Mars brown

American  

noun

1. a medium brown color.

2. a brown pigment used in painting, artificially made from an iron oxide base and characterized by strong film-forming properties and permanence.

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Example Sentences

They were formerly introduced by the author, and have been received under the names of Mars yellow, Mars orange, Mars red, Mars violet, and Mars brown.

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"What court did you used to be judge of, Montane?" inquired young Mars Brown.

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Mars Brown, son of the senator of that name,—a man whose influence few generals or bureaus of claims could afford to disregard,—was naturally the most privileged character in the office.

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Such was Mars Brown, whom Barwood, shortly after his return to Washington, began to regard with distrust and dislike, as a possible rival in the quarter where his affections were chiefly centred.

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By the interposition of Mars Brown these also were presently shadowed.

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