Marianism 
Marianism (ma'ri-an-izm), n. [< Marian? + 
-iswt.] The adoration of the Virgin. 
mariche, . [E. Ind.] An imp or demon. 
In these parts are huge woods, harbours of Lions, Tigers, 
Ownces, and Mariches, which haue Maidens faces and 
Scorpions tailes. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 459. 
maricolous(ma-rik'o-lus),a. [<L. ware, the sea, 
+ colcre, dwell.] Inhabiting the sea; oceanic 
or pelagic in habitat, as an animal or a plant. 
marid (mar'id), . [Ar. maritl, rebellious, reb- 
el.] In Mohammedan myth,, an evil jinnee or 
genie or demon of the most powerful class. 
It is only when he cannot bring his lovers together, or 
having done so cannot find enough tires of trouble to test 
their constancy, that the Arab "raconteur" introduces his 
genie, "afrit," or "marid," or changes his hero into an 
ape. Edinburgh Rev., CLX.IV. 195. 
marie ' t, . A Middle English form of marry 1 . 
marie 2 t, inter j. A Middle English form of marry 2 . 
marie 3 t, [Var. of marrow 2 ; in this form, 
in the second quot., confused with Mary, a 
woman's name.] A companion; mate; atten- 
dant. 
What 's become o' your maries, Maisry? 
Willie and Lady Maixry (Child's Ballads, II. 59). 
Yestreen the Queen had four Maries, 
The night she'll hae but three ; 
There was Marie seat, and Marie Beaton, 
And Marie Carmicbael, and me. 
The Queen's Marie (Child's Ballads, III. 118). 
mariet (mar'i-et), n. [< OF. mariette, in pi. 
" Marieis, f ., mariets.marians, violets, Coventry 
bells" (Cotgrave), also a kind of Campanula, F. 
mariette, dim. of Marie, Mary: see marry'*."} An 
old name for the canterbury-bell, Campanula 
Medium: also called Marian's violet, translating 
the old Latin name Viola Mariana. 
marigenous (ma-rij'e-nus), a. [< L. mare, the 
sea, + -genus, produced: see -genous.] Pro- 
duced in or by the sea. [Rare.] 
marigold (mar'i-gold), n. [< Mary, i. e. the 
Virgin Mary, + gold. Cf. D. goudbloem = G. 
goldblume, marigold, lit. 'gold-flower'; Gael, lus 
Mairi, marigold, lit. ' Mary's plant.'] 1. Prop- 
erly, a composite plant of either of the genera 
Calendula and Tagetes. C. offlcinalis is the common 
garden- or pot-marigold, of some use in dyeing and medi- 
cine. (See cut under bract.) The species of Tagetes bear 
the name of African, or French marigold, though their 
origin is in South America and Mexico. T. erecta, the 
specific African marigold, is stout and erect, with club- 
shaped peduncles and orange- or lemon-colored heads. 
T. patula, the specific French marigold, has cylindrical 
peduncles and narrower heads, the rays orange or with 
darker stripes. The Cape marigolds, from South Africa, 
are species of Dimorphotheca, formerly classed under Ca- 
lendula. D. plumalis, with white rays, closes in dark 
weather. The name is also applied to various other 
chiefly golden-flowered plants, commonly with an adjec- 
tive or in composition. 
A Garland braided with the Flowery foulds 
Of yellow Citrons, Turn-Sols, Xary-goulds. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Magnificence. 
The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun. 
Shale., Vf. T., iv. 4. 105. 
Fair is the marigold, for pottage meet. 
Gay, Shepherd's Week, i. 45. 
2f. A piece of gold money : so called from its 
color. 
Ill write it, an' you will, in short-hand, to despatch im- 
mediately, and presently go put five hundred mari-golds in 
a purse for you. Comey, Cutter of Coleman Street. 
Corn-marigold, in Great Britain, Chrysanthemum sege- 
tum, growing among crops. Also called field-marigold, 
wild marigold. Fetid marigold, an ill-smelling Ameri- 
can weed, Dysodia chrysanthemoides. Fig-marigold, a 
plant of the genus Mesembryanthemum. 
marigold-finch (mar'i-gold-finch), n. The gold- 
en-crested wren, Regulws cristatus. 
marigold-window (mar'i-gold-win"d6), n. In 
arch., same as rose-window. [Rare or obsolete.] 
marigraph (mar'i-graf), n. [< F. marigraphe, 
< L. mare, the sea, + Gr. ypaijieiv, write.] A 
self-registering instrument for making a con- 
tinuous record of the height of the tides ; a tide- 
marigraphlc (mar-i-graf'ik), a. [< marigraph 
+ -ic.] Pertaining to or obtained by means of 
a marigraph. 
marikin (mar'i-kin), n. Same as marikina. 
marikina (mar-i-ke'na), ,. [NL., from a 
native name.] A sort of squirrel-monkey, the 
silky marmoset or tamarin, Midas or Jacclius 
rosalia. It is of a bright-yellowish color with long hair 
about the head, making a kind of mane. It inhabits the 
region of the upper Amazon, and was formerly in much re- 
quest as a pet. Also called silky monkey and Han-monkey. 
marinade 1 (mar-i-nad'), . [< F. marinade, 
pickle, < marin, of the sea: see marine and 
-ade 1 .] 1. A compound liquor, generally of 
wine and vinegar, with herbs and spices, in 
which fish or meats are steeped before cook- 
ing to improve their flavor. 2f. Pickled meat, 
either flesh or fish. E. Phillips, 1706. 
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marinade 1 (niar'i-nad),!). t. ; pret. andpp.mar/- 
naded, ppr. marinading. [< marinade, n.] Same 
as marinate. 
marinade 2 (mar-i-nad'), . [Cf. marinade 1 .'} In 
the West Indies, a little cake made of the edible 
core of the cabbage-palm. 
Those delicious little cakes called marinades, which 
you hear the colored peddlers calling out for sale. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 327. 
Marinae (ma-ri'ne), n. pi. [NL. (Bentham and 
Hooker, 1883), fem. pi. of L. marinus, marine.] 
A series of monocotyledonous marine plants 
of the natural order Hydrocharidea;, character- 
ized by having the cotyledon project beyond 
the thick radicle. It embraces the genera EH- 
halus, Thalassia, and Halophila, natives of the 
Indian and South Pacific oceans. Also called 
Thalassiece. 
marinaget,. [<OF.wano<;e(=Sp. marinaje); 
< marin, marine, + -age.] Seamanship. 
And with helpe of our ores within the horde, and by 
other crafte of marynage, with grete dyffyculte and fere 
they kepte the Galye frome the shore. 
Sir R. Guytforde, Pylgrymage, p. 68. 
marinal (ma-re'nal), a. [< marine + -al.] Of 
the sea; saline; bitter. [Rare.] 
These here are festival, not marinal waters. 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 168. 
marinate (mar'i-nat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. mari- 
nated, pp. marinating. [Var. of marinade 1 , v., 
as if < marine + -afe 2 .] To salt or pickle, as 
fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar. 
Why am I styled a cook, if I'm so loath 
To marinate my fish, or season broth ? 
W. King, Art of Cookery. 
They set before us ... a Marinated ragout flavoured 
with cumin-seed. 
R. F. Burton, tr. of Arabian Nights, I. 278. 
marine (ina-ren'), a. and . [In present pron. 
after mod. F., but found in ME., marine, maryne, 
< OF. and F. marin = Sp. Pg. It. marino, of the 
sea; fem. as a noun, F. marine = Sp. Pg. It. 
marina, the sea-shore, sea, shipping interests, 
etc. ; < L. marinus, of or belonging to the sea, < 
mare, the sea, = AS. mere, a lake, = E. mere: 
see mere 1 .] I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to the 
sea; characteristic of the sea; existing in or 
formed by the sea : as, a marine picture or view ; 
the marine fauna and flora ; marine deposits left 
by ancient seas; marine tides. 2. Relating to 
or connected with the sea ; used or adapted for 
use at sea ; acting or operating at sea : as, a ma- 
rine chart ; a marine league ; a marine engine ; 
marine forces. 3|. Relating to navigation or 
shipping ; maritime ; nautical ; naval. 
