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Marled

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Mottled, streaked, multicoloured. Scotland

    "The Standing Stones reared up above the two, marled and streaked with snow they were, and a wind came blowing fit to freeze the chilblains on a brass monkey as they stood and glowered one at the other."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of marl form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a contracted form of marble + -ed.

Etymology 2

From marl + -ed.

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