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Definition of Marline
1. Noun. A small usually tarred line of 2 strands.
Definition of Marline
1. n. A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting.
2. v. t. To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.
Definition of Marline
1. Noun. A light rope, used to prevent the ends of larger ropes from fraying. ¹
2. Verb. (nautical) To wind marline around. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marline
1. a rope used on a ship [n -S]
Medical Definition of Marline
1. A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting. Marline spike, Marling spike A tropic bird. A jager, or skua gull. Origin: LG. Marlien, marling, or D. Marling, marlijn, fr. D. Marren to tie, prob. Akin to E. Moor, v, and lijn line: cf.F. Merlin. See Moor, Line. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marline
Literary usage of Marline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"The log-line, >vhich is attached to the log-ship or to the log-bag, is divided
into equal sections by pieces of marline which are tucked through its strands ..."
2. Professional recollections on points of seamanship, discipline, &c by Francis Liardet (1849)
"marline-spikes. marline-spikes should have an eye spliced in the end of their
... I have investigated several complaints on this subject of marline-spikes ..."
3. Annual Register by Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Edmund Burke (1817)
"Authentic Anecdotes of the Life of Major-General Claude marline. General marline,
a man so well known in India, both by his eccentricity and his riches, ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Учи!., to wind, as a rope, with marline, spun-yarn, twine, or other small stuff,
.... An obsolete form of marline. mar ling-hitch (mar'ling-hich), n. ..."
5. Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups by Harvey Daniels (2002)
"marline Pearson MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE, MADISON, WI I teach at a two-year
technical college and have been using literature circles— which I renamed ..."
6. Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition by John Murdoch (1892)
"Set of bow- The marline spike.—This is a flat, four-sided rod of walrus ivory,
5-6 1 Compare this with Dr. Simpson's statement, quoted above, ..."
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