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marl-pit
marl-pit (ˈmɑːlpɪt) [f. marl n.1 Cf. MDu. marleput.] A pit from which marl is dug.c 1386 Chaucer Miller's T. 274 He walked in the feeldes for to prye Vp on the sterres..Til he was in a Marleput yfalle. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 327/1 Marlpytte, or chalkepytte, cretarium. 1538 Leland Itin. V. 81 Sum [Poole... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bloody Bones
Children were told to "keep away from the marl-pit or rawhead and bloody bones will have you." wikipedia.org
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marl
▪ I. marl, n.1 (mɑːl) Also (4 marll, 6 merle), 4–9 marle. [a. OF. marle (still in dialects; replaced in mod.Fr. by the variant marne):—late L. margila (whence OHG. mergil, MHG., mod.G., Du. mergel (MDu. also marl from Fr.), Da. mergel, Sw. märgel), dim. of L. marga (whence It., Sp. marga), said by P... Oxford English Dictionary
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Charter of the Forest
It added "Henceforth every freeman, in his wood or on his land that he has in the forest, may with impunity make a mill, fish-preserve, pond, marl-pit, wikipedia.org
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