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▪ I. marrow, n.1|ˈmærəʊ|
Forms: α. 1 maerᵹ, merᵹ, mearh, mærh, 4 merȝ, marȝ, 4–5 margh(e, (5 margthe, 6 marthe), 4–5 northern merghe, 4–6 northern, 6–9 Sc. mergh, 4–9 Sc. merch, (6 Sc. mairch). β. 4 maruȝ, mar(r)ouh, merouȝ, -owȝ, 4–5 marouȝ, 5– 6 marughe, 6 marough(e, 4 merewe, 4–5 merow(e, 5 maro, 4–5 marw(e, (5 marwhe), 5–6 merwe, 5 marew, 4–7 marowe, 6–7 marrowe, 6– marrow. γ. 3 meari, 4–6 mary(e, (5 marigh, merryghe), 5–6 maree, marie, 6 marry.
[Com. Teut.: OE. mearᵹ, mearh (Anglian merᵹ, mærh) neut. (once masc.), corresponds to OFris. merg, merch neut. and masc., OS. marg (MDu. march, marg-, mod.Du. merg neut.), OHG. marg, marag neut. (MHG. marc, marg-, mod.G. mark neut.), ON. merg-r masc. (Sw. merg, märg, Da. marv):—OTeut. *mazgo-:—pre-Teut. *mozgho-, corresponding to OSl., Russian mozg, Avestic mazga; the Skr. majjan is anomalous, as it would point to an OAryan type with g instead of gh.]
1. a. The soft vascular fatty substance usually contained in the cavities of bones. (The marrow of animals used for food is regarded as a dainty.)
In OE. the word occurs as a gloss on lucanica, which means a sort of sausage; but this was prob. a mistranslation.
a700Epinal Gloss., Lucanica, maerh. c725Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) L 294 Lucanica, mærh. Ibid. M 195 Medulla, merᵹ. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 366 Wið..leoða sarum nim leon ᵹelynde & heortes mearᵹ. 10..Ags. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 292/10 Medulla, mearh. a1225Juliana 58 Þat meari weol ut imenget wið blode. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xlviii (Juliana) 161 Syne hir banys sa to-quassyt, Þat þe self merch out passyt. 1382Wyclif Job xxi. 24 The bones of hym ben moistid with marȝ [1388 merowis]. 1382― Ps. lxv[i]. 15 Brent sacrifises ful of merȝ [1388 merowȝ] I shal offre to thee. c1386Chaucer Pard. T. 214 Out of the harde bones knokke they The mary. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 47 Þe schuldre to þe elbowe be kutt al atwo, so þat þe marie go out. 14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 678/36 Hec medulla, margthe. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 24216 First I souke vp (for the nones) The mary closed in the bones. c1440Anc. Cookery in Househ. Ord. (1790) 453 Take..pouder of pepur, and maree, and tempur hit togedur. c1430Two Cookery-bks. 44 Þen take merow, & putte it on a straynourys ende. Ibid. 51 Take fayre Marwe, & Datys y-cutte in ij or iij & Prunez. 1513Douglas æneis iv. ii. 38 The subtell quent fyre Waistis and consumis merch, banis, and lyre. 1528Paynell Salerne's Regim. G iij, The mary of veale..is moste holsome. 1533Elyot Cast. Helthe (1539) 31 Marowe is more dilectable than the brayne. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. C j b, The membres colde and moyste are the flewme, fat or the grece, and the maroughes. 1562W. Bullein Bk. Simples 86 b, What saie you of Mary, whiche in some place is called Marthe; contained within the bone of beastes? 1567Golding Ovid's Met. ix. (1593) 215 The poyson even in his bones the maree melts at length. 1575Turberv. Faulconrie 297 That done, take suger clarified, and the Maree of a Beefe. 1717Prior Alma iii. 214 He din'd on Lion's marrow, spread On toasts of ammunition-bread. 1769Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 179 Shred half a pound of marrow very fine. 1823Byron Juan vii. viii, By Souvaroff, or Anglicè Suwarrow, Who loved blood as an alderman loves marrow. 1896Cleland & Mackay Anat. 30 Marrow is of two kinds, the yellow..and the red.
b. Proverbial and hyperbolical uses. (In 16th–17th c. love was often said to ‘burn’ or ‘melt the marrow’.)
