margin 
or leaves arc called <l<:iihlt'-/,Hirni/i-'il t in roiisri|iu^i<'<,- of tin- 
stili-H IH-MIL: n|,r:itri| in the ci'iitri ; uiul BO are also those 
doors which are made to imitate two-leafed doors. 
3. Latitude, scope, or range: freedom from 
narrow restriction or limitation; room or pro- 
vision for enlarged or extended action. 
Their i/m/v/'/i of cnVi-thr oprrafion in htriclly limited; 
still, such u uMririn exists, and they Itrades-uniniisj have 
turned it to account. Rae, Contemporary Socialism, viii. 
4. Allowance 
atTordod for 
trade, error 
stances, diversity of judgment or opinion, et. 
Thern Is always margin enough in the statute for a lib- 
eral judge to read one way and a servile judge another. 
Emerson, Fugitive Slave Law. 
6. In speculative dealings on the exchanges : 
(a) The sum in money, or represented by secu- 
rities, deposited by a speculator or trader with 
HC.L'il 
Marian 
toward the apical manrln. It my arise from the ptero- 
stlKiua and form a curved line, as in some IJ ymeiujptrra (in 
hirh caw it Is also called the radial win), or it may be 
atod about the basal margin of the bills of birds. 
[Scarcely in IIM . | 
r fork of the costal vein, as in i certain IMptera. margin-line (mar'jin-lin), ;/. \niit., a line or 
Marginal vesicles. See maryinal bodiet. edge parallel to the upper side of the wing- 
transom in a -hi|i and jn-t below it, where the 
butts of the after bottom-planks terminate. 
marginalia (miir-ji-na'li-a), . pi. [NL., neut. 
]il. of iiiin-i/iiiiilix, marginal: see marginal.] 1. 
Marginal notes. 2. In sponges, spicules form- margin-tailed (miir'jin-tald), a. Having the 
ing a_ collar round the osculum. /. E. Schulze. tail margined: sj>eeilieully applied to a South 
American otter, I'teronnrn namlh/iclii, in which 
tin i:iil is alate. 
margosa (mar-go'sft), n. [E. Iml. ) An East 
notes. [Rare.] Indian tree, Azadiraehta Indica (Mrlia Azadi- 
Augustine's Confessions, In the same library, he (Arch- raehta). Its fruit yields a concrete fixed oil. 
bishop Leightonl similarly maryinalized. Also called Him or nrem Margosa bark. Bee 
F. Java, Literary Life, p. 104. barW. 
II. intrant. To make marginal notes. [Rare.] margravate, margraviate (miir'gra-vat, mar- 
Byron could magnate, with simitar fertility and fa- <" vi-at), . [< margrare + -ate*.] The ter- 
cillty. /'. Jaeox, Literary Life, p. 112. ntor y of a margrave 
The banks refused to loan upon any except first-class marginate (mar'ji-nat), <(. [< L. marginal!!*, 
collateral, and commission-houses regarded the market __ 
in a somewhat dangerous condition for speculators on mar- 
ffin- Appleton's Amu Cyc., 1SS6, p. 342. 
(6) A deposit made by each of two brokers, 
parties to a contract, when one is "called up" 
(as it is termed) by the other. This mutual deposit 
made in some bank or trust com- 
remains subject only to a joint 
(usually of 5percent.)is 
pany agreed upon, and 
pp.: seethe verb.] Having a margin.' specifi- 
cally, in entom.: (a) Having the margin of a distinct 
color : as, manjinate with purple. <6) Having a distinct 
margin or edge, as the pronotum of many beetles. Mar- 
ginate abdomen, In entom., an abdomen that Is com- 
pressed and has the sides of the dorsal segments elevated, 
as In many Staphylinidce ; or projecting beyond the wing- 
covers in a sharp ridge, as in many Hemiptera and OrtJtop- 
tera, and a few Coleoptera. 
marginated (mar'ji-na-ted), a. Same as mar- 
governors or guardians by appointment (first In the time 
of Charles the Great), but their office soon became heredi- 
tary. From the twelfth century onward the margraves were 
princes of the empire, and some of them became electors. 
The title ceased to he used In Its territorial sense in 1808, 
when there were nine margravatcs, but was retained for 
some time as a title of courtesy for younger sons. 
The chief and head of them [commissioners] was the 
3tari/rave (as they call him) of Bruges. 
Sir T. More, Utopia, tr. by Robinson (1551), Prol. 
The marirrave, who was the high executive olllcer of the 
little commonwealth, marched down to the cathedral. 
dilated" margin; s7c"th"e *$3SZF. m7lo7atea"ma ."""< *** Dutch Republic ' L m - 
gin. see dixhent?.- Double margin, a margin in which margin-draft (mar jin-draft), n. In masonry, margraviate, . nee margrarate. 
there is a tine groove along the outer side, the margin iKjing a plane chiseled surface adjoining the edge or margravine (mar'gra-ven), n. [< F. margra- 
gn"Ve'Tie\ H vveen' them" ''^"'"d' A^ 'iri ^"'^ wlth , th f edges of a hewn block, as that about the joints '' (= D. markgrarin = MLG. markgrerinne = 
Fllate, mcrassate,' 'inferior, mnerTete^ margux See ? a usual variety of ashler, in which the mar- MHG. marfgrdvin, ntarcgrdvinne, G. markgrajin 
the adjectives. Margin draft. s"ec ii\ar<jin-ara.n. gin-draft incloses the middle part of the face, = Sw. markgrefrinna = Dan. markgretinde), 
Margin of a course, in arch., that part of the upper side which may either be dressed or left rough. tern, of margrare, margrave: see margrare.] 
