From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Marline \Mar"line\, v. t. [F. merliner.] (Naut.)
To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
{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.] (Zool.)
(a) A tropic bird.
(b) A jager, or skua gull.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marline
n 1: a small usually tarred line of 2 strands
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