Defn: A system or wireless telegraphy developed by G. Marconi, an Italian physicist, in which Hertzian waves are used in transmission and a coherer is used as the receiving instrument.
MARCOR
Mar"cor, n. Etym: [L., fr. marcere to wither.]
Defn: A wasting away of flesh; decay. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
MARCOSIAN
Mar*co"sian, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a Gnostic sect of the second century, so called from
Marcus, an Egyptian, who was reputed to be a margician.
MARDI GRAS
Mar"di` gras", n. Etym: [F., literally, fat Tuesday.]
Defn: The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; — in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking.
MARE Mare, n. Etym: [OE. mere, AS. mere, myre, fem of AS. mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. mähre, OHG. marah horse, meriha mare, Icel. marr horse, OCelt. marka (Pausan. 19, 19,4), Ir. marc, W. march. Cf. Marshal.]
Defn: The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.
MARE Mare, n. Etym: [AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora, Bohem. m.] (Med.)