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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: marc - mare</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="marc"> marc, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the refuse that remains after pressing grapes or other fruits. Ex. Wine made by pressing the marc or refuse that remains after all the sound grape juice has been squeezed from the grapes (London Times). <DD> 2. brandy derived from this. Ex. France's alcoholism consists mostly of excess wine drinking ... with some help from spirits like marc, Calvados, cognac (New Yorker). <DD> 3. the residue that remains, as after extracting oil or the like, from plants, seeds, or nuts by means of a solvent. </DL> <A NAME="marc"> MARC, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a computerized system for cataloging bibliographical data on magnetic tapes for use by libraries. </DL> <A NAME="marcasite"> marcasite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a whitish-yellow mineral with a metallic luster, a native iron disulfide, similar to and of the same composition as ordinary pyrite; white iron pyrites. <DD> 2. any crystallized iron pyrites used in the 1700's for ornaments. <DD> 3. a crystallized piece cut and polished as an ornament. Ex. Marcasites are among the staple stones of costume jewelry (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="marcasitical"> marcasitical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or containing marcasite. </DL> <A NAME="marcato"> marcato, adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) <DD>adj. with strong emphasis; accentuated; marked. Ex. The beautiful, languid tune ... was played in quite strict time and in almost marcato rhythm (London Times). <DD>adv. in a marcato manner. </DL> <A NAME="marcel"> marcel, noun, verb, -celled, -celling.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun Also, marcel wave. a series of regular waves put in the hair. <DD>v.t. to set (hair) with such waves. noun marceller. </DL> <A NAME="marcescence"> marcescence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> marcescent condition. </DL> <A NAME="marcescent"> marcescent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant. </DL> <A NAME="march"> march (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to walk as soldiers do, in time and with steps of the same length. Ex. The members of the band marched in the parade to the beat of the drums. <DD> 2. to walk or go on steadily; advance. Ex. The boy marched to the front of the room and began his speech. The minister marched to the altar. Miss Ophelia marched straight to her own chamber (Harriet Beecher Stowe). <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to proceed steadily; advance. Ex. History marches on. <DD> 4. to demonstrate or protest by marching. Ex. Their first realization that the school was being marched on came when the demonstrating students ... formed ranks around the building and [began] chants of "Strike! Strike! Strike!" (New Yorker). <DD>v.t. 1. to cause to march or go. Ex. The teacher marched the children out to the playground. The policeman marched the thief off to jail. March the regiment to the barracks. <DD> 2. to pass over, across, or through in marching. <DD>noun 1. the act or fact of marching. Ex. The news of the enemy's march made whole villages flee. <DD> 2. a manner of marching. Ex. a slow march. <DD> 3. music meant for marching; piece of music with a rhythm suited to accompany marching. Ex. We enjoyed listening to marches. <DD> 4. the distance marched; distance covered in a single course of marching. Ex. The camp is a day's march away. <DD> 5. a long, hard walk. <DD> 6. a forward movement; advance; progress. Ex. History records the march of events. We may resume the march of our existence (Byron). <DD> 7. a demonstration or protest by marching. Ex. The leaders of the march on Washington would meet in the next days to assess the results of the demonstration (New York Times). expr. on the march, making progress; going ahead; advancing. Ex. The National Farmers Organization, many of its members freed by winter from their daily chores, is on the march again (New York Times). The Tories are at least on the march (Manchester Guardian Weekly). expr. steal a march, to gain an advantage without being noticed. Ex. to steal a march on one's competitors. We must be off early ... and steal a long march upon them (Frederick Marryat). </DL> <A NAME="march"> march (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the land along the border of a country; frontier. Ex. Those low and barren tracts were the outlying marches of the empire (John L. Motley). (SYN) boundary. <DD>v.i. to border (on). expr. the Marches, the districts along the border between England and Scotland, or between England and Wales. Ex. ... then occupying those parts which we now call the middle Marches, between the English and Scots (William Warner). </DL> <A NAME="march"> March, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the third month of the year. It has 31 days. (Abbr:) Mar. </DL> <A NAME="march"> March.,<DL COMPACT><DD> marchioness. </DL> <A NAME="march"> M. Arch.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Master of Architecture. </DL> <A NAME="marchen"> Marchen, noun, pl. Marchen.