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The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.

Growing in brackish places or in salt marches.

Marches flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.] Above the salt, Below the salt, phrases which have survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank, of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long table, the places above which were assigned to the guests of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferior…

A person clad in rags and tatters. No eye hath seen such scarecrows. I'll not march with them through Coventry, that's flat. Shak.

A plant (Suæda maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing in salt marches.

Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.

e. [Obs.] That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak.

plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator. "The green lap of the new-come spring." Shak.

nion or course, profess it plainly, . . . and do not think to steal it. Bacon. To steal a march, to march in a covert way; to gain an advantage unobserved; -- formerly followed by of, but now by on or upon, and sometimes by over; as, to steal a march upon one's political rivals. She yesterday wanted to steal a march of…

To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle. Dryden.

ndicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.

ng; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular. F. A. March. Strong conjugation (Gram.), the conjugation of a strong verb; -- called also old, or irregular, conjugation, and distinguished from the weak, or regular, conjugation.

The sound of the foot, or of feet, on the earth, as in marching. Sir W. Scott.

To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.

dary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or of various dance forms; -- not limited to three parts or instruments.

A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.

To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily. And trudged to Rome upon my naked feet. Dryden.

A kind of round dance in march or polka time; also, a piece of music for this dance. [U. S.]

The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.

nth of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See Vend.