marc

plural marcs

1. uncountableusuallyThe refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
2. uncountableusuallyAn 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.

   1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 298

   1 more example

   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.

   1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 60

plural marcs

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

plural Marcs

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

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of machine-readable cataloging; a set of digital standards.

   ISO 639-3 is a comprehensive list of nearly 8,000 three-letter codes for individual languages that expands on ISO 639-2. ISO 639-2 includes the same languages as the MARC language codes.

   2023 January 12 [2022 November 22], “Guidelines for the use of ISO 639-3 language codes in MARC records”, in Library of Congress, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025, page 1