Thesaurus: marline

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1. v. A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting.
2. v. t. To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.
3. n. a small usually tarred line of 2 strands
4. A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened by fretting. 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. Etym: [The name alludes to the long middle tail feathers.] (Zoöl.) (a) A tropic bird. (b) A jager, or skua gull. To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.
5. A small line composed of two strands a little twisted, used forwinding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being weakened byfretting. Marline spike, Marling spike (Naut.), an iron tool taperingto a point, used to separate the strands of a rope in splicing and inmarling. It has an eye in the thick end to which a lanyard isattached. See Fid. [Written also marlin spike] -- Marline-spike bird.Etym: [The name alludes to the long middle tail feathers.] (Zoöl.)(a) A tropic bird. (b) A jager, or skua gull.
6. n. a small usually tarred line of 2 strands