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<h1>March-ward</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>March"-ward`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A warden of the marches; a marcher.</def>

<h1>Marcian</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"cian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Marcid</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"cid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>marcidus</ets>, fr. <ets>marcere</ets> to wither, pine.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pining; lean; withered.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Characterized by emaciation, as a fever.</def>

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Mar-cidi-ty</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar-cid"i-ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>marciditas</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being withered or lean.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<h1>Marcionite</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"cion*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist)</fld> <def>A follower of <i>Marcion</i>, 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, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation.</def>

<i>Brande & C. </i>

<h1>Marcobrunner</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar`co*brun"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>Marcobrunner</ets>.]</ety> <def>A celebrated Rhine wine.</def>

<h1>Marcor</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"cor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>marcere</ets> to wither.]</ety> <def>A wasting away of flesh; decay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Marcosian</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar*co"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a Gnostic sect of the second century, so called from <i>Marcus</i>, an Egyptian, who was reputed to be a margician.</def>

<h1>Mardi gras</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"di` gras"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., literally, fat Tuesday.]</ety> <def>The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking.</def>

<h1>Mare</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mare</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mere</ets>, AS. <ets>mere</ets>, <ets>myre</ets>, fem of AS. <ets>mearh</ets> horse, akin to D. <ets>merrie</ets> mare, G. <ets>m\'84hre</ets>, OHG. <ets>marah</ets> horse, <ets>meriha</ets> mare, Icel. <ets>marr</ets> horse, OCelt. <ets>marka</ets> (Pausan. 19, 19,4), Ir. <ets>marc</ets>, W. <ets>march</ets>. Cf. <er>Marshal</er>.]</ety> <def>The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.</def>

<h1>Mare</h1> <Xpage=895>