Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
marl .
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- noun Alternative form of
marl .
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Examples
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He means to try the Rose Hill 'marle' upon it, with which he thinks it will incorporate well.
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Watkin Tench 1796
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“I marle the skipper took us on board,” said Richie.
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He gave me to understand that all my farms were underlett; that the estate was capable of great improvement; that there was plenty of chalk in the neighbourhood; and that my own ground produced excellent marle for manure. —
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He means to try the Rose Hill ‘marle’ upon it, with which he thinks it will incorporate well.
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Looking into it, I saw in one of the sides a cluster of what I took to be shells; and upon going down, I picked up a clod of marle, which was quite full of them; but how sea-shells could get there, I cannot imagine.
Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes
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The soil is in general very good, except where the substratum of chalk, or marle, rises too near the surface, which is the case immediately on the cliffs.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Lt-Col. Pinkney
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In No. 2 is two pecks of sand earth and one of marle taken out of the said field, which marle seemed a little inclined to sand. 3 has 2 pecks of sd. earth and 1 of river sand.
George Washington: Farmer Paul Leland Haworth
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The streets are narrow and crooked, and formed of white marle, which reflects the sun with a brilliancy half blinding to the eyes.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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Oxe-dunge with chalke or marle and it is the best Manure.
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After I had left the meadows, I crossed the corn-fields in the way to our house, and passed close by a deep marle pit.
Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes
vanishedone commented on the word marle
'...uneasy steps/Over the burning marle, not like those steps/On Heaven’s azure...' (Paradise Lost)
Also a character in Chrono Trigger and a location, Marle Place, in Kent.
November 30, 2007
uselessness commented on the word marle
Chrono Trigger! I love that game!!
November 30, 2007