marble
    n 1: a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high
         polish; used for sculpture and as building material
    2: a small ball of glass that is used in various games
    3: a sculpture carved from marble
    v 1: paint or stain like marble; "marble paper"

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.
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Marble \Mar"ble\ (m[aum]r"b'l), n. [OE. marbel, marbre, F.
   marbre, L. marmor, fr. Gr. ma`rmaros, fr. marmai`rein to
   sparkle, flash. Cf. Marmoreal.]
   1. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite,
      capable of being polished and used for architectural and
      ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black,
      being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently
      beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to
      other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or
      verd antique marble, and less properly to polished
      porphyry, granite, etc.
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   Note:

   Breccia marble consists of limestone fragments cemented
      together.

   Ruin marble, when polished, shows forms resembling ruins,
      due to disseminated iron oxide.

   Shell marble contains fossil shells.

   Statuary marble is a pure, white, fine-grained kind,
      including Parian (from Paros) and Carrara marble. If
      coarsely granular it is called saccharoidal.
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   2. A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art,
      or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of
      such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the
      Elgin marbles.
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   3. A little ball of glass, marble, porcelain, or of some
      other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or,
      in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.
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   Note: Marble is also much used in self-explaining compounds;
         when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means,
         hard, cold, destitute of compassion or feeling; as,
         marble-breasted, marble-faced, marble-hearted.
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Marble \Mar"ble\, a.
   1. Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel;
      marble paper.
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   2. Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.
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Marble
   as a mineral, consists of carbonate of lime, its texture varying
   from the highly crystalline to the compact. In Esther 1:6 there
   are four Hebrew words which are rendered marble:, (1.) Shesh,
   "pillars of marble." But this word probably designates dark-blue
   limestone rather than marble. (2.) Dar, some regard as Parian
   marble. It is here rendered "white marble." But nothing is
   certainly known of it. (3.) Bahat, "red marble," probably the
   verd-antique or half-porphyry of Egypt. (4.) Sohareth, "black
   marble," probably some spotted variety of marble. "The marble
   pillars and tesserae of various colours of the palace at Susa
   came doubtless from Persia itself, where marble of various
   colours is found, especially in the province of Hamadan
   Susiana." The marble of Solomon's architectural works may have
   been limestone from near Jerusalem, or from Lebanon, or possibly
   white marble from Arabia. Herod employed Parian marble in the
   temple, and marble columns still exist in great abundance at
   Jerusalem.
   

Marble, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
   Population (2000):    105
   Housing Units (2000): 74
   Land area (2000):     0.372125 sq. miles (0.963798 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.372125 sq. miles (0.963798 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            48555
   Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
   Location:             39.072274 N, 107.189516 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     81623
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Marble, CO
    Marble

Marble, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
   Population (2000):    695
   Housing Units (2000): 308
   Land area (2000):     4.309250 sq. miles (11.160906 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.098800 sq. miles (0.255891 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    4.408050 sq. miles (11.416797 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            40418
   Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
   Location:             47.319370 N, 93.296029 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Marble, MN
    Marble