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y allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech, or stone, marten (Mustela foina); the pine marten (M. martes); and the American marten, or sable (M. Americana), which some zoölogists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.

To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up. [Colloq.] She had to go and smarten herself up somewhat. W. Black.

The beech marten (Mustela foina). See Marten.

Same as Marten. [Obs.]

ly having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [Written also marten.]

Like or pertaining to the family Mustelidæ, or the weasels and martens.

ative of the Middle States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and alligator. -- Pine marten. (Zoöl.) (a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten. (b) The American sable. See Sable. -- Pine moth (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the gen…

A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer. [Written also timbre.]

To dress or smarten up; to spruce. --Tit`i*va"tion, Tit`ti*va"tion (#), n. [Both Humorous]