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

Spikebill :: Spikebill (n.) The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).

Cloudy :: Cloudy (n.) Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble..

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

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

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..

Enmarble :: Enmarble (v. t.) To make hard as marble; to harden.

Fengite :: Fengite (n.) A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency..

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

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

Marble :: 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..

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

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

Marbled :: Marbled (a.) Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks..

Grained :: Grained (a.) Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc..

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..

Knicker :: Knicker (n.) A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing..

Tessera :: Tessera (n.) A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes..

Marbler :: Marbler (n.) One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.

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..

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