SU^M^nSaMni.^ C fa?^"toM margined (mar'jind), a. [< margin + -e<P.] The wife of a margrave. 
mine the proper amount of margmto be given to printed Marginate; specifically, in hot., having a dis- marguerite (mar'ge-ret), n. [< F. marguerite, 
pagesbytho selection of blanks or of low furniture of suit- tinct and projecting edge or wing, as the bor- a daisy, a pearl, <L. margarita, < Gr. napyapirrK, 
ders of many flat seeds Margined fruit-bat, Cy- a P ea " : see margaret, margarite.] 1. The com- 
napteru* marginalia, a small East Indian species, about 4 "" P--~ -- >-- D.H.- n . _ 
Inches long, whose ears are marginate or edged with white. 
able sizes. = Syn. 1. Confine, limit, skirt. See rim. 
margin (miir'jin), v. t. [< F. marginer = Sp. Pg. 
marginar = It. margin-are, < L. marginarc, fur- 
nish with a border, < margo (margin-), a border: Marginella (mar-ji-nel'S), n. [NL., dim. of L. 
see margin, .] 1 . To furnish with a margin ; margo (margin-), edge,"border: see margin.] 
form or constitute a margin to ; border. 
mon European daisy, Eellis perennis. 2. A spe- 
cies from Teneriffe", Chrysanthemum frutescens. 
The ice-born rivers . . . were margined occasionally 
with spires of discolored ice. 
Katie, Sex Grinnell Exp., II. 160. 
2. To enter in the margin, as a note in a book. 
To margin up, to put up margins, as a provision against 
loss by a broker who has purchased and holds stocks, etc., 
on behalf of a customer ; cover loss on account of depre- 
ciation of prices. 
The concern then had $42,500,000 locked up on the Bourse, 
having trebled its liabilities in the vain attempt to margin 
up after a fall begun in September, 1881. 
Atner. Economist, III. 170. 
marginal (miir'ji-nal), a. [= F. marginal = 
p. IV. marginal = It. tnarginale, < NL. margi- 
i/ia, < ]j. iiiargii (margin-), margin: see man/in.] 
Pertaining to a margin ; situated on or near the 
margin ; specifically, written or printed in the 
margin of a page: as, a marginal note or gloss. 
To come into the dim reflexion of hollow antiquities sold _ n1UV.-, i ' *A 
by the seeming bulk, and there be fain to club quotations margmellliorm (mar-Jl-nel l-form^O. 
with .Men whose learning and belief lies in tnariruit stuff- 
ings. Milton, Church-Government, II., Fret 
The passage Itself is set down in the marginal notes. 
Pope, Temple of Fame, Adv't. 
The typical genus of the family 
Marginellida. There are some 200 
species, found In all warm seas, of small 
size, with smooth oval shells having a 
small respiratory notch. The best repre- 
sentatives of the genus have an evident 
spire, as M. nubeculata; some others, with 
sunken spire, as M. lineata, form a sub- 
genus Pergiada. 
Marginellacea (marji-ne-la'se- 
H), n. pi. [NL., < Marginella 4- 
-timt.] Same as Marginellida: 
Marginellidae (mar-ji-nel'i-de), 
n. pf. [NL., < Marginella + -idm.] 
A family of gastropods, typified 
by the genus Marginella. The animal has only ra- 
chidian teeth, tentacles approximate at base, eyes above 
their base, and a large foot. The shell is Involute or 
obovate, with a short or sunken spire, polished porcella- 
neous surface, and has several distinct plaits on the colu- 
mellar lip. 
. . ,, [<NL. 
Morginella + L. forma, form.] Having the 
character of a Marginella or related inollusks. 
marginelloid (mar-ji-nel'oid), a. 
also called Paris daisy, closely resembling the 
common oxeye daisy, but with leaves more dis- 
sected. It is successful as a winter bloomer, while the 
latter is not. There is a popular yellow variety, golden 
marguerite. See cut under Chrysanthemum. Blue' mar- 
guerite, Debris (Agathcea) calestis. 
marguett6 (mar-ge-ta'), a. In her., same as 
decked, 3. 
Margyricarpus (mar'ji-ri-kar'pus), n. [NL. 
