Index of English words, starting with "ma"

(1) - Marrowbone (n.) A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.

(1) - Marrowfat (n.) A rich but late variety of pea.

(1) - Marrowy (a.) Full of marrow; pithy.

(1) - Marry (interj.) Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.
(2) - Marry (v. i.) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
(3) - Marry (v. t.) Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.
(4) - Marry (v. t.) To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.
(5) - Marry (v. t.) To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.
(6) - Marry (v. t.) To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife, or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4.
(7) - Marry (v. t.) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place.