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[ME. martire, IMG:content-0282.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0283.png:[blocks in formation] A-bove alle othir, it was merveile to se the martire that Gawein made, for a-gein his strokys ne myght not endure Iren ne style. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 193. martyre (mär'tér-es), n. [ Pictures of sainted martyrs and martyr e es. tonish ing thing; a wonder; a prodigy. The most me ruelle that Thomas thoghte,.. ffor feftty hertes in were broghte. Thomas of Er eldoune (Child's Ballads, I. 106). Before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth. Ex. xxxiv. 10. No marvels hath my tale to tell, But deals with such things as men know too well. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 244. mascarO of the blowpipe. It sometimes has concavities formed in it, by which a spheroidal shape may be given to the fused ma when desired. Also maver. Let us watch another workman who is rolling on a mar ver his freshly gathered lump of soft gla . Harper's Mag ., LXXIX. 260. marver (mär'vėr), v. t. [ marver , n.] In gla manuf ., to shape by means of a marver. Also maver. A ma of gla is then gathered, marvered , slightly ex- panded, and thrust into the opening of the mould. Gla -making, p. 60. Baker , Chronicles, p. 23. marylt, n. A Middle English form of mar- 2. Admiration; astonishment; wonder. What marvail that the Normans got the Victory? The vast acquirements of the new governor were the rowl. sterdam. New Princeton Rev. , I. 108. martyrization (märtér-i-zā'shon), n . [ mar- tyrize + -ation .] The act of inflicting martyr the me of marvel among the simple burghers of New Am- dom, or the state of being martyred. Name the vexations, and the martyrizations Of metals in the work. B. Jonson , Alchemist, ii. 1. martyrize (mär'tér-iz), v.; pret. and pp. mar tyrized, ppr. martyrizing. [ martyr i ser = Sp . martirizar = Pg. martyr i sar = It. martiriz zare , martyrizare , make a martyr of, martyr , a martyr: see martyr , n.] I. trans . To cause to suffer martyrdom; hence, to inflict suffering or death upon; torture. To her my thoughts I daily dedicate, To her my heart I nightly martyrize. Spenser, Colin Clout, 1. 473. We feel little remorse in martyrizing animals of low degree. Pop . Sci . Mo., XXV. 765. II.t in trans. To suffer martyrdom. Witne hereof is Arilde that ble ed Virgin, Which martyrized at Kinton. Rob. of Gloucester, App., p. 582. martyrlyt (mär'ter-li), a. [ martyr + -ly1.] Martyr-like; becoming a martyr. Piety, sanctity, and martyrly constancy. Bp . Gauden , Tears of the Church, p. 15. (Davies.)