Word Meanings - PUTTOCK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The European kite. The buzzard. The marsh harrier.

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• MARSHY
  1. Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny. 2. Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed. Dryden.
• MARSH MARIGOLD
  . A perennial plant of the genus Caltha , growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.
• MARSH
  A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. Marsh asphodel , a plant with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also bog asphodel. -- Marsh cinquefoil
• MARSHBANKER; MARSEBANKER
  The menhaden.
• BUZZARD
  A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera. Note: The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species (of which the most common are B. borealis, B. Pennsylvanicus, and B. lineatus) are
• MARSHALER
  One who marshals.
• MARSHALSEA
  The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household. Court of Marshalsea, a court formerly held before the steward and marshal of the king's house to administer justice between
• MARSHAL
  mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc ; marah horse + scalc servant . F. maréchal signifies, a marshal, and a farrier. See Mare horse, and cf. 1. Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom. 2. An officer of high rank, charged with
• EUROPEAN
  Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. On the European plain, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels.
• BUZZARDET
  A hawk resembling the buzzard, but with legs relatively longer.
• MARSHINESS
  The state or condition of being marshy.
• MARSHALSHIP
  The office of a marshal.
• EUROPEANIZE
  To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages. A state of society . . . changed and Europenized. Lubbock.
• HARRIER
  One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.
• MARSHALING
  The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner. Marshaling of assets , the arranging or ranking of assets in due order of administration. (more info) 1. The act of arranging in due order.
• SUBMARSHAL
  An under or deputy marshal.
• CONCERT OF EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONCERT
  An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers to take only joint action in the Eastern Question.
• KNIGHT MARSHAL
  An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. Wharton.
• DISMARSHAL
  To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder. Drummond.
• INDO-EUROPEAN
  Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo- European or Aryan family. The common origin
• EARL MARSHAL
  An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his