. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... mar-moreen; Itftl. & Sp. marmoreo.] 1. Pertaiuing to or resembling marble. 2. Made of marble. , adv. [Eng. marmoreal;-ly.] Like marble ; stonily, coldly. He was not tnarmoreaUy emphatic, an LftndorviB£.—MhencBum. Nov. 12, 1831, p. e24. * mar-mor-tin-to, s. [Lat. marmor = mar-ble, and Eng. tint (q. v.).] A process employedin the last century to decorate walls, c
. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... mar-moreen; Itftl. & Sp. marmoreo.] 1. Pertaiuing to or resembling marble. 2. Made of marble. , adv. [Eng. marmoreal;-ly.] Like marble ; stonily, coldly. He was not tnarmoreaUy emphatic, an LftndorviB£.—MhencBum. Nov. 12, 1831, p. e24. * mar-mor-tin-to, s. [Lat. marmor = mar-ble, and Eng. tint (q. v.).] A process employedin the last century to decorate walls, ceilings,&c., in imitation of marble, &c., by deposit-ing on a ground of an adhesive nature marbledust or powder, arranged in the form of tlieveins of a plaque of marble, and sometimesin that of au ornamental figure. mar-mose, s. [Opossum.] mar-mo-set, * mar-mo-zet, s. [Fr. mar-mouset, from Low Lat. viarmor€tum= a littlemarble figure ; marmor = marble.] Zoot.: The Platyrhine genus Hapale (),from the tropical region of South Jacckns is the Common Marmoset,which is readily tamed, and becomes auamusing pet. The fur of the body is darkish-brown, with different shades of colour for. MARMOSET. each hair, which is dusky at the root, reddishin the middle, and gray at the tip. The headis small, the nose flat, tlie face black, with along tuft of white hair sticking out fromeach side. The tail is long and bushy, markedwith alternate rings of ash-colour and humerali/er is the Cloaked fore part of the body is white ; theliandsgray ; the rumi> and underside deadish-tawny ;tail banded with gray and black. Called alsoOuistiti. [Midas,] mar-mot, * mar-mof-to, s. [Fr. mar-viotte, from Lat. mtis montanus = the mountainmouse.] Zoology: 1. Sing. : A popular name for any individualof the genus Arctomys (), but more parti-cularly confined to Arctomys nuirmcta, theCommon or Alpine JIarniot, inhabiting thehigher regions of the Alps, Pyrenees, andCarpa
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