| 单词 | statuary marble |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstatuary marble 3. Of a material: suitable for making statues; spec. designating a type of white marble having dark veins. Chiefly in statuary marble. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [adjective] > suitable for statuary (of materials) statuary1736 1736 R. Morris Lect. Archit.: Pt. Second ix. 151 The Chimney-piece of Statuary Marble. 1795 J. Farington Diary 12 Dec. (1978) II. 438 These are the only quarries from which we can import White, Statuary marble. 1813 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. iii. 73 The crystalline translucent qualities of statuary marble. 1864 Newcastle Courant 22 July 5/3 A large statuary vein marble chimney piece. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Statuary-brass, an alloy of copper, zinc, and tin, used for statuary, generally known as bronze. 1909 W. G. Renwick Marble & Marble Working 218 Statuary Vein, white Italian marble having a statuary ground and fine blue veins traversing the formation. 1970 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 60 135 The second [type of marble]..was used both as a statuary marble and for paving and pool-linings. 2006 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 11 Feb. f3 The master bathroom has statuary vein marble floors. < as lemmas |
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