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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.

Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.

it (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa hæmatica). Hook-billed marlin, a curlew.

d, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting. Marline spike, Marling spike (Naut.), an iron tool tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See Fid. [Written also marli…

A variety of marl.

Partaking of the qualites of marlite.

Apit where marl is dug.

A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.

Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.

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above mean actions; conduct above reproach. "Thy worth . . . is actions above my gifts." Marlowe. I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun. Acts xxxvi. 13.

nts Shak. Human sacrifices were practiced among them. Hume. Divide that gold amongst you. Marlowe. Whether they quarreled among themselves, or with their neighbors. Addison.

To take away. [Obs.] Shall move you to bereave my life. Marlowe.

Habitually winking. Marlowe.

eech. I view the prince with Aristarchus' eyes, Whose looks were as a breeching to a boy. Marlowe.

Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant. [R.] Marlowe.

oker. [Obs.] And with extorting, cozening, forfeiting, And tricks belonging unto brokery. Marlowe.

e pope's household. He has at times possessed great power. [Written also camerlengo and camarlengo.]

re of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand. -- Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay. -- Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill. -- Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug. -- Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite. -- Fatty clays, clays having a g…

Lofty in feeling; exultant; pround; upstart. Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. Marlowe.