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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: March \March\ (m[aum]rch), n. [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr. Martius belonging to Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf. {Martial}.] The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days. [1913 Webster] The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. --Bryant. [1913 Webster] {As mad as a March Hare}, an old English Saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and violent. --Wright. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: March \March\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Marched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marching}.] [F. marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob. fr. L. marcus hammer. Cf. {Mortar}.] 1. To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army {marched} into France. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: March \March\, v. t. To cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force. [1913 Webster] March them again in fair array. --Prior. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: March \March\, n. [OE. marche, F. marche; of German origin; cf. OHG. marcha, G. mark, akin to OS. marka, AS. mearc, Goth. marka, L. margo edge, border, margin, and possibly to E. mark a sign. [root]106. Cf. {Margin}, {Margrave}, {Marque}, {Marquis}.] A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales. [1913 Webster] Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions -- France, Savoy, and Switzerland. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: March \March\, n. [F. marche.] 1. The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops. [1913 Webster] These troops came to the army harassed with a long and wearisome march. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement; as, the march of time. [1913 Webster] With solemn march Goes slow and stately by them. --Shak. [1913 Webster] This happens merely because men will not bide their time, but will insist on precipitating the march of affairs. --Buckle. [1913 Webster] 3. The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles. [1913 Webster] 4. A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form. [1913 Webster] The drums presently striking up a march. --Knolles. [1913 Webster] {To make a march}, (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of a hand, in the game of euchre. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: March \March\, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d {March}.] To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That was in a strange land Which marcheth upon Chimerie. --Gower. [1913 Webster] {To march with}, to have the same boundary for a greater or less distance; -- said of an estate. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: March n 1: the month following February and preceding April [syn: {March}, {Mar}] 2: the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we heard the sound of marching" [syn: {march}, {marching}] 3: a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time" 4: a procession of people walking together; "the march went up Fifth Avenue" 5: district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area; "the Welsh marches between England and Wales" [syn: {borderland}, {border district}, {march}, {marchland}] 6: genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches" [syn: {marching music}, {march}] 7: a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture [syn: {Master of Architecture}, {MArch}] v 1: march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room" [syn: {march}, {process}] 2: force to march; "The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria" 3: walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride; "He marched into the classroom and announced the exam"; "The soldiers marched across the border" 4: march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" [syn: {demonstrate}, {march}] 5: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town" [syn: {parade}, {exhibit}, {march}] 6: cause to march or go at a marching pace; "They marched the mules into the desert" 7: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: {border}, {adjoin}, {edge}, {abut}, {march}, {butt}, {butt against}, {butt on}]