1520Whitinton Vulg. (1527) 27 b, A man myghte as soone pyke mary out of a mattock, as [etc.]. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 142 My flesh is soft, and plumpe, my marrow burning. 1594Nashe Unfort. Trav. Wks. (Grosart) V. 168 They basted him with a mixture of Aqua fortis, allam water, and Mercury sublimatum, which..searcht him to the marrowe. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 428 When at the Spring's Approach their Marrow burns..The Mares to cliffs of rugged Rocks repair. 1763Churchill Duellist i, O for a noble curse Which might his very marrow pierce. 1798Southey Bp. Bruno 62 His marrow grew cold at the touch of Death. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xvii, The very marrow in my bones is cold. 1886Kipling Departm. Ditties (1888) 22 For twenty reeking minutes, Sir, my very marrow froze.
c. The substance forming the spinal cord. Now always spinal marrow.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. lviii. (1495) 174 The marowe..of the rydge bones..is callyd Mycha amonge physicyens. 1533Elyot Cast. Helthe i. i. (1541) 13 The mary of the backbone. 1615Crooke Body of Man 871 Of these Nerues..others are deriued from the Brayne and the spinall Marrow. 1626Bacon Sylva §750 The Skull hath Braines, as a kinde of Marrow, within it. The Back-Bone hath one Kinde of Marrow, which hath an Affinity with the Braine. 1874Carpenter Ment. Phys. i. ii. §61 (1879) 62 The spinal cord (commonly termed the spinal marrow).
†d. Used (chiefly after L. medulla) for: The pith (of a plant); the pulp (of a fruit). Also marrow of wheat: a literal rendering of medulla tritici (Vulgate), the finest flour. Obs.
c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 358 Wiþ maᵹan wærce wudu þistles þone grenan mearh þe biþ on þam heafde sele him etan mid hatan ele. c1340Hampole tr. Deut. xxxii. 14 (⁋21) in Psalter (1884) 516 And gayte with merghe of whete. [Similarly 1382, 1388 Wyclif and 1609(Douay).] c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. pr. xi. 84 (Camb. MS.), [Herbes and trees] shedyn by hyr maryes hyr wode and hyr bark. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xi. vi. (Tollem. MS.), He [sc. dew]..makeþ floure, piþþe and marghe encrese in corne and graynes. c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 477 Thay seyn their bitter margh wol chaunge swete. Ibid. xi. 236 Yf a tender tree Me kitte at footis tweyne, and thenne hit cleue Vnto the roote, and with an yron se The mary rased out. 1562Turner Herbal ii. A j b, It that is within, whiche they cal the marye, the pythe, and the harte. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 30 The Alder tree..is in his Wood and inwarde Marie very soft. 1623Bingham Xenophon 31 This was the place, where the Souldiers first fed vpon the Marrow of the Nuts of Palme. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Cive, Take some sweet Almonds.., pound 'em with some Vinegar, and strain 'em thro' a Linnen-cloth.., that you may have the Marrow or Milk of them. 1793Martyn Lang. Bot., Marrow, Medulla. The pith of a vegetable.
2. In various figurative applications.
a. Taken as the type of rich and nutritious food. Chiefly in the Bible phrase marrow and fatness.
1382Wyclif Gen. xlv. 18 And I shal ȝyue to ȝow al the goodis of Egipte, that ȝe eeten the mary of the loond [Vulg. medullam terræ]. 1535Coverdale Ps. lxii[i]. 5 My soule is satisfied euen as it were with marry & fatnesse. 1818Hazlitt Eng. Poets vi. (1870) 151 His words are of marrow—unctuous, dropping fatness. 1845James A. Neil iv, He left that paper with me, which he said must be marrow and fatness to all well-disposed noblemen like yourself.
b. Viewed as the seat of animal vitality and strength.
