Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: MARCH – MAR-GA-TIF'ER-OUS
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MARCH, n.1 [L. Mars, the god of war.]
The third month of the year.
MARCH, n.2 [F. marche; It. marzo; D. mark; G. marsch.]
- The walk or movement of soldiers in order, whether infantry or cavalry. The troops were fatigued with a long march.
- A grave, deliberate, or solemn walk. The long, majestic march. Pope.
- A slow or laborious walk. Addison.
- A signal to move; a particular beat of the drum. Knolles.
- Movement; progression; advance; as, the march of reason; the march of mind.
MARCH, v.i.1
To border on; to be contiguous to. [Obs.] Gower.
MARCH, v.i.2 [Fr. marcher; Sp. and Port. marchar; G. marschiren; It. marciare, to march, to putrefy, L. marceo, Gr. μαραινω; Basque, mariatu, to rot. The senses of the Italian word unite in that of passing, departing. See Mar.]
- To move by steps and in order, as soldiers; to move in a military manner. We say, the army marched, or the troops marched.
- To walk in a grave, deliberate or stately manner. Like thee, great son of Jove, like thee, / When clad in rising majesty, / Thou marchest down o'er Delos' hills. Prior.
MARCH, v.t.
- To cause to move, as an army. Buonaparte marched an immense army to Moscow, but he did not march them back to France.
- To cause to move in order or regular procession. Prior.
MARCH-ED, pp.
- Moved in a military manner.
- Caused to move, as an army.
MARCH-ER, n.
The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory. Davies.
MARCH-ES, n. [plur. Sax. mearc; Goth. marka; Fr. marches; D. mark; Basque, marra. It is radically the same word as mark and march.]
Borders; limits; confines; as, lord of the marches. England.
MARCH-ING, n.
Military movement; passage of troops.
MARCH-ING, ppr.
Moving or walking in order or in a stately manner.
MAR-CHION-ESS, n.
The wife or widow of a marquis; or a female having the rank and dignity of a marquis. Spelman.
MARCH-PANE, n. [Fr. massepain; L. panis, bread.]
A kind of sweet bread or biscuit. [Not used.] Sidney.
MAR-CID, a. [L. marcidus, from marceo, to pine.]
Pining; wasted away; lean; withered. Dryden.
MAR-COR, n. [L.]
The state of withering or wasting; leanness; waste of flesh. [Little used.] Harvey.
MARE, n. [Sax. myra; G. mahre.]
- The female of the horse, or equine genus of quadrupeds.
- [Sax. mara, D. merrie, the name of a spirit imagined by the nations of the North of Europe to torment persons in sleep.] In medicine, sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus. [It is now used only in the compound, nightmare, which ought to be written nightmar.]
MAR'E-CA, n.
A species of duck in South America.
MA-RE'NA, n.
A kind of fish somewhat like a pilchard.
MARE-SCHAL, n. [màrshal; Fr. marechal; D. and G. marschalk; Dan. marskalk, composed of W. marc, a horse, and the Teutonic scalk or skalk, schalk, a servant. This word is now written Marshal – which see.]
The chief commander of an army. Prior.
MAR-GA-RATE, n. [L. margarita, a pearl, from the Greek.]
In chimistry, a compound of margaric acid with a base.
MAR-GAR'IC, a. [supra.]
Pertaining to pearl. The margaric acid is obtained by digesting soap made of hog's lard and potash, in water. It appears in the form of pearly scales. Cyc.
MAR-GA-RIN, or MAR-GA-RINE, n.
A peculiar pearl-like substance, extracted from hog's lard. Silliman
MAR-GA-RITE, n.
- A pearl. Peacham.
- A mineral of a grayish white color, found in Tyrol. Phillips.
A fatty acid which results from the saponification of castor oil.
MAR'GA-RONE, n.
A peculiar fatty substance, crystalizing in pearly scales, produced by the distillation of a mixture of margaric acid and quick-lime.
Producing pearls.