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Martinmas :: Martinmas (n.) The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often called martlemans..

Martingal :: Martingal (n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness..

Marten :: Marten (n.) A bird. See Martin.

Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard..

Martlet :: Martlet (n.) A bird without beak or feet; -- generally assumed to represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son.

Volapuk :: Volapuk (n.) Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879..

Martingale :: Martingale (n.) Alt. of Martinga.

Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth..

Gallinule :: Gallinule (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule

Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..

Martingal :: Martingal (n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself..

Progne :: Progne (n.) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin.

Martinet :: Martinet (n.) In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods..

Hirundo :: Hirundo (n.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.

Siemens-martin Process :: Siemens-Martin process () See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open..

Martingal :: Martingal (n.) A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing..

Martin :: Martin (n.) A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.

Martineta :: Martineta (n.) A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest..

Smarting :: Smarting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smar.

Martlet :: Martlet (n.) The European house martin.

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