Part 6844

<hw>Mar"line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>merliner</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To wind marline around; <as>as, to <ex>marline</ex> a rope</as>.</def>

<h1>Marlite</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Marl"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>marlite</ets>. See <er>Marl</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of marl.</def>

<h1>Marlitic</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar*lit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Partaking of the qualites of marlite.</def>

<h1>Marlpit</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Marl"pit`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Apit where marl is dug.</def>

<h1>Marlstone</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Marl"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.</def>

<h1>Marly</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Marl"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Marlier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Marliest</er>.]</wordforms> <def>Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.</def>

<h1>Marmalade</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar"ma*lade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>marmelade</ets>, Pg. <ets>marmelada</ets>, fr. <ets>marm\'82lo</ets> a quince, fr. L. <ets>melimelum</ets> honey apple, Gr. <?/ a sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; <?/ honey + <?/ apple. Cf. <er>Mellifluous</er>, <er>Melon</er>.]</ety> <def>A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence.</def>

<cs><col>Marmalade tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a sapotaceous tree (<spn>Lucuma mammosa</spn>) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a single large seed. The fruit is called <i>marmalade<i>, or <i>natural marmalade<i>, from its consistency and flavor.</cd></cs> <-- produces -->

<h1>Marmalet</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar"ma*let`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Marmalade</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Marmatite</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar"ma*tite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>marmatite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly black in color.</def>

<h1>Marmolite</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar"mo*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to sparcle + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color.</def>

<h1>Marmoraceous</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar`mo*ra"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>marmor</ets> marble. See <er>Marble</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or like, marble.</def>

<h1>Marmorate, Marmorated</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw><hw>Mar"mo*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mar"mo*ra`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>marmoratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>marmorate</ets> to overlay with marble, fr. <ets>marmor</ets> marble.]</ety> <def>Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Marmoration</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar`mo*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>marmoratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Marmoratum opus</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar`mo*ra`tum o"pus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. See <er>Marmorate</er>, and <er>Opus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.</def>