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marbling |
3 definitions found 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]: Marbling \Mar"bling\, n. 1. The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble. 2. An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled appearance. 3. pl (Zo["o]l.) Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: marbling n : the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat
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