Chapter Mars to Martingale of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Marshalsea
(Mar"shal*sea) n. [Marshal + OE. se a seat. See See a seat.] The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household. [Eng.]

Court of Marshalsea, a court formerly held before the steward and marshal of the king's house to administer justice between the king's domestic servants. Blackstone.

Marshalship
(Mar"shal*ship), n. The office of a marshal.

Marshbanker
(Marsh"bank`er Marse"bank`er) n. (Zoöl.) The menhaden.

Marshiness
(Marsh"i*ness) n. The state or condition of being marshy.

Marsh marigold
(Marsh mar"i*gold) (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Caltha growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.

Marshy
(Marsh"y) a. [E. Marsh.]

1. Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.

2. Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed. Dryden.

Marsipobranch
(Mar"si*po*branch`) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Marsipobranchia.

Marsipobranchia
(||Mar"si*po*bran"chi*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a pouch + a gill.] (Zoöl.) 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.

Marsupial
(Mar*su"pi*al) a. [Cf. F. marsupial.]

1. (Zoöl.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.

2. (Anat. & Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.

Marsupial frog. (Zoöl.) See Nototrema.

Marsupial
(Mar*su"pi*al), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Marsupialia.

Marsupialia
(||Mar*su`pi*a"li*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. marsupium a pouch, bag, purse, Gr. marsy`pion, dim. of ma`rsypos, ma`rsipos.] (Zoöl.) 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.

Marsupialian
(Mar*su`pi*a"li*an Mar*su"pi*an) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Marsupialia.

Marsupiate
(Mar*su"pi*ate) a. (Zoöl.) Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea.

Marsupion
(||Mar*su"pi*on) n. [NL.] Same as Marsupium.

Marsupite
(Mar"su*pite) n. [See Marsupial.] (Paleon.) A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form.