Mar"row (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marrowed (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Marrowing.]
To fill with, or
as with, marrow or fat; to glut.
Mar"row (?), n. [OE.
marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin
to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel.
mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr.
majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. √274
Cf. Merge.]
1.
(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.
2. The essence; the best part.
It
takes from our achievements . .
.
The pith and marrow of our attribute.
Shak.
3. [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon together.] 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.
Tusser. 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.
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