(Ruiz and Payon, 1794), < Gr. pap-japiTtK, a pearl, 
+ napirof, fruit, erroneously for "Margaroitocar- 
;>.?.] A genus of rosaceous shrubs belonging 
to the tribe Poteriea 1 , characterized by her- 
maphrodite flowers which are axillary and soli- 
tary and have a calyx without bracts, no petals, 
two stamens, and one carpel. They are branching, 
rigid, leafy shrubs, with pinnate leaves, and small, incon- 
spicuous flowers sessile in the axils. There are 4 spe- 
cies, natives of South America. M. tetona is sometimes 
cultivated under the name of pearl-berry or peart-fruit. 
mariaget, . An obsolete form of marriage. 
marialite (mar'i-al-it), n. [Formation not 
known.] A kind of scapolite found near Na- 
ples. It is essentially a silicate of aluminium 
and sodium with some sodium chlorid. See 
teapottoi. 
[< NL. J/c- 
ginrlla + -t>itl.] Of or pertaining to the Mar- Marian 1 (ma'ri-an), a. [<L. Marianus,< Mari- 
Inuer marginal cell. See tyatr. Marginal bodies, fftaefflfte, or to the group which that family us (see def.), the name of a Roman gens.] Of 
marginal vesicles, in hydroid polyps, diiremitiated sen- represents or nprtftin m<r rn foiiia Xf ,-;,,* 1 pi 
sory organs attacheif to the edge of the umbrella. Those ' llj'i/ / -,..,> r , r ^CaiUS MarillS, a noted Roman 
which are plgmunted arc supposed ti> have a visual func- marginiCldal (mar Jl-ni-si'dal), rt. [< L. mar- <"~' '<1'<"1 a ^ - 1-- '-" 
lion, tiio^r vsinrii iiiiw inni ,:on,T./tions to be auditory. !/<> (margin-), border, + c<edere, cut, + -al.] In 
uth,,c : isi.) i)iif,-reut kinds f marginal bodies bot., a term descriptive of that mode of delii-- 
have special names. Marginal bones or ossicles, super- ,,.,,,.,, j,i whir>h tlio cnrnpla eanurata .i!,,,,ir i !,<>; . obey, although he lost by Hi 
numerary digit:,! plKdangeslyim? along the innerortV out- ' S 8<> P arate a 'Ong their pr j egtnood ,,, hig fortl f nc . 
er border, .f th>- ilippei ,>f an iehthyosanr. (Seocutunder external line of junction, not, however, split- M.-^.-O ' -, . 
Ichthyosauri^.) The marginal bones furnish a remark- ting the septa or partitions, as in septicidal de- ,5 n " an ^i " 
able instance of more than the normal five digits of verte- hiscence, but breaking away from them, 
nrates. Marginal cell, in entmn,, a cell or spaoe of the .no -,.{.,< A..., c,K^'4i ,?; ?,-,, \ r/ T 
wing anterior to the mwgi.ua vein and attaining the apical marginiform (mar ji-ni-f6rm), a. [< L. margo 
margin. Marginal finger*, the index^tiuger. (manjin-), edge, border, + forma, form.] Like 
general (died 86 B. c.), or his followers. 
When ordered by Sulla to put away his wife, who was 
connected with the Marian party, he |C>sar| refused to 
obey, although he lost by the refusal his wife's dower, his 
Kncyc. Brit,, IV. 6S4. 
[<ML.J/ariant/,<LL. 
'/'///((.Mary: see maryV, marry?.] 1. Oforper- 
taining to the Virgin Mary : as. the Marian doc- 
trine of the Roman Catholic Church. 2. Of or 
of something: as, the marginiform ears of some 
spermophiles. r/>. 
\\ nuhl I had seen thee graved with thy great sire, 
Ere lived to have men's marginal fingers point 
At Charalois, as a lamented story ! 
inger and Field, Fatal Dowry, iii. 1. margining (mar'ji-ning), H. [Verbaln. of mar- 
toal i/in, r.] Margins collectively; also, the form or 
7nir. Marginal line, in mfo^TTartooiTy Varod or ;'liaraoter of a margin ; mark's or colors border- 
angulated line running across tin- anterior wiiig near the ing a surface: as, a black mari/iliilii/. 
apicil iiKiiKi", dWJnguished in many mot hs. Marginal marginirostral (mar'ji-ui-ros'tral), a. [< L. 
/w, , ;../-.<.- Marginal vein or L nervure^'in ./..,!,". lAvhi beak: see nmtnil.] Bordering or fringint; tin- 
of an insect's wing, extending more or less longitudinally bill: applied by Maegillivray to feathers situ- 
\ mt 1 1 /! it- f) ovtf^c 1 , w* vci , i / ift inn ) L\JL 111. j iJiivt^ _* *r ~r* 
a border, edge, or margin ; forming a mere rim Pertaining to Queen Mary of England, daughter 
of Henry VIH. 
Of all the Marian martyrf , Mr. Phllpot was the best-born 
gentleman. Fuller. 
The fate of the English Protestants, exiles under the Ma- 
rian administration, was, as the day arrived, to be the lot 
of the English Papists under the government of Elizabeth. 
/. D'ltraeti, Amen, of Lit., II. <K. 
Marian 3 * (mar'i-an), n. [Also Mai-inn : < OF. 
Mnrin. dim. of .JW/r, Mary: see marry?. Cf. 
marirt, marionette.] 1. See Maid Marian. 2. 
Same as mariet. Cotgrare. 
