marly

[mahrl-ee]

adjective

1. consisting of or resembling marl.

Example Sentences

Her hull had settled on the marly bottom at a slight angle with the bow aiming upward.

From Literature

Thus spake Fierce Moloch, when within the marly lake "The Stygian Council" in dark conference met!

From Project Gutenberg

The Old Red Sandstone of Wales, the North of England, and Scotland, consisting of red and grey sandstone and marly beds, with remains of fish.

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I found the town of Cape Girardeau situated on an elevation of rich, red, marly soil, highly charged with oxide of iron, which is characteristic of the best arable soils of the mine country.

From Project Gutenberg

It is interstratified with thin beds of soft white marl; and in a few places with a marly sandstone.

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