Marriageability
(Mar`riage*a*bil"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being marriageable.
Marriageable
(Mar"riage*a*ble) a. Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable.
— Mar"riage*a*ble*ness, n.
Married
(Mar"ried) a.
1. Being in the state of matrimony; wedded; as, a married man or woman.
2. Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married state.
Marrier
(Mar"ri*er) n. One who marries.
Marron
(Mar*ron") n. [See Maroon, a.]
1. A large chestnut. [Obs.] Holland.
2. A chestnut color; maroon.
3. (Pyrotechny & Mil.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with
an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, — used to make a noise like a cannon. [Written also maroon.]
Marroon
(Mar*roon") n. & a. Same as 1st Maroon.
Marrot
(Mar"rot) n. (Zoöl.) (a) The razor-billed auk. See Auk. (b) The common guillemot. (c) The
puffin. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also marrott, and morrot.]
Marrow
(Mar"row) n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G.
Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink,
L. mergere. &radic274 Cf. Merge.]
1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly
very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.
2. The essence; the best part.
It takes from our achievements . . .
The pith and marrow of our attribute.
Shak. 3. [OE. maru, maro; — perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon together.] One of a pair; a match; a
companion; an intimate associate. [Scot.]
Chopping and changing I can not commend,
With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end.
Tusser. Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an
ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety
of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow. — Spinal marrow. (Anat.)
See Spinal cord, under Spinal.
Marrow
(Mar"row) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marrowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Marrowing.] To fill with, or as
with, marrow or fat; to glut.
Marrowbone
(Mar"row*bone`) n. A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to
get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.
Marrowfat
(Mar"row*fat) n. A rich but late variety of pea.
Marrowish
(Mar"row*ish), a. Of the nature of, or like, marrow.
