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marline

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marline
A light rope, used to prevent the ends of larger ropes from fraying.

A young man, who has been the whole voyage out of irons, first on account of a large ulcer, and since for his seeming good behaviour, gave them a large marline spike down the gratings, but was happily seen by one of the people.


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  • Marline — Mar line, n. [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}, v., {Line}.] (Naut.) A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Marline — Mar line, v. t. [F. merliner.] (Naut.) To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • marline — noun naut. марлинь …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

  • marline — 1> мор. марлинь, шкимушка …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • Marline — Weißer Marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) Marlin (Marline) ist die Bezeichnung für mehrere große Fischarten aus der Familie der Fächer und Speerfische (Istiophoridae), die zu den Gattungen Makaira und Tetrapturus gehören. Verschiedene Arten dieser sehr …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • marline — ˈmɑ:lɪn сущ.; мор. марлинь (морское) марлинь, шкимушка marline мор. марлинь …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • marline — also marlin noun Etymology: Middle English merlyn, probably from Middle Low German marlinc, merlinc, from mēren to tie, moor Date: 15th century a small usually tarred line of two strands twisted loosely left handed that is used especially for… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • marline — /mahr lin/, n. Naut. small stuff of two fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left handed. Also, marlin, marling /mahr ling/. [1375 1425; late ME merlin. See MARL2, LINE1] * * * …   Universalium

  • marline — <naut.> марлинь …   Англо-русский технический словарь

  • marline — [ mɑːlɪn] 1) Морской термин: марлинь, шкимушка 2) Техника: линь 3) Текстиль: марлинь (просмолённая верёвка) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь