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Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy.

which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen. In state returned the grand parade. Swift.

To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. [R.] Marston.

but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.

One of the asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, descovered by M. de Gasparis in 1850.

A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place. [R.]

mor within the globe of the eye in birds, and in many reptiles and fishes; -- also called marsupium.

A division of marsupials, including the opossums.

A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.

Any marsupial of the genus Perameles, which includes numerous species found in Australia. They somewhat resemble rabbits in size and form. See Illust. under Bandicoot.

Made heavy or dull; debased. [Obs.] "Pesanted to each lewd thought's control." Marston.

Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister.

Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidæ. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.

Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.

A marsupial of the genus Phascolomys; a wombat.

A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.

and vehement in style; -- so called because fabled to have been invented by the Phrygian Marsyas. Moore (Encyc. of Music). -- Phrygian stone, a light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, -- used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent.

One of a group of marsupials including the phalangists.

A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds." Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims. Shak.

Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves.