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s | marrow |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun marrow is

(lb) the substance inside bones which produces blood cells or marrow can be (geordie|informal) a friend, pal, buddy, mate.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    marrow

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) mary, marow, marowe, , Icelandic (m), and also Russian ("brain").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
  • *
  • *:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
  • (lb) A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
  • *1847 , Sir (Robert Hermann Schomburgk), "Steam-Boat Voyage to Barbados", Bentley's Miscellany , Vol XXII, London: Richard Bentley, p.37:
  • *:The finest European vegetables, cabbages, cauliflowers, potatoes, vegetable marrow , were lying in the market-hall, awaiting purchasers.
  • The essence; the best part.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:It takes from our achievements/ The pith and marrow of our attribute.
  • *(Thomas Tusser) (1524-1580)
  • *:Chopping and changing I cannot commend, / With thief or his marrow , for fear of ill end.
    • Derived terms
    * bone marrow * marrowbone
    Related terms
    * courgette * cucumber * gherkin * pickle * squash * zucchini

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) margr.

    Alternative forms

    * marra

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Geordie, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
    • Cheers marrow !
  • (Scotland) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

    • References

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