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

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

Statue :: Statue (n.) The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion..

Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc..

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..

Emmarble :: Emmarble (v. t.) To turn to marble; to harden.

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..

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

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

Marble :: Marble (a.) Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart..

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..

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

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

Front :: Front (v. t.) To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel..

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

Marbling :: Marbling (n.) Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects..

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

Inequality :: Inequality (n.) Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc..

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

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