Lexicographical Neighbors of Marlings
Literary usage of Marlings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the by Lyman Chalkley, Mary Smith Lockwood (1912)
"... think I shall get to marlings in two days, where I purpose to construct a
small fort. I hope you will be so kind as to remind Mr. Jones to bring pay for ..."
2. Short Plays by Representative Authors by Alice Mary Smith (1921)
"It's surely the marlings. They are always punctual. [They go to the rear. ...
Who, the marlings ? BAUMANN. No, the goose livers. They were just brought. ..."
3. My Ogowe: Being a Narrative of Daily Incidents During Sixteen Years in by Robert Hamill Nassau (1914)
"The marlings were preparing for leaving on the expected Akele. ... Fearing that
that little steamer would not come in time for the marlings to reach Cape ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"The worst sort of hemp, called marlings.'—Modem Husbandman, V. iii. 88. Sollar.
Sallow, willow. ' The old saying— " Be the oak ne'er so stout, ..."
5. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"He was only exiled by the Tsar and escaped into Persia, where the marlings took
charge of him. He fought for us, and was to-day in English uniform. ..."
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