MAR 



MAR 



A TABLE 



Of Rhumbs, shewing the Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds, that, every Point and 

 Quarter-point of the Compass makes with the Meridian. 



MARINES, a body of soldiers raised 

 for the sea service, and trained to fight 

 either in a naval engagement or in an ac- 

 tion at shore. The direction of this 

 body is vested in the Lords Commis- 

 sioners of the Admiralty. It is station- 

 ed in three divisions, one at Chatham, 

 one at Portsmouth, and another at Ply- 

 mouth. 



MARITIME, something relating to, or 

 bounded by the sea: thus, a maritime 

 province, or country, is one bounded by 

 the sea ; and a maritime kingdom or state 

 Is one that makes a considerable figure, 

 or is very powerful at sea. Hence, by 

 maritime powers, among the European 

 states, are understood Great Britain and 

 Holland. 



MARK, in commerce, a certain note 

 which a merchant puts upon his goods, 

 or upon the cask, hogshead, &.c. that con- 

 tains them, in order to distinguish them 

 from others, such as a grape, a crow's 

 foot, a diamond, a cross, an asterisk, &c. 

 Some use one or other of these marks by 

 themselves; others join them with the 

 initial letters of their own name, and 

 others use the letters only. 



MAHK, or MARC, also denotes a weight 

 used in several states of Europe, and for 

 several commodities, especially gold and 

 silver. In France the mark is divided 

 into eight ounces, or sixty-four drachms, 

 or one hundred and ninety-two derniers 

 or penny-weights, or one hundred and 

 sixty esterlines, or three hundred maizes, 



