| Marron | n. [ See Maroon, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. A large chestnut. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A chestnut color; maroon. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Marrow | 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. √274 Cf. Merge. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The essence; the best part. [ 1913 Webster ] It takes from our achievements . . .
The pith and marrow of our attribute. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. [ OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon together. ] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Chopping and changing I can not commend,
With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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