Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 16
Manus (n. pl. ) of Manus
Manus (n.) (Anat.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.
Manus (n.) The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: hand, manus, mitt, paw].
Manus, () Anciently signified the person taking an oath as a compurgator. The use of this word probably came from the party laying his hand on the New Testament. Manus signifies, among the civilians, power, and is frequently used as synonymous with potestas. Lec. El. Dr. Rom. Sec. 94.
Manuscript (a.) Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.
Manuscript (n.) An original literary or musical composition written by the author, formerly with the hand, now usually by typewriter or word processor. It is contrasted with a printed copy.
Manuscript (n.) Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript. -- Craik.
Note: The word is often abbreviated to MS., plural MSS.
Manuscript (n.) The form of a literary work submitted for publication [syn: manuscript, ms].
Manuscript (n.) Handwritten book or document [syn: manuscript, holograph].
Manuscript. () A writing; a writing which has never been printed.
Manuscript. () The act of congress securing to authors a copyright passed February 3 1831, sect. 9, protects authors in their manuscripts, and renders any person who shall unlawfully publish a manuscript liable to an action, and authorizes the courts to enjoin the publisher. See Copyright. The right of the author, to his manuscripts, at common law, cannot be contested. 4 Burr. 2396; 2 Eden, Ch. R. 329; 2 Story, R. 100; 2 Atk. 342; Ambl. 694; 2 B. & A. 290; 2 Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 943; Eden, Inj. 322; 2 B. & A. 298; 2 Bro. P. C. (Toml. ed.) 138; 4 Vin. Ab. 278; 2 Atk. 342; 2 Ves. & B. 23. These rights will be considered as abandoned if the author publishes his manuscripts, without securing the copyright under the acts of congress. See Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; Copyright.
Manuscriptal (a.) Manuscript. [Obs.]
Manutenency (n.) Maintenance. [Obs.] -- Abp. Sancroft.
Manway (n.) A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through. -- Raymond.
Manx (n.) The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic.
Manx (a.) Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language.
Manx shearwater (prop. n.) (Zool.), A small black-and-white oceanic bird ({Puffinus puffinus, or Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic. Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It is avariety of shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
Manx shearwater (n.) Small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic [syn: Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus].
Manx (a.) Of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language; "the Manx fishing industry"; "there are few Manx speakers alive today".
Manx (n.) The ancient Gaelic formerly spoken on the Isle of Man; the language is sometimes used on ceremonial occasions.
Manx (n.) A short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man [syn: Manx, Manx cat].
Many (n.) A retinue of servants; a household. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Many (a. & pron.)
Note: [It has no variation to express degrees of comparison; more and most, which are used for the comparative and superlative degrees, are from a different root.] [OE. mani, moni, AS. manig, m[ae]nig, monig; akin to D. menig, OS. & OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan. mange, Sw. m[*a]nge, Goth. manags, OSlav. mnog', Russ. mnogii; cf. Icel. margr, Prov. E. mort. [root]103.]
Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.
Thou shalt be a father of many nations. -- Gen. xvii. 4.
Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. -- 1 Cor. i. 26.
Note: Many is freely prefixed to participles, forming compounds which need no special explanation; as, many-angled, many-celled, many-eyed, many-footed, many-handed, many-leaved, many-lettered, many-named, many-peopled, many-petaled, many-seeded, many-syllabled (polysyllabic), many-tongued, many-voiced, many-wived, and the like. In such usage it is equivalent to multi. Comparison is often expressed by many with as or so. "As many as were willing hearted . . . brought bracelets." -- Exod. xxxv. 22. "So many laws argue so many sins." -- Milton. Many stands with a singular substantive with a or an.
Many a, A large number taken distributively; each one of many. "For thy sake have I shed many a tear." -- Shak. "Full many a gem of purest ray serene." -- Gray.
Many one, Many a one; many persons. -- Bk. of Com. Prayer.
The many, () The majority; -- opposed to the few. See Many, n.
