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A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality.

er end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble.

lization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.

A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple.

rbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants imbibe it for their nutrition and growth, the carbon being retained and the oxygen given out. -- Carbonic oxide (Chem.), a colorless gas, CO, of a light odor, called more correctly carbon monoxide. It is…

To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.

A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.

off, away, or out. Clear your mind of cant. Dr. Johnson. A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter. Addison.

e a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. [Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. Ben Jonson. When merry milkmaids click the latch. Tennyson.

A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.

Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.

ng two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. A omposition that looks . . . like marble. Addison.

g; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination. The consolidation of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random. Woodward. The consolidation of the great European monarchies. Hallam.

The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.

often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.

or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.

in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.

A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency.

tern. -- To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [of marble]" Addison. -- To fetch up. (a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please." L'Estrange. (b) To stop suddenly.

; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble. A coin that bears the figure of an angel. Shak.