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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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Incrustation :: Incrustation (n.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement..

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..

Marbled :: Marbled (a.) Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.

Marbrinus :: Marbrinus (n.) A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Petworth Marble :: Petworth marble () A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble..

Quarry :: Quarry (v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble..

Tuch :: Tuch (n.) A dark-colored kind of marble; touchstone.

Saw :: Saw (v. t.) To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble..

Marbled :: Marbled (a.) Made of, or faced with, marble..

Marble :: Marble (n.) To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper..

Taw :: Taw (n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.

Marmorated :: Marmorated (a.) Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble.

Marble :: Marble (a.) Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper..

Polish :: Polish (v. t.) To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc..

Pietra Dura :: Pietra dura () Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble..

Marbler :: Marbler (n.) One who works upon marble or other stone.

Verd Antique :: Verd antique () A mottled-green serpentine marble.

Burin :: Burin (n.) The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble..

Laocoon :: Laocoon (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil..

Marmorean :: Marmorean (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble..