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Marl (märl)

A city of west-central Germany in the Ruhr Valley north of Essen. First mentioned in the ninth century, it is now highly industrialized. Population: 90,100.

marl (märl)

A crumbly mixture of clays, calcium and magnesium carbonates, and remnants of shells that is sometimes found under desert sands and used as fertilizer for lime-deficient soils.

tr.v. marled, marl·ing, marls

To fertilize with such a mixture.

[Middle English marle, from Old French, from Medieval Latin margila, marla, diminutive of Latin marga, marl, of Celtic origin.]

marly adj.

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Adj.

marly - of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl

Translations

marly [ˈmɑːlɪ] ADJ → margoso

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Marl Mornay			The sun poured down its burning rays upon the heathen deities of marble and bronze: it raised the temperature of the water in the conch shells, and ripened, on the walls, those magnificent peaches, of which the king, fifty years later, spoke so regretfully, when, at Marly, on an occasion of a scarcity of the finer sorts of peaches being complained of, in the beautiful gardens there - gardens which had cost France double the amount that had been expended on Vaux - the The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context The plain, at the distance of a few miles from the coast, belongs to the great Pampean formation, which consists in part of a reddish clay, and in part of a highly calcareous marly rock. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context			marksmanship markswoman markup markup language markweed Marl Marlaceous marlberry Marlborough Marlene Dietrich Marley marlin marline Marline spike Marline-spike bird marlinespike Marling spike marlingspike marlinspike marlite Marlitic Marlowe Marlowism Marlpit marlstone marly marmalade marmalade box marmalade bush marmalade orange marmalade plum marmalade tree Marmalet marmalize Marmara Marmara Denizi Marmatite marmite Marmolada Marmolite Marmora Marmoraceous Marmorate Marmoration Marmoratum opus marmoreal marmorean Marmorosis Marmose marmoset marmot			marlitic marlitic Marlo marlock poison marlock poison marlock poison marlock poison MARLOG Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Look Alikes Marlon V. Gotingco Productions Marlovian Marlovians Marlow Town Regatta and Festival Marlowe Marlowe Marlowe Crowne Social Desirability Scale Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe, Julia Marlowe, Philip Marlowe-Crowne score Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale Marlowism Marlpit marls marls marlstone marlstone marly Marly le Roi Marly-le-Roi Marm Marmaduke Marmaduke, John Sappington marmalade marmalade marmalade box marmalade bush marmalade orange marmalade plum marmalade tree Marmalet marmalise marmalised marmalises marmalising marmalize marmalized marmalizes marmalizing Marmalukes MARMAP Marmara Marmara Marmara Arastirma Merkezi

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