Chapter Mareotic Luxury to Marines of M by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Marian'a One of the most lovable of Shakespeare's characters. Her pleading for Angelo is unrivalled. (Measure for Measure.)
   Tennyson has two Marianas among his poems.
   Mariana. Daughter of the king of Sicily, beloved by Sir Alexander, one of the three sons of St. George, the patron saint of England. Sir Alexander married her, and was crowned king of Thessaly. (Seven Champions of Christendom, iii. 3.)

Marigold So called in honour of the Virgin Mary, and hence the introduction of marigold windows in lady chapels. (See Marygold .)

“This riddle, Cuddy, if thou canst, explain ...
What flower is that which bears the Virgin's name,
The richest metal added to the same?”
Gay: Pastoral.

Marina Wife of Jacopo Foscari, son of the doge. (Byron: The Two Foscari.)

Marinda or Maridah. The fair mistress of Haroun-al-Raschid.

Marine (2 syl.). The female Marine. Hannah Snell, of Worcester, who took part in the attack on Pondicherry. She ultimately left the service and opened a public-house in Wapping (London), but retained her male attire (born 1723).
    Doubts exist respecting the fact stated above. (See Notes and Queries, Dec. 3, 1892.)

Marines (2 syl.). Empty bottles. The marines were at one time looked down upon by the regular seamen, who considered them useless, like empty bottles. A marine officer was once dining at a mess-table, when the Duke of York said to the man in waiting, “Here, take away these marines.” The officer demanded an explanation, when the duke replied, “They have done their duty, and are prepared to do it again.”
   Tell that to the marines. Tell that to greenhorns, and not to men who know better. Marines are supposed by sailors to be so green that they will swallow the most extravagant story.

“Tell that to the marines, the sailors won't believe it.”- Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet, chap. xiii.