Too many, Too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are too many for us. -- L'Estrange.
Syn: Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various; divers; sundry.
Many (n.) The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community.
After him the rascal many ran. -- Spenser.
Many (n.) A large or considerable number.
A many of our bodies shall no doubt Find native graves. -- Shak.
Seeing a great many in rich gowns. -- Addison.
It will be concluded by many that he lived like an honest man. -- Fielding.
Note: In this sense, many is connected immediately with another substantive (without of) to show of what the many consists; as, a good many [of] people think so.
He is liable to a great many inconveniences. -- Tillotson.
Many (a.) A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number; "many temptations"; "the temptations are many"; "a good many"; "a great many"; "many directions"; "take as many apples as you like"; "too many clouds to see"; "never saw so many people" [ant: few].
Many, LA -- U.S. town in Louisiana
Population (2000):2889
Housing Units (2000):1272
Land area (2000): 3.128774 sq. miles (8.103487 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.128774 sq. miles (8.103487 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48470
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 31.567769 N, 93.477721 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 71449
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Many, LA
Many
Many-minded (a.) Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.
Manyplies (n.) (Anat.) The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.
Many-sided (a.) Having many sides; -- said of figures. Hence, presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic.
Many-sided (a.) Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike pursuits or objects of attention; versatile. -- Ma"ny-sid`ed*ness, n.
Many-sided (a.) Having many parts or sides [syn: multilateral, many-sided] [ant: one-sided, unilateral].
Many-sided (a.) Having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd" [syn: many-sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious].
Many-sided (a.) Full of variety or interest; "a many-sided personality".
Manyways (adv.) Alt. of Manywise
Manywise (adv.) In many different ways; variously.
Manzanita (n.) (Bot.) A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to A. glauca and A. pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear.
Manzanita (n.) Chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America.
Manzanita (n.) Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning [syn: madrona, madrono, manzanita, Arbutus menziesii].
Manzanita, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 564
Housing Units (2000): 1078
Land area (2000): 0.742993 sq. miles (1.924342 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.742993 sq. miles (1.924342 sq. km)
FIPS code: 45700
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 45.719190 N, 123.935717 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Manzanita, OR
Manzanita
Maoris (n. pl. ) of Maori
Maori (n.) (Ethnol.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.
Map (n.) A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it.
Note: There are five principal kinds of projection used in making maps: the orthographic, the stereographic, the globuar, the conical, and the cylindrical, or Mercator's projection. See Projection.
Map (n.) Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.
Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn. -- Shak.
Map+lichen+(Bot.),+A+lichen+({Lecidea+geographica">Map lichen (Bot.), a lichen ({Lecidea geographica.) growing on stones in curious maplike figures. -- Dr. Prior.
Mapped (imp. & p. p.) of Map
Mapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Map
Map (v. t.) To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.
I am near to the place where they should meet, if Pisanio have mapped it truly. -- Shak.
Map (n.) A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
Map (n.) (Mathematics) A mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) [syn: function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping].
Map (v.) Make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus".
Map (v.) Explore or survey for the purpose of making a map; "We haven't even begun to map the many galaxies that we know exist".
Map (v.) Locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences; "map the genes".
Map (v.) Plan, delineate, or arrange in detail; "map one's future" [syn: map, map out].
Map (v.) Depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face".
Map (v.) To establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) [syn: map, represent].
MAP, () Maintenance Analysis Procedure (IBM).
MAP, () Manufacturing Automation Protocol (General Motors).
MAP, () Microsoft Academic Program (MS).
MAP, () Mobile Application Part (MSC, GSM, mobile-systems).
MAP, () Manufacturing Automation Protocol.
MAP, () Mathematical Analysis without Programming.
(1996-12-01)
Map, () Function.
Map, () In functional programming, the most common higher-order function over lists. Map applies its first argument to each element of its second argument (a list) and returns the list of results.
map :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b]
map f [] = []
map f (x:xs) = f x : map f xs
This can be generalised to types other than lists.
