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<hw>Ma*raud`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Maraud</er>, <tt>v.</tt>: cf. F. <ets>maraudeur</ets>.]</ety> <def>A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.</def>

<i>De Quincey.</i>

<h1>Maravedi</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar`a*ve"di</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>maraved\'a1</ets>; -- so called from the <ets>Mor\'bebit\'c6n</ets> (lit., the steadfast), an Arabian dynasty which reigned in Africa and Spain. Cf. <er>Marabout</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Numis.)</fld> <def>A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.</def>

<h1>Marble</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>marbel</ets>, <ets>marbre</ets>, F. <ets>marbre</ets>, L. <ets>marmor</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to sparkle, flash. Cf. <er>Marmoreal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<note>&hand; <col>Breccia marble</col> consists of limestone fragments cemented together. -- <col>Ruin marble</col>, when polished, shows forms resembling ruins, due to disseminated iron oxide. -- <col>Shell marble</col> contains fossil shells. -- <col>Statuary marble</col> is a pure, white, fine-grained kind, including <i>Parian</i> (from Paros) and <i>Carrara</i> marble. If coarsely granular it is called <i>saccharoidal</i>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, the Arundel or Arundelian <ex>marbles</ex>; the Elgin <ex>marbles</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Marble</i> is also much used in self-explaining compounds; when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means, hard, cold, destitute of compassion or feeling; as, <i>marble-</i>breasted, <i>marble-</i>faced, <i>marble-</i>hearted.</note>

<h1>Marble</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"ble</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Made of, or resembling, marble; <as>as, a <ex>marble</ex> mantel; <ex>marble</ex> paper.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Cold; hard; unfeeling; <as>as, a <ex>marble</ex> breast or heart</as>.</def>

<h1>Marble</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"ble</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Marbled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Marbling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>marbrer</ets>. See <er>Marble</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; <as>as, to <ex>marble</ex> the edges of a book, or the surface of paper</as>.</def>

<h1>Marbled</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"bled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Made of, or faced with, marble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <er>marbled</er> mansion."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.</def> "<i>Marbled</i> paper."

<i>Boyle.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.</def>

<h1>Marble-edged</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"ble-edged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.</def>

<h1>Marbleize</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"ble*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Marbleized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Marbleizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; <as>as, to <ex>marbleize</ex> slate, wood, or iron</as>.</def>

<h1>Marbler</h1> <Xpage=894>

<hw>Mar"bler</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who works upon marble or other stone.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>