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Webster 1913 Edition
Marrow
Mar′row
,Noun.
[OE.
marou
, mary
, maruh
, AS. mearg
, mearh
; akin to OS. marg
, D. merg
, G. Mark
, OHG. marg
, marag
, Icel. mergr
, Sw. merg
, Dan. marv
, Skr. majjan
; cf. Skr. majj
to sink, L. mergere
. √274 Cf. Merge
.] 1.
(Anat.)
The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.
2.
The essence; the best part.
It takes from our achievements . . .
The pith and
The pith and
marrow
of our attribute. Shakespeare
3.
[OE.
maru
, maro
; – perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon
together.] One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.
[Scot.]
Chopping and changing I can not commend,
With thief or his
With thief or his
marrow
, for fear of ill end. Tusser.
Marrow squash
(Bot.)
, a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the
– Boston marrow
, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow
, a variety of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow. Spinal marrow
. (Anat.)
See
Spinal cord
, under Spinal
.Mar′row
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Marrowed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Marrowing
.] To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut.
Webster 1828 Edition
Marrow
MAR'ROW
,Noun.
1.
A soft oleaginous substance contained in the cavities of animal bones.2.
The essence; the best part.3.
In the Scottish dialect, a companion; fellow; associate; match.MAR'ROW
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
marrow
marrow
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmæɹəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmæɹoʊ/, /ˈmeɹoʊ/, /ˈmɛɹoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ærəʊ
Noun
marrow (plural marrows)
Transected beef bones, exposing the marrow inside
- (uncountable) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter III:
- Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
- 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter III:
- (countable) A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
- 1847, Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk, "Steam-Boat Voyage to Barbados", Bentley's Miscellany, Vol XXII, London: Richard Bentley, p.37:
- The finest European vegetables, cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, vegetable marrow, were lying in the market-hall, awaiting purchasers.
- 1847, Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk, "Steam-Boat Voyage to Barbados", Bentley's Miscellany, Vol XXII, London: Richard Bentley, p.37:
- The essence; the best part.
- William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
- It takes from our achievements […] / The pith and marrow of our attribute.
- Thomas Tusser (1524-1580)
- Chopping and changing I cannot commend, / With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end.
- William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
Derived terms
Translations
substance inside bones
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kind of vegetable
Related terms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
marrow (plural marrows)
- (Geordie, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
- Cheers marrow!
- (Scotland) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,