MARCESCENT
Mar*ces"cent, a. Etym: [L. marcescens, p. pr. of marcescere to
wither, decay, fr. marcere to wither, droop: cf. F. marcescent.]
(Bot.)
Defn: Withering without
MARCESCIBLE
Mar*ces"ci*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. marcescible.]
Defn: Li
MARCH March, n. Etym: [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr. Martius belonging to Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf. Martial.]
Defn: The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days. The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. Bryant. As mad as a March Hare, an old English Saying derived from the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when they are excitable and violent. Wright.
MARCH March, n. Etym: [OE. marche, F. marche; of German origin; cf. OHG. marcha, G. mark, akin to OS. marka, AS. mearc, Goth. marka, L. margo edge, border, margin, and possibly to E. mark a sign. Margin, Margrave, Marque, Marquis.]
Defn: A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; — used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales. Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions — France, Savoy, and Switzerland. Fuller. Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles. Tennyson.
MARCH
March, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d March.]
Defn: To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.]
That was in a strange land Which marcheth upon Chimerie. Gower.
To march with, to have the same boundary for a greater or less
distance; — said of an estate.