(1997-11-05)
Mapach (n.) [Mexican.] The raccoon.
Maple (n.) (Bot.) A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. A. saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple, A. dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A. Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is A. campestre, the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is A. platanoides.
Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
Bird's-eye maple, Curled maple, Varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
Maple honey, Maple molasses, Maple syrup, or Maple sirup, Maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
Maple sugar, Sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.
Maple (n.) Wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
Maple (n.) Any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone.
Maple, () A symbolic mathematics package by B. Char, K. Geddes, G. Gonnet, M. Monagan and S. Watt of the University of Waterloo, Canada and ETH Zurich, Switzerland in 1980.
Version: Maple V. (1994-10-21)
Maplike (a.) Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow. map maker
Mappery (n.) The making, or study, of maps. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Maqui (n.) (Bot.) A Chilian shrub ({Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its berries.
Maa (n.) (Zool.) The common European gull ({Larus canus); -- called also mar. See New, a gull.
Compare: Mew
Mew (n.) (Zool.) A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
Mar (n.) A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
Marred (imp. & p. p.) of Mar.
Marring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mar.
Mar (v. t.) To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.
I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks. -- Shak.
But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost. -- Dryden.
Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage. -- Milton.
Mar (v. t.) To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject." -- Shak.
Mar (n.) A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
Mar (n.) The month following February and preceding April [syn: March, Mar].
Mar (n.) A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [syn: blemish, defect, mar].
Mar (v.) Make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate]
Mar (v.) Destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" [syn: mutilate, mar].
MAR, () Microprogram Address Register (IC)
MAR, () Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher [program] (MS)
Mar-Mac, NC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina
Population (2000): 3004
Housing Units (2000): 1485
Land area (2000): 4.381212 sq. miles (11.347287 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.027292 sq. miles (0.070687 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.408504 sq. miles (11.417974 sq. km)
FIPS code: 41540
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.331502 N, 78.046751 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mar-Mac, NC
Mar-Mac
Mar, NC
Mar
Mara (n.) (Hind. Myth.) The principal or ruling evil spirit. -- E. Arnold.
Mara (n.) (Norse Myth.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
Mara (n.) The Patagonian cavy, a hare-like rodent ({Dolichotis patagonum or Dolichotis Patagonicus) of the pampas of Argentina.
Mara (n.) Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.
Mara (n.) Hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina [syn: mara, Dolichotis patagonum].
Mara, () Bitter; sad, a symbolical name which Naomi gave to herself because of her misfortunes (Ruth 1:20).
Mara, () Marah, bitter; bitterness
Marabou (n.) (Zool.) A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species ({Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn. Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments; called also marabout. The Asiatic species ({Leptoptilos dubius, or Leptoptilos argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also marabu.].
Marabou (n.) One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana] --Bartlett.
Marabou (n.) A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name.
Marabou (n.) Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments [syn: marabou, marabout, marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus].
Marabou (n.) The downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments.
Marabout (n.) A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
Marabout (n.) (Zool.) The marabou[1].
Marabout (n.) Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments [syn: marabou, marabout, marabou stork, Leptoptilus crumeniferus].
Marburg (Proper noun) 馬爾堡 A city in the state of Hesse in west central Germany; population 79,400 (est. 2006). It was the scene in 1529 of a debate between German and Swiss theologians, notably Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli, on the doctrine of consubstantiation.
Marburg (Proper noun) German name for Maribor.
Marburg disease (n.) 馬堡病毒 An acute, often fatal, form of hemorrhagic fever. It is caused by a filovirus (Marburg virus) which normally lives in African monkeys.
Also called green monkey disease.
Maracan (n.) (Zool.) A macaw.
Marai (n.) A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.
Maranatha (n.) "Our Lord cometh;" -- an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, "May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes." See Anathema maranatha, under Anathema.
