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<h1>Maroon</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Ma*roon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>marron</ets> chestnut-colored, fr. <ets>marron</ets> a large French chestnut, It. <ets>marrone</ets>; cf. LGr. <?/. Cf. <er>Marron</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the color called maroon. See 4th <er>Maroon</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Maroon lake</col>, <cd>lake prepared from madder, and distinguished for its transparency and the depth and durability of its color.</cd></cs>

<h1>Maroon</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Ma*roon"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An explosive shell. See <er>Marron</er>, 3.</def>

<h1>Marplot</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"plot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, by his officious <?/nterference, mars or frustrates a design or plot.</def>

<h1>Marque</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Marque</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>marque</ets>, in <ets>lettre de marque</ets> letter of marque, a commission with which the commandant of every armed vessel was obliged to be provided, under penalty of being considered a pirate or corsair; <ets>marque</ets> here prob. meaning, border, boundary (the letter of marque being a permission to go beyond the border), and of German origin. See <er>March</er> border.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Letters of marque</col>, <col>Letters of marque and reprisal</col></mcol>, <cd>a license or extraordinary commission granted by a government to a private person to fit out a privateer or armed ship to cruise at sea and make prize of the enemy's ships and merchandise. The ship so commissioned is sometimes called a <i>letter of marque<i>.</cd></cs> <-- privateer -->

<h1>Marquee</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar*quee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>marquise</ets>, misunderstood as a plural; prob. orig., tent of the marchioness. See <er>Marquis</er>.]</ety> <def>A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>markee</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Marquess</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"quess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>marques</ets>. See <er>Marquis</er>.]</ety> <def>A marquis.</def>

<cs><col>Lady marquess</col>, <cd>a marchioness. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Marquetry</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"quet*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>marqueterie</ets>, from <ets>marqueter</ets> to checker, inlay, fr. <ets>marque</ets> mark, sign; of German origin. See <er>Mark</er> a sign.]</ety> <def>Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors.</def>

<h1>Marquis</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"quis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>marquis</ets>, OF. <ets>markis</ets>, <ets>marchis</ets>, LL. <ets>marchensis</ets>; of German origin; cf. G. <ets>mark</ets> bound, border, march, OHG. <ets>marcha</ets>. See <er>March</er> border, and cf. <er>Marchioness</er>, <er>Marquee</er>, <er>Marquess</er>.]</ety> <def>A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.</def>

<h1>Marquisate</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"quis*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>marquisat</ets>.]</ety> <def>The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.</def>

<h1>Marquisdom</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"quis*dom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A marquisate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Nobles of the <i>marquisdom</i> of Saluce."

<i>Holinshed.</i>

<h1>Marquise</h1> <Xpage=897>