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单词 maril
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mariln.

Brit. /maˈrɪl/, U.S. /mɛˈrɪl/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English -maril.
Etymology: < -maril (in Silmaril , any of three mystic jewels featuring in works by J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973)): see quot. 1974, although Smith notes elsewhere in the same work that it subsequently occurred to him that the word could also be analysed as < mar- (in marbled adj.) + i- (in inlaid adj.) + l- (in leather n.).
Bookbinding.
An ornamental binding material with a variegated grain, made from scraps of coloured leather mixed in a resin, compressed, and dried.
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1971 Guild of Bk. Workers Jrnl. Fall 5 Maril onlays consist of cross-sections cut from scraps of leather which have been stuck together under pressure.
1974 P. Smith New Direct. in Bookbinding x. 59 The first book on which experiments with early maril were tried was a copy of The Lord of the Rings... A name had to be found to describe this material... I remembered the name Silmaril in The Lord of the Rings and thought that the word had the right ‘ring’ to it, especially the ‘maril’ part which was short.
1978 Bk. Collector Summer 176 When I first visited the binder's studio in 1969, he was experimenting with planing flat sections of maril to make decorative boards, but this has not been developed due to..the possibility of achieving the same effect by onlaying.
1989 New Bookbinder 9 26/1 One of the most remarkable innovations was the making of maril, which opened up for book-artists the whole range of fluid and broken surfaces.
2007 H. G. FLetcher et al. Wormsley Libr. 252/2 He [sc. C. Philip Smith] has published several books and numerous articles on bookbinding and design,..and pioneered techniques such as ‘feathered’ and ‘maril’ onlays.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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