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n. [ Frank free + marriage. ] (Eng. Law) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. [ Obs. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, races, castes, or nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, races, castes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who mars or injures. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. mariable. ] Marriageable. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mariage, F. mariage. See Marry, v. t. ] 1. The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marriage is honorable in all. Heb. xiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The marriage vow or contract. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A feast made on the occasion of a marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son. Matt. xxii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any intimate or close union. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. In pinochle, bézique, and similar games at cards, the combination of a king and queen of the same suit. If of the trump suit, it is called a royal marriage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Marriage brokage. (a) The business of bringing about marriages. (b) The payment made or demanded for the procurement of a marriage. --
Marriage favors, knots of white ribbons, or bunches of white flowers, worn at weddings. --
Marriage settlement (Law), a settlement of property in view, and in consideration, of marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Matrimony; wedlock; wedding; nuptials. -- Marriage, Matrimony, Wedlock. Marriage is properly the act which unites the two parties, and matrimony the state into which they enter. Marriage is, however, often used for the state as well as the act. Wedlock is the old Anglo-Saxon term for matrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being marriageable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable. -- Mar"riage*a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. 1. Being in the state of matrimony; having a spouse; wedded; as, a married man or woman; -- of one person. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married state; one's married name. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Wedded to each other; as, a married couple; John and Joan are no longer married; -- of two people. [ PJC ]

4. Hence: [ fig. ] Joined to form one object; united. [ PJC ]

n. One who marries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Maroon, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A large chestnut. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chestnut color; maroon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Pyrotechny & Mil.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon. [ Written also maroon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. Same as 1st Maroon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The razor-billed auk. See Auk. (b) The common guillemot. (c) The puffin. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ Written also marrott, and morrot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. √274 Cf. Merge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The essence; the best part. [ 1913 Webster ]

It takes from our achievements . . .
The pith and marrow of our attribute. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon together. ] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Chopping and changing I can not commend,
With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow. --
Spinal marrow. (Anat.) See Spinal cord, under Spinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Marrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Marrowing. ] To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rich but late variety of pea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of, or like, marrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of marrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of marrow; pithy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Bot.) A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Morocco, a country in Northwestern Africa.
Syn. -- Morocco, Maroc. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Married p. pr. & vb. n. Marrying. ] [ OE. marien, F. marier, L. maritare, fr. maritus husband, fr. mas, maris, a male. See Male, and cf. Maritral. ] 1. To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tell him that he shall marry the couple himself. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

A woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth husband, and being now a widow, was prohibited to marry. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife. [ 1913 Webster ]

Maecenas took the liberty to tell him [ Augustus ] that he must either marry his daughter [ Julia ] to Agrippa, or take away his life. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To take for husband or wife. See the Note below. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ We say, a man is married to or marries a woman; or, a woman is married to or marries a man. Both of these uses are equally well authorized; but given in marriage is said only of the woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

They got him [ the Duke of Monmouth ] . . . to declare in writing, that the last king [ Charles II. ] told him he was never married to his mother. Bp. Lloyd. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you. Jer. iii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

To marry ropes. (Naut.) (a) To place two ropes along side of each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time. (b) To join two ropes end to end so that both will pass through a block. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will, therefore, that the younger women marry. 1 Tim. v. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marrying man, a man disposed to marry. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. Indeed! in truth! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second or repeated marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To marry again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Simar. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] See Simar. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. See Simar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + marry. ] To annul the marriage of; to divorce. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]