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His court was called the
Court of Marshalsea. -- Marshal of the Queen's
Bench, formerly the title of the officer who had the
custody of the Queen's bench prison in Southwark. Mozley &
W.

Mar"shal, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Marshaled (?) or Marshalled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Marshaling or Marshalling.]

1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a
suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.

And marshaling the heroes of his name

As, in their order, next to light they came.

Dryden.

2. To direct, guide, or lead.

Thou marshalest me the way that I was
going.

Shak.

3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as
the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests
when several belong to an achievement.

Mar"shal*er (?), n. [Written also
marshaller.] One who marshals.

Mar"shal*ing, n. [Written also
marshalling.

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