Lexic.us

Definition of Marbled

1. Adjective. Patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble. "Marbleized pink skin"

Definition of Marbled

1. a. Made of, or faced with, marble.

Definition of Marbled

1. Adjective. Composed of marble; having a marble exterior. ¹

2. Adjective. Having marbling. ¹

3. Adjective. Resembling marble. ¹

4. Adjective. (context: meat) Interlaced with fat. ¹

5. Verb. (past of marble) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marbled

1. marble [v] - See also: marble

Medical Definition of Marbled

1. 1. Made of, or faced with, marble. "The marbled mansion." 2. Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble. "Marbled paper." 3. Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marbled

Literary usage of Marbled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Levelling, Showing Its ...by Frederick Walter Simms, Henry Law, John Cresson Trautwine by Frederick Walter Simms, Henry Law, John Cresson Trautwine (1856)
"4s. , Ditto, with the French Grammar, bound in embossed cloth, marbled edges 4*. ... Ditto, with Ditto, in half-morocco, gilt, marbled edges . . 6s. 6d. ..."

2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1859)
"This cannot be marbled soap.] Mr. Squire, in his Pharmacopoeia, ... This is purer than the following variety (viz. marbled), but is a weaker soap (¡. e. it ..."

3. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1900)
"Together 28 vols., 8vo, polished calf, marbled edges. ... 8vo, calf, marbled edges. Bangs', Dec. I, 1899. (247) $7.50 8324 THF. SAME. With the Lives. ..."

4. Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction (1893)
"The Billington, tree-marbled calf extra, gilt edges, by Clarke and Bedford, 1790, ... The Syren, frontispiece, tree-marbled calf extra, by 3772 Songs. ..."

5. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1883)
"12mo, half light calf, marbled edges, sold iu sets only, $1R. Goethes Works. ... H vols., crown 8vo. half calf, marbled edges, $25. Goethe s ]Vorks. ..."

6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"... on the mainland marsh bordering Moriches Bay at Mastic, Long Island. It was about mid-morning, and hot, with a brisk southwest wind. A marbled Godwit ..."

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