c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 1685 My lordys merryghe hys welne gone. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 154 If I were in the pearle of my youth, and had in my bones marrowe..I wold not [etc.]. 1601Shakes. All's Well ii. iii. 298 Spending his manlie marrow in her armes. 16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. iv. iii. 1935 Spending the marrow of their flowring age In fruitelesse poring on some worme eate leafe. 1793Holcroft tr. Lavater's Physiogn. xvii. 87 All English women..appear to be composed of marrow and nerve. a1823G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (1826) 40 Alack-a-day! waesucks for John! His mergh an' mettle now are gone. 1847Disraeli Sybil (Rtldg.) 315, I always was against washing; it takes the marrow out of a man. 1848Lytton Harold v. iii, The pith and marrow of manhood.
c. The inmost or central part.
c1400Apol. Loll. 91 Wene we not þe gospel to be in wordis of writingis, but in wit; not in ouer face, but in þe merowe. 1434Misyn Mend. Life 118 Þe inhirliest mergh of our hartis. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Jas. 28 Expressing by godly workes, that which he sticked fast in the marye of the soule. 1821Lamb Elia Ser. i. My Relations, He never pierces the marrow of your habits.
d. The vital or essential part; the essence; the ‘goodness’. Formerly often in titles of books. Often pith and marrow.
1530Tindale Answ. More Pref. Wks. (1573) 247/2 He neuer leaueth searchyng till he come at the bottome, the pith, the quicke, the lyfe, the spirit, the marow, & very cause why. c1560Rolland Seuin Seages 261 This was the Mairch of the mater in deid. 1570Billingsley Euclid x. def. 11. 232 Wherein standeth the pith and mary of the hole science. 1599Broughton's Let. vii. 20 You set vpon him with this..Libell, wherein is contained the marrow of your wisedome. 1614T. Gentleman Eng. Way to Wealth 12 They haue sucked out all the marrow of the Mault and good Scotsh-ale. 1640T. B[rugis] (title) The Marrow of Physicke. 1647Trapp (title) Mellificium Theologicum or the Marrow of Many good Authours. 1650S. Clark (title) The Marrow of Ecclesiastical Historie. 1653Milton Hirelings Wks. 1851 V. 383 To how little purpose are all those piles of Sermons,..Bodies and Marrows of Divinity, besides all other Sciences, in our English Tongue. 1665Bunyan Holy Citie (1669) 169 Christ in all his Benefits is the very Marrow, Life and Sum of all their Teaching. a1680Charnock Delight in Prayer Wks. (1849) 231 Delight is the marrow of religion. 1763Colman Deuce is in him Prol., Thus gave at once the bards of Greece, The cream and marrow of the piece. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. lv. (1865) VII. 12 The clients and retainers of the old nobility..still formed the pith and marrow of the commonwealth.
e. Short for ‘The Marrow of Modern Divinity’, the title of a book (advocating strongly Calvinistic views) written by E. F. in 1645, the condemnation of which by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1720 led to a prolonged controversy. Used attrib. as in Marrow controversy; also Marrow-men, the designation of those members of the Assembly who defended the book.
1720T. Boston Mem. (1899) 351 The assembly's act condemning the Marrow. 1725Wodrow in W. Corresp. (1843) III. 204 The Marrow people. Ibid. 205 The Marrow affair was ended. 1853Burton Hist. Scot. II. 319 Those who adhered to this document, received the party-title of the Marrow-men. Ibid., The Marrow controversy. 1894Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet i. 12 Allan Welsh, minister of the Marrow Kirk in the parish of Dullarg.
3. vegetable marrow:
a. A kind of gourd, the fruit of Cucurbita ovifera, used as a table vegetable.
1816J. Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. (1822) II. 255 (title of paper) A Description and Account of the Cultivation of a Variety of Gourd called Vegetable Marrow. 1882Garden 25 Mar. 191/3 In no other country does one see so many Vegetable Marrows as in this.
b. The fruit of the avocado, Persea gratissima.
1763[see avocado]. 1866Treas. Bot. 867/1.
4. A marrowfat pea.
1882Garden 15 July 58/3 A dwarf round blue Marrow.
