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(Physics.) See
Boyle's law, under Law.

Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y (?). [Sp. mariposa a butterfly +
E. lily. So called from the gay appearance of the blossoms.]
(Bot.) One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike
bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also
butterfly lily. Most of them are natives of
California.

Mar"i*put (măr"&ibreve;*pŭt),
n. (Zoöl.) A species of civet; the
zoril.

Mar"ish (măr"&ibreve;sh), n.
[Cf. F. marais, LL. marascus. See Marsh.]
Low, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor. [Archaic]
Milton. Tennyson.

Mar"ish, a. 1.
Moory; fenny; boggy. [Archaic]

2. Growing in marshes. "Marish
flowers." Tennyson.

Mar"i*tal (măr"&ibreve;*tal),
a. [F., fr. L. maritalis, fr. maritus
belonging to marriage, n., a husband. See
Marry, v.

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