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March \March\ (m[aum]rch), n. [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr.
Martius belonging to Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf.
{Martial}.]
The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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The stormy March is come at last,
With wind, and cloud, and changing skies. --Bryant.
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{As mad as a March Hare}, an old English Saying derived from
the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when
they are excitable and violent. --Wright.
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March \March\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Marched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Marching}.] [F. marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob. fr. L.
marcus hammer. Cf. {Mortar}.]
1. To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a
grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.
--Shak.
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2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as,
the German army {marched} into France.
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March \March\, v. t.
To cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a
soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as
troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately
manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.
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March them again in fair array. --Prior.
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March \March\, n. [OE. marche, F. marche; of German origin; cf.
OHG. marcha, G. mark, akin to OS. marka, AS. mearc, Goth.
marka, L. margo edge, border, margin, and possibly to E. mark
a sign. [root]106. Cf. {Margin}, {Margrave}, {Marque},
{Marquis}.]
A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a
boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and
in English history applied especially to the border land on
the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and
Wales.
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Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions
-- France, Savoy, and Switzerland. --Fuller.
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Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles.
--Tennyson.
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March \March\, n. [F. marche.]
1. The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one
stopping place to another; military progress; advance of
troops.
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These troops came to the army harassed with a long
and wearisome march. --Bacon.
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2. Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that
of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk;
steady onward movement; as, the march of time.
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With solemn march
Goes slow and stately by them. --Shak.
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This happens merely because men will not bide their
time, but will insist on precipitating the march of
affairs. --Buckle.
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3. The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march;
a march of twenty miles.
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4. A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide
the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march
form.
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The drums presently striking up a march. --Knolles.
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{To make a march}, (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of
a hand, in the game of euchre.
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March \March\, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d {March}.]
To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.]
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That was in a strange land
Which marcheth upon Chimerie. --Gower.
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{To march with}, to have the same boundary for a greater or
less distance; -- said of an estate.
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