marly
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Her hull had settled on the marly bottom at a slight angle with the bow aiming upward.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter
It thrives in most kinds of soil, especially in porous, marly and even volcanic soils, but not in marshy lands.
From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by Bevan, William
The greatest proportion of lead-ore is, however, found imbedded in marly clay, accompanied by the sulphate of barytes, and resting on limestone rock.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
The soil in this cañon was not deep and consisted of a rocky, marly mixture, pale red in color, evidently produced by weathering of the reddish volcanic rocks bordering the cañon.
From Two New Moles (Genus Scalopus) from Mexico and Texas by Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
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