Marl

[marl]

A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime

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To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

Noun
a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime


v. t.
To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

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.

n.
To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.


Marl

Marl , v. t. [See Marline.] (Naut.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding. Marling spike. (Naut.) See under Marline.

Marl

Marl, n. [OF. marle, F. marne, LL. margila, dim. of L. marga marl. Originally a Celtic word, according to Pliny, xvii. 7: "Quod genus terr'91 Galli et Britanni margam vocant." &root;274.] 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

Marl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Marling.] [Cf. F. marner. See Marl, n.] To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.

To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

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.

To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.

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