marble 
eyes of the world to the preeminence of Greek work. It 
was "in- uf tin tirst st.-| ( > tmvai'l MTiuing an accurate 
kiiMttlr.lni "t H.-ll. :ii. hlivils, ami has thus Intluenci-il .n 
temponm > i\ iii/;iiimi. Entrocflal marble. - s ec <''/"- 
I'lui. Hymeitian marble, si . iiinnriiiun. Kilkenny 
marble, ii variety of tine Mack marble containing shells, 
much used f"i maoMpleoe*, Ligneous marble. See 
lii/itemi*. Madrepore marble. See madrepore. Ma- 
rezzo marble, sin iniitatiun uf marble ami other tine- vein- 
ed stoneH in solid slalis, the base of which is cernenl 
Pergamene marbles, <>r Pergamum marbles, two se- 
ries of sculptures in high relief and of an original type 
of (ireek art, forming part of the decoration of the (treat 
altar of /ens and Athena, erected at Pergamum by King 
Kiiineiies II. d:i,- ifi'in.0.) in cominemuratiun of splendid 
victories over the invading Gauls. Abundant remains of 
these sculptures have been unearthed since 1875 by Karl 
Humiinn, mid are now in the Berlin Museum. See /''./" 
meiu art, under Pergamene. Petworth marble, also 
called Sttsxex marble (holh names arising from its being 
worked at Petworth in Sussex), a variously colored lime- 
stone occurring in the Weald clay, containing the re- 
mains of fresh-water shells. 
II. n. 1. Consisting of marble: as, a marble 
pillar. 2. Veined or stained like marble; va- 
riegated in color; marbled. 
The appendix shall be printed by itself, stitched, and 
with a tnarMe cover. Xii-ii't. 
3. Resembling or comparable to marble in 
some particular; hard and cold, crystalline, 
frigid, insensible, etc. 
Nor hath the scalding noon-day sun the Ppw'r 
To melt that marble Ice. Came, The Spring. 
Winds with ease 
Through the pure marble air his oblique way 
Amongst innumerable stars. MiUan, P. I.., iii. 564. 
marble (mar'bl), v. t.; pret. and pp. marblnl, 
ppr. marbliiiii. [< marble, n.~\ To give an ap- 
pearance of marble to ; stain or vein like varie- 
gated marble: as, to marble paper; a book with 
marbled edges. See marbling, 3. Specifically, In 
b'litklnixtiiKi, to marble is to apply to paper or book-edges 
variegated colors in imitation of colored marble, or in any 
other irregular form. 
Those fine covers of books that, for their resemblance 
to speckled marble, are wont to be called marbled. 
Boyle, Works, III. 448. 
marble-breasted (mar'bl-bres*ted), a. Insensi- 
ble; hard-hearted. [Poetical.] 
Uve you the marble-breasted tyrant still. 
5Ao*., T. N., v. 1. 127. 
marble-constant (mar'bl-kon'stant), a. Im- 
movable as marble; firm; constant. [Poetical.] 
Now from head to foot 
I am marble-constant. 
Shale., A. and C., T. 2. 240. 
marble-cutter (mar'bl-kut'er), . One who 
hews marble ; a worker in marble ; also, an in- 
strument or a machine for cutting marble. 
marbled (mar'bld), a. [< marble + -ed 2 .] 1. 
Having veins and cloudings like variegated 
marbles. 
A fine marbled stone, white, blue, and ruddy. 
/.'. F. Burton, To the Oold Coast for Oold, ill. 
