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Marine   /mərˈin/   Listen
Marine

adjective
1.
Of or relating to the sea.
2.
Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.  Synonyms: maritime, nautical.  "Maritime law" , "Marine insurance"
3.
Of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps).
4.
Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea.
5.
Native to or inhabiting the sea.
noun
1.
A member of the United States Marine Corps.  Synonyms: devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier.
2.
A soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land.



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"Marine" Quotes from Famous Books



... burned the bridging equipment a few days previously at Orscha, the army could have crossed immediately. The river, which some have described as huge, is more or less as wide as the Rue Royale in Paris where it passes the Ministry of Marine. As for its depth, it is enough to say that the three regiments of Corbineau's brigade had forded it seventy-two hours previously without accident, and did so again on the day of which I write. Their horses never lost their footing and had to swim only at two or three places. At this time the crossing ...
— The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot, Translated by - Oliver C. Colt • Baron de Marbot
... where I had first encountered Marian Winwood. Only this was an autumnal forest that glowed with many gem-like hues about us; and already the damp odour of decaying leaves was heavy in the air. It was like the Tosti thing translated out of marine terms into a woodland analogue. The summer was ended; but As the Coming ...
— The Cords of Vanity • James Branch Cabell et al
... known of the two boys, your honour; but the men are well known. The elder, who gave the name of Peter Johnson, is one Joseph Marner; he keeps a marine shop close to the Tower. For a long time he has been suspected of being a receiver of stolen goods, but we have never been able to lay finger on him before. The other man has, for the last year, acted as his assistant in the shop; he answers closely to the description ...
— When London Burned • G. A. Henty
... principal instrument requisite in these observations is the barometer, which should be of the marine construction, and as nearly alike as possible to those furnished to the Antarctic expedition which sailed under the command of Sir James Clark Ross. These instruments were similar to the ordinary portable barometers, and ...
— The Hurricane Guide - Being An Attempt To Connect The Rotary Gale Or Revolving - Storm With Atmospheric Waves. • William Radcliff Birt
... due to financial conditions abroad, have caused many shipyards throughout the United States to close down, among them one of these at New Orleans. The other one is now finishing its war contracts, and will be more or less inactive until the demands of the American Merchant Marine and business in general open up again. If they are not used for shipbuilding, they can be used for ship repairing or building barges. And it is obvious that the same conditions that made ship building ...
— The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans • Thomas Ewing Dabney


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