What's the difference between marl and maul?

Marl


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
  • (n.) A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.
  • (n.) To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She was then a little known singer-songwriter whose career was about to take off, and in a small London studio Mumford recorded the drum track for Marling's breakthrough album, Alas I Cannot Swim .
  • (2) "He was a great premier in Queensland, he would make an enormous contribution to a federal Labor government," Marles said.
  • (3) Marles refused to state clearly what Labor’s policy would be.
  • (4) It is expressed quietly in the case of singer-songwriters Laura Veirs and Laura Marling, and brashly in pop with Lady Gaga and Rihanna.
  • (5) It is suggested that endogenous prostaglandin (PG) production (marledly reduced during EFA deficiency) may exert a negative feedback effect on collagen metabolism during proliferative inflammation.
  • (6) When questioned on whether Labor supported these changes, Marles said: “As a matter of principle we’ve never supported retrospective legislation … It is obviously something one seeks to avoid.” The reintroduction of TPVs would be viewed by Morrison and the Coalition as a major political victory.
  • (7) Labor’s immigration spokesman, Richard Marles, said the party was “open to any sensible change to the Citizenship Act that improves our current system” and would carefully examine the detail to ensure ether were no unintended consequences.
  • (8) Labor’s immigration spokesman Richard Marles said Abbott’s refusal to deny the practice had left the door wide open to the idea the government was handing wads of taxpayer’s cash to smugglers.
  • (9) 5.45am BST Shadow immigration minister Richard Marles is back, fishing, again, on an asylum boat.
  • (10) The Australian government must give a full and accurate account of what has occurred.” Labor’s immigration spokesman, Richard Marles, said most Australians would be amazed if the government was creating “a situation where there is an encouragement for people smugglers to encounter Australian navy vessels so they can get an Australian taxpayer-funded cheque”.
  • (11) The makeup of that group would depend on the United Nations refugee agency, the shadow immigration minister, Richard Marles, said.
  • (12) But for obvious and good reasons, we don’t talk about operations of that agency.” The shadow immigration minister, Richard Marles, has written to federal auditor general Grant Hehir to ask if public money was used appropriately.
  • (13) That’s what I said on Tuesday afternoon,” he said in response to a question from Labor’s immigration spokesman, Richard Marles, about the time the minister was notified about the incorrect information.
  • (14) The other four panellists on Monday’s program are the Queensland Greens senator Larissa Waters, Labor’s immigration spokesman Richard Marles, Trisha Jha from the Centre for Independent Studies and the Australian’s foreign editor, Greg Sheridan.
  • (15) Since that time, Marles has engaged in an extensive round of consultations in an effort to minimise open conflict at the conference.
  • (16) The Labor trade minister, Richard Marles, played down the decision, saying it was not remarkable for a conservative party to preference a mainstream party like Labor ahead of the Greens.
  • (17) Marles said the security concerns for asylum seekers and hardened criminals such as bikie gang members who have had their visas cancelled is a “different kettle of fish”.
  • (18) They spoke only briefly and he has heard no more.” Marles said if anybody was returned to a position of not being safe “then Australia would have squarely breached our international obligations”.
  • (19) I’m thankful that the Labor party has seen sense.” A spokeswoman for Marles said that the Greens amendment in the June bill was about the legality of offshore processing and “had nothing to do with mandatory reporting or conditions”.
  • (20) The government’s policies are forcing brave Australian men and women to risk their lives on the high seas but they are stubbornly refusing to tell the public anything about it.” The opposition immigration spokesman, Richard Marles, said the public should be “gravely concerned” about the attempts to stop the flow of information about asylum-seeker operations.

