marquee 
Major Worth's iiiariru*e wan pitched on the angle of the 
redoubt thrown up cliiring tin; night previous to the fa- 
inoiiH battle. Jonah <jiu<-ii, Figures of tile Past, p. 90. 
I remember well duritiK thy War standing by the Gen- 
eral's >,ntik,'- liali the night. >. Judd, Margaret, ii. 7. 
marquess, . See m/v//.v. 
marqueterie, . See mur'/m try. 
marquetry (miir'ket-ri), n.; pi. mtirqurlrirx 
(-riz). [< F. marquetorie, < miin/in t<-r, spot, in- 
lay, < limn/Hi', :i mark : sec mnrlA.\ All inlay of 
some tliin material in the surface of a piece of 
furniture or oilier object. The most common ma- 
terial Is a veneer of wood ; such veneers are often stained 
green, dark-red, and other colors. Ivory, tortoise-shell, 
etc., are sometimes combined with these. 
The royal apartments were richly adorned with tapes- 
try and marquetry. Macaulay, Hist Eng., xx. 
marquis, marquess (milr'kwis, -kwes, orig. 
milr kis, -ken), 11. [Also dial, markig (the prop- 
er historical form); formerly also marq IH-.W 
(and, in ref. to Italian use, marchese); < ME. 
nun-kin, < OF. markis, marquis, F. marquis = Pr. 
iiuiriliii 'x, marquis = Sp. marijui-n = Pg. marque: 
= It. marchese, < ML. marcheiutis, a prefect of 
a frontier town, later as a title of nobility, < 
iiiitrfhii, marca, a frontier, march: see march 1 , 
murk 1 .] In Groat Britain and France, and in 
other countries where corresponding titles ex- 
ist, a nobleman whose rank is intermediate be- 
tween that of an earl or count and that of a duke. 
A martinis was originally an officer charged with the gov- 
ernment of a march or frontier territory; the title as an 
honorary dignity was first bestowed in England in 1386. 
Dukes have commonly the secondary title of marquis, 
which is used as the courtesy-title of their eldest sons. 
The wife of a marquis is styled marchioness. The coronet 
of an English marquis consists of a richly chased circle 
of gold, with four strawberry-leaves alternating with four 
balls or large pearls set on short points on its edge ; the 
cap is of crimson velvet, with a gold tassel on the top, 
and turned up with ermine. See cut under coronets. 
A marlcis whilom lord was of that londe. 
Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, 1. 8. 
And the Marchese of Mantua was w< them in the forseyd 
fialye. Torkington, Diarle of Eng. Travell, p. 12. 
Robert, who bears the title of Marquees in its primitive 
sense, as one of the first lord marchers of the Welsh bor- 
ders. E. A. Freeman, Norman Conquest, IV. 333. 
This is to be understood as the Coronet of a real Mar- 
quis, whose title is "Most Noble": which I mention lest 
any one should he led into a mistake by not distinguish- 
ing a real Marquis, 1. c. by creation, from a nominal Mar- 
quis, i. e. the eldest son of a Duke : the latter is only 
styled " Most Honourable." 
1'nmy, Heraldry. (JV. and Q., 7th ser., VIII. 168.) 
Lady marquis*, a marchioness. 
You shall have two noble partners with you; the old 
Duchess of Norfolk, and Lady Marquess Dorset. 
Shale., Hen. VIII., v. S. 170. 
marquisal (mar'kwis-al), a. [< marquis + -al.~\ 
Of or pertaining to a marquis. 
To see all eyes not royal, ducal, or marquesal fall before 
her own. Trollope, Barchester Towers, xxxvii. 
marquisate (miir'kwis-at), . [Also marques- 
x/ili- ; < marquis + -ate^-.] The dignity or lord- 
ship of a marquis; when used with reference 
to Germany, a margravate. 
Lord Malton ... is to have his own earldom erected into 
a marquisate. Walpoie, Letters, II. 18. 
marquisdomt (rniir'kwis-dum), n. [Formerly 
also marquesdome ; < marquis + -rfom.] A mar- 
quisate. 
Other nobles of the marqucsdome of Saluce. 
lloltnshed. Hist. Scotland, an. 1483. 
marquise (miir-keV), H. [F., fern, of marquis, 
marquis: see marquis.] 1. In France, the wife 
of a marquis; a marchioness. 2. A small par- 
asol or sunshade, usually of silk and often trim- 
med with lace, in use about 1850. 
marquisesst, . I MH. markiwssc ; < marquix + 
-rx.v.J A marchioness. 
marquisshipt (raar'kwis-ship), H. [Formerly 
m<ti-<jitigliii>, iiKii-qiii'xhi/i ; < marquis + -ship.] A 
iii;u-qiiis:ite. llnliiislnil .( 'hron., Ireland, an. 1586. 
Marquoi's rulers. See ;/</-. 
marram (mar'am), H. [Also mnrrcm, maram, 
iiiiiri'in. nun inn : = Irrl. maralmr,toT nuirhalmr, 
sea-grass, < Norw. innrhiilin (generally pro- 
nounced amriiliii), fjrass-wrack. Zitstrrd muriiui, 
= Dan. iniirliiihii, ninn luilm. grass-wrack, also 
lyme-grass; lit. 'sea-halm,' <Ieel.iarr(= Norw. 
mr = AS. uii-rr), the sea, + /w/wi'(=Norw. Dan. 
linlm = AS. linil in ). straw: see mere 1 and halm.] 
A common grass of northern shores, Ammophila 
iiriiiiiliiini-fii. See .luimiiiihilii. Also marritm, 
miirnm, mnfirrnl, mid liii/in. 
marre't, i'. An obsolete form of mar 1 . 
marre-, . Sume as nun-re'*. 
marrer (mih-'er), H. One \vlio mars, hurts, or 
impairs. 
For he sayeth yt tlify may ne ye marrar* and destroyers 
of the rcalme. ' Sir T. ilre. Works, p. 295. 
L'L'II 
3637 
marreyst, An obsolete form of 
marriablet ( mar'i-a-bl), . [< M K. miu-i/aMr, < 
OF. iiiiiriiilili'. < unifier, marry: see marry 1 and 
-ulili'.] Marriageal)le. llnliiished, Hen. I., an. 
1115. 
marriage (mar'aj), n. [< ME. nutriage, < OF. 
(and F.) miirinifi- = Pr. muriilnliii; niri<tl</< 
Sp. MH, i,lnje = it. marituijijio,<.WL. maritatii-mii. 
marriage, < mnritus, a husband, marita, a wife: 
see marital, marry 1 .] 1. The legal union of a 
man with a woman for life ; the state or condition 
of being married; the legal relation of spouses 
to each other; wedlock. In this sense marriage is a 
status or condition which, though originating In a contract, 
is not capable of being terminated by the parties' rescis- 
sion of the contract, because the Interests of the state and 
of children require the affixing of certain permanent duties 
and obligations upon the parties. 
2. The formal declaration or contract by 
which act a man and a woman join in wed- 
lock. In this sense marriage is a civil contract, Im- 
plying the free and intelligent mutual consent of com- 
petent persons to take each other, as a present act, as 
husband and wife; and according to the modern and most 
prevalent view no formalities other than such as the law 
of the jurisdiction may expressly impose arc necessary to 
prevent either from subsequently repudiating the other or 
denying the legitimacy of their Issue. The formalities 
provided for by the law of some of the United States are 
optional, being intended chiefly to enable the parties to 
preserve authentic evidence of the contract When a man 
and a woman live and cohabit together, and conduct 
themselves as man and wife in the society and neighbor- 
hood of which they are members, till the belief and repu- 
tation that they are married become general, their mar- 
riage is presumed, without other evidence, for purposes 
of enforcing rights and liabilities of third persons. 
0. Hamlet, what a falling off was there ! 
From me, whose love was of that dignity 
That it went hand In hand even with the vow 
I made to her in marriage. Shot., Hamlet, L 5. 60. 
Marriage is an engagement entered into by mutual con- 
sent, and has for its end the propagation of the species. 
Hume, Of Polygamy and Divorces. 
3. The celebration of a marriage ; a wedding. 
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, 
which made a marriage for his son. Mat. xxil. 2. 
