marly
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Her hull had settled on the marly bottom at a slight angle with the bow aiming upward.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
Early in the autumn of 1850 I completed the drainage of the upper part of a boggy valley, lying, with ramifications, at the foot of marly banks.
From Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health by Waring, George E. (George Edwin)
The soil in this cañon was not deep and consisted of a rocky, marly mixture, pale red in color, evidently produced by weathering of the reddish volcanic rocks bordering the cañon.
From Two New Moles (Genus Scalopus) from Mexico and Texas by Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)
The larch or tamarack on wide, flat plains, indicates sand upon a substratum of marly clay, which the French Canadians hold in high estimation.
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George
At this place, they raised large tubular masses of lead-ore, from its position in the red, marly clay.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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