5. attrib. and Comb., as marrow-eater; marrow-boiling, marrow-burning, marrow-chilling, marrow-eating, marrow-freezing, marrow-like, marrow-melting, marrow-piercing, marrow-searching, marrow-thrilling adjs.; marrow cell Histology, one of a particular class of cells (resembling enlarged white blood corpuscles) occurring in marrow; marrow kale = marrow-stem (kale); marrow oil, a dressing for the hair (cf. marrowfat 2); marrow pasty, = marrow pie; marrow pea, = marrowfat pea; marrow pie, a pie containing beef marrow; marrow pudding, (a) a pudding made with (beef or vegetable) marrow; (b) West Indian, a kind of worm; marrow scoop = marrow-spoon; marrow sheath, the white matter of Schwann surrounding the cylinder axis of a medullated nerve fibre (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1889); marrow-spoon, a spoon for extracting the marrow from bones; marrow-squash, an American name for the vegetable marrow (Webster 1864); marrow-stem (kale) = chou moellier (see quot. 1925); also marrow-stemmed kale.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. i. Eden 537 Their *marrow-boyling loves.
1592Kyd Sol. & Pers. v. ii. 14 Such is the force of *marrow burning loue.
1877Schäfer Histol. 92 The so-called proper *marrow-cells.
1612W. Parkes Curtaine-Dr. (1876) 16 Lust, the *marrow-eater of the world, the canker of health.
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 741 The *marrow-eating sicknesse, whose attaint Disorder breeds by heating of the blood.
1847C. Brontë J. Eyre I. xv. 295 A *marrow-freezing incident enough. This was a demoniac laugh. 1900Sketch 21 Feb. 191/2 A play..of a rather marrow-freezing kind.
1872R. Hogg in Jrnl. Roy. Hort. Soc. III. 174 *Marrow Kale..is the Chou moellier of the French, a form of the Jersey kale which produces a long, thickly swollen stem like a gigantic cigar, the swollen part being filled with a mass of tender pith.
1894H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Rom. 184 The large succulent grubs..which the natives enjoy either roasted or raw, delicate *marrow-like pupæ. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 756 A gumma which looks yellowish and marrow-like just before breaking down.
a1618Sylvester Tetrastica xlvi. (Grosart) II. 27 That heart-swelting, *Marrow-melting Fire.
1855F. Duberly Let. 29 Jan. in E. E. P. Tisdall Mrs. Duberly's Campaigns (1963) iv. 124, I want you to write to Savory & Moore, Bond St. for 2 Large Bottles *Marrow Oil, 4 Bottles of Bandoline. 1864Trollope Can You forgive Her? I. xl. 310 All his apparatus for dressing,—his marrow oil for his hair, [etc.].
1696Salmon Fam. Dict. (ed. 2), *Marrow-Pasty: Take six Marrow-Bones [etc.].
1733Tull Horse-Hoeing Husb. xxii. 349 Sufficient for all sorts of Corn and Seeds which we commonly sow, from *Marrow Pease to Turnep-seed.
1598Marston Sco. Villanie iii. 71 Hence Holy-thistle, come sweet *marrow pie, Inflame our backs to itching luxurie. 1674T. P. etc. Eng. & Fr. Cook 157 Marrow Pyes. Take Veal, mince it [etc.].
1616B. Jonson Devil is an Ass ii. i, No youths, disguis'd Like country-wiues, with creame, and *marrow-puddings. 1664Butler Hud. ii. ii. 794 Pamper'd and edifi'd their Zeal With Marrow-puddings many a Meal. 1789P. Browne Jamaica 383 Fasciola 4. Marina major verucosa. The warted Marrow-Pudding. Fasciola 5. Marina maxima glabra. The large smooth Marrow-Pudding. 1846D. Jerrold Mrs. Caudle xi, And then you recollect her marrow puddings?
1969E. H. Pinto Treen 79 The *marrow scoop and toothpick are missing. 1970Canad. Antiques Collector Mar. 23/1 There were numerous objects..such as soup ladles..marrow scoops. 1972Collector's Guide Aug. 10/2 (Advt.), Fine Marrow Scoop (crested), by Wm. Chawner, 1763, {pstlg}40.
