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n. Amaranth, 1. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amarantus, Gr. &unr_;, unfading, amaranth; 'a priv. + &unr_; to quench, cause to wither, fr. a root meaning to die, akin to E. mortal; -- so called because its flowers do not soon wither: cf. F. amarante. The spelling with th seems to be due to confusion with Gr. &unr_; flower. ] 1. An imaginary flower supposed never to fade. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A color inclining to purple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs.
Syn. -- family Amaranthaceae, amaranth family [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to amaranth. “Amaranthine bowers.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying. [ 1913 Webster ]

They only amaranthine flower on earth
Is virtue. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of a purplish color. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. Same as Amaranth. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Eritrea. Population (2000) = 400, 000. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. See Comrade. ] Comradeship and loyalty.

The spirit of camaraderie is strong among these riders of the plains. W. A. Fraser. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] Chamber; house; -- used in and See Legislature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL. fr. Gr. &unr_; a vaulted chamber + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The native East Indian name. ] 1. A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat. [ 1913 Webster ]

The incendiary rafts prepared by Sir Sidney Smith for destroying the French flotilla at Boulogne, 1804, were called catamarans. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A quarrelsome woman; a scold. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The name is supposed to be from Hottentot dama vanquished. ] A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Jav. & Malay. damar. ] An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dammar pine, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas (Agathis orientalis syn. Dammara orientalis), yielding dammar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A large tree of the order Coniferæ, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet + amarus bitter. ] (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3 (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of fumaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. ] (Jewish Law) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , prop. n. A Sanskritic language of western India, prob. descended from the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples. It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century. It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Skr. māra. ] (Hind. Myth.) The principal or ruling evil spirit. E. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ Icel. mara nightmare, an ogress. See Nightmare. ] (Norse Myth.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. (Zool.) The Patagonian cavy, a hare-like rodent (Dolichotis patagonum or Dolichotis Patagonicus) of the pampas of Argentina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] 1. (Zool.) A large black-and-white carrion-eating stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (Leptoptilus crumeniferus syn. Leptoptilos crumenifer), whose downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments; called also marabout. The Asiatic species (Leptoptilos dubius, or Leptoptilos argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [ Written also marabu. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [ Louisiana ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., from Pg. marabuto, Ar. morābit. Cf. Maravedi. ] 1. A Muslim saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The marabou{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

n. [ Braz. maracaná. ] (Zool.) A macaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aramaic māran athā. ] “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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A Philippine tree (Artocarpus odoratissima) similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit. Called also marang. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) 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, the American arrowroot or obedience plant) arrowroot (arrowroot starch) is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes, including the arrowroot; the arrowroot family.
Syn. -- family Marantaceae, arrowroot family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The marasca cherry.
Syn. -- marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A Dalmation bitter wild cherry tree (Prunus cerasus marasca) bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur.
Syn. -- marasca, maraschino cherry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ It., fr. marasca, amarasca, a sour cherry, L. amarus bitter. ] A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A cherry which is colored a deep red and sweetened by cooking in colored syrup, and flavored with maraschino. It is used as a garnish in deserts and cocktails. [ PJC ]

2. The marasca cherry tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus of chiefly small white-spored mushrooms, including the Marasmius oreades, the mushroon that grow in a fairy ring.
Syn. -- genus Marasmius. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; , fr. &unr_;, to quench, as fire; pass., to die away. ] (Med.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pining atrophy,
Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marasmus senilis [ L. ], progressive atrophy of the aged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards. [ wns=2 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Hence: Any long and arduous undertaking, straining the endurance of the participants. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- endurance contest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Capitalized)a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians. [ wns=3 ]
Syn. -- battle of Marathon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. The type genus of the Marattiaceae, consisting of ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows.
Syn. -- genus Marattia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. The natural family of ferns coextensive with the order Marattiales, consisting of chiefly tropical eusporantiate ferns with gigantic fronds.
Syn. -- family Marattiaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. An order of lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae.
Syn. -- order Marattiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An excursion for plundering. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Marauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Marauding. ] [ F. marauder, fr. maraud vagabond, OF. marault; of uncertain origin, perh. for malault, fr. (assumed) LL. malaldus; fr. L. malus bad, ill + a suffix of German origin (cf. Herald). Cf. Malice. ] To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder. “Marauding hosts.” Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Maraud, v.: cf. F. maraudeur. ] A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. maravedí; -- so called from the Morābitīn (lit., the steadfast), an Arabian dynasty which reigned in Africa and Spain. Cf. Marabout. ] (Numis.) A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A wildflower (Mirabilis multiflora) having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from Southern California to Southern Colorado and into Mexico.
Syn. -- desert four o'clock, Colorado four o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A leafy wildflower (Mirabilis longiflora) having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico.
Syn. -- sweet four o'clock, Mirabilis longiflora. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. samara, samera, the seed of the elm. ] (Bot.) A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. smaragdus. See Emerald. ] The emerald. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. smaragdinus, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emerald green. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. smaragdite; -- so called from its emerald-green color. See Smaragd. ] (Min.) A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro. [ 1913 Webster ]