*maraudaille, n.f., rabble, knave.

maraude, n.f., marauding; (cabmen’s slang) crawling, plying for hire.

marauder, v.n., to maraud; to crawl, to ply for hire.

maraudeur, n.m., marauder; crawler.

maravédis, n.m., maravedi (small Spanish coin).

marbre, n.m., marble; marble, slab, stone for grinding colors, etc.; (print.) imposing-stone, slab. pl., works, statues, etc., made of marble; samples of various kinds of marble. Il est de —; he is made of stone. — jaspé; variegated marble. Plaque de —; slab of marble. — filandreux; fibrous marble. — terrasseux; terrene marble. — du gouvernail; (nav.) barrel of the steering-wheel. Sur le —; (print.) in type.

marbré, -e, part., adj., marbled. Du papier —; marbled, mottled paper.

marbrer, v.a., to marble, to vein, to mottle. Se —; to become marbled.

marbrerie, n.f., marble-cutting, marble-work, marble-yard; marble-works.

marbreur, n.m., marbler.