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n. A crumbly mixture of clays, calcium and magnesium carbonates, and remnants of shells that is sometimes found under desert sands and used as fertilizer for lime-deficient soils.

v. To fertilize with such a mixture.

n. A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.

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

v. 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 variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See greensand.

v. To overspread or manure with marl.

n. A mixture of clay with carbonate of lime, the latter being present in considerable quantity, forming a mass which is not consolidated, but falls to pieces readily on exposure to the air.

To overspread or manure with marl.

Nautical, to wind, as a rope, with marline, spun-yarn, twine, or other small stuff, every turn being secured by a sort of hitch: a common method of fastening strips of canvas called parceling, to prevent chafing.

To ravel, as silk.

n. The fiber of those peacock-feathers which have the webs long and decomposed, so that the barbs stand apart, as if raveled: used for making artificial flies.

To wonder; marvel.

n. Marble.

n. A marble (plaything).

See the quotation.

n. 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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marled    marling    marls   

dirt    soil   

swamp marl    salt marl    gainfahren marl    grinzing marl    etruria marl    gargas marl    chloritic marl    greensand   

greensand   

marled    marling    marlstone    marlaceous    marlpit    marlite    marly    marler   

gypsum    kaolin    sandstone    shale    schistus    freestone    clays    dolomite    silt    conglomerate