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Definition of marble
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Marble
(n.) A
massive,
compact
limestone;
a
variety
of
calcite,
capable
of being
polished
and used for
architectural
and
ornamental
purposes.
The color
varies
from white to
black,
being
sometimes
yellow,
red, and
green,
and
frequently
beautifully
veined
or
clouded.
The name is also given to other rocks of like use and
appearance,
as
serpentine
or verd
antique
marble,
and less
properly
to
polished
porphyry,
granite,
etc..
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Calcite
::
Calcite
(n.)
Calcium
carbonate,
or
carbonate
of lime. It is
rhombohedral
in its
crystallization,
and thus
distinguished
from
aragonite.
It
includes
common
limestone,
chalk,
and
marble.
Called
also
calc-spar
and
calcareous
spar..
Marmorean
::
Marmorean
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
resembling,
marble;
made of
marble..
Grain
::
Grain (n.) The
composite
particles
of any
substance;
that
arrangement
of the
particles
of any body which
determines
its
comparative
roughness
or
hardness;
texture;
as,
marble,
sugar,
sandstone,
etc., of fine
grain..
Face
::
Face (v. t.) To cover in
front,
for
ornament,
protection,
etc.; to put a
facing
upon; as, a
building
faced with
marble..
Tessera
::
Tessera
(n.) A small piece of
marble,
glass,
earthenware,
or the like,
having
a
square,
or
nearly
square,
face, used by the
ancients
for
mosaic,
as for
making
pavements,
for
ornamenting
walls,
and like
purposes;
also, a
similar
piece of
ivory,
bone, wood, etc., used as a
ticket
of
admission
to
theaters,
or as a
certificate
for
successful
gladiators,
and as a token for
various
other
purposes..
Emmarble
::
Emmarble
(v. t.) To turn to
marble;
to
harden.
Cipolin
::
Cipolin
(n.) A
whitish
marble,
from Rome,
containiing
pale
greenish
zones.
It
consists
of
calcium
carbonate,
with zones and
cloudings
of
talc..
Brocatel
::
Brocatel
(n.) A
marble,
clouded
and
veined
with
white,
gray,
yellow,
and red, in which the
yellow
usually
prevails.
It is also
called
Siena
marble,
from its
locality..
Porphyry
::
Porphyry
(n.) A term used
somewhat
loosely
to
designate
a rock
consisting
of a
fine-grained
base
(usually
feldspathic)
through
which
crystals,
as of
feldspar
or
quartz,
are
disseminated.
There are red,
purple,
and green
varieties,
which are
highly
esteemed
as
marbles..
Ambergris
::
Ambergris
(n.) A
substance
of the
consistence
of wax, found
floating
in the
Indian
Ocean and other parts of the
tropics,
and also as a
morbid
secretion
in the
intestines
of the sperm whale
(Physeter
macrocephalus),
which is
believed
to be in all cases its true
origin.
In color it is
white,
ash-gray,
yellow,
or
black,
and often
variegated
like
marble.
The
floating
masses
are
sometimes
from sixty to two
hundred
and
twenty-five
pounds
in
weight.
It is
wholly
volatilized
as a white vapor at 212ยก Fah
Arundelian
::
Arundelian
(a.)
Pertaining
to an Earl of
Arundel;
as,
Arundel
or
Arundelian
marbles,
marbles
from
ancient
Greece,
bought
by the Earl of
Arundel
in
1624..
Marbleize
::
Marbleize
(v. t.) To stain or grain in
imitation
of
marble;
to cover with a
surface
resembling
marble;
as, to
marbleize
slate,
wood, or
iron..
Marble-edged
::
Marble-edged
(a.)
Having
the edge
veined
or
spotted
with
different
colors
like
marble,
as a
book..
Variegate
::
Variegate
(v. t.) To
diversify
in
external
appearance;
to mark with
different
colors;
to
dapple;
to
streak;
as, to
variegate
a floor with
marble
of
different
colors..
Xanthian
::
Xanthian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Xanthus,
an
ancient
town on Asia
Minor;
--
applied
especially
to
certain
marbles
found near that
place,
and now in the
British
Museum..
Riffler
::
Riffler
(n.) A
curved
file used in
carving
wool and
marble.
Veined
::
Veined
(a.) Full of
veins;
streaked;
variegated;
as,
veined
marble..
Cloud
::
Cloud (n.) A dark vein or spot on a
lighter
material,
as in
marble;
hence,
a
blemish
or
defect;
as, a cloud upon one's
reputation;
a cloud on a
title..
Parthenon
::
Parthenon
(n.) A
celebrated
marble
temple
of
Athene,
on the
Acropolis
at
Athens.
It was of the pure Doric
order,
and has had an
important
influence
on art..
Marbled
::
Marbled
(a.) Made of, or faced with,
marble..
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