Part 6843

<hw>Mar"kis*esse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A marchioness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Markman</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mark"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A marksman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Marks"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Marksmen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Earlier <ets>markman</ets>; <ets>mark</ets> + <ets>man</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.</def><-- esp. with a rifle. A designation in the army. -->

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Marksmanship</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Marks"man*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Skill of a marksman.</def>

<h1>Marl</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Marl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Marline</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.</def>

<cs><col>Marling spike</col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Marline</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Marl</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>marle</ets>, F. <ets>marne</ets>, LL. <ets>margila</ets>, dim. of L. <ets>marga</ets> marl. Originally a Celtic word, according to Pliny, xvii. 7: "Quod genus terr\'91 Galli et Britanni <ets>margam</ets> vocant." &root;274.]</ety> <def>A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See <er>Greensand</er>.</def>

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<hw>Marl</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Marled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Marling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>marner</ets>. See <er>Marl</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To overspread or manure with marl; <as>as, to <ex>marl</ex> a field</as>.</def>

<h1>Marlaceous</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar*la"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.</def>

<h1>Marlin</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The American great marbled godwit (<spn>Limosa fedoa</spn>). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (<spn>Limosa h\'91matica</spn>).</def>

<cs><col>Hook-billed marlin</col>, <cd>a curlew.</cd></cs>

<-- 2. [from marlinspike, the shape of its bill] any of several marine billfishes of the genera Makaira and Tetrapturus, popular as game in sport fishing -->

<h1>Marline</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar"line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LG. <ets>marlien</ets>, <ets>marling</ets>, or D. <ets>marling</ets>, <ets>marlijn</ets>, fr. D. <ets>marren</ets> to tie, prob. akin to E. <ets>moor</ets>, v., and <ets>lijn</ets> line: cf.F. <ets>merlin</ets>. See <er>Moor</er>, <tt>v.</tt>, <er>Line</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Marline spike</col>, <col>Marling spike</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>an iron tool tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See <er>Fid</er>.</cd> <altsp>[Written also <asp>marlin spike</asp>]</altsp> -- <col>Marline-spike bird</col>. <ety>[The name alludes to the long middle tail feathers.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A tropic bird.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A jager, or skua gull.</cd></cs>

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