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Of or pertaining to a margin.

Marginal notes.

In the margin of a book.

Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure.

Same as Marginate, a.

Having a margin. Hawthorne.

A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas.

Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of fruits.

Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic. The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having a peculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies. Sir S. Baker.

The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.

Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany.

The wife of a margrave.

The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster. Longfellow.

Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII. Of all the Marian martyrs, Mr. Philpot was the best-born gentleman. Fuller. Maid Marian. See Maidmarian in the Vocabulary.

Marry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called Viola Mariana; but it is not a violet.

Produced in or by the sea.

A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.

A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.

A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck. Knight.