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marl
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun marl has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
marl, v. t. [See Marline.].
To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding. [1913 Webster]
marl, n. [OF. marle, F. marne, LL. margila, dim. of L. marga marl. Originally a Celtic word, according to Pliny, xvii. 7: “Quod genus terræ Galli et Britanni margam vocant.”
A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand. [1913 Webster]
To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
marl, n. & v.
--n. soil consisting of clay and lime, with fertilizing properties.
--v.tr. apply marl to (the ground).
--n. soil consisting of clay and lime, with fertilizing properties.
--v.tr. apply marl to (the ground).
Derivative
marly adj.
marl, n.
1 a mottled yarn of differently coloured threads.
2 the fabric made from this.
1 a mottled yarn of differently coloured threads.
2 the fabric made from this.
Etymology
shortening of marbled: see MARBLE
ROGET THESAURUS
marl
Land
N land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman, earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous, ashore, on shore, on land.
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