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marled
marled
English
Adjective
marled (comparative more marled, superlative most marled)
- (chiefly Scotland) Mottled, streaked, multicoloured.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 49:
- 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.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 49:
Etymology 2
Verb
marled
- simple past tense and past participle of marl