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n. A yarn, especially a cotton yarn, having plies of different colors twisted together. adj. or marled (märld) Made from this yarn: a blue marl T-shirt. [Probably back-formation from Scots marlit, marled, marbled, variegated, of marl yarn, possibly from Scots marbill, marble (from Middle English marble; see MARBLE) or possibly from Middle French merellé, checkered, variegated (from merel, a rounded stone or game piece used in a kind of medieval board game, from a Romance root *marr-, rock; see MAROON2).] |
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