marc

¹

[ mahrk; French mar ]

noun

1. the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
2. (in France) the brandy distilled from this residue.
3. Pharmacology. the residue that remains following the extraction of active principles from a vegetable drug by means of a solvent.

Marc

²

[ mahrk; German mahrk ]

noun

1. Franz [f, r, ahnts], 1880–1916, German painter.
2. a male given name, form of Marcus.

MARC

³

[ mahrk ]

noun

, Library Science.

1. a standardized system developed by the Library of Congress for producing and transmitting machine-readable bibliographic records.

marc

¹

/ mar; mɑːk /

noun

1. the remains of grapes or other fruit that have been pressed for wine-making
2. a brandy distilled from these

Marc

²

/ mark /

noun

1. MarcFranz18801916MGermanARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Franz (frants). 1880–1916, German expressionist painter; cofounder with Kandinsky of the Blaue Reiter group (1911). He is noted for his symbolic compositions of animals

Word History and Origins

Origin of marc¹

1595–1605; < Middle French, akin to marcher to tread; march ¹

Origin of marc²

ma(chine) r(eadable) c(atologing)

Word History and Origins

Origin of marc¹

C17: from French, from Old French marchier to trample (grapes), march ¹

Example Sentences

A new book from gay rights activist Marc Solomon sets the record straight about how gay marriage victories were really won.

From The Daily Beast

As part of the MassEquality coalition, Marc Solomon, a former Senate aide, was working to get Bay State legislators to vote no.

From The Daily Beast

A teenage fashion designer from Texas is showing at NYFW alongside heroes like Charlotte Ronson and Marc Jacobs.

From The Daily Beast

And the Marc show where the only song was Bittersweet Symphony.

From The Daily Beast

Marc Wortman is the author, among other books, of The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta.

From The Daily Beast

Professor Marc Thury died in 1905, having devoted his entire life to the study of the exact sciences.

From Project Gutenberg

"I look to see Marc bolt over the rim," said Emett, resignedly, as Jones took up the end of the rope halter.

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Marc packed the lions to camp in short order, and, quoting Jones, "without turning a hair."

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Marc proceeded to show us how truly Jim had spoken: "Shore he ain't no use for the redskin."

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Before the men lowered Tom from Marc's back I stepped closer and put my face within six inches of the lion's.

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