn-al-ly, adv. p. 812In the margin of a book.Mär'gĭn-āte, v. t. p. 812To furnish with a margin. [Obs.] Cock'eram.Mär′gin-ate or Mär′gin-ā/ted, a. p. 812Having a margin.Mar-gō'sā, n. p. 812(Bot.) A large tree of the genus Melia, found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarak…Măr'got, n. p. 812(Ichth.) A fish of the perch kind, found in the waters of Carolina.Mär'gra-vate or Mar-grā'vi-ate, n. p. 812The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.Măr'grāve, n. p. 812Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches, in Germany. 2. A nobleman of a rank equivalent to that of an English marquis.Mär'gra-vīne, n. p. 812The wife of a margrave.Mā'ri-an, a. p. 812Pertaining or relating to the Virgin Mary, or to Mary Queen of England, often called bloody Mary. Of all the Marian martyrs, Mr. Philpot was the best-born gentleman. Fuller.Mār'i-et, n. p. 812(Bot.) A kind of violet; Viola marina.Ma-rīg'e-noŏs, a. p. 812Produced in or by the sea.Mār'i-gōld, n. p. 812(Bot.) A plant of the genus Calendula, bearing a yellow flower. ☞ There are several plants of different genera bearing this name; as the African marigold, of the genus Tagetes; corn-marigold, of the…