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Marled vs Marbled - What's the difference?

marled | marbled |

As adjectives the difference between marled and marbled

is that marled is mottled, streaked, multicoloured while marbled is composed of marble; having a marble exterior.

As verbs the difference between marled and marbled

is that marled is past tense of marl while marbled is past tense of marble.

marled

English

Etymology 1

From a contracted form of (marble) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (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.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (marl)

    • Anagrams

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    marbled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.
  • * , IV.iii
  • *:Go great with tigers, dragons, wolves, and bears; / Teem with new monsters, whom thy upward face / Hath to the marbled mansion all above / Never presented!
  • Having marbling.
  • Resembling marble.
  • (meat) Interlaced with fat.

    • Derived terms

    * marbled godwit * marbled murrelet * marbled newt * marbled polecat

    Verb

    (head)
  • (marble)

    • Anagrams

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