▪ I. † marle dial. Obs.
(mɑːl)
Also 7–8 marrel, 9 marl, ? erron. male.
(See quots.)
| a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Marrel, a Bird about the bigness of a Knot. 1747 H. Glasse Cookery 162 How to choose..Goodwets, Marle, Knots, Ruffs, Gull, Dotterels, and Wheat Ears. [In ed. 1767 indexed as ‘Marle, a fish, how to chuse’.] 1864 Atkinson Prov. Names Birds, Marl, Prov. name for Knot, Tringa Canutus. 1885 Swainson Prov. Names Birds 105 Knot..various names..Male (Essex). |
▪ II. marle
variant of medle Obs., medlar.