Part 6834

<i>Peacham.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.</def>

<h1>Margaritic</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar`ga*rit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>margaritique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Margaric.</def>

<h1>Margaritiferous</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar`ga*ri*tif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>margaritifer</ets>; <ets>margarita</ets> pearl + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear: cf. F. <ets>margaritif\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing pearls.</def>

<h1>Margarodite</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar*gar"o*dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ pearl-like.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite.</def>

<h1>Margarone</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"ga*rone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Margar</ets>ic + <ets>-one</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The ketone of margaric acid.</def>

<h1>Margarous</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"ga*rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Margaric; -- formerly designating a supposed acid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Margate fish</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"gate fish"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A sparoid fish (<spn>Diabasis aurolineatus</spn>) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also <altname>red-mouth grunt</altname>.</def>

<h1>Margay</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"gay</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An American wild cat (<spn>Felis tigrina</spn>), ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also <altname>long-tailed cat</altname>.</def>

<h1>Marge</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Marge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>marge</ets>. See <er>Margin</er>.]</ety> <def>Border; margin; edge; verge.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<blockquote>Along the river's stony <b>marge</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Margent</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"gent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. See <er>Margin</er>.]</ety> <def>A margin; border; brink; edge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The beached <b>margent</b> of the sea. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Margent</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"gent</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Mir. for Mag.</i>

<h1>Margin</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"gin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>margine</ets>, <ets>margent</ets>, L. <ets>margo</ets>, <ets>ginis</ets>. Cf. <er>March</er> a border, <er>Marge</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A border; edge; brink; verge; <as>as, the <ex>margin</ex> of a river or lake</as>.</def>