Marl

Definitions

1. A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
   countable, uncountable
2. A species of bandicoot, Perameles myosurus, of southern Western Australia.
   Australia

Equivalents

Examples

“... uneasie steps / Over the burning Marle, not like⟳ those steps / On Heavens Azure...”

“Mr. Greenshields was the contractor selected to build⟳ the embankment, and over a hundred thousand tons of marl and moss compacted with brushwood were used in its construction.”

“Important marl and marine-shell deposits are worked in Michigan, Virginia, and Florida.”

“The surroundings were unearthly. It was not a fish⟳ setting—only bare rock, no trees, pungent sagebrush, and marl dust floating when a truck passed.”

“Those loved unhappy shades whom Dante turned / To sticks and marl”

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