Martel vs Mareel - What's the difference?
martel | mareel |
(obsolete) To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer.
(Shetland) Phosphorescence on the ocean.
* 1956 , The Scots Magazine , volume 65, page 200:
As nouns the difference between martel and mareel
is that martel is hammer while mareel is (shetland) phosphorescence on the ocean.martel
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Synonyms
* (medieval hammer-like weapon) pole hammer, war hammerVerb
- (Spenser)
Anagrams
* ----mareel
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Noun
(-)- This is especially the case in late summer when the sea is aflame with mareel and the boats come and go with illumined wakes while the ghostly fire drips from the oar-blades.
