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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Marshal \Mar"shal\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Marshaled}or {Marshalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marshaling} or {Marshalling}.]
1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.
And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to light they came. --Dryden.
2. To direct, guide, or lead.
Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. --Shak.
3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.
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