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<h1>Marital</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"i*tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>maritalis</ets>, fr. <ets>maritus</ets> belonging to marriage, <tt>n.</tt>, a husband. See <er>Marry</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a husband; <as>as, <ex>marital</ex> rights, duties, authority</as>.</def> "<i>Marital</i> affection."

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Maritated</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"i*ta`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>maritatus</ets> married.]</ety> <def>Having a husband; married.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Maritimal, Maritimale</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw><hw>Ma*rit"i*mal</hw>, <hw>Ma*rit"i*male</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Maritime</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Maritime</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"i*time</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>maritimus</ets>, fr. <ets>mare</ets> the sea: cf. F. <ets>maritime</ets>. See <er>Mere</er> a pool.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy; <as>as, <ex>maritime</ex> states</as>.</def> "A <i>maritime</i> town."

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea.</def> "<i>Maritime</i> service."

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<cs><col>Maritime law</col>. <cd>See <er>Law</er>.</cd> -- <col>Maritime loan</col>, <cd>a loan secured by bottomry or respodentia bonds.</cd> -- <col>Martime nations</col>, <cd>nations having seaports, and using the sea more or less for war or commerce.</cd></cs>

<h1>Marjoram</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mar"jo*ram</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>majoran</ets>, F. <ets>marjolaine</ets>, LL. <ets>marjoraca</ets>, fr. L. <ets>amaracus</ets>, <ets>amaracum</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of mintlike plants (<spn>Origanum</spn>) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (<spn>O. Majorana</spn>) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europe and America is <spn>O. vulgare</spn>, far less fragrant than the other.</def>

<h1>Mark</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mark</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A license of reprisals. See <er>Marque</er>.</def>

<h1>Mark</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mark</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 2d <er>Marc</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An old weight and coin. See <er>Marc</er>.</def> "Lend me a <i>mark</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to 23.8 cents of United States money; the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs. Also, a silver coin of this value.</def> <-- in 1995, approx. 65 cents American -->

<h1>Mark</h1> <Xpage=895>

<hw>Mark</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>marke</ets>, <ets>merke</ets>, AS. <ets>mearc</ets>; akin to D. <ets>merk</ets>, MHG. <ets>marc</ets>, G. <ets>marke</ets>, Icel. <ets>mark</ets>, Dan. <ets>m\'91rke</ets>; cf. Lith. <ets>margas</ets> party-colored. &root;106, 273. Cf. <er>Remark</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a line, point, stamp, figure, or the like, drawn or impressed, so as to attract the attention and convey some information or intimation; a token; a trace.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord set a <b>mark</b> upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. <i>Gen. iv. 15.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>mark</b> of the artisan is found upon the most ancient fabrics that have come to light. <i>Knight.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, etc.; <as>as, a sea<ex>mark</ex>, a land<ex>mark</ex></as>.</def>