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(mah rk.) (Fr.) The debris of grapes after expre ion of the pulp. (mar'kas-it.) (Min.) White iron pyrites; a bisulphide of iron. (mar-sel-lin us,) ap ope and saint, s. Caius, 296; D. 304. I., (-sel'lus,) Pope, s. Mar cell in us, 304; D. 310. M. II. s. Julius III.1555; D. in the same year. MARCUS CLAUDIUS M., an eminent Roman, became consul in 222, and prætor in 216. He checked the onward,course of Hannibal; took Syracuse after a siege lasting over two years, in 212; and commanded the army which defeated Hannibal at Canusium, 209 B. c. (mahrch.) [From Lat. Martius, literally, belong toMars, the god of war.] (Calendar.) The third month of the year, according to the calendar of Numa and Julius Cæsar; but in the calendar of Romulus it stood first, as it did among ourselves until the change in the style in 1752.-(Mil.) The movement of abo dy of troops from one place to another; or the measured and regular pace of a soldier, according to a certain form and time.-(Mus.) Any piece adapted to a soldier's march. (mar-cha'nah,)a town of Spain, p. and 33 m. S.E. of the city of Seville. Pop. 14,000. [s. 576]