marcelIne (1)

[Fr., from Lat. marceo=to be weak or thin.] Fabric : A thin silk ti ue used for linings, ., in ladies' dre es. mar-çěl-îne (2), subst. [Named after the place where found, San Marcel, Val d'Aosta, Piedmont; suff. -ine (Min.).] Mineralogy : 1. The impure form of braunite (q.v.), containing 10 per cent. of sesquioxide of iron. 2. An altered form of Rhodonite (q. v.) by oxidation; the same as HETERO CLINE (q. v.). Mar-çěl-li-an, s. [For etym. see def.] Church Hist. ( pl .): Followers of Mar cell us, Bishop of Ancyra, in the fourth century, who, in his zeal against Arianism, ran into the opposite error of Sabellianism. ( Shipley .) mar-çes'-çent, a. [Lat. marcescens, pr. par. of marcesco to fade, incept. of marceo =to be thin or weak.] 2. Bot .. Withering or fading, not falling off until *1. Ord. Withering, fading, decaying. the part which bears it is wholly matured, as the flowers of Orobanche (q. v.). ( Lindley .)