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Marine Corps   /mərˈin kɔr/   Listen
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Marine  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.
2.
(Geol.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.
Marine acid (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. (Obs.)
Marine barometer. See under Barometer.
Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and musicants of marines.
Marine engine (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a vessel.
Marine glue. See under Glue.
Marine insurance, insurance against the perils of the sea, including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.
Marine interest, interest at any rate agreed on for money lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds.
Marine law. See under Law.
Marine league, three geographical miles.
Marine metal, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made for sheathing ships.
Marine soap, cocoanut oil soap; so called because, being quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.
Marine store, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are bought and sold; a junk shop. (Eng.)






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"Marine corps" Quotes from Famous Books



... the candidates at large and the cadet for the District of Columbia. At the conclusion of the six years' course, two of which are spent at sea, the graduates are assigned in order of merit to the vacancies that may have occurred in the lower grades of the line of the navy and of the marine corps. Cadets who are not assigned to service after graduation are honorably discharged and are given $500, the amount they have received each year of their course ...
— Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition • J.A. James

... for the time under General Pershing as a part of the victorious American army, have written a story of valor and sacrifice that will live in the brightest annals of the war. With heroism that nothing could daunt, the Marine Corps played a vital role in stemming the German rush on Paris, and in later days aided in the beginning of the great offensive, the freeing of Rheims, and participated in the hard fighting in Champagne, which had as its object the throwing back of the Prussian armies ...
— Winning a Cause - World War Stories • John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood

... East coast to West, swift scout planes, whose idling engines could roar into action at a moment's notice, stood waiting; battle planes hidden in hangars would roll forth at the word—the Navy was cooperating—and at San Diego there were strong naval units, Army units, and Marine Corps. ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 • Various



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