\March\, n. [L. Martius mensis Mars'month fr. Martius
belonging to Mars, the god of war: cf. F. mars. Cf.
{Martial}.]
The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
      The stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud,
      and changing skies.                      --Bryant.
{As mad as a March Hare}, an old English Saying derived from
   the fact that March is the rutting time of hares, when
   they are excitable and violent. --Wright.

\March\, n. [OE. marche, F. marche; of German origin; cf.
OHG. marcha, G. mark, akin to OS. marka, AS. mearc, Goth.
marka, L. margo edge, border, margin, and possibly to E. mark
a sign. [root]106. Cf. {Margin}, {Margrave}, {Marque},
{Marquis}.]
A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a
boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and
in English history applied especially to the border land on
the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and
Wales.
      Geneva is situated in the marches of several dominions
      -- France, Savoy, and Switzerland.       --Fuller.
      Lords of waste marches, kings of desolate isles.
                                               --Tennyson.

\March\, v. i. [Cf. OF. marchir. See 2d {March}.]
To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side. [Obs.]
      That was in a strange land Which marcheth upon
      Chimerie.                                --Gower.
{To march with}, to have the same boundary for a greater or
   less distance; -- said of an estate.

\March\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Marched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Marching}.] [F. marcher, in OF. also, to tread, prob. fr. L.
marcus hammer. Cf. {Mortar}.]
1. To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a
   grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.
   --Shak.
2. To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as,
   the German army {marched} into France.

\March\, v. t.
TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a
soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as
troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately
manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.
      March them again in fair array.          --Prior.

\March\, n. [F. marche.]
1. The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one
   stopping place to another; military progress; advance of
   troops.
         These troops came to the army harassed with a long
         and wearisome march.                  --Bacon.
2. Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that
   of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk;
   steady onward movement.
         With solemn march Goes slow and stately by them.
                                               --Shak.
         This happens merely because men will not bide their
         time, but will insist on precipitating the march of
         affairs.                              --Buckle.
3. The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march;
   a march of twenty miles.
4. A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide
   the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march
   form.
         The drums presently striking up a march. --Knolles.
{To make a march}, (Card Playing), to take all the tricks of
   a hand, in the game of euchre.