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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



... and the cadet for the District of Columbia. At the conclusion of the six years' course, two of which are spent at sea, the graduates are assigned in order of merit to the vacancies that may have occurred in the lower grades of the line of the navy and of the marine corps. Cadets who are not assigned to service after graduation are honorably discharged and are given $500, the amount they have received each year of ...
— Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition • J.A. James
... of the navy is as follows: The Navy Department, which consists of the office of the Secretary of the Navy and its various bureaus, and the officers of the navy, consisting of officers of the navy, officers of the marine corps, and warrant officers, besides volunteer and acting volunteer officers, these two last being new grades. There is no list of petty officers and seamen published in the Register, these being simply kept on the unpublished rolls, kept in the office of ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various
... feared. They are a fine, upstanding lot of men, and their adaptability and efficiency have been so apparent as to fully warrant the oft-made statement that the men of the United States Navy, which includes the Marine Corps, can do anything, ...
— World's War Events, Volume III • Various
... first of these, furnished by Twiggs' division, was commanded in succession by Captain Casey, 2d Infantry, and Captain Paul, 7th Infantry, after Casey had been severely wounded; and the second, originally under the gallant Major Twiggs, Marine Corps, killed, and then Captain Miller, 2d Pennsylvania Volunteers. The storming party, now commanded by Captain Paul, seconded by Captain Roberts, of the Rifles, Lieutenant Stewart, and others of the same regiment, Smith's brigade, carried the two batteries in the road, took ...
— The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 • J. F. Loubat


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