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<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.</def>

<h1>Marbling</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"bling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled appearance.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.</def>

<h1>Marbly</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"bly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing, or resembling, marble.</def>

<h1>Marbrinus</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar*bri"nus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL., fr. OF. & F. <ets>marble</ets> marble. See <er>Marble</er>.]</ety> <def>A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries.</def>

<i>Beck (Draper's Dict.).</i>

<h1>Marc</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Marc</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes.</def>

<h1>Marc</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Marc</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>marc</ets>; akin to G. <ets>mark</ets>, Icel. <ets>m\'94rk</ets>, perh. akin to E. <ets>mark</ets> a sign. &rot;106, 273.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>mark</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A weight of various commodities, esp. of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A German coin and money of account. See <er>Mark</er>.</def>

<h1>Marcantant</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"can*tant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>mercatante</ets>. See <er>Merchant</er>.]</ety> <def>A merchant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Marcasite</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"ca*site</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>marcassite</ets>; cf. It. <ets>marcassita</ets>, Sp. <ets>marquesita</ets>, Pg. <ets>marquezita</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>marqash\'c6tha</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites.</def>

<cs><col>Golden marcasite</col>, <cd>tin. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Marcasitic, Marcasitical</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw><hw>Mar`ca*sit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mar`ca*sit"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing, or having the nature of, marcasite.</def>

<h1>Marcassin</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar*cas"sin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A young wild boar.</def>

<h1>Marcato</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar*ca"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>In a marked emphatic manner; -- used adverbially as a direction.</def>