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Marble

A metamorphic rock formed by alteration of limestone or dolomite, often irregularly colored by impurities, and used especially in architecture and sculpture.

Aggie

A playing marble.

Marble

A piece of this rock.

Aggie

An agricultural school or college.

Marble

A sculpture made from this rock.
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Aggie

A student enrolled at such a school or college.

Marble

Something resembling or suggesting metamorphic rock, as in being very hard, smooth, or cold
A heart of marble.
A brow of marble.

Aggie

(informal) Marble or a marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate.

Marble

A small hard ball, usually of glass, used in children's games.

Aggie

An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges.
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Marble

Marbles (used with a sing. verb) Any of various games played with marbles.

Aggie

A student or alumnus of such a school.

Marble

Marbles Slang Common sense; sanity
Completely lost his marbles after the stock market crash.

Marble

Marbling.

Marble

To mottle and streak (paper, for example) with colors and veins in imitation of marble.

Marble

Composed of metamorphic rock
A marble hearth.

Marble

Resembling metamorphic rock in consistency, texture, venation, color, or coldness.

Marble

A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.

Marble

A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.

Marble

Statues made from marble.
The Elgin Marbles were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon.

Marble

(transitive) To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.

Marble

(intransitive) To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.

Marble

(transitive) To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.

Marble

To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.

Marble

To lace or be laced throughout.

Marble

Made of, or resembling, marble.
A marble mantel
Marble paper

Marble

(figurative) Cold; hard; unfeeling.
A marble heart

Marble

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

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

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

Marble

Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.

Marble

Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.

Marble

To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.

Marble

A hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material

Marble

A small ball of glass that is used in various games

Marble

A sculpture carved from marble

Marble

Paint or stain like marble;
Marble paper

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