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the eldest son. [Obs.] Bastard eigne, a bastard eldest son whose parents afterwards intermarry.

Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.

To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry. Lavinia will I make my empress, . . . And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse. Shak.

Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.

little pack; hence, a burden. [Obs.] Shak. A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense. Marryat.

ined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry. Hallam.

To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. Marryat.

Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure; as, a lopsided ship. Marryat.

Marry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony. Marriage is honorable in all. Heb. xiii. 4.

See Marry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment. Marryat.

To marry; to give in marriage. A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched his daughter with a king. Addison.

To match; to marry. If she be mated with an equal husband. Shak.

a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers. Marryat.

To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry. The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands. Ezra ix. 2.

t, as for mischievous child. This is the monkey's own giving out; she is persuaded I will marry her. Shak.

A marrying eight times. [R.] Chaucer.

To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.] Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. Shak.

Referring to future time: At some uncertain day or period; some day. Well, I will marry one day. Shak.