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A fine oil obtained from the
kernel of Prunus brigantiaca. It is used instead of olive or
almond oil. De Colange.

Mar"mo*zet` (?), n. See
Marmoset.

Ma*rone" (?), n. See
Maroon, the color.

Mar"o*nite (?), n.; pl.
Maronites (&?;). (Eccl. Hist.) One of a
body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside
on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their
name from one Maron of the 6th century.

Ma*roon" (?), n. [Written also
marroon.] [F. marron, abbrev. fr. Sp. cimarron
wild, unruly, from cima the summit of a mountain; hence,
negro cimarron a runaway negro that lives in the mountains.]
In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free
negro, living in the mountains.

Ma*roon", v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Marooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Marooning.] [See Maroon a fugitive slave.] To put
(a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his
fate.

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