marl1
[mahrl]
- Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Archaic. earth.
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- to fertilize with marl.
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Origin of marl1
1325–75; Middle English marle < Middle Dutch < Old French < Medieval Latin margila, diminutive of Latin marga, said to be < Gaulish
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But let us oppose to their works the group of trees on the left in Turner's Marly.
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The Marly excursions were exceedingly expensive to the King.
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Returned to Marly, the King repeated to all the Court what he had said.
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marl1
- a fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting of clay minerals, calcite or aragonite, and silt: used as a fertilizer
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- (tr) to fertilize (land) with marl
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Word Origin
C14: via Old French, from Late Latin margila, diminutive of Latin marga
marl2
- nautical to seize (a rope) with marline, using a hitch at each turn
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Word Origin
C15 marlyn to bind; related to Dutch marlen to tie, Old English mārels cable
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Word Origin and History for marly
marl
n.
"clayey soil used for fertilizer," late 14c., from Old French marle (Modern French marne), from Late Latin marglia, diminutive of Latin marga "marl," which is said by Pliny to be a Gaulish word, but modern Celtic cognates are considered to be borrowed from English or French. As a verb by late 14c. Medieval Latin margila is the source of Dutch mergel, German Mergel.
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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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