Indeed! in truth! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.

The god of war and husbandry.

A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.

A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.

The menhaden.

A native or inhabitant of Marseilles.

A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France.

A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.

One who marshals.

The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.

The office of a marshal.

The state or condition of being marshy.

A natural family of clover ferns.

One of the Marsipobranchia.

A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey. Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii.

One of the Marsupialia.

A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata.

One of the Marsupialia.

Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea.

Same as Marsupium.

A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form.

The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea. The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See Pecten.

The god Mars.

A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia.

To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer.

A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.

A bird. See Martin.

Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus Martes (formerly Mustela), closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech marten or stone marten (Martes foina); the pine marten (Martes martes); and the American marten, or sable (Martes Americana), which some Zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.

Same as Marten.

The genus of mammals including the martens.

The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war.

A warrior.

To render warlike; as, to martialize a people.

In a martial manner.

The quality of being martial.

An inhabitant of the planet Mars; -- fictional or hypothetical.

One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.

The martin.

A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest.

The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.

A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.

The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often called martlemans.

Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorph after magnetite.

See Martinmas.

A natural family in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae.

To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.

The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.

Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture.

To make a martyr of.

In the manner of a martyr.

A martyrology.

Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.

A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs.

A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs.

Martyrdom.

To marvel at.

A common garden plant (Mirabilis jalapa or Mirabilis uniflora) of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon; called also four-o'clock. See four-o'clock.

Marvelous.

Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.

A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass is rolled to give it shape.

A system of economic and political thought, originated by Karl Marx, and elaborated by others. It holds that the state has been the a device for suppression of the masses, allowing exploitation by a dominant (capitalistic) class; that historical change occurs through class struggle; and that the capitalist system will inevitably wither away to be superseded by a classless society.

Marxism, as interpreted by V. I. Lenin.

Of or pertaining to Marx or Marxism.

of or pertaining to Marxism-Leninism.

See Marry.

The marigold; a blossom of the marigold.

Mariolatry.

A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff.

A confection made of almonds and sugar mixed into a paste and molded into shapes. Same as marchpane.

A Nilotic language.

Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named from Mascagni, who discovered it.

A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eye lashes, usually applied with a small brush.

A lozenge voided.

Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having lozenge-shaped divisions.

A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the household to which he or she belongs.

To make strong.

Of the male sex; not female.

The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.

See Maze.

To emit coherent microwave radiation, as in a maser{2}.

A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2.

Same as Mazer.

To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.

An abbreviation for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, consisting of the equipment and personnel required to perform emergency operations on injured soldiers, located in tents near the front lines of combat; as, he worked in the 25th MASH.

the name of a dance, briefly popular in the 1960's.

Potatoes which have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency, usu. with sparing addition of milk, salt, butter, or other flavoring. It is a popular accompaniment to a meat course [U.S., 1900's], providing bulk and calories to a meal.

One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash.

See Maslin.

Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.

A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightly more lofted, used chiefly for short approaches.

A Muslim place of worship; a mosque.

To take part as a masker in a masquerade.

Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.

To confuse; to stupefy.

The dress or disguise of a masker; masquerade.

The muskellunge.

An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks.

Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.

To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.

Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or mysteries.

A type of fiberboard.

The art or occupation of a mason.

A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries.

A Masorite.

Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors.

One of the writers of the Masora.

A mask; a masquerade.

To conceal with masks; to disguise.

One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.

To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.

An analytical instrument which determines the mass of molecules of a substance or fragments of its molecules. It functions by injecting ionized moecules or molecular gragments into a vacuum chamber subjected to a strong magnetic field, in which charged particles move in a curved trajectory.

A method for identifying chemical composition of substances by use of a mass spectrometer.

To produce on a large scale.

Produced in large quantity, often by automated or assembly-line techniques.

of or pertaining to mass spectrometry; determined by mass spectrometry.

To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings.

One who massacres.

To treat by means of massage; to rub or knead; as, to massage a patient with ointment.

One who practices massage; a masseur or masseuse.