2. In zoiil., variegated with different colors, 
like marble; dappled; clouded Marbled beau- 
ty, a small whitish moth, Bryophila perla, dappled with 
bluish gray. -Marbled glaze. See ylaze. Marbled 
guillemot, a murrelet, Brachyrkainphw! marmoratug. in- 
habiting the North Pacific ocean, in summer of a blackish 
color variegated with tawny and chestnut-brown. Mar- 
bled lizard, the marblet. Marbled tiger-cat, a large 
wild cat of Asia, Felix inarmorata, about two feet long, and 
of variegated coloration. 
marble-edged (mar'bl-ejd), a. Having edges, 
as a book, stained with variegated colors in 
imitation of marbled paper. 
marble-handsaw ( mar 'bl -hand 'sA), n. A 
toothless blade fitted at the back with a block- 
hamtle, used with sand for cutting slabs of 
marble into pieces. E. H. Knight. 
marblehead (mar' bl-hed), n. The fulmar 
petrel, l'iilmurn.i i/lncialix. See cut under ful- 
mar'-. 
marbleheader (miir'bl-hed'er), n. Same as 
tintt'lilt'lii'<t<l. 
marble-hearted (miir'bl-har'ted), a. Having 
a heart like marble ; hard-hearted; cruel; in- 
sensible; incapable of being moved by pity, 
love, or sympathy. 
Ingratitude ! thou marble-hearted timd. 
Shot.. Lea, i. 4. 281. 
marbleize (mih-'bl-Iz), r.f.; pret. and pp. marblc- 
/:< il. \i]>r.mnrli/i-i:ini/. [< mill-Mr + -i~c.] To give 
the a 1 1] 'a I'M nee of marble, or a marbled appear- 
ance, in. 
The marbleiieit iron shelf above the stove-pipe hole sup- 
ported two glass vases. llomtti, Annie Kilbnrn, si. 
Marbleized glass, set- .<//<. 
marble-paste (miir'hi-pasO. n. Awhiteporcel- 
ianenus paste used for figures, busts, ami the 
like, especially at the factory of LuneVille in 
the eighteenth century. 
marble-polisher (niar'bi-poi'isli-er). . 1. () 
A block of sandstone used to rnb a marble slab 
3625 
in tlie preliminary operation of polishing; 
it linen cushion with which the polishing is 
carried to completion by the agency of emery- 
dust or powder of calcined tin. (6) A marble- 
rubber. 2. A machine for polishing marble. 
Its chief element is a grinding-cyllnder composed of sev- 
eral collars upon a mandrel. The slab of marble Is placed 
on a table, and tin- cylinder, which is fed with the polish- 
ing-powder, rotates above It, with a longitudinally reclp- 
i neat ing motion as well as one of simple revolution. For 
columns u large lathe is used, the stoneshaftbelngrevolved 
in i'. intact with rubbers held in the tool-rent, .see marble- 
rubber. 
marbler (mar'bler), n. 1. One who works in 
marble; a quarrier or a cutter of marble. 
The charter . . . bean the date of l.v.i, though the 
marolert [of Purbeck in England! always persist that they 
possess an earlier one. Harper 1 ! Hag., LXX. 244. 
2. One who stains or otherwise marks in imi- 
tation of marble ; especially, one who marbles 
paper. 
marble-rubber (mar'bl-rub'er), . A rubber 
for "surfacing," smoothing, and polishing flat 
marble slabs. It consists of a flat sole with a super- 
imposed tray having holei through which water and sand 
are supplied to the sole aa needed. It is used with a com- 
bined reciprocating and rotary motion. 
marble-saw (mar'bl-sa), n. A machine for 
cutting marble . It consists of a single thin Iron blade, 
or of several blades arranged in a gang, set in a frame, 
and reciprocated by pitmans and eccentrics. The blades 
are constantly fed with sand and water. Such machines 
will cut a block of marble into several slabs simultane- 
ously, or can be arranged to cut out pyramidal blocks, or 
to shape a cylinder or a frustum of a cone. 
marble-scourer (mar'bl-skour'er), n. An im- 
plement for scouring marble floors, constructed 
and acting on the same principle as the marble- 
rubber, but having a handle by which the work- 
man, in a standing position, can conveniently 
operate it. 
marble-silk (miir'bl-silk), . A silk having a 
weft of several colors, so woven that the whole 
web looks like marble, stained or veined irreg- 
ularlv. D. Sock, S. K. Textiles. 
marblet (mar'blet), . K marble + -et.~\ An 
iguanian lizard of South America, Polychnut 
marmoratus. 
marble-thrush (mar'bl-thrush), M. The mis- 
tle-thrush: so called from its marbled breast. 
