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he musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth. P. Henderson.

nts in old age. Milton. Him in Egerian groves Aricia bore, And nursed his youth along the marshy shore. Dryden.

To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall.

Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy. [R.] Paludal fever, malarial fever; -- so called because generated in marshy districts.

Marsh-inhabiting; belonging to the Paludicolæ

Of or pertaining to a marsh. Buckland.

Of or pertaining to a marsh or fen. [R.]

The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes; malarial disease or disposition.

Growing or living in marshy places; marshy.

Of or pertaining to a bog or marsh; boggy. [R.]

Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy.

which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen. In state returned the grand parade. Swift.

but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.

A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place. [R.]

A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds." Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims. Shak.

Any plant of a genus (Eriocaulon) of aquatic or marsh herbs with soft grass-like leaves.

agineæ) of gamopetalous herbs, of which plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera.

The state of being poachy; marshiness.

A stone marked with dendrites and black lines, and so disposed as to represent rivers, marshes, etc.

Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples. [Written also Pomptine.]