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单词 marbling
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marblingn.

Brit. /ˈmɑːblɪŋ/, /ˈmɑːbl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑrb(ə)lɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: marble v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < marble v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The process, practice, or art of colouring or patterning a surface, esp. paper, with variegated colours in (stylized) imitation of marble.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [noun] > marbling > process
marbling1686
1686 London Gaz. No. 2197/4 A New Art..of Making, Marbling, Veining, and Finishing of Mantle-pieces.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Marbling of Books (in Book-binding) the sprinkling them with colours on the outside.
1753 in Patents Specif., Skins (1872) 3 For the making, marbling, veining [etc.] any linen, silks, canvas, paper, and leather.
1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 421/2 The coloring of the edges, fly-leaves, and backs of books, either in solid shades, or in the process styled marbling.
1893 Spons' Mechanics' Own Bk. (ed. 4) 433 Put in others with the second marbling colour, also on a turpentined feather.
1901 Daily Chron. 3 Dec. 9/6 Graining and Marbling wanted.
1960 Times 23 Mar. 16/4 These paintings are no more than a brilliant exploitation of the effects of ‘marbling’.
1990 Pract. Householder Apr. 4/3 It takes the viewer through some of the more unusual techniques including marbling, tortoiseshelling, splattering and wood graining.
2. concrete.
a. Colouring or (a) marking resembling that of marble.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [noun] > marbling
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marbling1727
1727–52 E. Chambers Cycl. at Porcelain There is..a kind of marbled porcelain, which is not made by applying the marblings with the pencil.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 7 The only marblings which appear in its body, are the colour of the food, which is seen through its transparent intestines.
1883 L. M. E. Solon Art of Old Eng. Potter 93 Agate-ware was a complicated process; the marbling, instead of being produced on the surface, went through the body.
1894 R. B. Sharpe Hand-bk. Birds Great Brit. (1896) I. 97 Marblings and spots of light brown or reddish-brown.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 103 In children infested by fleas or lice the general tint of the rash may be deepened by very numerous petechiæ or by ‘marbling’.
1946 E. Diehl Bookbinding i. vii. 169 The colors in the marbling run very slightly into the paper, so that they show when the leaves are not compressed.
1969 V. Nabokov Let. 6 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1989) 440 The coloration of the word ADA recalls.., at a closer inspection, the bleak marblings of a ledger's edge.
1996 M. Francis Coastal Fishes N.Z. (ed. 2) 53/1 Maori chief... Dark olive green to black, covered with pale marbling, giving a tattooed appearance.
b. In meat: the quality or state of having the lean streaked with thin layers of fat. Cf. marbled adj. 3b.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > [noun] > meat > state of being streaked
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1925 W. H. Tomhave Meats & Meat Products xvii. 203 Marbling is always present in ribs, loins, and chucks.
1929 Daily Express 7 Nov. 3/4 There are certain indications by which the official graders can detect clearly whether or not there is ‘marbling’ in the beef while it is in the side.
1963 New Yorker 22 June 21 Marbling is the most important thing in a steak.
1972 T. McHugh Time of Buffalo xxiii. 311 Despite the greater cost, buffalo meat is not overpriced, for its marked leanness entails less fatty marbling and less trimming.
1989 Home & Gardens Dec. 135/2 Farmers..produce leaner and leaner meat, in spite of the fact that any good butcher..will tell you that a reasonable marbling of fat is essential to good flavour.
3. A marble-like encrustation or covering. rare.
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1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada i. 21 The summit piercing through a marbling of perpetual snow up to the height of ten thousand feet.
1977 Gay News 24 Mar. 33/1 Serve with a marbling of single cream on top.

Compounds

marbling comb n. a comb used to create patterns in the ink when marbling paper; cf. comb n. 2d.
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1986 A. Chambers Pract. Guide Marbling Paper ii. 53 Special marbling combs can be bought from craft shops. They can also quite easily be made by setting a row of panel pins or needles between lengths of very strong card or millboard at regularly marked-out intervals.
1989 M. Margetts Classic Crafts (1992) 81 (caption) A marbling comb can be drawn across the surface to create a variety of patterns.
marbling fat n. fat thinly layered so as to produce marbling in meat (see sense 2b).
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1958 Times 8 Dec. (Suppl.) p. viii/3 Tender beef can be produced..from older animals that are well-finished, i.e., in which there has been considerable deposition of ‘marbling’ fat between the muscle bundles.
1971 Country Life 9 Sept. 643/3 The older mature animal that is well finished can still provide meat of a high quality, due in part to the intimate penetration of ‘marbling fat’ into the deep muscle tissue.
1989 Which? Sept. 427/1 Our experts agreed that very low levels of marbling fat can affect eating quality.
marbling rod n. one of the rods or poles used in a type of apparatus for glazing marbled books.
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1835 ‘J. A. Arnett’ Bibliopegia 82 After this they [sc. the books] must be glaired equally over, and when dry placed upon the marbling rods, the sides of the books extending over, and the leaves hanging between.
marbling trough n. a trough into which paper or the edges of books are lowered in the process of marbling.
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1835 ‘J. A. Arnett’ Bibliopegia 184 The marbling trough is generally made of oak.
1951 L. Town Bookbinding by Hand 73 A marbling trough must be obtained or made.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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