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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marble \Mar"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marbled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Marbling}.] [Cf. F. marbrer. See {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marbled \Mar"bled\, a.
1. Made of or faced with marble. [Obs.] ``The {marbled}
mansion.'' --Shak.
2. Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.
``Marbled paper.'' --Boyle.
3. (zo["o]l.) Varied with irregular markings, or witch a
confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
marbled
adj : patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble;
"marbleized pink skin" [syn: {marbleized}]
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