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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.
marl
2[ mahrl ]
verb (used with object)
- to wind (a rope) with marline, every turn being secured by a hitch.
marl
1/ mɑːl /
verb
- nautical to seize (a rope) with marline, using a hitch at each turn
marl
2/ mɑːˈleɪʃəs; mɑːl /
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
marl
/ märl /
- A crumbly mixture of clays, calcium and magnesium carbonates, and remnants of shells that forms in both freshwater and marine environments.
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Derived Forms
- marlacious, adjective
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Other Words From
- mar·la·cious [mahr-, ley, -sh, uh, s], marly adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marl1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marl1
Origin of marl2
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Example Sentences
The flint hatchets found at St. Acheul, France, were obtained from a gravel bed which lay below twelve feet of sand and marl.
It was a bluff or butte of limestone which innumerable years had converted into marl, and for the most part into earth.
Half an hour later we crossed the tracks at Verbena and turned into a broad marl road.
Why do we not then persuade husbandmen that they should not till land, help it with marl, lime, and compost?
A deposit of marl stretches along nearly the whole of its shores and of tolerable breadth.
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