('. Swainson. [North Hants, Eng.] 
marble wood (mar'bl-wud), . A large tree 
of the ebony family, Dioxpyros Kurzii, native 
in British Burma and the Andaman Islands. 
Its wood is grayish, interlaid with black, and 
is used for cabinet-work. 
marble-worker (mar'bl-wer'kdr), M. One who 
works in marble ; a workman who cuts, hews, 
or polishes marble; a marbler. Marble-work- 
ers' Me. See/fei. 
marbling (mar'bling), . [Verbal n. of mar- 
ble, r.] 1. The art or process of variegating 
in color, in imitation of marble, or with veins 
and cloudings of any sort. 2. Any marking 
resembling that of veined or variegated mar- 
ble; hence, any mottling, veining, or clouding 
of a surface: as, the marbling of flesh-meat 
caused by alternations of fat and lean. 3. 
The art or practice of staining paper or the cut 
edges of a book with variegated colors, usually 
in some conventional imitation of marble, it is 
done in a trough of water covered by a layer of gum traga- 
canth mixed with a little ox-gall. The fluid colors are 
sprinkled or spattered over this layer with a brush, either 
in the arrangement intended for use or in a manner which 
will admit of producing the desired figuration by drawing 
a brass comb over the surface. The dampened paper, held 
by the ends, is lightly passed in a curve over this surface, 
taking up the colors, and finished by sizing and burnish- 
ing or calendering. 
marbly (mar'bli) ? a. [< marble + -y 1 .] Re- 
sembling marble in structure or appearance. 
Great smooth marbly limbs. 
Browning, The Bishop Orders his Tomb. 
marbret, A Middle English form of marble. 
Marbury's case. See case*. 
marc 1 , . See marlft. 
marc 2 (mark), n. [< F. mare, residuum, dregs, 
grounds, mash, etc., perhaps < L. emarciiit (or 
its Celtic original), a kind of wine of middling 
quality.] The refuse matter which remains 
after the pressing of fruit, as grapes or olives: 
as applied to apples, pomace. 
To make this liquor [ciderkin]. the marc is put into a 
large vat, with a proper quantity of boiled water which 
has just become cold ; the whole Is left to infuse for forty- 
eight hours, and then pressed. 
Spmu' Encyc. Manuf., I. 417. 
marcando ^niir-kan'do), a. [It., ppr. of mar- 
eni-f. mark: see mart 1 , r.) In iimxic, distinct 
and decisive: applied to silicic notes and pas- 
sages, aiid sometimes to a whole movement, to 
be so rendered. Also marruln. 
Marcgravia 
marcantantt, . Sec mi 
marcasite (mUr'ka-sit), . [Formerly also ;- 
fiixxiti-, Hiiiri'liii.iiii; niiii'rlii-.iiii ; < F. marcagsite 
= 8p. mm I/IK f-ila = It. Hiiin-ii^iin, iiinfi-l" 
with term, -itr'*; said to be of Ar. origin (f).] 
1. As used by the early mineralogists, the crys- 
tallized forms of iron pyrites, including more 
particularly the isometric species now called 
/n/rili . This mineral was frequently used for personal 
decoration In the eighteenth century. It takes a good pol- 
ish, and Is cut in facets like roae diamonds It was made 
Into plus, watch cases, shoe- and knee-buckles, and other 
ornaments. 
Also great pieces of chrystal, amethysts, gold In y mine, 
and other mettals and nuimuitei. 
Evelyn, Diary, June 21, 1650. 
Half the ladles of our acquaintance . . . carry their 
Jewels to town, and bring nothing but paste and inarm 
ata back. Qoldimith, She Stoopi to Conquer, III. 
