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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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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..
Statuminate
::
Statuette
(n.) A small
statue;
--
usually
applied
to a
figure
much less than life size,
especially
when of
marble
or
bronze,
or of
plaster
or clay as a
preparation
for the
marble
or
bronze,
as
distinguished
from a
figure
in terra cotta or the like. Cf.
Figurine..
Sculptor
::
Sculptor
(n.)
Hence,
an
artist
who
designs
works of
sculpture,
his first
studies
and his
finished
model being
usually
in a
plastic
material,
from which model the
marble
is cut, or the
bronze
is
cast..
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..
Marmorosis
::
Marmorosis
(n.) The
metamorphism
of
limestone,
that is, its
conversion
into
marble..
Pentelican
::
Pentelican
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to Mount
Pentelicus,
near
Athens,
famous
for its fine white
marble
quarries;
obtained
from Mount
Pentelicus;
as, the
Pentelic
marble
of which the
Parthenon
is
built..
Taw
::
Taw (n.) A large
marble
to be
played
with; also, a game at
marbles..
Marbly
::
Marbly
(a.)
Containing,
or
resembling,
marble..
Figurine
::
Figurine
(n.) A very small
figure,
whether
human or of an
animal;
especially,
one in terra cotta or the like; --
distinguished
from
statuette,
which is
applied
to small
figures
in
bronze,
marble,
etc..
Entrochal
::
Entrochal
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
consisting
of,
entrochites,
or the
joints
of
encrinites;
-- used of a kind of stone or
marble..
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..
Marlin
::
Marlin
(n.) The
American
great
marbled
godwit
(Limosa
fedoa).
Applied
also to the
red-breasted
godwit
(Limosa
haematica).
Knicker
::
Knicker
(n.) A small ball of clay, baked hard and
oiled,
used as a
marble
by boys in
playing..
Grainer
::
Grainer
(n.) One who
paints
in
imitation
of the grain of wood,
marble,
etc.; also, the brush or tool used in
graining..
Anthraconite
::
Anthraconite
(n.) A
coal-black
marble,
usually
emitting
a fetid smell when
rubbed;
--
called
also
stinkstone
and
swinestone..
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
Grain
::
Grain (v. t.) To paint in
imitation
of the grain of wood,
marble,
etc..
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..
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..
Marbleized
::
Marbleized
(imp. & p. p.) of
Marbleiz.
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