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marrowy, a.|ˈmærəʊɪ|
Also 4 merewi, 5 marghty, 6 marowy, 8 Sc. merchy.
[f. marrow n.1 + -y1.]
1. Full of marrow. Also fig.
1382Wyclif Isa. xxxiv. 6 The blod of merewi wetheres [Vulg. medullatorum arietum]. 1435Misyn Fire of Love 75 A marghty offerynge [L. holocausta medullata; cf. marrowed 1, a 1300]. 1709Bruce Soul Confirm. 18 (Jam.) The Lord is reserving a merchy piece of the word of his promise to be made out to many of his friends and people. 1820Hazlitt Lect. Dram. Lit. 79 In his Women beware Women there is a rich marrowy vein of internal sentiment. 1882Holmes in Atlantic Monthly LI. 66 The period..of marrowy and vigorous manhood.
2. Of the nature of marrow.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. C ij b, It is colde and moyste, bycause it hath a marowy substaunce. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 185 The Brain being wholly a marrowie part. 1764Grainger Sugar Cane i. 45 note, When ripe, the skin peels easily off, and discovers a butyraceous, or rather a marrowy-like substance. 1872J. G. Murphy Comm. Lev. iii. 9 The tail of the broad-tailed sheep..consists almost wholly of marrowy fat.
Hence † ˈmarrowiness (in 8 Sc. merchiness).
1709Bruce Soul Confirm. 18 (Jam.) The Israelites had never known the merchiness of that promise, if a Red Sea had not made it out. |