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- Marl - v. t. - To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
- Marl - n. - A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.
- Marl - n. - To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.
- Marlaceous - a. - Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.
- Marled - imp. & p. p. - of Marl
- Marlin - n. - The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica).
- Marline - v. - A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting.
- Marline - v. t. - To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.
- Marling - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Marl
- Marlite - n. - A variety of marl.
- Marlitic - a. - Partaking of the qualites of marlite.
- Marlpit - n. - Apit where marl is dug.
- Marlstone - n. - A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.
- Marly - superl. - Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.
- Marl - n. - To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.
- Marlpit - n. - Apit where marl is dug.
- Gault - n. - A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period.