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Definition of Mars
Mars Mars Mars, n. [L. Mars, gen. Martis, archaic Mavors, gen.
Mavortis.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) The god of war and husbandry.
2. (Astron.) One of the planets of the solar system, the
fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the
earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of
687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is
conspicuous for the redness of its light.
3. (Alchemy) The metallic element iron, the symbol of which
[male] was the same as that of the planet Mars. [Archaic]
--Chaucer.
Mars brown, a bright, somewhat yellowish, brown.
mar Maa Maa, n. [See New a gull.] (Zo["o]l.)
The common European gull (Larus canus); -- called also
mar. See New, a gull.
mar Mew Mew, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h,
Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zo["o]l.)
A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus);
called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
Mar Mar Mar, n.
A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like;
a disfigurement.
Mar Mar Mar, n.
A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
Mar Mar Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (m["a]rd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Marring.] [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in
comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian,
OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship,
Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend.
Cf. Moor, v.]
1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or
defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.
I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs
in their barks. --Shak.
But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.
--Dryden.
Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed
visage. --Milton.
2. To spoil; to ruin. ``It makes us, or it mars us.'
``Striving to mend, to mar the subject.' --Shak.
