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Statuminate :: Statuette (n.) A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.

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..

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

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

Vein :: Vein (n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation..

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

Alley :: Alley (n.) A choice taw or marble.

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

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..

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