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Quotation dates: 1504-1681
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Marlyn(e, -ling, n. Also: -llin, -lene, -leme, merlyn, -ling, myrling. [e.m.E. marlyn(e (1485, 1558), marling (1627), and see also Marlyn(e)-cord,n., MLG. mar-, merlink, e.m.Du. marling (1593), marlijn (17th c.); perh. in origin a fusion of two distinct formations.] Marline, small line used for binding, lashing and the like. 1504–6 Treasurer's Accounts III. 91.
[For a ship] xij steik of merlyn weyand xxiij pund 1538 Ib. VIII. 160.
Marling 1543–4 Ib. 251.
For tows and marlyne, vj s. vj d. 1545 Ib. 389.
Ane stane of myrling to be knittellis to the chalmeris of the cutthroattis 1545–6 Ib. 359.
Marlene 1558 Ib. X. 435.
For ane stane of merling to knet the saidis trasis c 1598 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 14 a.
For marlyne, xviii s. 1616 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) II. ii.
For ane hank of merling, ij s. 1641-8 Skipper's Acc. (Smettone) 17.
Marllin 1680-1 Blackness Customs 43 b.
Tua littell bunches of ussing & marleme
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