Part 6855

<h1>Martin</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Stone Working)</fld> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.</def>

<h1>Martin</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"tin</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>martin</ets>, from the proper name <ets>Martin</ets>. Cf. <er>Martlet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>marten</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; The American purple martin, or bee martin (<spn>Progne subis, &or; purpurea</spn>), and the European house, or window, martin (<spn>Hirundo, &or; Chelidon, urbica</spn>), are the best known species.</note>

<cs><col>Bank martin</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The bank swallow</cd>. See under <er>Bank</er>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The fairy martin. See under <er>Fairy</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bee martin</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The purple martin</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The kingbird.</cd> -- <col>Sand martin</col>, <cd>the bank swallow.</cd></cs>

<h1>Martinet</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"ti*net`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from an officer of that name in the French army under Louis XIV. Cf. <er>Martin</er> the bird, <er>Martlet</er>.]</ety> <def>In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods.</def> <mark>[Hence, the word is commonly employed in a depreciatory sense.]</mark>

<h1>Martinet</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"ti*net`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The martin.</def>

<h1>Martineta</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar`ti*ne"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>martinete</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of tinamou (<spn>Calopezus elegans</spn>), having a long slender crest.</def>

<h1>Martinetism</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"ti*net`ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.</def>

<h1>Martingale, Martingal</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw><hw>Mar"tin*gale</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mar"tin*gal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>martingale</ets>; cf. It. <ets>martingala</ets> a sort of hose, martingale, Sp. <ets>martingala</ets> a greave, cuish, martingale, Sp. <ets>alm\'a0rtaga</ets> a kind of bridle.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Gambling)</fld> <def>The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the <i>martingale</i> of a harness.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Martinmas</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"tin*mas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[St. <ets>Martin + mass</ets> religious service.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often called <altname>martlemans</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Martinmas summer</col>, <cd>a period of calm, warm weather often experienced about the time of Martinmas; Indian summer.</cd></cs>

<i>Percy Smith.</i>

<h1>Martite</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"tite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Mars</ets>, <ets>Martis</ets>, the god Mars, the alchemical name of iron.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorph after magnetite.</def>

<h1>Martlemas</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"tle*mas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Martinmas</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Martlet</h1> <Xpage=898>