Word Direct Answers

What does "marrow" mean?

Marrow: The essence; the best part. It takes from our achievements . . . The pith and marrow of our attribute. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Etym: [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.
  2. 3.To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut.

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