1627–47Feltham Resolves 405 Wishing..that he had such wings as could procure his escape from death and *marrow-searching Judgment.
1693Lond. Gaz. No. 2853/4, 1 Sweat-meat Spoon, 1 *Marrow Spoon, 1 Ladle and Skillet. 1795Walker in Phil. Trans. LXXXV. 273, I use a marrow-spoon.
1920Conquest Apr. 256/3 In place of grass it is possible to grow crops such as cabbage, vetches, rape, *marrowstem kale, [etc.]. 1925Malden & Nisbet in W. G. R. Paterson Farm Crops II. 191 The Marrow-stem Kale is what is known as a ‘variety-hybrid’. That is, it is the result of crossing two distinct varieties—the kohl-rabi and the Thousandhead Kale, each a variety of Brassica oleracea. Ibid. 194 Mildews and moulds do less damage to the marrow stem than to turnips. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 8 Mar. 131/2 Marrow-stem kale goes fibrous and woody very quickly after Christmas, and loses most of its feeding value. 1961I. Molnar Man. Austral. Agric. 214 The Marrow Stemmed Kale (chou mollier) is a kale with a swollen axis. 1972D. H. Robinson Fream's Elem. Agric. (ed. 15) x. 281 Marrowstem Kale is capable of producing very large quantities of greenstuff greatly relished by stock.
1888Fenn Dick o' the Fens 281 A strange *marrow-thrilling cry.
▪ II. marrow, n.2 Obs. exc. dial.|ˈmærəʊ|
Also 5 maroo, marwe, 5–7 marow(e, 6 mar(r)ou, marrowe, marroll, 7 marroe.
[Of obscure origin.
The localities would seem to point to a Scandinavian etymology, but no possible Scandinavian source is known, unless indeed the sense of the Eng. n. can have been developed from that of ON. marg-r (lit. ‘many’) friendly, communicative. Phonologically this etymon would be admissible, as the word occurs so late that the absence of recorded forms with guttural causes no difficulty.]
1. a. A companion, fellow-worker, partner, mate.
c1440Promp. Parv. 327/2 Marwe, or felawe yn trauayle, socius, compar. c1460Towneley Myst. xiii. 436 Com coll and his maroo, Thay will nyp vs full naroo. c1470Henryson Mor. Fab. xiii. (Frog & Mouse) xxii, Better but stryfe allane to leif in le, Than to be matchit with ane wickit marrow. 1513Douglas æneis vi. ix. 9 Bot sone hym warnis Sibilla..His trew marrow [L. comes]. 1561Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 159 That nane of thame speik nor commune of ony mater nor round with his marrow. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 134 Yet chopping and changing I cannot commend, with theefe and his marrow, for feare of ill end. 1577Grange Gold. Aphrod. F iii b, Forsakyng his marroll [i.e. his partner in a dance]. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 193 Quhair he was lyand with his marrow and companioun Sir Edward brakinberrie. 1578Whetstone 1st Pt. Promos & Cassand. ii. iv, Marrowes adew: God send you fayre wether. 1621B. Jonson Metam. Gipsies Wks. 1640 II. 68 Oh, my deare marrowes! 1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith (1845) 325 Faith with love cannot endure a marrow. 1822Galt Sir A. Wylie I. v. 37 It was nae a richt thing o' us to be marrows in ony sic trade wi' cripple Janet. 1843Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 11. 54 Only two individuals play, but they can have an indefinite number of marrows or sidesmen. 1860Eng. & For. Min. Gloss. (Newcastle Terms), Marrow, a partner. 1935A. J. Cronin Stars look Down i. ii. 20 His dad had gone with the marrows in his set. Ibid. xxii. 205 Jack Reedy..and his marrow, Cha Leeming, worked their shift in the Scupper Flats.
¶b. Apparently misunderstood by Blount.
1656Blount Glossogr., Marrow (Fr. marauld), a fellow, a knave, or Rascal.
