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The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction. The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. Burke.

March; walk; gait. [Obs.]

Same as Demarcation.

See under Satin.

A primary by which direct nominations of candidates for office are made.

To march away. [Obs.]

To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.

To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder. [R.] Drummond.

A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n.,

A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3(a).

An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.…

A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.

Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.

To take away the margin of.

Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.

In an emarginate manner.

The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.

To turn to marble; to harden. [Obs.] Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. Spenser.

To make hard as marble; to harden. [Obs.] Spenser.

Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers.