/mahrk/ ; Fr. /mannrdd/ , n.
1. the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
2. (in France) the brandy distilled from this residue.
3. Pharm. the residue that remains following the extraction of active principles from a vegetable drug by means of a solvent.
[ 1595-1605; marcher to tread; see MARCH 1 ]