About this time there was ^marriage betwixt lohn Lay- 
don and Anne fiurras. 
Quoted in ('"//;. John Smith's Works, I. 204. 
4f. A marriage vow or contract. 
That wommen kan nat kepe hir manage. 
Chaucer, ProL to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 710. 
5. Intimate union ; a joining as if in marriage. 
The figure is used in the Bible to represent the close 
union of God or Christ and the chosen people or church. 
See ISA. llv. 5 ; HOB. 1L 19, 20. 
The marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath 
made herself ready. Rev. xix. 7. 
Let me not to the marriage of true minds 
Admit impediments. Shak., Sonnets, cxvi. 
They plant their Vines at the foote of great Trees, which 
marriage proueth very fruitful!. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 342. 
6. In various card-games, as bezique, the pos- 
session in one hand of the king and queen. 
Avail of marriage. See amM. civil marriage, a 
marriage ceremony conducted by officers of the state, as 
distinguished from one solemnized by a clergyman. 
Clandestine marriage. See clandestine. Communal 
marriage, a kind of general or multiplex state of mar- 
riage, in which "every man and woman in a small com- 
munity were regarded as equally married to one an- 
other (H. Spencer), existing among some primitive 
races, and imitated for a time, but afterward abandoned, 
by the members of the Onelda Community. Consum- 
mation of marriage. See consummation. Cross- 
marriages. Seem>i. Danish marriage, a term used 
to designate a matrimonial relation recognized by the ear- 
ly Danish law, by which a concubine who had publicly 
lived with a man and shared his table for three years, 
or winters, was deemed a lawful wife. Diriment im- 
pediments of marriage. See diriment. Dissenters' 
Marriages Act. Sec dissenter. Fleet marriages. See 
tin /'' -Jactitation of marriage. See jactitation. 
Left-handed marriage. See morganatic. Marriage 
articles, or marriage contract, an antenuptial agree- 
ment ; an instrument made between the parties to a 
contemplated marriage, embodying the terms agreed on 
between them respecting rights of property and succes- 
sion. The law, while it does not allow the parties to mod- 
ify by agreement the personal rights and duties of the 
married state, does allow them to modify the resulting 
effects of that state on rights of property. Marriage 
brokage, the service, or compensation for the service, 
of negotiating a marriage contract between third persons. 
Marriage contract, or contract of marriage, (a) 
A pre-contract of marriage ; the preliminary or promis- 
sory engagement of marriage, (b) A marriage itself, (r) 
Same as marriage articles. Marriage favors, knots of 
ribbons or bunches of flowers, usually white, worn at wed- 
dings. Marriage license, a permit ur certificate of com- 
petency required by the law of some jurisdictions to be pro- 
cured from a public officer before marriage. See under ft- 
cense. Marriage lines, see K/IC-', n. Marriage por- 
tion. See port ton. Marriage settlement, an arrange- 
ment, usually made before marriage and in consideration of 
it, whereby a jointure is secured t,> the wife, and it maybe 
jiortions to the children, in the event of the husband's 
death. -Morganatic marriage. See morganatic. Plu- 
ral marriage, the marriage of a man with two or more 
women ; polygamy : applied especially to the kind of po- 
lygamy existing among the Mormons, without the ;i<T<>m- 
marrow 
panlment of the harem of Oriental countries, each wife usu- 
ally living In a separate house.- Polygamous marriage. 
sec ,./,,</'/;/.</ Putative marriage. See ina,n 
Scotch marriage, a marriage by mutual ;IKI< incut with- 
out formal wlcmtii/.atin, the parties declaring that they 
presently do take each other for husband and wife : so call- 
ed I 
the union, or the union Itself. Wedding generally Includes 
the ceremonies and festivities attending the celebration of 
the union or marriaye, but not essential to It; marriages 
are often made without such ceremonies. Suptial* Is more 
formal than tredding: we speak of the nuptial* of t prince. 
Matrimony Is the married state, or the state Into which a 
couple are brought by marriage. Wedlock Is the vernacular 
KiiKlifh word for matrimony, not differing from it in mean- 
ing, but being the ordinary term In law : as, born in wed- 
lock. 
marriageable (mar'aj-a-bl), a. [< marriage + 
-able.] Capable of marrying; fit or competent 
to marry ; of an age suitable for marriage : as, 
a marriageable man or woman ; a person of mar- 
riageable age or condition. 
