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olemn march Goes slow and stately by them. Shak. This happens merely because men will not bide their time, but will insist on precipitating the march of affairs. Buckle.

alf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc. N. Biddle. Margin draft (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints. -- Margin of a course (Arch.), that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not covered by the course…

A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.

The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumors.

as, a memorial building. There high in air, memorial of my name, Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame. Pope.

as, mendicant friars. Mendicant orders (R. C. Ch.), certain monastic orders which are forbidden to acquire landed property and are required to be supported by alms, esp. the Franciscans, the Dominicans, the Carmelites, and the Augustinians.

and vertigo, resulting in incoördination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after Ménière, a French physician.

ved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. Shak. For God forbid I should my papers blot With mercenary lines, with servile pen. Daniel.

The morbid condition produced by the excessive use of mercury, or by exposure to its fumes, as in mining or smelting.

A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body.

The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent passing of the urine, in consequence of disease.

Like, or somewhat like, milk; whitish and turbid; as, the water is milky. "Milky juice." Arbuthnot.

py one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business. Bidding him be a good child, and mind his book. Addison.

Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy. Morbose tumors and excrescences of plants. Ray.

A morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine.

To make muddy or turbid. Shak.

, In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly.

The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness casued by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

To make turbid, or muddy, as water. [Obs.] He did ill to muddle the water. L'Estrange.

Turbid with mud; as, muddy water.