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  1. Marble
    To partly mix two colors of cake batter or icing so that the colors are in decorative swirls.
    Found on http://www.wrenscottage.com/kitchen/glos

  2. marble
    [n] - a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish 2. [n] - a sculpture carved from marble 3. [n] - a small ball of glass that is used in various games 4. [v] - paint or stain like marble
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Marble
    A granular metamorphosed limestone that is often polished and used for decoration. Sometimes used more loosely to describe any hard polished stone that is used for decorative purposes.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  4. marble
    hard calcareous stone, homogeneous and fine-grained, often crystalline and either opaque or translucent Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Marble
    see stone. Marbling is the art of painting a material such as metal, stone or timber, to look like marble. The wide, thick brush used for either graining or marbling is known as a mottler.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

  6. Marble
    Mar'ble (mär'b'l) noun [ Middle English marbel , marbre , French marbre , Latin marmor , from Greek ma`rmaros , from marmai`rein to sparkle, flash. Confer Marmoreal .] 1. A massive, co...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/22

  7. Marble
    Mar'ble adjective 1. Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper. 2. Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/22

  8. Marble
    Mar'ble transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Marbled ; present participle & verbal noun Marbling .] [ Confer French marbrer . See Marble , noun<...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/22

  9. marble
    1. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The colour 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 l...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. marble
    noun a small ball of glass that is used in various games
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. marble
    noun a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. Marble
    • (a.) Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart. • (n.) 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. • (a.) Made of, or resembling, ma...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. marble
    granular limestone or dolomite (i.e., rock composed of calcium-magnesium carbonate) that has been recrystallized under the influence of heat, ... [16 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/31

  14. marble
    small, hard ball that is used in a variety of children`s games and is named after the 18th-century practice of making the toy from marble chips. The ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/31

  15. Marble
    Marble is slang for the head.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  16. Marble
    Marble is slang for the head.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  17. Marble
    To gently swirl or layer one food into another to create a ribbon effect when cooked and sliced. 
    Found on http://www.goodcooking.com/winedefs.html

  18. Marble
    Metamorphic rock created by the recrystallization of calcite and/or dolomite.
    Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo

  19. marble
    marble, metamorphic rock composed wholly or in large part of calcite or dolomite crystals, the crystalline texture being the result of metamorphism of limestone by heat and pressure. The term marble is loosely applied to any limestone or dolomite that takes a good polish and is otherwise suitable as...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08317

  20. Marble
    Marble is the name given to certain varieties of limestone capable of receiving a brilliant polish, and which, both from their durability and the beauty of the tints of many of them, have at all periods of the world been greatly in request for purposes of art or ornament. White statuary marble is a ...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  21. marble
    Click images to enlargeRock formed by metamorphosis of sedimentary limestone. It takes and retains a good polish, and is used in building and sculpture. In its pure form it is white and consists almost entirely of calcite (CaCO3). Mineral impurities give it various colours and patterns. Carrara, Ita...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  22. Marble
    hard, crystalline form of calcium carbonate (hard limestone) capable of taking a high polish: often white yet can also be various colours: has been used for sculpture since ancient times
    Found on http://www.selectartusa.com/gloss.htm

  23. Marble
    A type of stone traditionally used in sculpture and architecture. A metamorphic rock (metamorphosed calcite or dolomite), finely grained, dense, with a nondirectional structure, capable of taking a high polish, and often irregularly veined. It is crystalline, compact variety of metamorphosed limesto...
    Found on http://www.latinart.com/glossary.cfm?sor

  24. Marble
    `Marble` is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone. Marble is commonly us...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble

  25. Marble
    (toy) A `marble` is a small spherical toy usually made from glass, clay, steel, or agate. These balls vary in size. Most commonly, they are about ½ inch (1.25&nbsp;cm) in diameter, but they may range from less than ¼ inch (0.635&nbsp;cm) to over 3&nbsp;inches (7.75&nbsp;...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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