Definition of Marow
Mar"row (?), n. [OE. marou,
mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to
OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg,
marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv,
Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere.
√274 Cf. Merge.]
1. (Anat.) The tissue which fills the
cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is
commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less
fatty, and red or reddish in color.
2. The essence; the best part.
It takes from our achievements . . .
The pith and marrow of our attribute.
Shak.
3. [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a
different word; cf. Gael. maraon together.] One of a
pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate. [Scot.]
Chopping and changing I can not commend,
With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end.
Tusser.
Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to
several varieties of squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an
ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and
to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an ovoid form, and
having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow. --
Spinal marrow. (Anat.) See Spinal
cord, under Spinal.
Mar"row (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Marrowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Marrowing.] To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to
glut.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (uncountable) the substance inside bones which makes blood cells.
- (countable) a kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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