different between marline vs marlite

English

Etymology

From Middle English merlin, from Middle Low German marling, from Middle Dutch marlijn (“cord”), from marlen (“secure, fasten”), frequentative of maren (“to moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mair?n? (“to moor, fasten to”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Noun

marline (plural marlines)

1. A light cord or rope used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.
   • 1749 (Sunday 26th May), John Newton's journal

     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.

2. Twine used similarly.

Derived terms

• marlinspike

Translations

Verb

marline (third-person singular simple present marlines, present participle marlining, simple past and past participle marlined)

1. (nautical) To wind marline around.

   Synonym: marl

   to marline a rope

Anagrams

• Lierman, Mineral, manlier, mineral, railmen, ramline

English

Etymology

marl +? -ite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??(?)la?t/

Noun

marlite (countable and uncountable, plural marlites)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of marl.
   • 1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy

     Marlites […] are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.

Synonyms

• marlstone

Further reading

• “marlite”, in Mindat.org – Glossary?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• Latimer, lamiter, latimer, maltier, metrial