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{ Mar"chet (?), Mer"chet (?) },
n. [LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.]
In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the
soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's
daughters.

March"ing (?), a. & n., fr.
March, v.

Marching money (Mil.), the additional
pay of officer or soldier when his regiment is marching. --
In marching order (Mil.), equipped for a
march. -- Marching regiment. (Mil.)
(a) A regiment in active service.
(b) In England, a regiment liable to be ordered
into other quarters, at home or abroad; a regiment of the
line.

Mar"chion*ess (?), n. [LL.
marchionissa, fr. marchio a marquis. See
Marquis.] The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who
has the rank and dignity of a marquis. Spelman.

March"-mad` (?), a. Extremely
rash; foolhardy. See under March, the month.


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