
1) Cord
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1) English girl name 2) For which navy man ran mile 3) Nautical cord 4) Small stuff
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small rope wound about larger rope to keep it from fraying
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• (v. t.) To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope. • (v.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting.
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Thin line used for whipping, seizing, or lashing.
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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 Mo...
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Mar'line noun [ LG.
marlien ,
marling , or Dutch
marling ,
marlijn , from Dutch
marren to tie, probably akin to English
moor , v., and
lijn line: confer French
merlin . See
Moor ,
v. ,
Line .]
(Nauti...Found on
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Mar'line transitive verb [ French
merliner .]
(Nautical) To wind marline around; as, to
marline a rope.
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In nautical terms, marline is small lines of two strands used for binding shrouds.
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A light twine size line which has been tarred.
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[
n] - a small usually tarred line of 2 strands
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noun a small usually tarred line of 2 strands
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