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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Brokerage)</fld> <def>Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.</def>

<i>N. Biddle.</i>

<cs><col>Margin draft</col> <fld>(Masonry)</fld>, <cd>a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints.</cd> -- <col>Margin of a course</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not covered by the course immediately above it. See 2d <er>Gauge</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Border; brink; verge; brim; rim.</syn>

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

<hw>Mar"gin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Margined</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Marginging</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To furnish with a margin.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To enter in the margin of a page.</def>

<h1>Marginal</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"gin*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>marginal</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a margin.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Written or printed in the margin; <as>as, a <ex>marginal</ex> note or gloss</as>.</def>

<h1>Marginalia</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar`gi*na"li*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>Marginal notes.</def>

<h1>Marginally</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"gin*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the margin of a book.</def>

<h1>Marginate</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"gin*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>marginatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>marginare</ets> to margin. See <er>Margin</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure.</def>

<h1>Marginate</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"gin*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To furnish with a distinct margin; to margin.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Marginated</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"gin*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Marginate</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Margined</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"gined</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a margin.</def>

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Bordered with a distinct line of color.</def>

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