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Webster 1913 Edition


Marron

Mar-ron′

,
Noun.
[See
Maroon
,
Adj.
]
1.
A large chestnut.
[Obs.]
Holland.
2.
A chestnut color; maroon.
3.
(Pyrotechny & Mil.)
A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, – used to make a noise like a cannon.
[Written also
maroon
.]