The code of maritime laws, which are called the laws 
of Oleron, and are received by all nations in Europe as 
the ground and substruction of all their marine constitu- 
tions, was confessedly compiled by our King Richard the 
First. Blackstone, Com., I. xiii. 
4. In zool., technically, inhabiting the high 
seas; oceanic; pelagic: distinguished from 
maritime or littoral Fleet marine officer. See 
fleets. Marine acid, hydrochloric acid. Marine ba- 
rometer. See barometer. Marine belt. Same as 
three-mile limit (which see, under mile). Marine boiler, 
a boiler specially adapted to use in steamboats and steam- 
ships. Maximum heating-surface with a minimum of cubic 
space occupied by the entire boiler and furnace is a dis- 
tinctive feature of marine boilers, in which also the best 
proportion of grate to heating-surface, arrangement of 
parts to secure active water-circulation, strength, dura- 
bility, and convenience in firing are points to which the 
greatest attention is paid. Corrugated plates fordirect fire- 
surface and forced-draft are prominent characteristics of 
modern marine boilers of the best types. Marine corps. 
See corps'^. Marine cotton. Same as adenos. Marine 
ducks, the sea-ducks; the subfamily FuliyvliivK. Ma- 
rine engine, any steam-engine adapted for use in sea- 
going steamers. Marine engineering. See naval en- 
gineering, under engineering. Marine glue, governor, 
guard, hospital. See the nouns. Marine insurance. 
See insurance, 1. Marine league. See league?. Ma- 
rine Officer, an officer of the marine corps. Marine 
railway, a railway, extending from the shore into the 
sea, on which vessels are hauled up to be repaired or are 
transported from one body of water to another. Marine 
sauce, Porphyra vttlgaris, a common seaweed. Marine 
soap, a kind of soap well adapted for washing with 
sea-water, made chiefly of cocoanut-oil. Marine store, 
a place where old ships' materials, as canvas, junk, iron, 
etc., are bought and sold: applied also to shops where 
distinctly, in letters not less than six inches long, over the 
door. He must register his purchases, not buy from a per- 
son apparently under sixteen, and not cut up any cable or 
article exceeding five fathoms in length without an order 
from a justice of the peace. Marine surveyor, a civil 
officer who surveys ships for insurance, repairs, etc, 
Marine wolf, in her., a bearing resembling a sort of 
seal, the head of which is made ferocious with projecting 
tusks, etc. = Syn, Naval, Nautical, etc. See maritime. 
II. n. If. The sea-shore. 
I do yow to wite that thei haue had stronge bataile 
be-fore logres in the playn a-gein the Saisnes, that all the 
Mariolater 
contrey hadde robbed, and all the maryne and the portes 
toward Dover. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 230. 
Every evening they solace themselves along the Marine, 
the men on horse-back, and the women in large Caresses. 
Sandys, Travailes, p. 192. 
2. Shipping in general; the maritime interest 
as represented by ships ; sea-going vessels con- 
sidered collectively, either in the aggregate or 
as regards nationality or class: as, the mer- 
cantile marine of a country; the naval marine. 
Holland is rapidly increasing her steam marine. 
D. A. Wells, Our Merchant Marine, p. 31. 
3. In France, specifically, the naval establish- 
ment ; the national navy and its adjuncts : as, 
the minister of marine, or of the marine. 
The first [factions] wished France ... to attend solely 
to her marine, ... and thereby to overpower England on 
her own element. Burke, A Regicide Peace, ii. 
4. A soldier who serves on board of a man-of- 
war ; one of a body of troops enlisted to do mili- 
tary service on board of ships or at dockyards. 
In the United States and British services, they are clothed 
and armed similarly to infantry of the line. 
