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Webster 1913 Edition
Mars
Mars
(märz)
, p
rop.
Noun.
[L.
Mars
, gen. Martis
, archaic Mavors
, gen. Mavortis
.] 1.
(Rom. Myth.)
The god of war and husbandry.
2.
(Astron.)
One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about 4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000 miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light.
3.
(Alchemy)
The metallic element iron, the symbol of which ♂ was the same as that of the planet Mars.
[Archaic]
Chaucer.
Mars brown
, a bright, somewhat yellowish, brown.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mars
M`ARS
,Noun.