March mad (march mad)

Extremely excited or excitable, like a March hare (see hare1); rash; foolhardy. Keep him dark, He will run March -mad else; the fumes of battles Ascend into his brains. Fletcher, Mad Lover, i. 1. marchman (märch'man), n.; pl. marchmen (-men). A man who lives on the marches or border-land of two countries; a borderer. Now Bowden Moor the march - man won, And sternly shook his plumed head, As glanced his eye o'er Halidon. 3627