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单词 marly
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marlyadj.1

Brit. /ˈmɑːli/, U.S. /ˈmɑrli/
Forms: Middle English marle, Middle English marli, Middle English– marly, 1500s 1700s–1800s marley, 1600s–1700s marlie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: marl n.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < marl n.1 + -y suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin marlosus (c1290 in a British source).Attested earliest in a field name.
Resembling marl; composed of marl; containing or characterized by marl.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [adjective] > marl
marly1335
marlaceous1794
margaceous1804
1335–8 in J. M. Dodgson Place-names Cheshire (1970) II. 232 Marliol' [sc. a field-name; = ‘marly hole’].
a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 31 Glitonsus, marly.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 252 (MED) Lond is best for whete If hit be marly [L. cretosa], thicke, and sumdel weete.
1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 1v It should not onely bee of another collour marly yellow, or swarty greene; but also [etc.].
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) i. iv. 13 All Clayes which are blacke, gray, or marlie.
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming i. 31 A pure, warm, marly Clay.
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 183 A loose..sandy loam, on a clay or marley foundation.
1838 M. Howitt Birds & Flowers 186 The gentian blue on the marly hill, And the snap-dragon white and yellow.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. Introd. 6 The land around was rich and marly.
1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. viii. §2. 579 The calcareous and marly shales are changed into hard, almost jaspery, shales or slates.
1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation x. 193 Some marly deposits still contain 41.3% of water.
1989 Nature 5 Jan. 40/2 Every one of the shaly or marly interbeds, about 50 in number and mostly a few millimetres thick, was similarly sampled and analysed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

marlyadj.2

Brit. /ˈmɑːli/, U.S. /ˈmɑrli/, Scottish English /ˈmarlɪ/
Forms:

α. English regional 1800s– marly; Scottish 1700s– marly, 1900s– marlie; Irish English (northern) 1900s– marley, 1900s– marly; U.S. 1900s– marley.

β. Scottish 1700s mirley, 1700s– mirlie, 1800s– mirly, 1900s– murly; Irish English (northern) 1800s– mirly, 1900s– mirley.

γ. Scottish 1900s– merly.

Origin: Formed withinn English, by derivation. Etymons: English marl , marble n., -y suffix1
Etymology: < marl, contracted form of marble n. (compare marl n.4, marl n.5) + -y suffix1.
Chiefly Scottish and regional.
Spotted, streaked, or marbled.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > marbled
marblea1450
marblya1450
marbled1629
marly1721
marbleized1851
1721 A. Ramsay Tartana 161 But if behind some marly cloud he [sc. the sun] steal.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 188 What woe Gars thee sit mourning..And rive thy mirley breast?
1807 R. Tannahill Poems (1815) 191 The mirly-breasted birds.
1868 J. Young Poems 13 'Twas nouther marly, white nor grey, Piebald, nor broun, nor black, nor bay.
1900 S. R. Crockett Little Anna Mark xx. 164 Her weather-beaten complexion, netted and marly like the reticulations on a bladder.
1910 J. White Eppie Gray 14 Her marlie plaid was stained wi' bluid That from the 'oond cam oozin' red.
1938 P. Kavanagh Green Fool xxii. 223 ‘Don't ye know as well as I do’, she cried, ‘that the marley hen is lookin' hatch.’
1990 Boston Phoenix 27 Apr. iii. 10/1 The black marley floor of the Joy of Movement's tiny studio.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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