n. Smartweed; water pepper. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A covenant. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Courts-martial A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Court-martialed p. pr. & vb. n. Court-martialing. ] To subject to trial by a court-martial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. fūl foul + mearð, meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See Foul, a., and Marten the quadruped. ] (Zool.) The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat. [ Written also foulmart, foulimart, and fulimart. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male, which is sterile as a result of exposure to masculinizing hormones. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. Same as Foumart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Foumart. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "iero`s sacred + E. martyr.] A priest who becomes a martyr. [1913 Webster]

a. Not martial; unwarlike. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] The fabled offspring of a bull and a mare. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968): Martin Luther King stands alongside John F. Kennedy as one of the strikingly iconic images of 1960s America, one of the figures who inspired a revolution of political will and social perception.
Born on 15 January 1929, to Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Christine King in Atlanta, Georgia, King was a gifted student. It was while studying towards his Divinity degree in 1951, that King first discovered the teachings of Mahatma Ghandi, whose inspiration would be seen in many of King's future ideas. In 1953, King married Coretta Scott. The world that Martin Luther King and his new family found themselves in during the late 1950s was one where racial segregation was an accepted norm, whether in schools, churches, or on public transport.
When Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus for a white man - in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 - the black civil rights movement found an unexpected opportunity to begin a push that would eventually remove all officially sanctioned segregation throughout the United States . And Dr. King was at the forefront of that push. (https://web.archive.org/web/20081229032957/http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html)
Four days after Rosa Parks was arrested, on the first day of a boycott of the buses by black passengers, King was appointed as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association. Placing himself so publicly at the forefront of the movement, he soon found himself and his family to be targets for white hate. In January of the next year, a bomb was thrown at his house. The King family would face similar threats and acts of violence all through Martin's lifetime.
On 21 February 1956, King was one of those arrested as a consequence of the boycott. By 4 June, however, a US District Court ruled that such segregation on city bus lines was unconstitutional, a decision confirmed in November by the Supreme Court. Before the end of the year, Federal injunctions had been served, and the Montgomery bus system was officially unsegregated.
This was the first of King's victories. Although the success was by no means solely his, the methods of non-violent opposition utilised for this protest were to become a trademark of Dr. King. This ideology contrasted sharply with that represented by the other prominent black civil rights leader of the time, Malcolm X, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X) but many people responded strongly to King's gifts as an orator, to his message of optimism and compassion, and to his sheer presence as a human being.
Throughout his lifetime, King's activities were closely monitored by the FBI, under the control of the controversial J. Edgar Hoover. Evidence collected by Hoover's agents, combined with rumour and innuendo, has cast a shadow over the official view of Martin Luther King. Hoover was looking for dirt, and compiled a dossier that accused King of infidelity, beating women and of being a Communist. (https://web.archive.org/web/20041019083224/http://archive.aclu.org/features/f011702a.html).
From 1957 onwards, King's reputation as a civil rights leader and powerful orator grew. He appeared on the cover of Time in February and met then-Vice President Richard Nixon in June. (https://web.archive.org/web/20090316061938/http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html). 1958 saw the publication of his first book, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, his version of the incidents surrounding the bus boycott
. By 1960, Dr. King was a major voice in US political life. He met with Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy to discuss racial policy. In keeping with his belief in non-violent protest, King's continued civil rights demonstrations would take the form of sit-ins and obstructions, often leading to his arrest. The sight of Martin Luther King being bundled off to jail brought the causes he was helping much public sympathy and support.
August 28 1963 saw the 'March on Washington', regarded as the first major, integrated protest march in American history. (https://web.archive.org/web/20040608193544/http://www.life.com/Life/mlk/mlk06.html). At the end of the march, Dr. King delivers the I Have A Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC. (https://web.archive.org/web/20060831163009/http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.html) Racial tension, however, was increasing; 1964 saw riots all across the country, notably in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
King was growing as an international figure. In 1964, he visited West Berlin, invited by the then-mayor, Willy Brandt, had an audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, then, most significantly, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. (https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-lessons-theme-martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-civil-rights-movement/)
The following year, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York. Violence was escalating in areas of racial tension, including Montgomery, Alabama. Protesters were regularly beaten by police officers, often resulting in serious injuries or even fatalities. In Watts, Los Angeles, riots left 35 people dead. In March a protest rally reached Montgomery, under the protection of federal troops. Starting at an estimated 3, 000 marchers, by the time they reach their destination, it's believed they numbered nearly 30, 000 people. On reaching the capitol, the marchers were addressed by Dr. King.
1966 saw King talk openly about more than racial issues. He began to discuss his opposition to the Vietnam war and issues such as housing - arguing for protection for poor people, regardless of their race.
In 1967, the rioting was worsening growing to be some of the worst in American history. Fuelled by the uncertainty and anger created by the shootings of figures such as Malcolm X and John F. Kennedy, the sense of helpless rage directed at the nation's social structure and America's involvement in Vietnam, already strained civil relations were heading towards what seemed to be an inevitably violent conclusion.
In Mississippi, one black student was killed in a riot at Jackson State College; 23 people died in riots in New Jersey; and 43 died, with another 324 injured in riots in Detroit riots, labelled as the worst of the century.
The last year of Martin Luther King's life saw him cast his net even wider, including taking part in a march in support of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. This part of King's career is often glossed over or undervalued by historians and commentators of the time. (https://web.archive.org/web/20081011070216/http://www.fair.org/media-beat/950104.html/).
On April 3, he delivered his last speech, entitled “I See the Promised Land”. The contents of the speech seem eerily prescient in retrospect. (http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/mlk_promised_land.html). The next day, April 4 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead as he stood talking on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel, Memphis. James Earl Ray was charged and found guilty of his murder.
King was buried on April 9, aged 39. After his death, Dr. King's widow, Coretta Scott King, established The King Center as 'the official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.' (https://thekingcenter.org/).
King's legacy is represented by Martin Luther King Day, celebrated in the United States on the third Monday in January every year. http://www.holidays.net/mlk/ Carl Gillingham [ CG ]

