MPage 61
- English Word Marly Definition Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.
- English Word Marmalade Definition A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence.
- English Word Marmalet Definition See Marmalade.
- English Word Marmatite Definition A ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly black in color.
- English Word Marmolite Definition A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color.
- English Word Marmoraceous Definition Pertaining to, or like, marble.
- English Word Marmorate Definition Alt. of Marmorated
- English Word Marmorated Definition Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble.
- English Word Marmoration Definition A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.
- English Word Marmoratum opus Definition A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.
- English Word Marmoreal Definition Alt. of Marmorean
- English Word Marmorean Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble.
- English Word Marmorosis Definition The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble.
- English Word Marmose Definition A species of small opossum (Didelphus murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil.
- English Word Marmoset Definition Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidae. They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as pets. Called also squirrel monkey.
- English Word Marmot Definition Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.
- English Word Marmot Definition Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.
- English Word Marmottes oil Definition A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus brigantiaca. It is used instead of olive or almond oil.
- English Word Marmozet Definition See Marmoset.
- English Word Marone Definition See Maroon, the color.
- English Word Maronite Definition One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century.
- English Word Maronites Definition of Maronite
- English Word Maroon Definition In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.
- English Word Maroon Definition To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
- English Word Maroon Definition Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.
- English Word Maroon Definition A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
- English Word Maroon Definition An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.
- English Word Marooned Definition of Maroon
- English Word Marooning Definition of Maroon
- English Word Marplot Definition One who, by his officious /nterference, mars or frustrates a design or plot.