Maul


Definition:

  • (n.) A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.
  • (v. t.) To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
  • (v. t.) To injure greatly; to do much harm to.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tottenham’s Danny Rose apologises for setting bad example in Chelsea draw Read more The ill feeling spilled over into the tunnel at the end as Spurs and Chelsea players got involved in a rolling maul which led to the home manager Guus Hiddink being sent flying and his counterpart Mauricio Pochettino attemping to prise the multiple brawlers apart.
  • (2) Ruby Tandoh faced online abuse during her appearances on The Great British Bake Off – and now the 21-year-old philosophy student has been set up for a fresh mauling by the Daily Mail .
  • (3) Increased risk of injury was related to the following factors: 98% of injuries occurred in matches and 81% were incurred by adults; 69% of injuries occurred in age-group A team or senior first team players; and 57% of injuries occurred in the tackle situation and 39% in scrums, rucks and mauls.
  • (4) And now it risks being mauled by the commission – if not over this, then over related matters.
  • (5) In March in New Jersey, Phillip White was filmed being mauled by a police dog, in an incident that led to his death.
  • (6) But after being mauled in the media for sartorial crimes – including a bright pink blazer and white shirt adorned with heart motifs – Hatoyama will be buoyed by the news that a Shanghai-based shirt-maker is selling copies of his most infamous garment as a tribute to his "individuality" .
  • (7) It was a tough kick, we weighed up the options, we wanted to go for the win, the two driving mauls before we made some good ground and we thought if we got in a good position we could go for a win.” Wales are bobbing in pool of death while England are not sunk just yet | Eddie Butler Read more So it goes.
  • (8) Publications: Cover Her Face 62; A Mind To Murder 63; Unnatural Causes 67; Shroud For A Nightingale 71; The Maul And The Pear Tree (with TA Critchley) 71; An Unsuitable Job For A Woman 72; The Black Tower 75; Death Of An Expert Witness 77; Innocent Blood 80; The Skull Beneath The Skin 82; A Taste For Death 86; Devices And Desires 89; The Children Of Men 92; Original Sin 94; A Certain Justice 97; Time To Be In Earnest (autobiography) 99.
  • (9) That person was crushed and mauled.” She sees the same guardedness in artists such as Beyoncé (“No wonder Beyoncé doesn’t really do interviews any more.
  • (10) Fatal and near-fatal maulings of humans by pit bulls have recently become a topic of major public concern, resulting in the passage of laws in some jurisdictions that make the owner of a pit bull criminally liable for manslaughter if his or her pet causes a human death.
  • (11) Carmen's enduring appeal Bizet never lived to enjoy Carmen's success – he died just three months after the critical mauling of its premiere.
  • (12) Meanwhile, Nick Clegg – talking tough after his mauling last week – has now signalled he thinks it folly to foist purse strings on those family doctors who are unwilling or unable to take them.
  • (13) A defiant Jeremy Corbyn told a rally of cheering activists on Saturday that he was still “fighting to win” the 8 June general election – despite admitting that Thursday’s mauling for Labour in local council elections had left the party with a mountain to climb.
  • (14) The team that had made no concession to the pragmatism of a knockout tournament finally succumbed and the New Zealand All Blacks staggered, mauling, tackling and grinding, to their first victory at the World Cup since 1987.
  • (15) There is the whole class of kimo‑kawaii , or “gross-cute”, epitomised by Gloomy, a pink bear whose claws are red with the blood of his child owner, whom he habitually mauls.
  • (16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Wales edge ahead in the the final quarter of their Rugby World Cup game against England at Twickenham on Saturday to beat the home team 25-28 “We had driven a couple of mauls well just before, but it was not to be.
  • (17) Looking as if it has suffered a severe mauling from a Rottweiler, the tower appears to have been ripped to pieces and stitched back together in the wrong way, standing as a monstrous Frankenstein concoction.
  • (18) It is six years, after all, since 2009, the year in which the comedian’s blossoming career and reputation took an abrupt and savage hit, thanks to his unloved eponymous sketch show with Gavin & Stacey co-star Mathew Horne (“ puerile and excruciating ”, according to the New Statesman), a critically mauled movie, Lesbian Vampire Killers (“a witless mess”, said the Telegraph), and a calamitous performance hosting the Brit awards with Horne, which even Corden has acknowledged was “shit, because of ego”.
  • (19) The 24-year-old woman was in the big cats' enclosure when she was mauled at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton-in-Furness.
  • (20) The facility is normally closed on Wednesdays and only one other worker was there when the mauling happened, Collins said.

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