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<h1>Mart</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mart</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To sell and <b>mart</b> your officer for gold To undeservers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Mart</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To traffic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Mart</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Mars</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The god Mars.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Battle; contest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fairfax.</i>

<h1>Martagon</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"ta*gon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. & Sp. <ets>martagon</ets>, It. <ets>martagone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A lily (<spn>Lilium Martagon</spn>) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia.</def>

<h1>Martel</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"tel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>marteler</ets>, fr. <ets>martel</ets>, <ets>marteau</ets>, hammer, a dim. fr. L. <ets>martulus</ets>, <ets>marculus</ets>, dim. of <ets>marcus</ets> hammer. Cf. <er>March</er> to step.]</ety> <def>To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Martel de fer</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar`tel` de fer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[OF., hammer of iron.]</ety> <def>A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>Marteline</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"te*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.</def>

<h1>Martello tower</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar*tel"lo tow`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[It. <ets>martello</ets> hammer. The name was orig. given to towers erected on the coasts of Sicily and Sardinia for protection against the pirates in the time of Charles the Fifth, which prob. orig. contained an alarm bell to be struck with a hammer. See <er>Martel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.</def>

<note>&hand; The English borrowed the name of the tower from Corsica in 1794.</note>

<h1>Marten</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"ten</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bird. See <er>Martin</er>.</def>

<h1>Marten</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"ten</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From older <ets>martern</ets>, <ets>marter</ets>, <ets>martre</ets>, F. <ets>martre</ets>, <ets>marte</ets>, LL. <ets>martures</ets> (pl.), fr. L. <ets>martes</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>mear<?/</ets>, <ets>meard</ets>, G. <ets>marder</ets>, OHG. <ets>mardar</ets>, Icel. <ets>m\'94r<?/r</ets>. Cf. <er>Foumart</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus <spn>Mustela</spn>, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech, or stone, marten (<spn>Mustela foina</spn>); the pine marten (<spn>M. martes</spn>); and the American marten, or sable (<spn>M. Americana</spn>), which some zo\'94logists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.</def>