Mar`a*bou" (?), n. A kind of thrown
raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without
scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which
resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the
name.
Mar`a*bou" (?), n. [F.]
1. (Zoöl.) A large stork of the
genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African
species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as
ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L.
argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also
marabu.]
2. One having five eighths negro blood; the
offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [Louisiana]
Bartlett.
Mar`a*bou" (?), n. A kind of thrown
raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without
scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which
resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the
name.
