<blockquote>Thou <b>marshalest</b> me the way that I was going. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.</def>
<h1>Marshaler</h1> <Xpage=897>
<hw>Mar"shal*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Written also <ets>marshaller</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who marshals.</def>
<h1>Marshaling</h1> <Xpage=897>
<hw>Mar"shal*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Written also <ets>marshalling</ets>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of arranging in due order.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner.</def>
<cs><col>Marshaling of assets</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the arranging or ranking of assets in due order of administration.</cd></cs>
<h1>Marshalsea</h1> <Xpage=897>
<hw>Mar"shal*sea</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Marshal</ets> + OE. <ets>se</ets> a seat. See <er>See</er> a seat.]</ety> <def>The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>
<cs><col>Court of Marshalsea</col>, <cd>a court formerly held before the steward and marshal of the king's house to administer justice between the king's domestic servants.</cd></cs>
<i>Blackstone.</i>
<h1>Marshalship</h1> <Xpage=897>
<hw>Mar"shal*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of a marshal.</def>
<h1>Marshbanker, Marsebanker</h1> <Xpage=897>
<hw><hw>Marsh"bank`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Marse"bank`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The menhaden.</def>
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<h1>Marshiness</h1> <Xpage=898>
<hw>Marsh"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or condition of being marshy.</def>
<h1>Marsh marigold</h1> <Xpage=898>
<hw>Marsh mar"i*gold</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> A perennial plant of the genus <spn>Caltha</spn> (<spn>C. palustris</spn>), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of <altname>cowslip</altname>. See <er>Cowslip</er>.</def>
<h1>Marshy</h1> <Xpage=898>
<hw>Marsh"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[E. <er>Marsh</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; <as>as, a <ex>marshy</ex> weed</as>.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i>
<h1>Marsipobranch</h1> <Xpage=898>
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