Marl. To wind or twist a small line or rope round another.
Marline. (Pronounced mar-lin.) Small two-stranded stuff, used for marling. A finer kind of spunyarn.
Marling-hitch. A kind of hitch used in marling.
Marlingspike. An iron pin, sharpened at one end, and having a hole in the other for a lanyard. Used both as a fid and a heaver.
Marry. To join ropes together by a worming over both.
Martingale. A short, perpendicular spar, under the bowsprit-end, used for guying down the head-stays. (See Dolphin-striker.)
Mast. A spar set upright from the deck, to support rigging, yards and sails. Masts are whole or made.
Mat. Made of strands of old rope, and used to prevent chafing.
Mate. An officer under the master.
Maul. (See Mall.)