Word Meanings - MARMOROSIS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble. Geikie.

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• CONVERSION
  An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse. Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras. (more info) 1. The act of turning or changing
• METAMORPHISM
  The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble. Murchison.
• MARBLEIZE
  To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron.
• MARBLER
  1. One who works upon marble or other stone. Fuller. 2. One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.
• MARBLED
  Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks. (more info) 1. Made of, or faced with, marble. "The marbled mansion." Shak. 2. Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble. "Marbled paper."
• MARBLE-EDGED
  Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.
• LIMESTONE
  A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble.
• MARBLE
  1. 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
• PETWORTH MARBLE
  A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.
• ENMARBLE
  To make hard as marble; to harden. Spenser.
• EMMARBLE
  To turn to marble; to harden. Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. Spenser.
• CLIFF LIMESTONE
  A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.
• ELGIN MARBLES
  Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.
• UNCONVERSION
  The state of being unconverted; impenitence.
• RECONVERSION
  A second conversion.