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59 words match “MARSHAL”

INTANGIBLE a.
imperceptible. Bp. Wilkins. A corporation is an artificial, invisible, intangible being. Marshall. -- In*tan"gi*ble*ness, n. -- In*tan"gi*bly, adv.
INVESTMENT n.
pitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments. Marshall.
MARECHAL NIEL n.
A kind of large yellow rose. [Written also Marshal Niel.]
MARESCHAL n.
A military officer of high rank; a marshal. [Obs.]
MICRONESIAN a.
ective designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines, etc.
NOISETTE n.
he musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth. P. Henderson.
OFFICER v.
To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall.
PARADE n. 2 definitions
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.
PROGRESS n.
their pieces are treated with contempt. Washington. The war had progressed for some time. Marshall.
PURVIEW n.
The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions. Marshall. Profanations within the purview of several statutes. Bacon.
RE-CREATE v.
ng the campaign of 1776, instead of reënforcing, it was necessary to re-create, the army. Marshall.
RECOMMISSION v.
new commission to. Officers whose time of service had expired were to be recommissioned. Marshall.
SENESCHAL n.
s the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands. Then marshaled feast Served up in hall with sewers and seneschale. Milton. Philip Augustus, by a famous ordinance in 1190, first established royal courts of justice, held by the officers called baitiffs, or seneschals, who acted as the…
SENSIBILITY n.
ke. His sensibilities seem rather to have been those of patriotism than of wounded pride. Marshall.
TRUNCHEON n.
A baton, or military staff of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. Shak.
UNDERWRITE v.
ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. Marshall.
VERGE n.
The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore.
WINGED a.
Swift; rapid. "Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal." Shak.
WITNESS v.
infidelity. R. Hall. General Washington did not live to witness the restoration of peace. Marshall.
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