Maranatha, () (1 Cor. 16:22) consists of two Aramean words, Maran'athah, meaning, "our Lord comes," or is "coming." If the latter interpretation is adopted, the meaning of the phrase is, "Our Lord is coming, and he will judge those who have set him at nought." (Comp. Phil. 4:5; James 5:8, 9.)
Maranatha, () The Lord is coming.
Maranta (n.) [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species ({Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.
Maranta (n.) Any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves.
Maraschino (n.) A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.
Maraschino (n.) Distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries [syn: maraschino, maraschino liqueur].
Maraschino (n.) Cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur [syn: maraschino, maraschino cherry].
Marasmus (n.) (Med.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. -- Milton.
Marasmus senilis [L.], Progressive atrophy of the aged. Marathi
Marasmus (n.) Extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders.
Marathon (n.) [C] 【體】（可大寫）馬拉松賽跑（全長42.195公里）；長距離比賽；耐力比賽 A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards.
Marathon (n.) Hence: Any long and arduous undertaking, straining the endurance of the participants.
Syn: endurance contest.
Marathon (n.) (Capitalized) A battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians.
Syn: battle of Marathon.
Marathon (n.) Any long and arduous undertaking [syn: marathon, endurance contest].
Marathon (n.) A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards.
Marathon (n.) A battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians [syn: Marathon, battle of Marathon].
Marathon -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 125834
Housing Units (2000): 50360
Land area (2000): 1544.961790 sq. miles (4001.432497 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 31.179336 sq. miles (80.754105 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1576.141126 sq. miles (4082.186602 sq. km)
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 44.900795 N, 89.738490 W
Headwords:
Marathon
Marathon, WI
Marathon County
Marathon County, WI
Marauded (imp. & p. p.) of Maraud.
Marauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maraud.
Maraud (v. i.) To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder. "Marauding hosts." --Milman.
Maraud (n.) An excursion for plundering.
Maraud (n.) A sudden short attack [syn: foray, raid, maraud].
Maraud (v.) Raid and rove in search of booty; "marauding rebels overran the countryside".
Marauder (n.) A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages. -- De Quincey.
Marauder (n.) Someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: marauder, predator, vulture, piranha].
Marauder. () One who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits a larceny or robbery in the neighborhood of the camp, or while wandering away from the army. Merl. Repert. h.t.
Marauder (n.) [ C ] （流動作案的）強盜，搶劫者；到處獵食的動物 A person or animal that goes from one place to another looking for people to kill or things to steal or destroy.
Maravedi (n.) (Numis.) A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.
Marble (n.) A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc.
Note:
Breccia marble, Consists of limestone fragments cemented together.
Ruin marble, When polished, shows forms resembling ruins, due to disseminated iron oxide.
Shell marble, Contains fossil shells.
Statuary marble, Is a pure, white, fine-grained kind, including Parian (from Paros) and Carrara marble. If coarsely granular it is called saccharoidal.
Marble (n.) A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles.
Marble (n.) A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.
Note: Marble is also much used in self-explaining compounds; when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means, hard, cold, destitute of compassion or feeling; as, marble-breasted, marble-faced, marble-hearted.
Marble (a.) Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.
Marble (a.) Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.
Marble (n.) A hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material.
Marble (n.) A small ball of glass that is used in various games.
Marble (n.) A sculpture carved from marble.
Marble (v.) Paint or stain like marble; "marble paper".
Marble, () As a mineral, consists of carbonate of lime, its texture varying from the highly crystalline to the compact. In Esther 1:6 there are four Hebrew words which are rendered marble:, (1.) Shesh, "pillars of marble." But this word probably designates dark-blue limestone rather than marble. (2.) Dar, some regard as Parian marble. It is here rendered "white marble." But nothing is certainly known of it. (3.) Bahat, "red marble," probably the verd-antique or half-porphyry of Egypt. (4.) Sohareth, "black marble," probably some spotted variety of marble. "The marble pillars and tesserae of various colours of the palace at Susa came doubtless from Persia itself, where marble of various colours is found, especially in the province of Hamadan Susiana." The marble of Solomon's architectural works may have been limestone from near Jerusalem, or from Lebanon, or possibly white marble from Arabia. Herod employed Parian marble in the temple, and marble columns still exist in great abundance at Jerusalem.
