marl¹ /märl/

1. A calcareous clay often used as fertilizer
2. The ground (poetic)

To cover or fertilize with marl

marˈly adjective

1. Like marl
2. Containing large amounts of marl

marlˈ-pit noun

A pit where marl is dug

marlˈstone noun (geology)

A Middle Lias series of argillaceous limestones with ironstones, etc

marl² /märl/

To bind with marline

meril, merel or merell /merˈəl/

1. A counter used in the game of merils
2. (in pl) a rustic game played by two people with counters on a figure marked on the ground, a board, etc, consisting of three squares, one within another, the object to get three counters in a row at the intersection of the lines joining the corners and the mid-points of the sides (also marls, marrˈels, morˈals, morrˈis or mirˈacles)

fivepenny morris

The game as played with five pieces each

ninepenny morris or nine men's morris

1. The game as played with nine pieces each
2. The figure cut in the ground for the game (Shakespeare)

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