marc

UK /mɑːk/ US /mɑɹk/
noun 3name 2

Definitions

noun

1

The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.

2

An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.

There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.

The fire was restoked and the army of wine-bottles gave way to a smaller phalanx of brandies, Armagnacs and Marcs, to offset the large bowls of coffee from which rose plumes of fragrance.

noun

1

Alternative form of mark (“various half-pound units of mass, various European currencies”).

name

1

A male given name from French, equivalent to English Mark.

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