<DL COMPACT><DD> (German.) <DD> 1. a fairy tale or folk tale. <DD> 2. any story or tale. </DL> <A NAME="marcher"> marcher (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who marches or walks. </DL> <A NAME="marcher"> marcher (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an inhabitant of a march. <DD> 2. an officer or lord having jurisdiction over border territory. </DL> <A NAME="marcherlord"> marcher lord,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the barons granted control of the Marches under William the Conqueror. </DL> <A NAME="marches"> Marches, the.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under march (2). </DL> <A NAME="marchesa"> marchesa, noun, pl. -chese.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) the wife or widow of a marchese; marchioness. </DL> <A NAME="marchese"> marchese, noun, pl. -chesi.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) a nobleman ranking next above a count and next below a prince. </DL> <A NAME="marchfly"> March fly,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of dark-colored flies, sometimes marked with red or yellow, which appear in the spring and feed on the roots of plants and decaying vegetable matter. </DL> <A NAME="marchingorders"> marching orders,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Military.) orders to proceed or to begin a march. <DD> 2. (Informal, Figurative.) notice to an employee that he has been discharged. Ex. He referred to a recent case where the directors of a company gave the guilty executives their "marching orders" (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="marchioness"> marchioness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the wife or widow of a marquis. <DD> 2. a lady equal in rank to a marquis. </DL> <A NAME="marchland"> marchland, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a border territory; frontier district. </DL> <A NAME="marchofdimes"> March of Dimes,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) an annual appeal for and collection of money, originally for research on poliomyelitis and rehabilitation of victims of it, and now for combating other diseases as well. </DL> <A NAME="marchpane"> marchpane, noun. =marzipan.</DL> <A NAME="marchpast"> march-past, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a parade or march, especially by troops, past a reviewing stand. </DL> <A NAME="marcionism"> Marcionism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the beliefs and doctrines of the Marcionites. </DL> <A NAME="marcionist"> Marcionist, noun, adjective. =Marcionite.</DL> <A NAME="marcionite"> Marcionite, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a member or adherent of a Gnostic sect founded in Rome in the 100's A.D., which rejected most of the Bible and regarded the Biblical God as an imperfect divinity, the supreme God being manifested in Jesus Christ. <DD>adj. of or having to do with the Marcionites or Marcionism. Ex. Marcionite heresies. </DL> <A NAME="marconi"> Marconi, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or designating the system of wireless telegraphy devised by Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), an Italian engineer who helped to perfect wireless telegraphy. </DL> <A NAME="marconigram"> marconigram, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a wireless telegram; radiogram. </DL> <A NAME="marconirig"> Marconi rig,<DL COMPACT><DD> a rig for a sailboat having one or more jibs and a large fore-and-aft sail hoisted on a tall mast with the foot set on a boom; Bermuda rig. </DL> <A NAME="marcopolosheep"> Marco Polo sheep,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large wild sheep, a variety of argali, native to the plateaus of central Asia; Pamir sheep; Tian-shan sheep. </DL> <A NAME="marcusian"> Marcusian or Marcusean, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with the ideas and theories of Herbert Marcuse (born 1898), a German-born American philosopher. <DD>noun a follower or supporter of Marcuse or of his ideas. Ex. But there too were the extreme Marcusians, ... students who demanded democratic participation in the running of research laboratories and scientific foundations (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="mardigras"> Mardi gras, or Mardi Gras,<DL COMPACT><DD> the last day before Lent; Shrove Tuesday. It is celebrated in New Orleans and other cities with parades and festivities. </DL> <A NAME="marduk"> Marduk, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the chief god of the Babylonians, originally a god of the city of Babylon only. </DL> <A NAME="mare"> mare (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a female horse or donkey, especially when mature. Ex. In two and a half hours, sixteen yearlings and 23 brood mares were auctioned off (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="mare"> mare (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) <DD> 1. a goblin once believed to cause nightmares by sitting on the chest of the sleeper. <DD> 2. the nightmare itself. </DL> <A NAME="mare"> mare (3), noun, pl. maria.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Astronomy.) <DD> a. a broad, flat, dark area on the moon. Ex. ... these dark areas appear as smooth gray plains, so uniform that Galileo and his contemporaries thought they might be seas and accordingly called them maria (John Charles Duncan). <DD> b. a similar dark region on any planet. <DD> 2. (Latin.) a sea. </DL> <A HREF="mareclau.dic">NEXT</A>