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marled [mahrld] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective fertilized with marl. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of marled First recorded in 1600–10; marl1 + -ed3 Related formsun·marled, adjective marl 1 [mahrl] noun Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime. Archaic. earth. verb (used with object) to fertilize with marl. Origin of marl 1 1325–75; Middle English marle Middle Dutch Old French Medieval Latin margila, diminutive of Latin marga, said to be GaulishRelated formsmar·la·cious [mahr-ley-shuh s] /mɑrˈleɪ ʃəs/, marl·y, adjective marl 2 [mahrl] verb (used with object) Nautical. to wind (a rope) with marline, every turn being secured by a hitch. Origin of marl 2 1400–50; late Middle English marlyn to ensnare; akin to Old English mārels cable. See moor2 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for marled Historical Examples of marled
They are then “marled” from end to end, and used in various ways, viz.
William Henry Smyth
There was a marled difference in the tone of the reports brought in from the different armies.
John McElroy
In fitting breechings, a thimble is to be spliced into one end, the strands stuck through twice, and marled down.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy.
Bureau of Ordnance, USN
The bolsters under the eyes of the rigging should always be covered with tarred parcelling, marled on.
Richard Henry Dana
British Dictionary definitions for marled marl 1 noun a fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting of clay minerals, calcite or aragonite, and silt: used as a fertilizer verb (tr) to fertilize (land) with marl Derived Formsmarlacious (mɑːˈleɪʃəs) or marly, adjectiveWord Origin for marl C14: via Old French, from Late Latin margila, diminutive of Latin marga marl 2 verb nautical to seize (a rope) with marline, using a hitch at each turn Word Origin for marl C15 marlyn to bind; related to Dutch marlen to tie, Old English mārels cable Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for marled marl n.
“clayey soil used for fertilizer,” late 14c., from Old French marle (Modern French marne), from Late Latin marglia, diminutive of Latin marga “marl,” which is said by Pliny to be a Gaulish word, but modern Celtic cognates are considered to be borrowed from English or French. As a verb by late 14c. Medieval Latin margila is the source of Dutch mergel, German Mergel.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper marled in Science marl [märl] A crumbly mixture of clays, calcium and magnesium carbonates, and remnants of shells that forms in both freshwater and marine environments. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
