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I will, therefore, that the younger women
marry.

Marrying man, a man disposed to marry.
[Colloq.]

Mar"ry, interj. Indeed ! in truth
! -- a term of asseveration said to have been derived from the
practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary. [Obs.]
Shak.

Mars (?), n. [L. Mars, gen.
Martis, archaic Mavors, gen. Mavortis.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The god of war and
husbandry.

2. (Astron.) One of the planets of the
solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond
the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687
days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for
the redness of its light.

3. (Alchemy) The metallic element
iron, the symbol of which ♂ was the same as that of the planet
Mars. [Archaic] Chaucer.

Mars brown, a bright, somewhat yellowish,
brown.

Mar*sa"la (?), n.


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