See marl on Wiktionary
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"sense": "mixed earthy substance",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "marled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "marled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Nautical"
],
"glosses": [
"To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding."
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"marline",
"marline"
],
[
"hitch",
"hitch"
]
],
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"(nautical) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding."
],
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{
"word": "marline"
}
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "mäl",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑːl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"enpr": "märl",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑɹl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)l"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to cover with marline",
"word": "marner"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to cover with marline",
"word": "marnare"
}
],
"word": "marl"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Nyunga",
"English terms derived from Nyunga",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)l",
"Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)l/1 syllable",
"en:Bandicoots and bilbies",
"en:Geology"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"maarl",
"maarl#Nyunga"
]
],
"etymology_number": "3",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nys",
"3": "maarl"
},
"expansion": "Nyunga maarl",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Nyunga maarl.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "marls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "marl (plural marls)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
],
"glosses": [
"A species of bandicoot, Perameles myosurus, of southern Western Australia."
],
"links": [
[
"bandicoot",
"bandicoot"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australia) A species of bandicoot, Perameles myosurus, of southern Western Australia."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "western barred bandicoot"
}
],
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "mäl",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑːl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-marl.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-marl.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"enpr": "märl",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑɹl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)l"
}
],
"word": "marl"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "marl",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "marle"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of marle"
],
"links": [
[
"marle",
"marle#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "marl"
}
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