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Elgin Marbles :: Elgin marbles () Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin..

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

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

Marble :: 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..

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..

Marble :: Marble (n.) A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles..

Marble :: Marble (a.) Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper..

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

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..

Marble-edged :: Marble-edged (a.) Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book..

Marbled :: Marbled (imp. & p. p.) of Marbl.

Marbled :: Marbled (a.) Made of, or faced with, marble..

Marbled :: Marbled (a.) Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.

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

Marbleize :: Marbleize (v. t.) To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron..

Marbleized :: Marbleized (imp. & p. p.) of Marbleiz.

Marbleizing :: Marbleizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marbleiz.

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

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

Marbling :: Marbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Marbl.

Marbling :: Marbling (n.) The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble..

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..

Marbly :: Marbly (a.) Containing, or resembling, marble..

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