They led the Tine 
To wed her elm ; she, spoused, about him twines 
Her marriageable arms, and with her brings 
Her dower. Milton, f. L., v. 217. 
I am the father of a young heiress, whom I begin to 
look upon as marriageable. Spectator. 
marriageableness (mar'aj-a-bl-nes), n. The 
state of being marriageable. 
married (mar'id), p. a. 1. United in wedlock ; 
having a husband or a wife: applied to per- 
sons: as, a married woman. 
The married offender Incurs a crime little short of per- 
jury, l-'ii'ii. Moral Pbllos., 1(1. 4. 
2. Constituted by marriage ; of or pertaining 
to those who have been united in wedlock; 
conjugal; connubial. 
Thus have you shnnn'd the married stale. 
Dryden. (Latham.) 
3. Figuratively, intimately and inseparably 
joined or united; united as by the bonds of 
matrimony. 
Lap me in soft Lydlan airs, 
Married to immortal verse. 
Milton, L' Allegro, L 1S7. 
marrier (mar'i-er), n. One who marries. 
I am the marrier and the man do you know me ? 
Miridleton, Game at Chess, v. 2. 
marron't, a. and . An obsolete form of nia- 
rooiii. 
marron'-', [F.] See maroon^. 
marrot (mar'pt), n. [Also morrot; cf. marre 2 , 
murre.] One of several different sea-birds of 
the auk family, Alcida: (a) The razor-billed auk. 
(6) The murre or foolish guillemot, (c) The puffin or sea- 
parrot. 
marrow 1 (mar'6), . [Also dial, marry, mary; 
< ME. marow, merow, mary, margh, merg, < AH. 
mearg, mearh = OS. marg = OFries. merch, 
meri] = D. marg, mery = MLG. merch, LG. march, 
merch = OHG. marag, marg, MHG. ware, G. 
mark = Icel. mergr = Sw. mi'irg, merg = Dan. 
man = W. mer = Corn, maru = OBulg. Kuss. 
mo:iju = Zend ma:ga = Skt. majjan, marrow; 
perhaps < Skt. ^ majj = L. mergere, dip : see 
merge.] 1. A soft tissue found in the interior 
of bones, both in the cylindrical hollow of the 
long bones and in the hollows of cancellated 
bony structures ; the medulla or medullary 
matter of bone. It varies greatly In different situa- 
tions. Ordinary marrow of the shafts of adult hones, as 
the humenis and femur, is a soft yellow solid, consisting 
of about 95 per cent, of fat. The red marrow of various 
bones, vertebral, cranial, sternal, and costal, is softer, and 
contains very few fat-cells, but numerotu marrow-cells 
and cells resembling the nucleated red corpuscles of the 
embryo. The so-called spinal marrow, or medulla spi- 
nalis, Is the spinal cord, the central axis of the nervous 
system, a tissue of an entirely different character, not 
found In the hollow of a bone, but In the cavity running 
through the chain of vertebra. 
Out of the harde bones knokke they 
The mary, for they caste nought awey. 
Chaucer, Pardoner's Tale, I. 80. 
Herr Forstrom prepared us for the Journey by a good 
breakfast of reindeer s morrow, a justly celebrated Lap- 
land delicacy. B. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 111. 
2t. The pith of plants. 
Ryhte soft as the marye is that is alwey hldd In the feete 
al withinne, and that is defendid fro withowte by the slide- 
fastnesse of wode. Chaucer, Boethius, ill. prose 11. 
St. The pulp of fruits. 
Thaire [oranges'] bitter margh wol channge sweete 
Her seede in meth III dales yf me steep, 
Other in ewes mylk as longe hem wete. 
PaUadius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.X P- 121. 
4. Figuratively, the inner substance ; the es- 
M'ticp; the essential strength; the inner mean- 
ing, purpose, etc.; the pith. 
He never leaveth searching till he come at the bottom, 
the pith, the quick, the life, the spirit, the marrou-, and 
very cause why. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., I860), p. 6. 
