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Definition of Marline

Marline
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 around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting. Marline spike, Marling spike (Naut.), an iron tool tapering to a point, used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and in marling. It has an eye in the thick end to which a lanyard is attached. See Fid. [Written also marlin spike] Marline-spike bird. [The name alludes to the long middle tail feathers.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A tropic bird. (b) A jager, or skua gull.
Marline
Marline Mar"line, v. t. [F. merliner.] (Naut.) To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.

Meaning of Marline from wikipedia

- Marline Yan (born January 9, 1993, in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress and singer. Her most prominent appearance is in Canadian television...
- 2016 Marina Jacoby Miss Nicaragua 2015 Daniela Torres Miss Nicaragua 2014 Marline Barberena Miss Nicaragua 2013 Nast****ja Bolívar Miss Nicaragua 2012 Farah...
- items into the lay. untie knots that have tightened under tension. tension marline or rope using a marlinspike hitch, much tighter than by gripping the line...
- Lova Marline is a tropical ecologist, especially of taxonomy and ecology of tropical bryophytes in Madagascar. She compiled the first check-list of bryophytes...
- liquified natural gas tanker in the world. Built in 1945 as a cargo ship named Marline Hitch, the vessel was renamed Don Aurelio and Normarti before being rebuilt...
- Marline Valley Woods is a 55.1-hectare (136-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Hastings in East Sus****....
- and the couple married on July 9, 1966. Theresa's third child, Suesan Marline Knorr, was born on September 27, 1966. The couple had three more children:...
- on the figure-eight knot This style of continuous lacing, also called "marline hitching", is based on a series of overhand knots. A series of half-hitches...
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- A whipping knot or whipping is a binding of marline twine or whipcord around the end of a rope to prevent its natural tendency to fray. Some whippings...