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Marc   /mɑrk/   Listen
noun
Marc  n.  The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes.


Marc  n.  (Written also mark)  
1.
A weight of various commodities, esp. of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.
2.
A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
3.
A German coin and money of account. See Mark.





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... extraordinary apathy was exhibited by Venice, which should at all hazards have determined upon the relief of this important position. On 23rd January, 1571, the only effective expedition entered Famagousta with 1600 men, provisions and ammunition, with a squadron commanded by the Venetian Marc Antonius Quirini; but on the 1st August following, the provisions and ammunition having been completely expended, it became absolutely necessary to negotiate the terms of capitulation. A detailed description of this interesting siege ...
— Cyprus, as I Saw it in 1879 • Sir Samuel W. Baker
... group about thirty men and women were making the ground quake and the woods ring with their unrestrained jollity. Marc Antony was rattling away at the bones, Nero fiddling as if Rome were burning, and Hannibal clawing at a banjo as if the fate of Carthage hung on its strings. Napoleon, as young and as lean as when he mounted the bridge of Lodi, with the battle-smoke still on his ...
— Continental Monthly - Volume 1 - Issue 3 • Various
... flowers for a nosegay. It was after that that Jacqueline had begun to teach her what each plant was good for, and how it must be fed and tended. Helene had grown to feel that every plant, shrub or seedling was alive and had thoughts. In the delightful fairy tales that Monsieur Marc Lescarbot told her they were alive, and talked of her when they left their places at night ...
— Days of the Discoverers • L. Lamprey
... Nemesi MARQUES OSTE (since NA) elections: Executive Council president elected by the General Council and formally appointed by the coprinces for a four-year term; election last held 4 March 2001 (next to be held NA 2005) election results: Marc FORNE Molne elected executive council president; percent of General Council vote - NA% cabinet: Executive Council or Govern designated by the Executive Council president head of government: Executive Council President Marc FORNE ...
— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government
... comics to our attention and smuggling one of the IBM hacker underground's own baby jargon files out to us. Thanks also to Maarten Litmaath for generously allowing the inclusion of the ASCII pronunciation guide he formerly maintained. And our gratitude to Marc Weiser of XEROX PARC <MarcWeiser.PARC@xerox.com> for securing us permission to quote from PARC's own jargon lexicon ...
— THE JARGON FILE, VERSION 2.9.10


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