Hypertext Webster Gateway: "marron"
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}.]
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