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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Marron

/mĕr'-ən/ · Mar·ron · IPA /mˈɛrən/
01 n. A large chestnut.
  1. 1.
    A large chestnut.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A chestnut color; maroon.
  3. 3.
    A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a cannon.(Pyrotechny & Mil.)