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To marry (one) to a superior. [Obs.] Burton.

A small pan or cup. Marryat. Thackeray.

as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle. As fine a ship's company as was ever piped aloft. Marryat.

To practice polygamy; to marry several wives. Sylvester. Coleridge.

A wild, romping young person. [Low] Marrya

One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen. Marryat.

man whose husband is dead; a widow. Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obbliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. South.

To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. Bolingbroke.

desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty. I will marry her, sir, at your request. Shak.

State of being risen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30.

Gold and silver, or money. [Cant] W. Wagstaffe. As long as the rhino lasted. Marryat.

To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder. As people marry now and settle. Prior.

One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.

e shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep. Marryat.

Is come shore. Shak. The fruitful shore of muddy Nile. Spenser. In shore, near the shore. Marryat. -- On shore. See under On. -- Shore birds (Zoöl.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. -- Shore crab (Zoöl.), any crab found on the beaches, or between tides, especially any one of…

A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America. Marryat.

Betrothed; engaged to marry. [Obs.] The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God. Sir T. More. I presume . . . that you had been sure as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife. Brome.

An epaulet. [Sailor's Slang] Marryat.

A long draught. [Colloq.] Marryat.

easoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, I think it will rain to-morrow. Let them marry to whom they think best. Num. xxxvi. 6.