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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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4,307 words match “MAR”

Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.

The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa hæmatica). Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.

MARLINE n. 3 definitions

d, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting. Marline spike, Marling spike (Naut.), an iron tool tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See Fid. [Written also marli…

A variety of marl.

Partaking of the qualites of marlite.

Apit where marl is dug.

A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.

Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.

ince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence. Marmalade tree (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree (Lucuma mammosa) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a sing…

See Marmalade. [Obs.]

A ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly black in color.

A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color.

MARMORACEOUS a.

Pertaining to, or like, marble.

MARMORATE; MARMORATED a.

Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble. [R.]

A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble. [R.]

MARMORATUM OPUS n.

A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.

MARMOREAL; MARMOREAN a.

Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble.

The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble. Geikie.

A species of small opossum (Didelphus murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil.

Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidæ. They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as pets. Called also squirrel monkey.