2. A husband or wife. (Cf. half-marrow 1.)
a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 132, I maryed ane puire woman to be marrow to me. 1632Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 97 Christ's fair Bride, a marrow dear to Him. 1721Ramsay Mary Scot iii, When Mary Scot's become my marrow, We'll make a paradise on Yarrow. 1724W. Hamilton Braes of Yarrow i, Busk ye, busk ye, my bony bony bride, Busk ye, busk ye, my winsome marrow. 1816Scott Rob Roy xxxv, I hae been misdoubting your cousin Rashleigh since ever he saw that he wasna to get Die Vernon for his marrow.
3. a. One's equal or like; one's match in a contest.
1548Compl. Scot. xx. 173 Iulius vald nocht hef ane marrou in rome, and pompeus vald nocht hef ane superior. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. (1846) I. 89 Thare did everie man reaconter his marrow. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 174 He contit no lord to be marrow to him. 1637Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 300 You have many marrows. 1896‘Ian Maclaren’ Kate Carnegie 212 Ay, ye may traivel the warld ower or ye see his marrow.
b. Used of things.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 46 The toune..standes in sa pleisand a place, that it hes na marrow. c1690N. Burn Leader-haughs 15 in Roxb. Ball. VI. 607 One house there stands on Leader side..Men passing by do often say in [th'] South it has no marrow. 1891Barrie Little Minister xv, Sam'l Fairweather has the marrows o't on his top coat.
4. A thing which makes a pair with another.
1674Ray N.C. Words 31 A pair of gloves or shooes are not marrows, i.e. fellows. 1681S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 18 Some had bows, but wanted arrows; Some had pistols without marrows. 1737Ramsay Sc. Prov. (1797) 101 Your een's no marrows. 1787J. Beattie Scoticisms 16 My buckles are not marrows. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Marrows, pairs to match; fellows or equals. 1889Barrie Thrums xv. 138 Wearin' a pair o' boots 'at wisna marrows!
▪ III. ˈmarrow, a. Obs. exc. dial.
[From the appositive use of marrow n.2]
Resembling something of the same kind.
1585Inv. R. Wardr. (1815) 320, I ressavit of the marrow garnissing of thir fourtene pece thre chattonis, quhilk makis xvii in the haill. 1861E. Waugh Birtle Carter's T. 21 Aw never sprad my e'en upo' th' marrow trick to this!
▪ IV. marrow, v. Sc. and north.|ˈmærəʊ|
[f. marrow n.2]
†1. trans. To join, associate; to match, pair. Also refl. Obs.
1488Burgh Recs. Edinb. (1869) I. 55 Sic a burges bot na vther persoun marrow him with ane maister of substance [etc.]. 1542Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 414/2 Ane to be put and marrowit to þaim by my lord gouernour at his plesoure. 1823Galt Entail I. xvii. 132 Charlie Walkinshaw and Bell Fatherlans were a couple marrowed by their Maker.
b. intr. To be a partner or fellow-worker (with).
1538Aberdeen Reg. XVI. (Jam.), To marrow and nychtbour with wtheris. 1842J. Aiton Domestic Econ. (1857) 152 Saunders Heavyside, with whom he marrows. 1844Thom Rhymes 53 Hae ye fausely strayed 'mang misty groves, Wi' ice-wreathed maidens to marrow. 1851A. Maclagan Poems 280 He's wise wha marrows wi' content, Though in a rustic biel'.
2. trans. To be a companion to; to marry.
1721Ramsay Mary Scot i, Did you there see me mark'd to marrow Mary Scot the flow'r of Yarrow? 17..Song by a Buchan Ploughman in Burns' Wks. (1800) II. 152 Thou shalt not sit single, but by a clear ingle I'll marrow thee, Nancy, when thou art my ain.
3. To resemble, to be equal to; also, to produce something equal to; to match.
a1586Montgomerie Misc. Poems l. 38 Venus..Wald have preferrit this paragon, As marrowit, but matche, most meit The goldin ball to bruik alone. 1785W. Hutton Bran New Wark l. 14 (E.D.S.) On the sabbath we say aur prayers, and the rest of the week ya day marrows another. 1877P. Burn Poems (1885) 294 A beild I hae that marrows thy ain. |