"mantling blush," color or glow of youth spreading over the face. manual (man'u-al), made or performed by the hand. Marathon (mar'-a-thon), a plain in Greece 18 miles northeast of Athens, the scene of a famous battle between the Greeks and the Persians. marauders (ma-rod'erz), rovers in search of plunder. Mare Ten'ebra'rum (mar ten'e-bra'-rum), Latin words meaning "sea of darkness." marge (marj), poetic form for margin or edge. Marion (mar'i-on), the name of an old southern family, to which Francis Marion, a Revolutionary general, belonged. Marmion (mar'mi-on), marquis (mar'kwis), a nobleman of England, France, and Germany next in rank below a duke. marshal (mar'shal), direct or lead; in the French army, the highest military officer. mart (mart), short form for market. martial (mar'shal), suited for war. marveled (mar'veld), to be astonished. maternal (ma-tur'nal), motherly. mathematical (math'e-mat'i-kal), precise. matin (mat'in), morning worship, prayers or songs. Matterhorn (mat'er-horn), a high mountain peak in the Swiss Alps. maxim (mak'sim), a true saying, proverb. McGregor (mak-greg'er), a Scotch nobleman who tried to establish a colony in Porto Rico. meager (me'ger), scanty, poor. Mecheln (mek'lin), a town in Belgium. Medford (med'ferd), a small town near Boston, Massachusetts. mediaeval (me'di-e'val; med'i), belonging to the Middle Ages, eighth to fifteenth centuries, A. D. meditate (med'i-tat), muse or ponder. medium (me'di-um), substance. meet (met), fit. melancholy (mel'an-kol-i), gloomy. Melita (mel'i-ta), an island, where the apostle Paul, a prisoner on the way to Rome, was shipwrecked, modern Malta. mellow (mel'o), softened by years; tender. memento (me-men'to), a hint or relic to awaken memory. Memphremagog (mem'fre-ma'gog), a lake on the border of Vermont and Canada. menace (men'as), threaten, danger. mendicant (men'di-kant), practicing beggary. Mersey (mur'zi), a river in England, on which Liverpool is situated. metamorphose (met'a-mor'foz), change into a different form. mete (met), measure; limit. methinks (me-thinks'), it seems to me. mewling (mul'mg), mickle (mik'l), much, great. Midas (mi'das), a king, in fable, whose touch turned things to gold. mien (men), outward appearance or look. militia (mi-lish'a), the whole military force of a nation; citizens enrolled and trained for the protection of a state. Miller, Joaquin' (mil'er wa-ken'), Miltiades (mil-ti'a-dez), commander of the Athenian army who conquered the Persians at Marathon. mimosa (mi-mo'sa), plants with pods including the sensitive plants. Minas, Basin of (mi-nas), a bay in the northwestern part of the Bay of Fundy. miniature (min'i-a-tur), done on a very small scale. minion (min'yun), a flattering servant or dependent. miraculous (mi-rak'u-lus), wonderful. mirage (me-razh'), an illusion of the eye by which objects like ships at sea are seen inverted or oases appear to travelers in the desert.