mariet (mariet)

[ the sea; saline; bitter. [Rare.] These here are festival, not marinal waters. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 168. 4. A soldier who serves on board of a man-of- war; one of a body of troops enlisted to do mil i- 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 Highne , 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. marinate (mar'i-nāt), v. t .; pret. and pp. mar i- nated , pp. marinating . [Var. of marinade1 , v., 6. In painting , a sea-piece; a marine view. as if 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 R. F. Burton, tr. of Arabian Nights, I. 278. marigold (mar Mairi Id (mar'i-gold), n. [ Mary , i. e. the G. Virgin Mary, + gold. Cf. D. goudbloem gold blume, marigold, lit. 'gold-flower'; Gael. lus Mairi, marigold, lit. Mary's plant.'] 1. Properly, a composite plant of either of the genera Calendula and Tagetes. C. officinal is is the common garden or pot-marigold, of some use in dyeing and medicine. (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. erect a, 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 Dim or pho theca, formerly cla ed under Ca lendula. D. pluvial is, with white rays, closes in dark weather. The name is also applied to various other chiefly golden-flowered plants, commonly with an adjective or in composition. A Garland braided with the Flowery foulds Of yellow Citrons, Turn-Sols, Mary-goulds. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Magnificence. The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun. Shak., W. T., iv. 4. 105. Fair is the marigold , for pottage meet. Gay, Shepherd's Week, i. 45. 21. A piece of gold money: so called from its color. I'll write it, an' you will, in short-hand, to despatch immediately, and presently go put five hundred mar i - golds in a purse for you. Cowley , 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 American weed, Dysodia chrysanth emo ides. Fig-marigold, a plant of the genus Mesembryanthemum.