MARCHPANE

marchpane. Marchpane, n. a kind of sweet bread or cake

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March″pane′ (?), n. [[Cf. It. marzapane,Sp. pan,. massepain, prob. fr. L. maza frumenty (Gr. μα̑ζα) + L. panis bread; but perh. the first part of the word is from the name of the inventor.]] A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds and sugar. Shak.