Definition of marble

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Marble (n.) A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles..

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Marbling :: Marbling (n.) An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled appearance..
Marbling :: Marbling (n.) Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects..
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..
Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model..
Marbly :: Marbly (a.) Containing, or resembling, marble..
Taw :: Taw (n.) A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles..
Godwit :: Godwit (n.) One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin..
Veiny :: Veiny (a.) Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble..
Liner :: Liner (n.) A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding..
Reproduce :: Reproduce (v. t.) To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design..
Rabot :: Rabot (n.) A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.
Marble-edged :: Marble-edged (a.) Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book..
Metamorphism :: Metamorphism (n.) The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble..
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..
Quarry :: Quarry (v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble..
Bonce :: Bonce (n.) A boy's game played with large marbles.
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..
Marbled :: Marbled (imp. & p. p.) of Marbl.
Marbled :: Marbled (a.) Made of, or faced with, marble..
Riffler :: Riffler (n.) A curved file used in carving wool and marble.
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