Martin mas, martin masse, martilmas, martymesse

[Compounded of the proper name Martin, and Eng. ma .] The feast of St. Martin, the 11th of November. "Families laid in their stock of salt provision, then called Martin mas beef."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. iii. mar-tins-ite, subst . [Named after Martins of Halle; suff. -ite ( Min .); Ger. martins it.] Mineralogy: 1. A variety of salt (q. v.) containing 9.02 per cent. of sulphate of magnesia. Found at Sta furth, Pru ia. 2. The same as KIESERITE (q. v.). *mar-tire, *mar-tere, s. [MARTYR, 8.] 1. A martyr. 2. Martyrdom. ( Romaunt of the Rose.) *mar-tire, v. t. & i. [MARTYR, v.]