marcour

See marc or. mardt (märd), n. Same as merd. mardert, mardernt, n. Same as marten1. Mardi gras (mär'de grä). [F., lit. 'fat Tuesday': so called from the French practice of parading a fat ox ( bœuf gras ) during the celebration of the day: mardi ( IMG:content-0236.png:[blocks in formation] Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 541. 2. A few ears of grain left standing and tied together, at which the harvesters throw their sickles till the knot is cut. Hall i well. [Here ford shire, Eng.]- Crying the mare, an old harvest sport in Here ford shire. Blount. See def. 2.- Mare's nest, an absurd or ridiculous imagined discovery; something of apparent importance which a person fancies he has discovered, but which turns out to be a delusion or a hoax. Formerly also horse -nest. Why dost thou laugh? What mare's nest hast thou found?