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maˈrooning, vbl. n.
[f. maroon v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of maroon v. 2.
1724C. Johnson Hist. Pyrates 170 Marooning. This was a barbarous Custom of putting the Offender on Shore, on some desolate or uninhabited Cape or Island. 1896Spectator 2 May 639 Cabot..was apparently the inventor of the ruthless practice called marooning.
2. The action or practice of going on a maroon-party. Chiefly attrib. in marooning party, marooning season.
1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 165 It may be curious to know the nature of our marooning parties, as the seamen called them. 1824Southey Lett. (1856) III. 425 She is very much missed here at all times, and will be still more so when the marooning season begins. 1856Olmsted Slave States 411 Two lads..had returned..from a ‘marooning party’, with a boat-load of venison [etc.]. |