| marlin | <zoology> The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica). Hook-billed marlin, a curlew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| marline | 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 Moor, Line. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |