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Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.

. A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus brigantiaca. It is used instead of olive or almond oil. De Colange.

See Marmoset.

See Maroon, the color.

nd reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century.

To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate. Marooning party, a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] Bartlett.

One who, by his officious

a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals. Letters of marque, Letters of marque and reprisal, a license or extraordinary commission granted by a government to a private person to fit out a privateer or armed ship to cruise at sea and make prize of the enemy's ships and merchandise. T…

large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank. [Written also markee.]

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

Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors.

leman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next 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 seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.

A marquisate. [Obs.] "Nobles of the marquisdom of Saluce." Holinshed.

The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.

A marquisate.

A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.

One who mars or injures.

Marriageable. [R.] Coleridge.

The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony. Marriage is honorable in all. Heb. xiii. 4.