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In various parts of Asia, an open space, as for military exercises, or for a market place; an open grassy tract; an esplanade.

as King of Spain, he assumed the title of Majesty, and required it from his subjects as a mark of respect. Before that time all the monarchs of Europe were satisfied with the appellation of Highness or Grace. Robertson.

sicle or pustule which first enlarges and then breaks down into an unhealthy ulcer. It is marked by profound exhaustion and usually fatal. Called also charbon, and sometimes, improperly, anthrax.

irected by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense. Mark with what management their tribes divide Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. Dryden.

and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.

A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at the customhouse. Bouvier.

e, sheets of coloring paper being infolded with thin sheets of plain paper upon which the marks made by a stylus or a type-writer are transferred.

n of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns.

Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. His style is in some degree mannered and confined. Hazlitt.

A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.

Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.

Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.

A German coin and money of account. See Mark.

In a marked emphatic manner; -- used adverbially as a direction.

The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis.

A bombastic literary style marked by the use of metaphors and antitheses characteristic of the Italian poet Giambattista Marini (1569-1625). -- Ma*ri"nist (#), n.

To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding. Marling spike. (Naut.) See under Marline.

large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank. [Written also markee.]

A market. Where has commerce such a mart . . . as London Cowper.

A bird without beak or feet; -- generally assumed to represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son.