Martha's Vineyard
an on the S. coast of Massachusetts, 21 miles long, 6 miles in average width. It is noted as a summer health resort. a MARTIAL (mär'shal) (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS), a Latin epigrammatist; born in Bilbilis, Spain, in 43 A. D. His poems, which consist of about 1,500 pieces, are interesting for their allusions to the persons and manners of the times, but abound with indelicacies. Martial went to Rome when about 20 years of age, and obtained the favor of Domitian. He died in Spain about 104.