martin

Any of various swallows, such as the house martin or the purple martin.

An obsolete spelling of marten.

A shortened form of freemartin.

Any swallow of the family Hirundinidæ; a martinet; a martlet.

An ape.

See the quotation.

A tool for grinding or polishing stone.

A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.

One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.

The fairy martin. See under Fairy.