marigold window (marigold win"do)

In arch., same as rose - window. [Rare or obsolete.] marigraph (mar'i-graf), n. [F. marigraphe, IMG:content-0240.png:[blocks in formation] about the head, making a kind of mane. region of the upper Amazon, and was formerly in much request as a pet. Also called silky monkey and lion - monkey. marina del (mar-i-nad'), n. [F. marinade, pickle, [In present pron. marine (ma-rēn'), a. and n. after mod. F., but found in ME., marine, maryne, sea; fem. as a noun, F. marine = Sp. Pg. It. marino, of the Sp. Pg. It. marina, the sea-shore, sea, shipping interests, etc.; see merel.] 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.-31. 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 confe edly compiled by our King Richard the Black stone, Com., I. xiii. First. 4. In zoöl., technically, inhabiting the high seas; oceanic; pelagic: distinguished from maritime or littoral. - Fleet marine officer. See fleet2. - Marine acid, hydrochloric acid. - Marine barometer. See barometer. - Marine belt. Same as three - mile limit (which see, under mile ). - Marine boiler, a boiler specially adapted to use in steamboats and steamships. Maximum heating-surface with a minimum of cubic space occupied by the entire boiler and furnace is a distinctive feature of marine boilers, in which also the best proportion of grate to heating-surface, arrangement of parts to secure active water-circulation, strength, durability, and convenience in firing are points to which the greatest attention is paid. Corrugated plates for direct fire surface and forced-draft are prominent characteristics of modern marine boilers of the best types. - Marine corps. See corps2.- Marine cotton. Same as adenos. - Marine ducks, the sea-ducks; the subfamily Fuliguline. Marine engine, any steam-engine adapted for use in seagoing steamers. - Marine engineering. See naval enguard, hospital. See the nouns. - Marine insurance. gineering, under engineering. - Marine glue, governor, See insurance, 1.-Marine league. See league 2.-Marine officer, an officer of the marine corps. - Marine railway, a railway, extending from the shore into the sea, on which ve els are hauled up to be repaired or are transported from one body of water to another. - Marine sauce, Porphyra vulgar is, 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 any old articles, as iron, grease, ropes, etc., are bought and sold. In Great Britain the keeper of the store must have his or her name with "Dealer in Marine Stores" painted distinctly, in letters not le than six inches long, over the 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 printing tusks, etc. =Syn. Naval, Nautical, etc. See maritime. II. n. 1. The sea-shore. I do yow to wite that the i haue had stronge bataile On the right hand of one of the marines of Salvator, in the Pitti Palace, there is a pa age of sea reflecting the sunrise. Ruskin . Royal marines, troops who serve on British ships of war. - Tell that to the marines, that will do for the marines, expre ions signifying disbelief in some statement 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.