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noun
Rock consisting of, or having the composition of, consolidated marl; marlite. Also: specifically an iron-rich oolitic limestone of the Middle Lias of England, or the group of iron-rich rocks in which it occurs.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Thomas Amory (d. 1788), novelist. From marl + stone.
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