Word Meanings - MARMORATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.

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• CASTLEWARD
  See CASTLEGUARD
• CASCARILLA
  A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub ; also, its aromatic bark. Cascarilla bark , the bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic,
• CASE
  A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The upper case contains capitals, small capitals, accented; the lower
• CASEMATE
  A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops. (more info) house + matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the
• CASHMERETTE
  A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.
• CASEMENTED
  Having a casement or casements.
• CASTLE
  1. A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress. The house of every one is to him castle and fortress, as well for his defense againts injury and violence, as for his repose. Coke. Our castle's strength Will laugh
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• CASINO
  1. A small country house. 2. A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc. 3. A game at cards. See Cassino.
• CAST-IRON
  Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding.
• INCRUSTATION
  A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement. (more info) 1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted. 2. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit
• COVERLET
  The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
• CASSICAN
  An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird.
• CASTLING
  That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. Sir T. Browne.
• CASUALISM
  The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.
• CASA
  A house or mansion. I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. Bret Harte.
• CASK
  1. Same as Casque. 2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel. 3. The quantity contained in a cask. 4. A casket; a small box for jewels.
• COVERCLE
  A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
• VARIEGATE
  To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the
• CASSOCKED
  Clothed with a cassock.
• SARCASM
  A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest. The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter of inspiration. Sir J. Reynolds. Syn. -- Satire;
• ENCASHMENT
  The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
• UNCASE
  To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body. (more info) 1. To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover. L'Estrange. 2. To strip; to flay.
• DODECASYLLABIC
  Having twelve syllables.
• AFTERCAST
  A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• CARDCASE
  A case for visiting cards.
• OCCASIONALISM
  The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.
• UNDERCAST
  To cast under or beneath.