March (v. t.) TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.
March (n.) The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.
March (n.) Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement.
March (n.) The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles.
March (n.) A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.
Macher (n.) One who marches.
Marcher (n.) The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.
Marchet (n.) Alt. of Merchet
Merchet (n.) In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.
Marching () a. & n., fr. March, v.
Marchioness (n.) The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis.
March-mad (a.) Extremely rash; foolhardy. See under March, the month.
Marchman (n.) A person living in the marches between England and Scotland or Wales.
Marchpane (n.) A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds and sugar.
March-ward (n.) A warden of the marches; a marcher.
Marcian (a.) Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold.
Marcid (a.) Pining; lean; withered.
Marcid (a.) Characterized by emaciation, as a fever.
Marcidity (n.) The state or quality of being withered or lean.
Marcionite (n.) A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation.
Marcobrunner (n.) A celebrated Rhine wine.
Marcor (n.) A wasting away of flesh; decay.
Marcosian (n.) One of a Gnostic sect of the second century, so called from Marcus, an Egyptian, who was reputed to be a margician.
Mardi gras (n.) The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking.
Mare (n.) The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.
Mare (n.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare.
Marechal Niel () A kind of large yellow rose.
Mareis (n.) A Marsh.
Marena (n.) A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus.
Mareschal (n.) A military officer of high rank; a marshal.
Mare's-nest (n.) A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
Mare's-tail (n.) A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud.
Mare's-tail (n.) An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.
Margarate (n.) A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base.
Margaric (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.
Margarin (n.) A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin.
Marasritaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.
Margarite (n.) A pearl.
Margarite (n.) A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.
Margaritic (a.) Margaric.
Margaritiferous (a.) Producing pearls.
Margarodite (n.) A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite.
Margarone (n.) The ketone of margaric acid.
Margarous (a.) Margaric; -- formerly designating a supposed acid.
Margate fish () A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth grunt.
Margay (n.) An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also long-tailed cat.
Marge (n.) Border; margin; edge; verge.
Margent (n.) A margin; border; brink; edge.
Margent (v. t.) To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin.
Margin (n.) A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.
Margin (n.) Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.
Margin (n.) The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.
Margin (n.) Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.
Margin (n.) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.
Margined (imp. & p. p.) of Margin
Marginging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Margin
Margin (v. t.) To furnish with a margin.
Margin (v. t.) To enter in the margin of a page.
Marginal (a.) Of or pertaining to a margin.
Marginal (a.) Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.
Marginalia (n. pl.) Marginal notes.
Marginally (adv.) In the margin of a book.
Marginate (n.) Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure.
Marginate (v. t.) To furnish with a distinct margin; to margin.
Marginated (a.) Same as Marginate, a.
Margined (a.) Having a margin.
Margined (a.) Bordered with a distinct line of color.
Marginella (n.) A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas.
Marginicidal (a.) Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of fruits.
Margosa (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic.
Margravate (n.) Alt. of Margraviate
Margraviate (n.) The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.
Margrave (n.) Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany.
Margrave (n.) The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis.
Margravine (n.) The wife of a margrave.
Marguerite (n.) The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster.
Marian (a.) Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII.
Marie (interj.) Marry.
Mariet (n.) A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called Viola Mariana; but it is not a violet.
Marigenous (a.) Produced in or by the sea.
Marigold (n.) A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.
Marikina (n.) A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.
Marimba (n.) A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck.
Marimonda (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America.
Marinade (n.) A brine or pickle containing wine and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish.
Marinate (v. t.) To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade.
Marine (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.
Marine (a.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.
Marine (a.) A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.
Marine (a.) The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as, the mercantile marine.
Marine (a.) A picture representing some marine subject.
Marined (a.) Having the lower part of the body like a fish.
Mariner (n.) One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.
Marinership (n.) Seamanship.
Marinorama (n.) A representation of a sea view.
Mariolater (n.) One who worships the Virgin Mary.
Mariolatry (n.) The worship of the Virgin Mary.
Marionette (n.) A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.
Marionette (n.) The buffel duck.
Mariotte's law () See Boyle's law, under Law.