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A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America.

A brine or pickle containing wine and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish.

To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade.

the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.

Having the lower part of the body like a fish. Crabb.

One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor. Chaucer. Mariner's compass. See under Compass.

Seamanship. [Obs.] Udalt.

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.

A representation of a sea view.

One who worships the Virgin Mary.

The worship of the Virgin Mary.

A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.

See Boyle's law, under Law.

One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of them are natives of California.

A species of civet; the zoril.

Low, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor. [Archaic] Milton. Tennyson.

Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties, authority. "Marital affection." Ayliffe.

Having a husband; married. [Obs.]

See Maritime. [Obs.]

ted with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy; as, maritime states. "A maritime town." Addison.