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noun

Marrow n.

(Anat.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.

The essence; the best part. "It takes from our achievements... The pith and marrow of our attribute."

One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate. (Scot.) "Chopping and changing I can not commend, With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end."

Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow.

Spinal marrow. (Anat.) See Spinal cord, under Spinal.

verb

Marrow v. t. (past & past part. marrowed; pres. part. marrowing) To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut.

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Etymology of 'Marrow'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Marrow" Quotes from Famous Books

... and arboreal ancestors entered upon the first of many short cuts. To crack a marrow-bone with a rock was the act which fathered the tool, and between the cracking of a marrow-bone and the riding down town in an automobile lies only a difference of degree. The one is crudely artificial, the other consummately artificial. That is all. There have been improvements. ...

— The Kempton-Wace Letters • Jack London

... was the acknowledged king of American evangelists until Dwight L. Moody came on the stage of action. They resembled each other in untiring industry, unflinching courage, unswerving devotion to the marrow of the Gospel, and unreserved consecration to the service of Christ. The secret of Finney's power was the fearless manner with which he drove God's word into the consciences of sinners—high or humble—and his perpetual reliance on the immediate presence of the Holy Spirit in his ...

— Recollections of a Long Life - An Autobiography • Theodore Ledyard Cuyler

... express with what acuteness I felt the convict's breathing, not only on the back of my head, but all along my spine. The sensation was like being touched in the marrow with some pungent and searching acid, it set my very teeth on edge. He seemed to have more breathing business to do than another man, and to make more noise in doing it; and I was conscious of growing high-shouldered on one side, in my shrinking endeavors ...

— Great Expectations • Charles Dickens

... busk ye, my bonny, bonny bride, Busk ye, busk ye, my winsome marrow, Busk ye, busk ye, my bonny, bonny bride, And think no more on the ...

— Life of Adam Smith • John Rae

... need to finish. That was a needle that pierced to his very marrow. His eyes were opened. He saw the irony of the friendly smile, he saw the coldness of the kindly look, he understood suddenly what it was that separated him from this woman whom he loved as a son, this woman who seemed to treat him like a mother; he ...

— Jean-Christophe, Vol. I • Romain Rolland

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