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▪ I. † ˈmarter1 Obs.
Also 3–5 martre, martir, 6 marter, martyr, 7, 9 (from Ger. originals) marder.
[ME. martre, a. F. martre (recorded from 11th c.) = It. martora, ad. W.Ger. *marþr- in OS. *marthar (whence marthrîn adj.; Du. has marter from Fr.), OHG. mardar (MHG., mod.G. marder) masc.; app. an extended form of OTeut. *marþu-z (OE. mearð, MHG. mart, ON. mǫrð-r, Sw. mård, Da. maar), whence the Rom. forms F. marte fem., Pr. mart-z masc., Sp., Pg. marta.]
The marten.
12..Moral Ode 182 (Egerton MS.) Ne ocquerne ne martres cheole [Trin. Coll. MS. metheschele, see mart n.1] ne beuer ne sabeline. 1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 112 The ostrole, the Martre..and the squyrel. 1588Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 20 marg., Great abundance of Marters furres. [1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 495 It is called a house, and rocke-marder. 1805Med. Jrnl. XIV. 334 The owl, the marder.]
b. pl. The fur of the marten.
1420in E.E. Wills (1882) 53 Also I will þat Gerard my brothir haue a newe fure of martirs. 1466in Somerset Med. Wills (1901) 210 A gowne of cremesyn, furrid with martees [? read marteres]. 1530Palsgr. 559 Martyrs and sabyls be for great estates.
▪ II. † ˈmarter2 Obs.
Also 6 martar.
[f. mart v. + -er1.]
One who bargains; esp. in thieves' slang, a dealer in stolen goods.
1591Greene Disc. Coosnage ii. (1592) 3 The Priggar is he that steales the horse, and the Martar is he that receiues him, and chops and changeth him away in any Faire, Mart, or other place. 1598Florio, Barattiere, a barterer, a trucker, a marter,..a fripper.
▪ III. marter, -erisse
obs. ff. martyr, martyrize. |