v. t. To traffic. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To sell and mart your officer for gold
To undeservers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mars. ] 1. The god Mars. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Battle; contest. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contr. fr. market. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A market. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where has commerce such a mart . . . as London? Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bargain. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. & Sp. martagon, It. martagone. ] (Bot.) A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. marteler, fr. martel, marteau, hammer, a dim. fr. L. martulus, marculus, dim. of marcus hammer. Cf. March to step. ] To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ OF., hammer of iron. ] A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ It. martello hammer. The name was orig. given to towers erected on the coasts of Sicily and Sardinia for protection against the pirates in the time of Charles the Fifth, which prob. orig. contained an alarm bell to be struck with a hammer. See Martel. ] (Fort.) A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The English borrowed the name of the tower from Corsica in 1794. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A bird. See Martin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From older martern, marter, martre, F. martre, marte, LL. martures (pl.), fr. L. martes; akin to AS. mearð, meard, G. marder, OHG. mardar, Icel. mörðr. Cf. Foumart. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus Martes (formerly Mustela), closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech marten or stone marten (Martes foina); the pine marten (Martes martes); and the American marten, or sable (Martes Americana), which some Zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Marten. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The genus of mammals including the martens.
Syn. -- genus Martes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F., fr. L. martialis of or belonging to Mars, the god of war. Cf. March the month. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance. “Martial equipage.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave. [ 1913 Webster ]

But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set,
Each other's poise and counterbalance are. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Old Chem. & Old Med.) Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Martial flowers (Med.), a reddish crystalline salt of iron; the ammonio-chloride of iron. [ Obs. ] --
Martial law, the law administered by the military power of a government when it has superseded the civil authority in time of war, or when the civil authorities are unable to enforce the laws. It is distinguished from military law, the latter being the code of rules for the regulation of the army and navy alone, either in peace or in war. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Martial, Warlike. Martial refers more to war in action, its array, its attendants, etc.; as, martial music, a martial appearance, a martial array, courts-martial, etc. Warlike describes the feeling or temper which leads to war, and the adjuncts of war; as, a warlike nation, warlike indication, etc. The two words are often used without discrimination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A warrior. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Martialized p. pr. & vb. n. Martializing ] To render warlike; as, to martialize a people. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a martial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being martial. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. [ L. Martius. ] Of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war, or to the planet bearing his name; martial. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. An inhabitant of the planet Mars; -- fictional or hypothetical. Du Maurier. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ In science fiction, it has often been postulated that there are intelligent creatures living on Mars, but no strong evidence of any form of life on Mars has been observed up to the end of 1998.

n. (Stone Working) [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. Martlet. ] (Zool.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [ Written also marten. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The American purple martin, or bee martin (Progne subis or Progne purpurea), and the European house martin, or window martin (Hirundo urbica or Chelidon urbica), are the best known species. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bank martin. (a) The bank swallow. See under Bank. (b) The fairy martin. See under Fairy. --
Bee martin. (a) The purple martin. (b) The kingbird. --
Sand martin, the bank swallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from an officer of that name in the French army under Louis XIV. Cf. Martin the bird, Martlet. ] In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods. [ Hence, the word is commonly employed in a depreciatory sense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Zool.) The martin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. martinete. ] (Zool.) A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. martingale; cf. It. martingala a sort of hose, martingale, Sp. martingala a greave, cuish, martingale, Sp. almártaga a kind of bridle. ] 1. A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gambling) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness. Called also Martingale strategy. Such a betting strategy does not change the overall likelihood of winning, but in a short run it increases the probability of winning a small sum, balancing it against an increased probability of losing a large sum. [ Cant ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ St. Martin + mass religious service. ] (Eccl.) The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often called martlemans. [ 1913 Webster ]

Martinmas summer, a period of calm, warm weather often experienced about the time of Martinmas; Indian summer. Percy Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Mars, Martis, the god Mars, the alchemical name of iron. ] (Min.) Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorph after magnetite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Martinmas. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. martinet. See Martin the bird, and cf. Martinet a disciplinarian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) The European house martin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. F. merlette. ] (Her.) A bird without beak or feet; -- generally assumed to represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae.
Syn. -- family Martyniaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS., from L. martyr, Gr. ma`rtyr, ma`rtys, prop., a witness; cf. Skr. sm&rsdot_; to remember, E. memory. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be a martyr, signifies only to witness the truth of Christ; but the witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with persecution, that martyrdom now signifies not only to witness, but to witness by death. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell,
Thou fall'st a blessed martyr ! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Martyred p. pr. & vb. n. Martyring. ] 1. To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To persecute; to torment; to torture. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Racked with sciatics, martyred with the stone. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Martyr + -dom. ] 1. The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

I came from martyrdom unto this peace. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affliction; torment; torture. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. martyriser, LL. martyrizare. ] To make a martyr of. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]