Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Martinmas"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Martinmas \Mar"tin*mas\, n. [St. Martin + mass religious
service.] (Eccl.)
The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often
called {martlemans}.

{Martinmas summer}, a period of calm, warm weather often
experienced about the time of Martinmas; Indian summer.
--Percy Smith.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Martinmas
n : the feast of Saint Martin; a quarter day in Scotland [syn: {Martinmas},
{St Martin's Day}, {November 11}]


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