Marble, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 105
Housing Units (2000): 74
Land area (2000): 0.372125 sq. miles (0.963798 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.372125 sq. miles (0.963798 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48555
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.072274 N, 107.189516 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81623
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Marble, CO
Marble
Marble, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 695
Housing Units (2000): 308
Land area (2000): 4.309250 sq. miles (11.160906 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.098800 sq. miles (0.255891 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.408050 sq. miles (11.416797 sq. km)
FIPS code: 40418
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.319370 N, 93.296029 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Marble, MN
Marble
Marbled (imp. & p. p.) of Marble
Marbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marble
Marble (v. t.) To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.
Marbled (a.) Made of, or faced with, marble. [Obs.] "The marbled mansion." -- Shak.
Marbled (a.) Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble. "Marbled paper." -- Boyle.
Marbled (a.) (Zool.) Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.
Marbled (a.) Having small flecks of fat interspered with the muscle; -- of cuts of meat, especially beef; as, a well-marbled steak. Such marbling improves the flavor of beef for most people.
Marbled (a.) Patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble; "marbleized pink skin" [syn: marbled, marbleized, marbleised].
Marble-edged (a.) Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.
Marbleized (imp. & p. p.) of Marbleize
Marbleizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marbleize
Marbleize (v. t.) To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron.
Marbleize (v.) Make something look like marble; "marbleize the fireplace" [syn: marbleize, marbleise].
Marbler (n.) One who works upon marble or other stone. [R.] -- Fuller.
Marbler (n.) One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.
Marbling (n.) The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble.
Marbling (n.) An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled appearance.
Marbling (n.) (pl.) (Zool.) Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.
Marbling (n.) The intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat.
Marbly (a.) Containing, or resembling, marble.
Marbrinus (n.) A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries. -- Beck (Draper's Dict.).
Marc (n.) [F.] The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes.
Marc (n.) A weight of various commodities, esp. of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.
Marc (n.) A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
Marc (n.) A German coin and money of account. See Mark.
Marc (n.) Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing
MARC, () MAchine Readable Cataloging [record]
Marcantant (n.) A merchant. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Marcasite (n.) (Min.) A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites.
Golden marcasite, tin. [Obs.] Marcasitic
Marcasitic (a.) Alt. of Marcasitical
Marcasitical (a.) Containing, or having the nature of, marcasite.
Marcassin (n.) [F.] (Her.) A young wild boar.
Marcato (a.) [It.] (Mus.) In a marked emphatic manner; -- used adverbially as a direction.
Marceline (n.) A thin silk fabric used for linings, etc., in ladies' dresses.
Marceline, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 2558
Housing Units (2000): 1237
Land area (2000): 3.249750 sq. miles (8.416813 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.028219 sq. miles (0.073086 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.277969 sq. miles (8.489899 sq. km)
FIPS code: 45866
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.714314 N, 92.947376 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64658
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Marcescent (a.) (Bot.) Withering without falling off; fading; decaying.
Marcescible (a.) Liable to wither or decay.
March (n.) The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. -- Bryant.
As mad as a March Hare, An old English Saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and violent. -- Wright.
March (n.) A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales.
Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions -- France, Savoy, and Switzerland. -- Fuller.
Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles. -- Tennyson.
March (v. i.) To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.]
That was in a strange land Which marcheth upon Chimerie. -- Gower.
To march with, To have the same boundary for a greater or less distance; -- said of an estate.
Marched (imp. & p. p.) of March
Marching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of March
March (v. i.) To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily. -- Shak.
March (v. i.) To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France.