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Marine Corps   /mərˈin kɔr/   Listen
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Marine  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.
2.
(Geol.) Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits.
Marine acid (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. (Obs.)
Marine barometer. See under Barometer.
Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and musicants of marines.
Marine engine (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a vessel.
Marine glue. See under Glue.
Marine insurance, insurance against the perils of the sea, including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.
Marine interest, interest at any rate agreed on for money lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds.
Marine law. See under Law.
Marine league, three geographical miles.
Marine metal, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made for sheathing ships.
Marine soap, cocoanut oil soap; so called because, being quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.
Marine store, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are bought and sold; a junk shop. (Eng.)






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"Marine corps" Quotes from Famous Books



... long ago, many parts of it were more easily reached by slow boat than by car or train. Partly as a result, big tracts of military land there acquired mainly when acreage was cheap—57,000 acres around the Marine Corps Schools at Quantico, Virginia, are one example—form a valuable public asset for potential future use. And throughout Tidewater here and there, old estates in private hands guard their woods and fields and ...
— The Nation's River - The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac • United States Department of the Interior

... defeated with some loss.[95] Meantime, the province of St. Paul's had made every exertion to raise and arm troops; and early in February 1100 men marched towards Rio, to put themselves at the disposal of the Prince. Some recruits for the seamen and marine corps were raised, and a naval academy established, the object of all which was to prevent the carrying away the Prince by force. It was now thought advisable that the Prince should visit the two most important provinces, ...
— Journal of a Voyage to Brazil - And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 • Maria Graham



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