2. In recent use, the orthorhombic iron pyrites, 
or iron disulphid, FeSo. It has a lower specific 
gravity than ordinary pyrite, and on an untarnished sur- 
face a somewhat paler color, in consequence of which it 
Is often called u-liite iron pyrita. The crystallized varie- 
ties take various imitative forms called coclctcumb pttritr*. 
gpear pyritef, etc. ; the massive kinds are often radiated, 
concretionary, etc. Marcasite is much more liable to alter- 
ation than ordinary pyrite, passing by oxidation Into Iron 
sulphate or copperas. The two kinds of iron pyrites often 
occur together, and the greater the proportion of marcasite 
the more the liability to alteration; this has been shown 
(Julien) to be an Important element in the durability of 
building-stones containing pyrites. 
marcasitic (mar-ka-sit'ik), a. [< marcaaite + 
-io.] Pertaining to marcasite ; of the nature of 
marcasite. 
marcasitical (mar-ka-sit'i-kal), a. [Formerly 
also marchajfitical; <"marcasitic + -al.] Same 
as marcasitic. 
The place that abounds with these marchaxitical min- 
erals. /'"//', Works, III. 333. 
marcassin (mar'ka-sin), n. [< F. marcassin, a 
young wild boar, a grise.] In her., the young 
wild boar, used as a bearing. This bearing is dis- 
tinguished from the boar by having the tail hanging down 
and not curled round in a ring. 
marcato (mar-ka'to), a. [It., pp. of marcare, 
mark: see marcando.] Same as marcando. 
marceline 1 (mar'se-lin), n. [< F. marceline; 
so called from St. Marcel in Piedmont, where 
the original specimen was found.] In mineral., 
an altered form of rhodonite, or silicate of man- 
ganese, in which the manganese protoxid has 
been converted into sesquioxid. 
marceline 2 (mar'se-lin), H. [Also niarcflline; 
< F. marceline (a trade-name f).] A thin silk 
fabric used for linings, etc., in women's cos- 
tume. 
Marcellian (mar-sel'i-an), a. and w. [< Mar- 
cellun (see def. ) + -i'ai.] I. a. Pertaining to 
Marcellus of Ancyra in Asia Minor, or to his 
doctrines. 
II. . One of the professed followers of Mar- 
cellus, Bishop of Ancyra in the fourth century. 
The Marcellians held the doctrine, nearly agreeing with 
that of the Sabellians. that the Holy Spirit and the Word. 
or Logos, are merely mipersonal agencies and qualities of 
Ood, and that the Incarnation of the Logos is temporary 
only. It has been doubted by some whether Marcellus 
held the views ascribed to him. 
marcelline, . See mareefae*. 
Marcellinist (mar-se-lin'ist), H. [< Marcellina 
(see def.) + -<.] An adherent of Marcellina, 
a female Gnostic of the second century, and a 
teacher of Gnosticism in Kome. Also Marccl- 
linian. 
Marcellus group. [Named from the town of 
Marcellus, in New York.] The lowest division 
of the Upper Devonian, according to the clas- 
sification of the New York Geological Survey. 
It is a thin shaly rock, often containing car- 
bonaceous matter. 
marcescent (inar-ses'ent), a. [= F. iiiarcrxrt-H t, 
< L. marcescen(t-)s, p'pr. of mareescere, wither, 
pine, fade, decay, inceptive of marcrrr, wither. 
droop, shrivel, 'be feeble or languid, faint.] 
Withering; fading; decaying. Specifically (a) 
In hot., withering, but not falling off till the part bearing 
it is perfected : as, a marcettctnt perianth, (o) In rntmn., 
appearing shriveled or withered, as the (pines on certain 
tlemiptera. 
marcescible (mar-ses'i-bl), a. [= F. niarcts- 
cible = Pg. marccscirel = It. uiarceiicibile, < L. 
as if "marcescibilis, < marceseerc, wither, fade: 
see marccscent.] That may wither; liable to 
decay; ephemeral; transient. 
Marcgravia (miirk-^ra'vi-a). M. [NL. (Plurni- 
er, 1(03), named after Ge'brg Jtarcgraf (17th 
century), who traveled in South America and 
wrote, with W. Pison, a work on the natural 
history of Brazil.] A genus of dicotyledonous 
polypetalous plants of the natural order Tern- 
xtrii iiiiai'nr. type of the tribe Jfarcantrinr. it is 
peculiar in having the petals stuck together In a hood-like 
