marrow

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Old Norse margr.

1. A friend, pal, buddy, mate.

   “Cheers marrow!”

2. A miner's mate or assistant.

   “A 'getter' or miner is paid 1½ to 2 cents per hundred weight of Coals excavated, […] but out of this sum, his "marrows" or assistants who do the business of 'putting' and 'hurrying' for him must be paid […]”

3. One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

   “The moon’s my constant Mistresse / & the lowlie owle my morrowe. / The flaming Drake and yͤ Nightcrowe make / mee musicke to my sorrowe.”

   “The dreichest saul could see he had sunlicht in his ee, / And there's no his marrow left in the toun.”