5. An empty bottle. See the quotation. 
I have always heard that empty bottles were, especially 
among army men, called marines. I remember that some 
sixty years ago a good story used to be told, I think, of the 
Duke of York, His Royal Highness, at some military con- 
vivial meeting, little thinking of giving offence to the sus- 
ceptibilities of any man present, ordered a servant to 
"take away those marines." N. and Q., 7th ser., VI. 38. 
6. In painting, a sea-piece ; a marine view. 
On the right hand of one of the marines of Salvator, in 
the Pitti Palace, there is a passage of sea reflecting the 
sunrise. RusHn. 
Royal marines, troops who serve on British ships of 
war. Tell that to the marines, that will do for the 
marines, expressions signifying disbelief in some state- 
ment made or story told. They originated in the fact that, 
owing to their ignorance of seamanship, the marines were 
formerly made butts of by the sailors. 
marine (mar-i-na'), a. [F., < marine, the sea: 
see marine.'] In her., having the lower part of 
the body like the tail of a fish : said of any beast. 
Compare sea-lion. 
marined (ma-rend'), a. Same as marine. 
marineer, . An obsolete or archaic form of 
mariner. Chaucer; Coleridge. 
mariner (mar'i-ner), n. [Early mod. E. also 
inarriner ; < ME. mariner, maryner, maroner, < 
OF. (F. and Pr.) marinier (= Sp. marinero = 
Pg. marinheiro = It. mariniere, mariniero), a sea- 
man, < marin, of the sea : see marine.] A sea- 
man or sailor; one who directs or assists in the 
navigation of a ship. In law the term also in- 
cludes a servant on a ship. 
And [they] hadde goode wynde and softe, and gopde 
maroners hem for to gide, till thei come to the Rochell with- 
oute eny trouble or annoye. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 379. 
Thanne the Marrt/ners song the letany. 
Turkington, Diane of Eng. Travell, p. 22. 
Meantime his busy mariners he hastes 
His shatter'd sails with rigging to restore. 
Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 65. 
It is an ancient mariner, 
And he stoppeth one of three. 
Coleridge, Ancient Mariner. 
Fly of the mariners' compasst, the compass-card. 
Mariners' compass. See compass, 7. Master mari- 
ner, the captain of a merchant vessel or fishing-vessel. 
= Syjn. Seaman, etc. See sailor. 
marinershipt (mar'i-ner-ship), n. [< mariner + 
-ship.] Seamanship. 
Having none experience in the feate of mariiiershippe. 
Udall, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 6. 
The Phoenicians, famous for Marchandise and Marri- 
nership, sailed from the Red Sea round about Afrike. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 90. 
Marinism (ma-re 'nizm), n. [< Marini (see 
def.) + -ism.] Extreme mannerism in litera- 
ture, like that of the school of Italian poets of 
the seventeenth century founded by G. B. Mari- 
ni (1569-1625), which was characterized by ex- 
travagance in the use of metaphor, antitheses. 
and forced conceits. 
Achillini of Bologna followed in Marini's steps. ... In 
general, we may say that all the poets of the 17th century 
were more or less infected with Alarinism. 
Encyc. Brit., XIII. 511. 
Marinist (ma-re'nist), n. [< It. Marinista ; as 
Marini (see Marinism).] A poet of the school 
of Marini. 
There was for a time a large class of imitators of his 
[Marini's] style, called Marinizts. Amer. Cyc., XI. 167. 
marinorama (ma-re-no-ra'ma), M. [Irreg. < L. 
marinus, of the sea. -I- Gr. upa/ia, a view, < opav, 
see.] A representation of sea-views ; an exhi- 
bition of scenes at sea in the manner of a pan- 
orama. [Rare.] 
Mariolater (ma-ri-ol'a-ter). n. [< Gr. TAapia, 
Mary, + /orpw, worshiper: see idolater.] One 
who worships or pays religious devotion to the 
Virgin Mary; one who practises Mariolatry. 
