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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maroon  \Ma*roon"\,  n.  [Written  also  {marroon}.]  [F.  marron, 
  abbrev.  fr  Sp  cimarron  wild,  unruly,  from  cima  the  summit 
  of  a  mountain;  hence  negro  cimarron  a  runaway  negro  that 
  lives  in  the  mountains.] 
  In  the  West  Indies  and  Guiana,  a  fugitive  slave,  or  a  free 
  negro,  living  in  the  mountains. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maroon  \Ma*roon"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Marooned};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Marooning}.]  [See  {Maroon}  a  fugitive  slave.] 
  To  put  (a  person)  ashore  on  a  desolate  island  or  coast  and 
  leave  him  to  his  fate. 
 
  {Marooning  party},  a  social  excursion  party  that  sojourns 
  several  days  on  the  shore  or  in  some  retired  place  a 
  prolonged  picnic.  [Southern  U.  S.]  --Bartlett. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maroon  \Ma*roon"\,  a.  [F.  marron  chestnut-colored,  fr  marron  a 
  large  French  chestnut,  It  marrone;  cf  LGr.  ?.  Cf 
  {Marron}.] 
  Having  the  color  called  maroon.  See  4th  {Maroon}. 
 
  {Maroon  lake},  lake  prepared  from  madder,  and  distinguished 
  for  its  transparency  and  the  depth  and  durability  of  its 
  color. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maroon  \Ma*roon"\,  n. 
  1.  A  brownish  or  dull  red  of  any  description,  esp.  of  a 
  scarlet  cast  rather  than  approaching  crimson  or  purple. 
 
  2.  An  explosive  shell.  See  {Marron},  3. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Marron  \Mar*ron"\,  n.  [See  {Maroon},  a.] 
  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}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  maroon 
  adj  :  dark  brownish  to  purplish  red 
  n  :  an  exploding  firework  used  as  a  warning  signal 
  v  1:  leave  stranded;  put  ashore  on  a  desolate  island  and  abandon 
  [syn:  {strand}] 
  2:  isolate  without  resources;  "The  mutinous  sailors  were 
  marooned  on  an  island"




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