Associations to the word «Marline»

Wiktionary

MARLINE, noun. A light cord or rope used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.
MARLINE, noun. Twine used similarly.
MARLINE, verb. (nautical) To wind marline around.
MARLINE SPIKE, noun. Alternative spelling of marlinspike
MARLINE SPIKES, noun. Plural of marline spike

Dictionary definition

MARLINE, noun. A small usually tarred line of 2 strands.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne