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A marquis. Lady marquess, a marchioness. [Obs.] Shak.

xt below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.

The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.

A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff. marchpane.

A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.

her; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement.

f the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian calendar. See Abib.

A province or political division, as of modern Greece or ancient Egypt; a nomarchy.

February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the ides, reckoning inclusively, according to the Roman method.

y point on the earth except the poles and the equator. -- Oblique step (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25º. It is not now practiced. Wilhelm. -- Oblique system of coördinates (Anal. Geom.), a system in which the coördi…

off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.

Performed in good or established order; well-regulated. "An orderly . . . march." Clarendon.

; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. Wordsworth. The outskirts of his march of mystery. Keble.

labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.

A carriage for conveying a mortar and its bed, on a march. Farrow.

To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.

ia Cymbalaria) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets. March, or Water, pennywort. (Bot.) See under March.

quet. Inlying picket (Mil.), a detachment of troops held in camp or quarters, detailed to march if called upon. -- Picket fence, a fence made of pickets. See def. 2, above. -- Picket guard (Mil.), a guard of horse and foot, always in readiness in case of alarm. -- Picket line. (Mil.) (a) A position held and guarded…

rly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty. Which pillage they with merry march bring home. Shak.

Plume bird (Zoöl.), any bird that yields ornamental plumes, especially the species of Epimarchus from New Guinea, and some of the herons and egrets, as the white heron of Florida (Ardea candidissima). -- Plume grass. (Bot) (a) A kind of grass (Erianthus saccharoides) with the spikelets arranged in great silky plumes,…