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- English Word Marabou Definition One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
- English Word Marabout Definition A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
- English Word Maracan Definition A macaw.
- English Word Marai Definition A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.
- English Word Maranatha Definition "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.
- English Word Maranta Definition 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.
- English Word Maraschino Definition A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.
- English Word Marasmus Definition A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
- English Word Marasritaceous Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.
- English Word Maraud Definition To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder.
- English Word Maraud Definition An excursion for plundering.
- English Word Marauded Definition of Maraud
- English Word Marauder Definition A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.
- English Word Marauding Definition of Maraud
- English Word Maravedi Definition A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.
- English Word Marble Definition 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.
- English Word Marble Definition 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.
- English Word Marble Definition 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.
- English Word Marble Definition Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.
- English Word Marble Definition Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.