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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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Limestone :: Limestone (n.) A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble..

Marmorosis :: Marmorosis (n.) The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into 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..

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..

Riffler :: Riffler (n.) A curved file used in carving wool and marble.

Marteline :: Marteline (n.) A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.

Marmoraceous :: Marmoraceous (a.) Pertaining to, or like, marble..

Liner :: Liner (n.) A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding..

Chisel :: Chisel (v. t.) To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue..

Taw :: Taw (n.) A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles..

Parian :: Parian (a.) Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the Aegean Sea noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble..

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 212¡ Fah

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..

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

Marmoration :: Marmoration (n.) A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.

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

Anthraconite :: Anthraconite (n.) A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone..

Veiny :: Veiny (a.) Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble..

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