Part 6848

<hw>Mar"ri*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who marries.</def>

<h1>Marron</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar*ron"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Maroon</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A large chestnut.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A chestnut color; maroon.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Pyrotechny & Mil.)</fld> <def>A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>maroon</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Marroon</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar*roon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & a.</tt> <def>Same as 1st <er>Maroon</er>.</def>

<h1>Marrot</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"rot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The razor-billed auk. See <er>Auk</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The common guillemot.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The puffin.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>marrott</asp>, and <asp>morrot</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Marrow</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"row</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>marou</ets>, <ets>mary</ets>, <ets>maruh</ets>, AS. <ets>mearg</ets>, <ets>mearh</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>marg</ets>, D. <ets>merg</ets>, G. <ets>Mark</ets>, OHG. <ets>marg</ets>, <ets>marag</ets>, Icel. <ets>mergr</ets>, Sw. <ets>merg</ets>, Dan. <ets>marv</ets>, Skr. <ets>majjan</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>majj</ets> to sink, L. <ets>mergere</ets>. &root;274 Cf. <er>Merge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The essence; the best part.</def>

<blockquote>It takes from our achievements . . . The pith and <b>marrow</b> of our attribute. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <ety>[OE. <ets>maru</ets>, <ets>maro</ets>; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael. <ets>maraon</ets> together.]</ety> <def>One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>Chopping and changing I can not commend, With thief or his <b>marrow</b>, for fear of ill end. <i>Tusser.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Marrow squash</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the <altname>Boston marrow</altname>, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the <altname>vegetable marrow</altname>, a variety of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow.</cd> -- <col>Spinal marrow</col>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Spinal cord</cref>, under <er>Spinal</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Marrow</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"row</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Marrowed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Marrowing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut.</def>

<h1>Marrowbone</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"row*bone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bone containing marrow; <pluf>pl.</pluf> ludicrously, knee bones or knees; <as>as, to get down on one's <ex>marrowbones</ex>, <it>i. e.</it>, to kneel</as>.</def>

<h1>Marrowfat</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"row*fat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A rich but late variety of pea.</def>

<h1>Marrowish</h1> <Xpage=897>

<hw>Mar"row*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of, or like, marrow.</def>

<h1>Marrowless</h1> <Xpage=897>