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MAROON', n. A name given to free blacks living on the mountains in the West India isles.
MAROON', v.t. To put a sailor a shore on a desolate isle, under pretense of his having committed some great crime.
In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free
negro, living in the mountains.
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. 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. A
brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast
rather than approaching crimson or purple.
An explosive shell. See Marron,
3.
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