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<hw>Mare</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>mara</ets> incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. <ets>mara</ets>; cf. Pol. <ets>mora</ets>, Bohem. <ets>m<?/ra</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound <i>nightmare</i>.</def>

<blockquote>I will ride thee o' nights like the <b>mare</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Marechal Niel</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mare"chal Niel"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A kind of large yellow rose.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Marshal Niel</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Mareis</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"eis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Marsh.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Marena</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Ma*re"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>Salmo maraena</ets>, G. <ets>mar\'84ne</ets>, <ets>mor\'84ne</ets>; -- so called from Lake <ets>Morin</ets>, in the March of Brandenburg, in Prussia.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A European whitefish of the genus <spn>Coregonus</spn>.</def>

<h1>Mareschal</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mare"schal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>mareschal</ets>, F. <ets>mar\'82chal</ets>. See <er>Marshal</er>.]</ety> <def>A military officer of high rank; a marshal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Mare's-nest</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mare's"-nest`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.</def>

<h1>Mare's-tail</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mare's"-tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See <er>Cloud</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Mackerel sky and <b>mare's-tails</b> Make tall ships carry low sails. <i>Old Rhyme.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An aquatic plant of the genus <spn>Hippuris</spn> (<spn>H.vulgaris</spn>), having narrow leaves in whorls.</def>

<h1>Margarate</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"ga*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>margarate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base.</def>

<h1>Margaric</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar*gar"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>margarique</ets>. See <er>Margarite</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.</def>

<cs><col>Margaric acid</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <cd>A fatty body, crystallizing in pearly scales, and obtained by digesting saponified fats (soaps) with an acid. It was formerly supposed to be an individual fatty acid, but is now known to be simply an intimate mixture of stearic and palmitic acids.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>A white, crystalline substance, <chform>C17H34O2</chform> of the fatty acid series, intermediate between palmitic and stearic acids, and obtained from the wax of certain lichens, from cetyl cyanide, and other sources.</cd></cs>

<h1>Margarin</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"ga*rin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>margarine</ets>. See <er>Margarite</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin.</def>

<h1>Marasritaceous</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar`as*ri*ta"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.</def>

<h1>Margarite</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"ga*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>margarita</ets>, Gr. <?/ a pearl; cf. F. <ets>marguerite</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pearl.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>