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▪ I. marled, ppl. a.1|mɑːld|
[f. marl n.1 or v.1 + -ed.]
Manured or fertilized with marl.
1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. x. 32 They let and set such Marled grounds, vnder twenty yeeres at an incredible rate of monies in hand. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. 139 All sorts of Pease love limed or marled Lands.
▪ II. marled, ppl. a.2 Chiefly Sc.|mɑːld|
Also 9 merled.
[Cf. OF. merellé.]
Marbled, mottled, spotted, variegated, streaked.
1603Monipennie Cert. Matters Scot. K, They delight in marled clothes, specially, that haue long stripes of sundrie colours. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 216 Agats for Hafts of Knives, white and well marled are good. 1703M. Martin W. Isl. Scot. 58 Marled Salmon,..being lesser then the ordinary Salmon, and full of strong Large Scales. 1787Burns Answ. Verses fr. Guidwife of Wauchope-House v, The marled plaid ye kindly spare. 1793Young Ann. Agric., Kent XX. 266 (E.D.S.), The fine eating meat being that which is marled flesh and spread well. 1820Blackw. Mag. VI. 568 The merled neck and smooth breast of the Maivis. 1871C. Gibbon Lack of Gold i, Its pale yellow marled sheepskin binding. |