Word Meanings - MARBLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Containing, or resembling, marble.

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• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• CONTAINANT
  A container.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• MARBLEIZE
  To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron.
• MARBLER
  1. One who works upon marble or other stone. Fuller. 2. One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.
• CONTAINABLE
  Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
• MARBLED
  Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks. (more info) 1. Made of, or faced with, marble. "The marbled mansion." Shak. 2. Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble. "Marbled paper."
• CONTAINER
  One who, or that which, contains.
• MARBLE-EDGED
  Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.
• RESEMBLE
  sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
• RESEMBLABLE
  Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
• MARBLE
  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
• CONTAIN
  1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
• RESEMBLER
  One who resembles.
• RESEMBLANCE
  1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
• PETWORTH MARBLE
  A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.
• SELF-CONTAINED
  Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
• ENMARBLE
  To make hard as marble; to harden. Spenser.
• EMMARBLE
  To turn to marble; to harden. Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. Spenser.
• ELGIN MARBLES
  Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.