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  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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